<p>If I want to go into banking or consulting out of undergraduate, but most of my resume is more engineering oriented, should I apply to SEAS as financial engineering or CC as economics? Moreover, I've heard rumors that SEAS is "easier to get into" than CC, but that can't be true otherwise people would be gaming the system, right?</p>
<p>The easy way: Do you consider yourself an engineer? If so, apply to SEAS.</p>
<p>The hard way: Take a look at the SEAS and CC bulletins, as well as the core requirements for both schools. If you go the SEAS route, you’ll take more classes that are math- and science-oriented, and you’re required to take a CS course. In CC, there are more literature and humanities requirements, so you will do a little more reading. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that the difference in admission is pretty small on a large scale, and for your individual case, probably does not even apply. If your experience is in engineering-related things, you’ll have a lower chance of admission in the college. (Same reason it’s a bad idea to apply for an obscure major if your work doesn’t agree with it.)</p>
<p>CC vs SEAS data:</p>
<p><a href=“Columbia OPIR”>Columbia OPIR;
<p>Wow, the gap has <em>really</em> closed up recently</p>