<p>Hi, Im a worried junior applying next year (not too far away) and I'm looking to apply early to Penn or Columbia engineering. I really dont know which one has the better PROGRAM offerings. Does applying early to Columbia SEAS help b/c it seems (numbers wise) to.</p>
<p>"Does applying early to Columbia SEAS help b/c it seems (numbers wise) to"</p>
<p>compared to reg decision yes, compared to penn seas ED no, it's probably easier to get penn seas both ED or RD.</p>
<p>" I really dont know which one has the better PROGRAM offerings."</p>
<p>what do you mean? what are you interested in? and what do you want from your education? - without answering these, your question is meaningless. columbia seas has several requirements which you might or might not like.</p>
<p>are you sure b/c penn has a pretty low admitt rate....</p>
<p>I mean which one is more science and engineering geared. I know Penn has Wharton, but I fear that perhaps Penn is more liberal arts oriented. Which one has a better reputation in the academic world.</p>
<p>"are you sure b/c penn has a pretty low admitt rate...."</p>
<p>almost always, the engineering school at a univ would have a higher admit rate than the other programs. In penn's case I don't see why this would be different. penn overall is 16% columbia overall is 10% with columbia seas at 17.6%, people say wharton has like a 9-10% acceptance rate, so the engineering school would have a higher acceptance rate to compensate, unless CAS has a high rate, which I doubt since it is pretty solid.</p>
<p>"but I fear that perhaps Penn is more liberal arts oriented."</p>
<p>this is untrue, both aren't the stereotypical hardcore engineering school types, both have liberal arts sides to them, both are quite pre-professional, in particular pre-business/finance as much as pre-(engineering industry).</p>
<p>"Which one has a better reputation in the academic world."</p>
<p>apart from biomedical engineering, i'd say columbia in most departments, but not by much, they're comparable.</p>
<p>They're both fine engineering schools that have their students well-integrated with the liberal arts majority. I'd say it should be a question of fit, since the academic experience (at least at the undergrad level) is going to be roughly comparable.</p>
<p>Does Columbia SEAS have the Core?</p>
<p>^has it's own core</p>