<p>Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science. vs Columbia SEAS for Computer Science (as a C. Prescott Davis Scholar ... not quite sure how I got this).</p>
<p>CMU has a much better CS program than Columbia, but Columbia opens up a lot of opportunities. I'm dead set on CS and am looking into a career in a tech startup (preferred option at the moment) or in finance. I don't want to be a software developer at a big tech company, but I do want to intern at them to gain experience (Google doesn't seem to recruit at Columbia). I want to keep the finance option open till I learn more about it. I also hate Columbia's Core.</p>
<p>Columbia seems the better option for a future, but CMU is the better option for an education. At an undergraduate level, is there a major difference in studying CS at both of these schools?</p>
<p>Both cost the same.</p>
<p>If you want networking in the tech world, no better place than CMU SCS(maybe Stanford). There is a reason that SCS is ranked no. 2 after MIT. </p>
<p>The CMU SCS is pretty amazing for CS, while Columbia is a typical Ivy - not that good at applied sciences. While Columbia SEAS is decent but SCS is in a leagu of it’s own.</p>
<p>If you plan on staying in the tech field, only place I’d turn down CMU for would be MIT or Stanford.</p>
<p>Also I think you can take classes at Tepper, which is a pretty good school for business, so your options in finance also remain open.</p>
<p>Go to CMU. If you got into HYPSM, then that’s another story, but compared to Columbia, CMU will be a much better choice for tech-related fields.</p>
<p>Back in December the NY Times ran an article about the trouble at Columbia SEAS - Dean’s ineffective leadership - faculty unhappiness.</p>
<p><a href=“Feniosky Peña-Mora, Columbia Engineering School Dean, Is Criticized - The New York Times”>Feniosky Peña-Mora, Columbia Engineering School Dean, Is Criticized - The New York Times;
<p>Please read to help you in your decision making.</p>