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that from 1928-1936 Columbia Operated the Seth Low Junior College, a lower quality institution with the same entrance requirements established to keep “uncultured” (i.e. Jewish) students such as Isaac Asimov and Red Auerbach away from its main campus

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Fun Fact: that from 1928-1936 Columbia Operated the Seth Low Junior College, a lower quality institution with the same entrance requirements established to keep “uncultured” (i.e. Jewish) students such as Isaac Asimov and Red Auerbach away from its main campus

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