This is copied & pasted from college confidential. I realized I might receive some more credible opinions here. (Although that forum is great!)
I'm wondering how an engineering degree from Columbia would fare against a business degree from NYU Stern, Michigan Ross, or Berkeley Haas in terms of recruiting. I guess what I'm really asking is, even though Columbia isn't known for it's engineering program, would the prestige and rigor associated with an Ivy League engineering degree be competitive with the more focused business degree from a non-ivy in the ibanking recruitment process. Thanks! Let me know if you need more context, I didn't want this post to be too long.
I think if you are talking about schools like NYU, UMich, Berkeley, ND that have a decent business school, then you are really indifferent between an engineering degree from Ivy and a business degree from one of those schools. All are targets at undergraduate level I believe.
The engineering degree at Columbia holds a slight edge over the other choices in my book, owning not just to the opportunities afforded to students at Ivy League schools, but also the fact that an engineering degree is more difficult to do well in then a finance degree.
Like Gangster Putin said, the Ivy engineering holds a slight edge for two reasons. 1. It's an ivy league school and therefore comes with a lot of benefits. 2. Engineering is, in general, a lot more badass than a business degree.
However, I know that for myself I would do terribly in engineering, so I would 100% go with business at Berk or NYU if that was the other choice. So if engineering and business are equal for you, go with the ivy engineering. If the engineering is going to be 3x as difficult (and therefore drop your GPA considerably), go with the b-school.
Columbia Engineering gets recruited by every major firm, the engineering school might not be mit but is one of the top in the country. Just a hint - at GS s&t summers are supposed to wear name tags and it includes your school. My question is the following, if you worked at GS and met several kids and trust me is hard to keep track, which school might give you a better impression ( Columbia, NYU, UMich or UCLA etc)? setting everything aside. Trust me the Columbia brand name carries a lot of prestige.
Thank you to everyone for contributing, I really appreciate it.
do the goldman s and t summers really have to wear name tags with their schools?
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