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Originally Posted by Skraylor I think all of you are way too inexperienced to be talking about any of this. You all make it out to be that Cornell grads will somehow magically have more engineering doors opened to them just because they went to Cornell instead of Columbia. |
I did not mean to insinuate that a "magical door" would be opened by going to one school over another - I'm merely attempting to explain the general attitudes possessed by students at each school(which I believe, in turn, is affected by the teaching style/classes). Perhaps I was too forceful in my statement. Maybe a better worded opinion would be "If you want to be an engineer for life, Cornell is advantageous. If you know that you're interested in engineering, but really are thinking about pursuing another career for people with analytical mindsets, Columbia is advantageous."
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Originally Posted by Skraylor The fact that only 1/3 of Columbia engineering grads go on to an engineering job is only by choice, not by necessity. |
This is reflective of the environment of Columbia and the teaching style. Of course, if you're an SEAS graduate you can go onto an engineering job, and probably get some damn good offers. It's the style of education SEAS provides that, combined with the environment of NYC, in my opinion, encourages students to pursue carrers outside of engineering.
But that's just my take.