Columbia SEAS vs CMU SCS for undergrad

As someone who *might* want to become a quant, which undergraduate program would best prepare me for the future? Like in terms of how well each school may prepare me for the graduate curriculum, getting into grad school, etc.

I've heard that Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science is very math based, which I thought might be better given that quants need a rigorous mathematics background. Columbia's engineering program is more humanities based, but it is in NYC and has the Ivy prestige.

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