<p>Trying to decide on F.E. at Engineering School vs. Economics/Math at College. Too bad cannot apply for both though. Any thoughts? F.E. is relatively new, don't know anyone who took it.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about what the Econ/math department placement is like for IBs at Columbia, but almost everyone I know that went through the IEOR program including FE, OR, EMS, IE, that wanted to work at an IB got positions there. Placement is very good, especially for FE majors. </p>
<p>Also, how comfortable are you with learning programming? Because thats required in FE.</p>
<p>Tx. Very comfortable. I am programming for a major company right now and learning several other languages. so, c++/java/perl/sql(oracle). Starting to look at Objective C (weird looking) for apple development.</p>
<p>FE is more difficult but, imo, makes you stand out more (only offered at Princeton and Columbia I believe). </p>
<p>Hopefully I can switch from Econ at CC. :)</p>
<p>Cornell also has an FE option for their ORIE undergrad degree program (Cornell’s equivalent of Columbia’s IEOR department).</p>
<p>I looked up the classes and I am still not very clear whether it is more like a computer science with some in-depth quant finance classes (seems like a senior option only) or the focus more on economics and finance with some math background? Also, if I want to continue studying natural sciences, e.g. Physics, would I have enough time on the program?</p>