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<p>Technically true, but if someone is smart enough to get into both of these schools, they’re probably smart enough to get a New York company interested in them. And due to NYC’s sheer size, just about any kind of job opportunity short of “I want to go save the children in Africa” (or other jobs that are physically impossible to do in New York) will be available.</p>
<p>Easy solution. Go to Yale and take the train into NY on weekends you feel the need.</p>
<p>@ilovebagels: I disagree that it’s always that easy. You don’t just get to walk into any company you’d like, even with an Ivy League degree. The job market is anything but predictable.</p>
<p>It also helps to already be in a city to find work there. There’s generally a bias towards local candidates. But to just move to a city to find work, you need substantial savings or to be able to find a survival job quickly. Most recent university graduates don’t have the former. The latter isn’t guaranteed and will take time from your job search even if you find the survival job.</p>
<p>We also don’t have certainty as to what the economy is going to be like in four years. In a weak economy, all bets are off for everyone. Personally, after the IT industry collapsed, I had to spend four years of my life in a city I detested. There was little IT work available anywhere. What few jobs were listed usually specified “Local candidates only”, preventing me from relocating to a city I actually liked even at my own expense. (Incidentally, I don’t think outsourcing is the reason for IT’s demise, although that’s another story.)</p>
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<p>This. Yale’s prestige and marketability is much greater than Columbia’s. Unless you absolutely hate Yale/New Haven, I wouldn’t consider any of Columbia’s benefits worth it.</p>
<p>Both great choices that offer pretty different experiences. I like Columbia because I prefer an urban experience. I would find four years in a smaller town suffocating. The same with the residential college system…but that’s just me.</p>
<p>Yale’s marketability and prestige over Columbia is negligible. You’ll have access to the same employers and opportunities as you would at any top school. I wouldn’t place much credence in anyone who says otherwise because it’s just not accurate. Plus you’ll have the added benefit of actually being in NYC during school which will give you greater access to whatever you want should you decide to pursue it.</p>
<p>The idea of going to Yale and then going to NYC on the weekends is kind of silly. It’s almost a two hour train ride each way and really not terribly convenient. If you like NYC enough to go every weekend, you should be going to Columbia to begin with.</p>
<p>I couldn’t do a small town like new haven but love the architecture at Yale. Did you visit or talk to the profs you would have in your major. that’s a major consideration. See how the rapport is with them and that may help.</p>