<p>I’m int’l student and I got accepted by Brandeis, NYU’s Liberal Studies Program in Florence, Italy (rejected by NYU College of Arts and Science), and Oxford College of Emory Univ.(on the wait list of Emory College).
I intend to major in Poly Sci but my mind is open to all the majors (including Business program). I really don’t know where I should belong.</p>
<p>Here’s some factors I consider:
Balanced life: study good and have parties & fun; make a lot of great friends w/ different backgrounds
Study Aboard Program: Since I was a foreign exchange student in MN two years ago, it was totally different experience for me and I loved it, so i would like to spend some of my college life (perhaps junior year) studying aboard in South America or Africa.
Location: opportunities with visiting speakers, internships, volunteering, and other activities.
Chances for elite MBA program: which school would promote my chances of getting in an elite MBA program?</p>
<p>Any thought will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot guys.</p>
<p>As I understand it, the LSP program means that you will end up at the NYU CAS eventually, right? In which case, you have to decide whether or not you want to go to a school which has its own self-contained campus or not. As you probably know, NYU is a collection of buildings within NYC. It is truly an urban school, whereas the others are campuses set more in suburban environments, but easy access to the cities themselves. Waltham has a street that has a college town feel with a variety of shops and restaurants.</p>
<p>As far as the rest of the questions, I think all the colleges will be equal, except that the answer to number one will be far different for NYU than the others. Also, with Emory, you will be transitioning from Oxford to Emory as well, so you will have a smaller campus than a move to a bigger one. </p>
<p>almost all colleges bring in speakers, offer internships and have study abroad programs. That should be the least of your concerns.</p>
<p>NYU is only for certain people. It IS just a bunch of buildings, but I find NYU amazing. Others don’t like it because there isn’t a real campus, and some say NYU lacks school spirit. I visited the NYC campus today for LSP. LSP is actually a good opportunity. It does limit the number of electives you can take, but it offers small class sizes and close relationships with your professors, which is a rare thing to come by for students in CAS. Furthermore, in LSP, by the time you get to your junior year and transfer into CAS, you’ll be pretty much done with all your required courses, so you’re free to concentrate on your major!</p>
<p>I honestly don’t know much about NYU’s international sites, though I’m pretty sure LSP is the same at all sites.</p>
<p>You’ll definitely have a social life at NYU! There are over 400 clubs! The easiest way to make friends is to get involved in student activities. At the admitted students day, current students said that they often go out to Broadway shows and go out to eat together. Plus they’re right next to Washington Square Park! </p>
<p>I realize that this doesn’t really apply to you since you’re an international student and won’t be studying in the city for your freshman year. So, I’m sorry if this was completely useless. But really, what you should do is visit each school. See where you feel comfortable, which campus feels RIGHT. </p>
<p>@ Cloudyafternoons
Thank you for your opinion</p>
<p>I’ve been the city of New York for like a month. I actually liked the sexiness of the location. About the other two, I just don’t think i have enough time for me to get an visa and then fly to the states to visit.</p>
<p>One of my advisers from Columbia told me that NYU is not academically strong but it just gets so hot in the admission market because of its sexy NYC location. How many ppl would agree with his statement? Will the admission officers from the other graduate schools think that way, too?</p>
<p>I did not mean that you can’t have a balanced life at NYU, but just that the you are comparing schools with self-contained campuses to one where the city is its campus. Also, the dorms for NYU are really scattered around, particularly as you move beyond freshman year. There are clubs and dining halls, a big gym, amazing library, and you will make friends, etc., but the school definitely has a more fragmented feel than your other choices. While there are alot of student discounts available, NY is expensive, so please take that into account. NYU will offer you the most diversity of backgrounds in the student body, I think. </p>
<p>I think you shouldn’t worry so much about what grad schools will think and more about the environment you want to be in for the next four years. </p>
<p>Brandeis will offer everything that you’ve cited in your list. Its reputation is one of an intellectually oriented student body with a strong interest in social justice. I wouldn’t call the campus itself “gorgeous.” Emory’s campus is much nicer in terms of visual appeal, IMO (haven’t visited Emory, but did get the admissions video). Don’t know if they can get that to you in time for you to make your decision, but maybe you can try, so you can at least see the campus (although I don’t know if they have one for Oxford).</p>
<p>In terms of academic quality, I think they’re fairly comparable schools, but you might want to check the class sizes for each, if that’s important to you. Look, to be perfectly honest, if you were waitlisted for CAS (and ditto for Emory) then I would imagine that the academic standards for each school will be more than enough for you, since you didn’t make the cut at the level with more demanding standards. Sorry to be so blunt.</p>
<p>I like your comment. kk
You got a good point on my situation.</p>
<p>Frankly speaking, I can easily get full scores for math/science and I’m also really active at schools/ECs/leaderships. But when it comes down to English reading and vocabulary, im just not good at that. Everyone gets shocked when they hear that I only got 550ish on SAT verbal but i could win some speech prize in the states and got like 750 on SAT writing.</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess i will have plenty things to learn no matter where i go.</p>