actprep54

Columbia SEAS for Computer Science (as a C. Prescott Davis Scholar ... not quite sure how I got this) vs Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science.

CMU has a much better CS program than Columbia, but Columbia opens up a lot of opportunities. I'm dead set on CS and am looking into a career in a tech startup (preferred option at the moment) or in finance. I don't want to be a software developer at a big tech company, but I do want to intern at them to gain experience (Google doesn't seem to recruit at Columbia). I want to keep the finance option open till I learn more about it. I also hate Columbia's Core.

Columbia seems the better option for a future, but CMU is the better option for an education. At an undergraduate level, is there a major difference in studying CS at both of these schools?

Both cost the same.

actprep54

bump. Please respond.

From my searching of old threads, I've read a lot of negative opinions on the Fu School. Want to know if they are true. Apparently Columbia engineers aren't marketable outside finance.

goldenboy8784

CMU if you're serious about working for a tech startup. It's connections to Silicon Valley are 2nd only to Stanford, Berkeley and MIT.

actprep54

bump. What is Columbia's entrepreneurship program about?