Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?

[Anonymous]

For Finance and Engineering
Columbia

For Lib Arts Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For Finance and Engineering
Columbia

For Lib Arts Harvard.

Disagree. I know multiple art/fim/visual studies, history, comp lit, and government majors from Harvard who had multiple offers to work on Wall Street in front office jobs by commencement day.

These companies don't care, they want your pedigree. They expect to train you on-the-job and put you thru finance boot camp. You're going to get your CFA and Series licenses while working, that's the expectation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Having attended both... Harvard college is a lot of fun and way more relaxed. So... Harvard.

+1000

The term "A Gentleman's C" came from Harvard. It's nowhere near as intense and competitive as Columbia. Go to Columbia for an intense academic environment; go to Harvard for a social environment where soft skills are prized.

That's basically the difference between the two schools. Whether or not your child will do well depends on his personality. If your son is a strong introvert, he may be miserable at Harvard.

No, that was based on "a gentleman's third" at Oxford, as you see in Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited". The phrase was just remade over for the Ivies.

[Anonymous]

Harvard is more prestigious, although in terms of fit I understand why many students might prefer Columbia

[Anonymous]

I'm cracking up at the notion that Harvard grads are primarily suave extroverts. Harvard graduates a lot of nerds who haven't picked up any social graces, but did manage to absorb some of the arrogance.

[Anonymous]

Harvard

[Anonymous]

Harvard for the name I guess even though every single Harvard graduate we have hired at my company has been a disappointment. High maintenance, arrogant, no better than other high performing college grads. I hear from others though that Harvard law school grads are top notch though

[Anonymous]

Is your kid a legacy at Harvard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For undergrad, I would say Harvard.

For graduate, I turned them down, because they were weaker than the school I chose in my specific area of interest. I got lots of pushback from people who thought I was derailing my life to turn down Harvard.

My brother went this route. Unfortunately, employers failed to understand the “stronger” school. If you have Harvard you’re set for life. He is piddling in a government job now. But, yeah he pursued his specialty...

[Anonymous]

Harvard and Cambridge/Boston>Columbia and NYC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard for the name I guess even though every single Harvard graduate we have hired at my company has been a disappointment. High maintenance, arrogant, no better than other high performing college grads. I hear from others though that Harvard law school grads are top notch though

Can I ask why you hired them? It wasn't for the name, I assume.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For Finance and Engineering
Columbia

For Lib Arts Harvard.

Disagree. I know multiple art/fim/visual studies, history, comp lit, and government majors from Harvard who had multiple offers to work on Wall Street in front office jobs by commencement day.

These companies don't care, they want your pedigree. They expect to train you on-the-job and put you thru finance boot camp. You're going to get your CFA and Series licenses while working, that's the expectation.

Just curious, but how does this make sense from a hiring perspective? Clients wouldn't know your hiree's pedigree.

[Anonymous]

Not even comparable. Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not even comparable. Harvard.

Lol - Columbia is so much easier

[Anonymous]

Seems like your kid got in off the waitlist - congrats! This is a lucky year for waitlist movement