<p>I've been accepted to both schools for a B.A. in Computer Science. Which one is better in terms of reputation and placement at companies like Google, Amazon, etc.</p>
<p>Flip a coin. Cornell has a slightly better reputation, but you’d have better job opportunities if you were in NYC.</p>
<p>What do you want to end up doing with your education? That’s critical to the question; I’d say Cornell is marginally better (after Princeton, Cornell’s the best engineering Ivy imho) but they probably don’t have the exact same attitude about CS.</p>
<p>Is there a significant difference in net cost? How do you feel about Ithaca v. Manhattan? What do you think of Columbia’s Core requirements? </p>
<p>Oh right. One thing I’ve heard about Cornell CS is that there’s a lot of pressure to take mostly/almost entirely CS courses. Might contrast heavily with Columbia’s core. </p>