-- Posted by whrocky5092 at 10:31 am on June 19, 2008 If i  want to go into the Engineering field which university is better/stronger. Cornell U. in upstate or Columbia Unicersity in NYC -- Posted by littlebigwonder at 10:32 am on June 19, 2008 Columbia -- Posted by Northern Southerner at 10:32 am on June 19, 2008 Columbia -- Posted by Sara Olivia at 10:33 am on June 19, 2008 Columbia -- Posted by hubert cumberdale at 10:33 am on June 19, 2008 columbia! -- Posted by Natsy at 10:36 am on June 19, 2008 columbia! -- Posted by smokeybacon at 10:38 am on June 19, 2008 Columbia! -- Posted by Porcelina at 10:44 am on June 19, 2008 Don't ask Livewire. I bet half the people are saying Columbia because it's an Ivy League and don't realize that Cornell is also an Ivy League. Go to their websites and check out their engineering program on your own. Call the colleges and ask for information including obviously how difficult it is to get in, job placement, ask for a list of where their engineering students get jobs, and what other college programs theirs can be compared to. Also, ask if it is possible to shadow an engineering student for a day or two. -- Posted by jennay at 6:05 pm on June 19, 2008 Quote: from Porcelina at 10:44 am on June 19, 2008 Don't ask Livewire. I bet half the people are saying Columbia because it's an Ivy League and don't realize that Cornell is also an Ivy League.   Go to their websites and check out their engineering program on your own. Call the colleges and ask for information including obviously how difficult it is to get in, job placement, ask for a list of where their engineering students get jobs, and what other college programs theirs can be compared to. Also, ask if it is possible to shadow an engineering student for a day or two. cornell is the lowest ranked ivy though -- Posted by whrocky5092 at 7:17 am on June 20, 2008 Cornell isn't in the Ivy. Is it? -- Posted by Porcelina at 1:27 pm on June 20, 2008 Quote: from jennay at 9:05 pm on June 19, 2008 Quote: from Porcelina at 10:44 am on June 19, 2008 Don't ask Livewire. I bet half the people are saying Columbia because it's an Ivy League and don't realize that Cornell is also an Ivy League.    Go to their websites and check out their engineering program on your own. Call the colleges and ask for information including obviously how difficult it is to get in, job placement, ask for a list of where their engineering students get jobs, and what other college programs theirs can be compared to. Also, ask if it is possible to shadow an engineering student for a day or two. cornell is the lowest ranked ivy though Doesn't mean it doesn't have a better engineering program. A lot of the best engineering programs aren't even in the Ivies. And, yes, Cornell is the largest Ivy League school. -- Posted by Whitelighter at 3:26 pm on June 20, 2008 My cousin went to Cornell - not for engineering, so I can't really help with that specifically, but she loved the University itself. I do know that Columbia's engineering program is very good, one of my teachers was going for her masters at Columbia this past year. I don't know much about Cornell's program, though. -- Posted by Mieux at 12:32 am on June 21, 2008 I'm pretty sure Cornell has a far better engineering program. -- Posted by Mieux at 12:33 am on June 21, 2008 Quote: from whrocky5092 at 10:17 am on June 20, 2008 Cornell isn't in the Ivy. Is it? Yes, it is. lol -- Posted by MrIndigo at 12:06 am on June 25, 2008 Columbia... Cornell suck. It's cold and it's in the middle of no where. Plus Columbia have great dining hall food:) Sure, Cornell may have a better program and stuff, but Columbia aren't far off. The question is whether you want to live 4 years in a cold tundra or live in NYC where there's a ton of stuff to do:) -- Posted by violaghost at 12:26 pm on June 29, 2008 Quote: from Black Sheep at 3:32 am on June 21, 2008 I'm pretty sure Cornell has a far better engineering program. That is definitely true. While Columbia is regarded better overall, Cornell engineering is far superior. Columbia's strengths lie in law and business. -- Posted by xcutioners at 9:58 pm on July 2, 2008 MIT >Columbia >Cornell -- Posted by Krelian393 at 6:49 pm on July 7, 2008 They're both really fucking good! But go to CollegeConfidential.com forums for this. Most people on LW are not at all knowledgeable about higher education and will misinform you. -- Posted by gprime at 10:44 pm on July 13, 2008 People here really like to spout off incorrect nonsense. So, for clarity's sake, some facts: * Cornell is indeed an Ivy League. However, this is just an old sports conference, and is not something that should therefore matter. * The "lowest ranked" Ivy is not Cornell, but Brown. And it is, wait for it, still ranked #14. Cornell is #12, and Columbia is tied for #9. So guess what? All of them are excellent schools with no serious quality distinction on the whole. * As far as engineering goes, Cornell is much better. It is established fact. This is reflected by the significant different in PA scores and overall rank. Cornell is ranked #10 with a PA of 4.2, compared to the #28 Columbia, whose PA is a mere 3.6. * As for the food comment, it is Cornell that is known for excellence here, not Columbia. It is consistantly in the top 5 nationwide. Columbia is not among the top 20 (which is how far the published rankings extend). Of course, there are other factors to consider when choosing between the two schools. Each has many good things about them, and many bad things. But that requires you doing some of your own research. -- Posted by usblogger at 3:39 pm on July 15, 2008 i believe that cornell is much better than columbia in terms of engineering. i got into ivies myself wanting to do an engineering program and chose to go to the west coast. however, you should also look at schools from other perspective, such as student life and location. -- Posted by Sar at 1:09 pm on July 24, 2008 Cornell's engineering program is all I've heard about from engineering friends. It is up to you though, research them both and find out which is the better fit for you! Cornell is far from the cold tundra of upstate, if you want to see cold tundra, visit me. :P -- Posted by xcutioners at 3:48 pm on July 25, 2008 MIT :D