Columbia vs. Cornell : Business

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<p>Which one is better and why any thoughts? For undergrad so SEAS vs. Cornell’s AEM program. Thanks</p>

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<p>bump please</p>

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<p>Fu by far.</p>

<p>Cornell’s most prestigious businness-oriented program is actually a special program in the ILR></p>

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<p>I think Columbia Business School is more well known than Columbia. According to my friend who works in NYC, the big finance companies hire heavily from Columbia Business School, and not as much from Cornell. This is just a story from a single person so I don’t know how accurate it is.</p>

<p>In terms of USNews ranking, Columbia Business School is ranked higher than Cornell.</p>

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<p>granted, graduate there is no contest, but what about undergrad?</p>

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<p>I meant to say that Columbia Business Schools is more well known than the business school at Cornell.</p>

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<p>it’s easier to get a job in finance and consulting coming out of columbia. other than that i’m not sure what you mean by “business”.</p>

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<p>Columbia and Cornell don’t have undergrad business. The only Ivy that does is Penn.</p>

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<p>I think I should preface this thread, by explaining the two individual programs. Cornell’s Applied Economics and Management Program (AEM) is a fully accredited undergraduate business degree. Columbia maintains a financial engineering major at its SEAS, its engineering school. </p>

<p>downtown128 - Although UPENN does maintain the #1 ranked undergrad program, it is most definitley not the only program in the Ivy League</p>

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<p>Financial Engineering is a relatively new major, I believe only 2 years old, and is a small part of an otherwise large and diverse program in the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research department. Most IEOR kids want to go into finance or consulting. The Financial Engineering degree is hardly indicative of a “business” program, and is likely more mathematically oriented than any traditional business education would be.</p>

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<p>denzera i agree with what you posted here. yazzz i suggest you look more carefully at the description of IEOR. While it is true that many students go into finance following IEOR, it is hardly a complete business education. at best it would be like a minor in finance at a normal business school. in terms of recruiting columbia has great location, and its ivy league status gives it the edge in some areas, however, the cornell AEM program is a more comprehensive business education which better prepares its students for elite MBA programs around the country</p>

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<p>no undergrad program prepares students for an elite MBA program. the make-or-break difference is almost entirely in what you get out of your work experience in your early-to-mid 20s. What does the best in that regard are management consulting and investment banking, and in those areas Columbia has a clear advantage over Cornell (in respect, not just location).</p>

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<p>Denzera, very true. Also for MBA admissions, Cornell is certainly a good and respectable undergrad degree, but students would most likely apply and choose Columbia over Cornell, hands down for a grad degree. That said, it is supposed to be relatively easy to get into Columbia MBA, with an undergrad degree from there.</p>

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<p>wait yazzz did you get accepted ED to columbia or something? if not i hope you luck on your RD decision</p>

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<p>Applied Economics and Management Program and Financial Engineering are not the same. You can’t compare peanuts to grapefruits.</p>

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<p>are you sure about this? for just about every other grad school (medical, law, etc) it hurts you more if you got an undergrad degree from the same institution in terms of admissions</p>

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<p>Harvard law is mostly comprised of Harvard undergrad
Harvard med is mostly comprised of Harvard undergrad
Yale law is mostly comprised of yale undergrads (followed by harvard)</p>

<p>but then again, this may be a function that H&Y are the most prestigious schools in the country or an indication of the caliber of the student body at these two schools, although I prefer to think it’s the former.</p>

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<p>I would have to say Cornell AEM if you really want to learn about business. I mean both schools are amazing, and Ivy etc… they’re virtually identical in prestige and such. AEM has classes really related to what you want and also any other thing you’d want to learn (you can take classes in any other school at Cornell through AEM, including Johnson MBA, Hotel, or ILR).
Let’s be honest, you could get a great Wall Street job at either school- but you still have to do well at that school though either way because the job market is competitive. So, go where you will thrive.</p>

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<p>yes nogardder is correct.
the ieor program in columbia is very different from the aemg program.
ieor is more mathetmatically and statistically oriented.
ieor in columbia is great- you are pratically guaranteed an internship position with prestigeous companies here, which serves as a GREAT gateway to excellent jobs once you graduate.</p>

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<p>go to Cornell. Here is a more informative thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=313734[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=313734&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;