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I'll second what UriA702 said; I want to go to Fu for the same reason(though I did apply to Cornell engineering). I love CompSci, and I know I want what I do in my life to involve computers and programming, but I don't want to end up at Microsoft or Apple churning out code all day, with (relatively, compared to a doctor/lawyer) low salaries. I want to go into finance, and make (hopefully) a good salary. Fu focuses much more on the latter, while Cornell trains engineers more than anything. If I wanted to become a so called "code monkey" working for a large company for relative peanuts. I'm willing to work hard and put in the 80+ hrs/week it takes to do this, but I want to be rewarded.
Now, that's not to say you can't go into finance at Cornell, but Columbia/Fu is (in my opinion) stronger in giving you a well-rounded education that not only prepares you for a career in engineering(if you choose that path), but also for a career in finance/business.
If you want to be an engineer for the rest of your life, Cornell trumps Columbia. If you don't want to be an engineer for the rest of your life, but enjoy engineering, Columbia trumps Cornell.
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