Columbia vs. GTech - MechE

<p>I am now a sophomore Econ-Math joint major at Emory University. I am going to graduate a year early and do a 3+2 mechE program at either Columbia or Georgia Tech.</p>

<p>My goal is get an engineering job in the automotive industry (please don’t try to talk me out of it, I love cars too much), get a top MBA, and climb into senior management. Keeping cost, location, social life, etc. constant, how do Georgia Tech and Columbia compare in terms of:</p>

<li>Job placement, particularly in the automotive field?</li>
<li>MechE academics?</li>
<li>GPA destruction? (I will have completed the first 2 years of curriculum at Emory already, though)</li>
<li>MBA admissions? (probably depends mostly on question #3!)</li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>