<p>Columbia or Stern?</p>
<p>I know it's relatively easier to get into NYU, but Stern is prestigious and selective. But is Stern as selective as Columbia or it is even more selective than Columbia?</p>
<p>About the same, I'd say.</p>
<p>Though, I'd go to Columbia, give the choice, because the Ivy League brand name carries more weight.</p>
<p>Graduate school right? Because Columbia doesn't offer undergraduate business degrees. </p>
<p>Columbia is more difficult; they consistently rank top 3 in the world and their MBA graduates consistently make the more than other b-school grads.</p>
<p>no; i was asking about Stern undergrad and Columbia University undergrad as a whole. In other words, which is harder to get into between Stern and the easiest undergrad program one can get onto at Columbia?</p>
<p>Japher, so Stern isn't = to even at least the least ivy league school in terms of reputation? that's sad, considering Stern undergrad is quite prestigious.</p>
<p>Stern probably carries the same weight locally, but I don't think it's brand has the same breadth.</p>
<p>Comparing Stern to any Columbia major is ridiculous. That's apples and oranges. How do you compare business to engineering or mathematics?</p>
<p>Do you mean NYU to CU? Even then, more so, Columbia shines.</p>
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<p>No, NYU is definitely is better than Brown & Cornell in business. NYU is a great university, if you want to go into business and you get accepted I would take it.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if you are implying that Columbia has the least rep out of the ivy, but that's not true at all. There are 8 ivy's and 4 always make the Top 10 Universities in the world and Columbia is one. Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and UPenn always rank lower.</p>
<p>LukeJ, I wasn't the one who's saying Columbia has the least rep amongst the Ivies. I wasn't also asking about reputation. I was asking for the selectivity level of Stern vis-a-vis Columbia. Let's forget rep for awhile and talk about selectivity. <a href="Because%20when%20we%20talk%20about%20branding...%20I%20know%20Stern%20is%20a%20top%20brand%20and%20ahead%20of%20some%20of%20the%20Ivies.">i</a>*</p>
<p>Columbia is considerably harder to get into.</p>
<p>CU is harder to get into, but even if I get into both, CU or NYU Stern, I'd probably take Stern, if I can afford it.</p>
<p>^ Why would you pick Stern over CU?</p>
<p>Just me personally, I know most people would pick the Ivy over NYU. But I'd like to work on Wall Street, and NYU would be a good school, maybe the best, but I'm not sure about that. CU could too, but I want to major in Finance and CU doesn't have UG business.
Plus, I think I'd fit in better at NYU, don't know if I could handle an Ivy, everyone would be so smart! lol. But I like how Columbia has a little bit of a campus, not much but more than NYU. And I think NYU would be more "chill", but Stern is still pretty competitive from what I've heard.</p>
<p>But, I probably won't have to make this choice, CU is a solid reach for me, probably won't even apply and NYU Stern is a low reach for me, but I'd love to go to school in NYC.</p>
<p>^ LMAO @ Stern being chill.</p>
<p>As someone who hires on Wall Street, I'd give the nod to a Columbia grad over a Stern grad. I think the Columbia grad has gotten a better, more well rounded education. I know the bar was higher to get into Columbia in the first place. I'm betting the Columbia grad is a better critical thinker.</p>
<p>And Stern is the furthest thing from chill.....</p>
<p>I'd say it really depends on your background. If you have a lot of leadership and a math/econ background with some business experience, I'd say you have an easier time getting into Stern than Columbia. If you are a girl with a very strong science background and can land an engineering internship the summer before your senior year, I'd say Columbia SEAS might be easier to get into than Stern. All things considered I'd say Stern is slightly less selective than Columbia.</p>
<p>Ok, maybe not, but NYU overall would be more chill, but that wouldn't matter since I'd be in Stern, so I guess I'm wrong on that one. </p>
<p>And I know Morningside Heights has gotten a lot better than what it used to be, but I still like NYU's location more, but heck, you can't go wrong, both are in Manhattan.</p>
<p>Thanks to all who answered. But doesn't Stern asks for higher HS GPA and SAT scores from the candidates than Columbia does?</p>
<p>hawaiiboy15: what does "chill" means?</p>
<p>chill means "very competitive"</p>
<p>Columbia is tougher to get into than NYU Stern--and Columbia requires a higher GPA and higher SAT scores (on average) in order to be admitted.</p>
<p>Having said that, I rank NYU Stern as definitely being in the top 5 undergraduate business schools, and among the top 3 undergraduate finance schools (and possibly #1--although most give that honor to Wharton).</p>