Columbia (Engineering Management) VS Cornell (Operations Research)

Graduate School
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<p>I am having a difficult time choosing between Columbia Engineering Management Systems program and Cornell Operations Research program. Both are 1 year Masters program. If I want to go into consulting/finance in top companies which would be a better choice? I heard Cornell Engineering is stronger especially in Operations Research and their are more classes to take in this field but Columbia is situated in Manhattan. </p>

<p>It seems like most of the people in the IEOR department at Columbia do either Financial Engineering or Operations Research. I couldn't find any review about their Engineering Management Systems program. Anyone here got any idea about their Engineering Management Systems program?</p>

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<p>columbia MSOR.</p>

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<p>Comparing OR to EM is really like comparing apples and oranges. I had one OR class in my MEM, but most of my curriculum was completely different.</p>

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<p>MEM is a different curriculum than MS-EMS. MEM is less quantitaively oriented than MS-EMS. </p>

<p>EMS (Engineering Management Systems) is a sub-branch of OR.</p>

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<p>Ahh ok I gotcha. I thought they were the same.</p>

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<p>So what is your final choice?</p>