[Labyrinthos]

My guess is that he nevrer actually went to “Columbia University,” but rather, he went to “Columbia College.” Columbia Colege is technically part of Columbia University, but is geared to students who do not fit the traditional mold. Many of them are older or come from impoverished or challenged backgrounds, and may not meet the standards that one would normally associate with the Ivy League.

[Parmenio]

You are desrcribing Columbia’s School of General Studies, not Columbia College. Columbia College is a traditional four year college founded in 1754 as King’s College. Columbia College is an Ivy League school and those attending it consider it to be the peer of — or superior to Harvard, Yale or Princeton.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

My guess is that he never actually went to “Columbia University,” but rather, he went to “Columbia College.

Did anyone check Colombia Missouri or Colombia SC?

How about Colombia TN, Colombia MD, Columbia NH, Columbia College in California? Etc, etc, etc!

What about Bogota Columbia...there must be a school there.

You people just aren't doing your homework.