Binghamton University vs. New York University

Hello,
So over the last half, I have grown a liking towards the health/ medical field. Although, I now have a dilemma. I have gotten admitted to Binghamton Universities Harpur’s College of Arts and Sciences, and into NYU’s Liberal Arts Core Program. I have been told that I can transfer from the liberal arts program in NYU to the College of Arts and Science when I go to declare my major at the end of my sophmore year, although it will probably be a strenuous process, while at Binghamton I would pursue pre-med from freshman year. Although, others have also told me that NYU has better opportunities for pre-med students. Any suggestions?

  • And to add, both schools gave me good financial aid offers.

NYU is going to be the same cost as Bing? Just checking for clarity.

What is your new package from NYU? IIRC, NYU was going to reduce your package because they gave you an on campus award and you are living at home

How much is the new award

Direct cost at bing. $22861

Your package
Full Tap 5165
Full Pell $5920
SUNY Credit ~1400
Loan $5500

Total$17,355

Where is the other 5.5k coming from?

Remember: you are not eligible for Excelsior because your tuition is already covered by TAP and PELL

Did not count work study because it is not guaranteed that you will make that money.

NYU gave me 29,000 on the new scholarship plus 5,920 from the pell grant and 5,165 from the tap grant, which is a total of 40,225 and with the loans (subsidized: 3,500/ unsubsidized: 6,000) I cover the total cost of tuition or so I was told. For Bing, they gave me 22,915 dollars including the subsidized loan for 1,750 and the subsidized loan for 1,000 (the rest was grants (seeing as i’m in their eop program) and they also offered me 3,000 for federal work study). My parents were making the argument that the cost of me attending Bing would also be a little more expensive seeing as we don’t have a car and when you dorm you tend to spend a lot of money, but my main concern is which one would better benefit me in the long run.

Are you going to commute if you attend NYU? If not…who is paying your room and board costs?

How much is your Bing package without work studyDid they give you a grant or just a book stipend?

Can you give a breakdown of you award letter from bing?

NYU tuition is $50,464 per year. You will have well over $50k in debt when you graduate. Not a good position to be in for someone who wants to attend med school

you can take the bus to bing…the same bus that goes Cornell stops at bing
You don’t necessarily need a car t get to school if you can have your stuff shipped (ups will let you ship a trunk a long as you have a lock on it.

No matter where you go you will need money for start up costs.

I am a huge, huge, huge fan of EOP/HEOP because of all of the supports you receive as part of the program from the one month summer program, tutoring, study groups to free grad school at SUNY through the graduate opportunity program.

If you are going to med school and can get admitted into SUNY upstate /or SUNY downstate your med school tuition would be covered through the GOP, which would be a huge cost savings.

In addition, if bing is not working for you , you will have the opportunity of applying to another EOP/HWOP program as. Transfer because you are already in the program

@sybbie719

“If you are going to med school and can get admitted into SUNY upstate/or SUNY downstate your med school tuition would be covered through the GOP, which would be a Hughes cost savings.”

I need to remember this. I don’t run into too many EOP prospective Med school students, but WOW! Most of the SUNY kids we see are in the IT field. I’d bet 3.6+ GPA and good MCATs would get in if you are a NY/EOP.

@elocin27

I suggest you list both sets of awards here and the usual people will help you evaluate them.

As for NYU(commute) v. Bing(dorm), if costs are truly equal, I’d probably go to NYU. There are more hospitals for your ECs and good paying part time jobs in the summer. When you are away, it is difficult to line up summer work remotely as a freshman unless you have a job now and the boss invites you back in the summer.

One real issue to consider is the massive wealth of many NYU students. Imagine being able to spend $73,000/year and it doesn’t have any negative financial bearing on you or your parents life.

As a poor kid in NYC, you see it wealth disparity everyday but it doesn’t affect your daily routine . In school, you will not be able to participate when groups go out for food or whatever else is going on. I grew up in the city but live elsewhere now. Whenever I go to Manhattan, I am stunned by the prices of everything around mid-town.

The other thing to consider that Op was admitted to NYU through general admissions. she has to also consider the potential cost savings should she attend med school. Being first gen/EOP will be soft factors in the med school admission process.

Op should also not under estimate the hands on support that she would get as a EOP premed student (they will want her to succeed and help her out) where as she would be in her own at NYU and totally responsible for her own self advocacy

What are your net costs at NYU? You say you got $40,000 in aid…but the cost to attend including housing and board are over $70,000 per year.

What are your net costs at Bing? It sounds like this is more affordable.

You do NOT need a car…period. It’s money you don’t need to spend.

Op is commuting to NYU

OP is admitted to the Liberal Ats CORE program. Reading on line is hard to figure out how premed can be done though this program but I will not be surprised if it can NOT be completed in four years and a fifth year or post bac program is needed. OP can you get some concrete advise about that? Even if NYU has more premed opportunities you have to look in to how those opportunities apply to you in the CORE program.