<p>Which would you go to if accepted to all?for engineering? no engineering?</p>
<p>For engineering- Columbia
no engineering- Columbia</p>
<p>I don’t think any other school can compare.</p>
<p>In all honesty, its hard to chooose between Brown && Columbia
Lets Evaluate this scrupulously [Dartmouth is out of the picture]</p>
<pre><code> Columbia
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<p>-VibranT new York<br>
-Core Curriculum<br>
-Food there is great<br>
-subways ar econvenient<br>
-strong econ department<br>
-The glory of going to an ivy
-Internships galore</p>
<pre><code> Brown
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<p>-Beautiful providence
-does not give grades; you pick your own grading
p/f or number grading
-serene area
-the glory of going to an ivy</p>
<p>So what school receives my Matriculation?
Hands Down Columbia</p>
<p>I transferred from Columbia to Dartmouth, know many columbia and Dartmouth alums, and personally for me Dartmouth was a better fit. I also was accepted at Brown and spent many weekends there.</p>
<p>In terms of recruiting: 1) Dartmouth, Columbia 2) Brown
In terms of grad placement: All tied</p>
<p>Honestly there is very little seperating these schools as much as some will argue when it comes to how far ahead they will get you in life. The one thing to consider is whether you actually want to be an engineer. If you do Columbia is the best. BUT most engineering students tend to want to go into finance or consulting when they realize that business is much more lucrative, in that case Columbia and Dartmouth are equally strong.</p>
<p>What I liked about Dartmouth vs. Columbia:
Better advising
Much more community
Campus life
Loyal alumni (850/1080 came to 5yr reunion vs. 150/1200 at Columbia)
Smaller classes (no 300 person lectures)
less bureacracy (no lines at the registrar)
Nicer, more friendly administration
More resources for undergrads (lots of grants)
Study abroad (Dartmouth has fantastic programs, best among the Ivies)
Friendlier student body
Feels small, intimate, tightknit</p>
<p>What I liked about Columbia vs. Dartmouth
More class options (sanskrit for example)
Better in the arts (film, studio art)
Felt more diverse socially
More international
New York (although personally I prefer the campus scene)</p>
<p>You can add to brown’s list that it doesn’t have a core curriculum.</p>
<p>oh yeah it has an open-curriculum. I forgot. Brown is totaly different from Columbia
The only thing that makes them the same is the conference they’re in</p>
<p>I would argue that for food:</p>
<p>1) Dartmouth
2) Brown/ Columbia</p>
<p>I never found Columbia food to be that great outside of faculty house. Lerner gets old, John Jay is the pits, and Uris is overrated.</p>
<p>So Authentic why do u discredit dartmouth engineering and dartmouth in general, its one of the best schools not only for engineering but for all other fields and undergrads have much more oppurtunities than other places.</p>
<p>ya, but i dont think comlubia is so good in engineering. i think dartmouth is better in engineering. Brown is out of the picture when it comes to enigneering.</p>
<p>I’ve always understood that Columbia is much better at engineering then Dartmouth or Brown. But that may just be because it’s closer to where I live than either of the other two.</p>
<p>Columbia is stronger for actual engineering than Dartmouth or Columbia, but to be honest from that perspective GaTech stronger than Columbia. You have to look at WHY you are going to engineering school. Very few SEAS students actually work as engineers, many/ most go into finance or consulting. In that respect Dartmouth is equal or better. But as a raw engineering school Columbia beats out Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown.</p>
<p>If i recall at dartmouth it takes five years for one to get an engineering degree; if thats the case then dartmouth doesnt really have a bona fide engineering program.</p>
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<p>that’s probably bc all the CU alums are off doing great and important things elsewhere</p>
<p>jk.</p>
<p>i consider brown to be the anti-columbia. brown has no core; columbia’s is famous. brown is in providence; columbia is in manhattan. list goes on.</p>
<p>brown actually has a pretty strong engineering program–it’s just different because there isn’t a dedicated school of engineering. at brown, you study engineering in a liberal arts setting. brown actually had the first engineering program in the ivy league and the second in the country–it’s very well established and well funded, and alums tend to do very well (particularly as entrepreneurs).</p>
<p>i’m biased because i love brown, but have siblings at both columbia (fu) and dartmouth. you can’t go wrong. decide if you want a rigid core, distribution requirements, or an open curriculum. then decide if you want to live in harlem, providence, or hanover.</p>
<p>wait, i thought it was established that columbia isn’t in harlem…</p>
<p>You know I used to only look at facts but then I actually visited the schools. Its a pretty good way of deciding between two great choices. Columbia just felt…great for me and thus it became my first choice.</p>
<p>Thayer School of Engineering is underestimated. Its as good as Columbia if not better.</p>
<p>What exactly is Brown known for? I mean, Columbia is known for its engineering; Yale and Harvard - Law, what is Brown known for? Is it true that they don’t offer minors?</p>
<p>Brown is know for its color and its pass/fail policy! :D</p>