Engineering Brown vs. Columbia

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<p>I’m not sure where to go! I know Brown is AWESOME for many areas of study, but Columbia SEAS is generally held in higher regard that Brown Engineering. However I think the overall Brown vibe might suit me better.
What is Brown’s past performance in terms of admittances to grad schools in Engineering? Might I be selling myself short by attending Brown instead? The industry connections from SEAS seems better as well. </p>

<p>On the flip side… if Brown eng is a little less grueling (and I’m not saying easy by any means) and I have a shot at a better GPA, perhaps that’s better in the long run.
Rather than taking basic courses at SEAS or ending up with (what I hear) an avg GPA of 3.0</p>

<p>I know the whole “what’s better for grad school and the future” perspective is a slightly superficial part of the college experience to look at, but I have looked at other location/student life criteria. This last bit is pretty important though.</p>

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<p>much of my wife's family went to SEAS at Columbia and i went to brown.
they are very different places. between the columbia core and engineering requirements you will have very little freedom to explore. at brown, you will have a lot more discretion over courses that interest you.</p>

<p>both schools will set you up well for grad school or jobs. the most important factor for postgraduate options will be your grades, not where you went. </p>

<p>my advice would be to visit both and pick the place you feel will give you the best college experience</p>

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<p>thanks so much for the advice!
i will be visiting :)</p>

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<p>This thread has been asked ____________ engineering vs. Brown engineering like six times in the past week.</p>

<p>There is plenty of advice in the other threads that apply equally to your question.</p>

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<p>If you contact Admissions and the Department/School of Engineering at each place they can probably give you actual facts on grad school and job placement from both institutions. </p>

<p>Columbia engineering is much larger and better known. I don't know how much difference that makes for career for graduates.</p>

<p>Engineering curricula tend to vary across colleges much less than in other majors due to ABET requirements. Except for the Core, I would not assume that the academic experience would be that different, let alone easier, at Brown vs Columbia.</p>