Exchange: Cornell Johnson vs Columbia University School of Professional Studies

Hi,

I'm starting my MSc in Economics and Business Administration this August. I'm targeting IB and MBB and will major in Financial economics (top feeder for this in my country, masters are the norm here. Impossible to get hired with just bachelor). I have the opportunity to go for an exchange my third semester to a large selection of schools all around the world. I like to start plan early, and have therefore started looking at schools. There are some schools in the US and my impression is that competition is tough, but I still want to do some research.

Two schools that have caught my attention is Columbia and Cornell. The Cornell exchange is at the Johnson MBA program and Columbia is at SPS (My school has stated that we are unlikely to get any courses at CBS).

Columbia: Pros: New York City, known school in my country (don't know whether recruiters will care about that the program is at the SPS). Cons: Expensive. Cornell is 14k and Columbia is 19k. I guess living costs will be a lot higher in NY? (My school has stated that we will not be able to get campus housing). No courses from CBS.

Cornell: Pros: The exchange is to the MBA program at Johnson, a lot of business courses, can be nice to interact with MBA students, cheaper (although I haven't done any research on housing). Cons: The name Columbia on the resume might give recruiters a slightly harder erection than Cornell, Itacha?

Some other schools in the US where my school offers exchange are University of California Berkeley and San Diego, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University.

Any inputs?