<p>As far as I-banking is concerned ---</p>
<p>Do top i-banks in NYC recognize Cooper Union just as much as Columbia? I heard from some people that the Cooper Union has a slightly better rep. than Columbia inside The City. But does this recognition apply to top i-banking companies as well?</p>
<p>i don't understand how people can legitimately try to compare the cooper union to columbia. its no contest to the point of absurdity. I've lived in New York my whole life and i associate the cooper union with the peculiar emo kids creeping around st. marks place.</p>
<p>You haven't answered my question.</p>
<p>I'm comparing Cooper and Columbia STRICTLY in terms of i-banking reputation WITHIN NYC.</p>
<p>GT2 you have no clue as to what your talking about. Cooper offers only a total of 6 majors and each of these majors are ranked among the elite programs in the country. It's art and architecture programs are world famous. Of course, it doesn't have a campus like Columbia and Columbia's academic classes are much greater in diversity thereby providing a better, academic experience. Comparing Cooper w/ Columbia is like comparing Swarthmore with U.Penn or comparing Harvey Mudd with UCLA. In the end, Columbia is a better university (due to the overall academic exp.) but when comparing the few majors that Cooper offers with the same ones in Columbia; I would certainly call it a "legit" comparison.</p>
<p>I don't see why would the cooper union have an investment banking reputation... its an engineering school? Columbia is one of the biggest holders of real estate in the city, its a major research university with a multi-billion dollar endowment, a tremendous alumni network, a fantastic business school, and it has an ivy league reputation. To be honest, I don't know anyone, ever, who went to the cooper union and works on wall street.</p>
<p>"It's art and architecture programs are world famous"</p>
<p>same with its watercoloring and finance programs. </p>
<p>don't get me wrong, it is great for engineering... but not much else</p>
<p>in terms of ibanking prospects....i think columbia is on a completely different level than cooper union....columbia is on par/competitive with harvard, yale, penn, etc....cooper union is not on that level</p>
<p>If you look on the business majors board, you will find a thread that lists where some of the major banks recruit from. Most/Everyone recruits at columbia, only citigroup recruits at cooper union. </p>
<p>Coming from the New York area, I know no one who says cooper union has a better reputation than columbia for prestige/i bank recruitment.</p>
<p>^^ Isn't Citigroup's i-banking sector one of the most powerful i-banking companies and on par with top i-banking companies like Goldman..., Morgan Stanley, Deutsch bank, etc..?</p>
<p>my point was that while Columbia was on everyone's list, Cooper Union was only on citigroup's list. </p>
<p>No school will land you a job but a school like Columbia or NYU will get you more interviews and more oppurtunities.</p>
<p>just to be clear though, I am not in any way belittling Cooper Union in any way. It's a great school and any graduate will have great oppurtunities coming out of school</p>