<p>Many people have told me that Columbia offers more opportunities–jobs, internships, ect.–in comparison to the other ivy league schools. They claim this because Columbia is in New York City. Is this true?</p>
<p>I’d appreciate some feedback!! (:</p>
<p>Bump! Hehe.</p>
<p>It really depends. If you want to go into finance, wall street, and you have a choice between columbia and cornell, 100 percent go to columbia. But if you get into HPYS, I would say def go to those schools over columbia. But Columbia and HPYS are all top ivy’s so it comes down to really which school you love. Dont pick a hyps or columbia because you feel you may get a better job at one of them. You’ll have amazing chances at all of them to land a great job.</p>
<p>I’m not sure the choice between Cornell and Columbia for pushing fake money around is so clear cut. Cornell has a strong NYC institutional presence, very strong alumni network in the city, a strong financial engineering program, and internship / recruiting opportunities that make it a good choice.</p>
<p>More broadly, it really depends on your major and preferred campus experience (traditional collegiate or urban) as to which school in that athletic conference you prefer. A lot of people go to Harvard, for example, because of the name and regret the experience because it turned out to be a bad fit for them. That’s been my experience, at least.</p>
<p>^Again, I never said Cornells resources for recruiting and academics weren’t good. All i said was columbia’s was better because it is more prestigious. And from the people who I’ve spoken to who went to Harvard, I have never heard one person say they regretted it and had a bad experience. If you have a really bad experience at a college and tell everyone you regretted it, you probably just an un-happy person and would have been miserable anywhere.</p>
<p>There is no ivy starting with an S. Get your facts straight if you are going to discuss a topic you know nothing about.</p>
<p>I appreciate the advice. I have narrowed my choices down to Princeton, Yale and Columbia… The only problem is where should I apply EA. And yes, I am planning to major in math/econ (or one of them) and then pursue an MBA. I really want to work in the finance/businees field, but I hesitate because I don’t know where I can best pursue these goals. :/</p>
<p>(Sorry if something seems unclear, I’m just really pensive at the moment… can’t think straight. lol.)</p>
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You actually never said that before, but if now you’re claiming prestige is the sole reason an individual should choose one college over another, all I can say is you have much to learn about the world.</p>
<p>Also, you obviously have never studied at Harvard or know many of its graduates.</p>
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<p>USNWR Math Department rankings (graduate school)
2. Princeton
10. Yale
10. Columbia</p>
<p>USNWR Economics Department rankings (graduate school)
<p>@JaimieBrown
Thanks for the information!! (: It helped.</p>
<p>“And yes, I am planning to major in math/econ (or one of them) and then pursue an MBA.”</p>
<p>Grad school rankings aren’t relevant. OP is looking for undergrad right now, not an MBA program.</p>