<p>Hey guys, I am thinking of applying to one of these colleges to do mech engineering.. I know that only Columbia and Cornell are the best ivies to do eng.. Put it simple? Which is better??? Thx for your help...</p>
<p>Cornell because there's more of a focus on engineering at the university as a whole. Columbia SEAS, however, is overshadowed by the College, giving the university much more of a liberal arts feel.</p>
<p>It doesn't seem as if "thisSHHHisBANANAs" has attended either, but my final decision was basically between those two choices. "Overshadowed by the College" and a "much more of a liberal arts feel" are figments of his/her imagination. In each class, SEAS has 300 and CC has about 1200. Of those 1200, hundreds will major in Economics and several hundred science or premed types will major in Bio, Chem, Math, Physics, etc. It isn't as if all of CC is majoring in art history. You could similarly illogically argue that Cornell is "overshadowed" by all of the other programs there (hotel, etc.).</p>
<p>If you manage to get in to both (or have already visited), you'll find that the two are vastly different places. I visited both of them in April, and instinctively knew that Columbia was right for me. I think Cornell's engineering departments are probably slightly better than Columbia's (in terms of faculty research), but that would be much more important to deciding whether to go to grad school. The reality is that you'll be evaluating the schools on tons of different criteria.</p>
<p>And by the way, Princeton has pretty good engineering. Penn and Harvard are OK.</p>
<p>Cornell is pretty much the best school in ivy for engineerin. for columbia engineering is sorta over shadowed (yes it is!) since even engineers are required to take part of the humanities core and all the people in CC, even if they are science majors, have a strong humanities background from the core courses. However a columbia student does have the new york city!! and I think that one of the best parts to columbia life. as for quality of engineering in ivy I'd go with cornell and princeton</p>
<p>Columbia all the way on this one. Although if you're truly serious about engineering, you should be applying to schools like MIT, CalTech, Stanford, and Berkeley. Out of curiosity, why are you limiting yourself to the Ivy League? The College of Engineering at Berkeley can blow Columbia SEAS and Cornell Engineering out of the water any given day. MIT, Stanford, and CalTech also put Ivies to shame when it comes to engineering. However, if I had to choose between SEAS at Columbia and Cornell engineering, I would choose SEAS.</p>
<p>cornell ONLY w. engineering. Everything else, Columbia hands down!!!! Listen, at columbia, if you find engineering isn't ur thing, u got a real problem, good luck transfering to Columbia College that accepts less than 10 percent transfers, and yes at SEAS, you are applying as an external transfer to columbia college. Do NOT limit yourself like that. At Cornell, you can switch to Arts/Sciences, which is still very prestigious.</p>
<p>one school or the other "all the way" has absolutely no credibility. They are equivilant in all academic areas for undergraduates. It's for you to decide which college is subjectively better for you (e.g. maybe you feel that Columbia's core is better). Reputation wise, Cornell is more prestigious for engineering, but Columbia is more so for humanities. At either school you will find outstanding professors in all fields. You really need to visit both to make an informed decision. I didn't apply to Columbia because I couldn't live in NYC. I went to Cornell engineering.</p>
<p>
[quote]
Listen, at columbia, if you find engineering isn't ur thing, u got a real problem, good luck transfering to Columbia College that accepts less than 10 percent transfers, and yes at SEAS, you are applying as an external transfer to columbia college. Do NOT limit yourself like that.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Big myth, but untrue.</p>
<p>I agree with gouverneurmorris. Isn't it funny that the people who have actually attended one of these two schools are the most likely to say that it is a tough subjective decision rather than troll for one school?</p>
<p>Although some rankings put Cornell ahead, its really up to you and what you want. The two places are soo different and its up to you where and what you do. Gouvenrneurmorris sums it up perfectly. You need a visit lol!</p>
<p>I attend/attended both schools and I would definitely say Cornell.</p>