<p>I’m from this kinda small, awfully conservative place in India and I crave for the liberal and culturally diversity of Brown. I’m actually feeling a bit suffocated here- the narrow mindedness is taking a toll on me.
So, these are my main college requirements-
1.INCREDIBLY LIBERAL- Brown
2.INCREDIBLE CULTURAL DIVERSITY- NYU (or NYC rather) and maybe even Brown?
Sorry for the longish post. Bear with me. I’ve never travelled abroad, yes, never left this part of India and for the longest time I was dead on being in a place as big and exciting as NYC and hence I find NYU to be my top choice. You would see why NYC allures me.</p>
<p>BUT THEN, earlier this year, I met a Brown representative in school who really interested me in Brown. Then after some research on Brown I grew to love it. Brown’s liberal atmosphere, how each individual is so different from another, how everyone just immerses themselves in their passions, the WHOLE- free-to-be-you-and-me atmosphere completely captivates me! And I keep reading about how friendly and involved the professors are with students which is another big plus point for Brown according to me.</p>
<p>Both NYU and Brown fit my main two requirements. </p>
<p>But I’m being kinda put off by how NYC would be intimidating for someone like me who has never been out in the world and the concrete jungle that it is does not help. And I’m being kinda put off by Brown’s rate of admisssion and how there is a HUGE possibility that I won’t be accepted ED. </p>
<p>I LOVE Brown. At the same time- I LOVE NYC(yes, I would wear one of those I<3NYC shirts with pride). I’m defintely applying ED to either Brown or NYU. I’m just so CONFUSED about whether I should apply ED to Brown or NYU. ANY advice/suggestion/comments would be so appreciated.
Thanks!</p>
<p>Columbia might be what ur looking for, but its academic structure is much different than Brown’s (not sure about NYU). But it has a more campus-y feel to it like Brown but has NYC just like NYU does.</p>
<p>I think NYU is far more liberal than Brown. It seems to have many more “liberal because it’s cool and everyone else is dumb” types; while Brown has its fair share of these people, for the most part people are smart enough to realize that there are good arguments to be made on both sides (or at least the people I generally find myself associating with do). Don’t get me wrong, we have a bunch of students who buy into stuff like Obamania for no apparent substantial reason, but overall I think there’s much less of a knee-jerk liberal atmosphere here if you take out people who do “die-ins” and ****. It just happens that the 50 or so people who are super liberal are much louder than the other 5800-odd students</p>
<p>also, go to college when you go to college. You have the rest of your 20s to enjoy NYC (and summers for internships etc.), so you might as well experience a more conventional college environment</p>
<p>thats a really good point elpope. NYC can be enjoyed whether or not you’re a college student, but Brown’s open curriculum can only be enjoyed while you’re a student here.</p>
<p>I think if you are afraid of being lost in the concrete jungle, NYU is probably not a good choice. My boss at my internship went there and says she very much regrets it. She said it was like just living in NYC and going to classes, not being part of a college. Providence is a pretty liberal, diverse city as well and Brown is a wonderful experience.</p>
<p>Ooohh…Thanks. Yeah, you’ll are right- NYC can be enjoyed whether I’m in NYU or not.I think I’m leaning more towards Brown for ED so I’ll apply there.
But it’s such a HUGE possibility of getting in so I can’t really get my hopes up. I feel like it’ll atleast be worth a try.</p>
<p>NYU is in the middle of Greenwich Village in downtown NYC, as you know. If you don’t know there’s a university there, you would miss it. But for the occasional banner naming a building as part of NYU, there is no difference between NYU buildings and the normal NYC buildings. So, yes, it is exactly living in NYC and going to classes. That also makes for a certain anonymity. Because it’s Greenwich Village, there tend to be a lot of young people and “hip” people there anyway. It’s impossible to tell who is a student and who is not. So, one tends to get isolated, I would guess. If you are from a big city, or from NY, it won’t matter so much, or if you don’t care about having a campus. If that is important to you, you will absolutely not find that at NYU. It is, though, a great school, or, rather, combination of schools.</p>