Columbia vs. Yale Mechanical Engineering

[OrangeTowel]

I've been accepted to the terminal master's program at Yale and Columbia Mechanical Engineering. I am interested in exploring robotics as my concentration. I have my own set of pros and cons but I am simply interested in general thoughts that people have about these two programs. Comments on things such as quality/number of courses offered, the type of research I can get involved in even though it's only a year, or simply the overall graduate experience etc. I simply want to see if there are factors that I have overlooked and just get a general feeling about how other people perceive these two programs.

Thanks.

[yyemperor]

Yale, please.

You are so excellent... I plan to apply for Harvard, but I didn't. I only got Columbia and UPenn Mechanical Engineering. But if I were you, I will go to Yale because both Columbia and Yale are not very strong in ME, then why not choose the "HYP" ?

[heymanyo]

Neither is considered that amazing in Engineering, but I guess Yale has more of a "name". Also, I'd imagine it's cheaper to live in New Haven than Manhattan.