CMU SCS vs Cornell vs Columbia Fu SEAS

flyby99
Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:07:17 +0000

My impression is that Columbia graduates go on to more business-y management positions whereas CMU grads go on to actually become engineers or have more applied, hands on jobs (maybe a coder or a project designer or even a new tech startup).

If I were majoring in Computer Science I would choose CMU just because they have the best computer science program in the nation (maybe except for MIT or Stanford).

I would also take into consideration whether or not he wants a B.A. in Business or some other liberal arts degree. Columbia has excellent 3-2 and 4-1 programs to get both a B.A. and a B.S. (one from SEAS and the other from the main college). A B.A. from Columbia is very powerful asset.