BU vs GW vs NYU Help Please!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Help please! I don't know how I'm ever going to decide. I like all three of these schools!</p>

<p>My intended major is foreign languages, and each of these schools offer great FL programs. I listed below my pros and cons so anyone willing to help can see hwere my head is at right now, but I'm interested in hearing any opinions from anyone as well!</p>

<p>BU Pros</p>

<p>I was accepted to the college I applied to, the College of Arts and Sciences.
Students have a lot of school spirit and pride, and I really like how the whole school rallies behind the hockey team and has that as a common bond. Also I love hockey!
Boston is a very walkable and very managable city
It has a great foreign language and study abroad program.</p>

<p>Cons</p>

<p>I live 30 minutes away from Boston, I already know the city well, I want to go somewhere new.
I honestly feel like people expect more from me then to go to BU. I know this is a dumb reason and that BU is a great school, but it's so close to home and I think my extended family especially just expects more from me.</p>

<p>GW Pros</p>

<p>Like BU, students have a lot of school pride and everyone rallies behind the basketball team.
Great internship opportunites.
Great foreign language and study abroad programs.
Good city to be in for foreign language study</p>

<p>Cons</p>

<p>I've heard that the stereotypical GW is preppy, rich and spoiled, and I don't want to be a part of that.
D.C is a nice city, but is it as exciting as I want?</p>

<p>NYU Pros</p>

<p>New York is an awesome city and it excites me the most out of all the cities I have to choose from.
NYU is the highest ranked of these three schools.
Amazing FL program and study abroad program.
Amazing internship opportunities</p>

<p>Cons</p>

<p>I was accepted into the Liberal Studies Program, which complicates things, especially the fact that I might not have the ability to study many different foreign languages in this program.
Students at NY
Most of the guys who go here are known to be gay
U are known to be apathetic and don't have a lot of school spirt.
I heard the school doesn't organize many events for students.</p>

<p>whew, sorry for the huge post, but any help/opinions would be soooo welcome!</p>

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<p>Academically, the three schools are peers. NYU might be rated a little higher but the difference is smal and it should not be a major factor. The biggest difference is size. NYU has over 21000 undergraduates and over 43000 students in total. That is bigger than most state flagships. BU is also large (18000 undergrads). GW is about half the size of the others.</p>

<p>BU and GW are quite comparable. BU’s problem is that it is in Boston, where it stands in the shadow of Harvard, MIT, Tufts, Brandeis and BC. That’s why people in Boston sort of look down on it. But it really is a pretty good school.</p>

<p>I think that DC is a great college town, close to Boston/Cambridge. NYC, IMHO, is far too expensive and too big to be a great college town. Most students can’t afford much of what Manhattan has.</p>

<p>Obviously, this is subjective and you can’t make a big mistake but, based on size, location, and school spirit, I’d choose GW. Yes, you will find a lot of rich, preppy kids–but you will find them at NYU and BU as well. But you will also find many kids at all three that aren’t that way. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much for the helpful response!</p>

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<p>Wow, we are literally in the same exact situation…right down to getting into the samr schools, the being 30 minutes from Boston, the getting into Liberal studies at nyu…and most importantly the same difficult decision!</p>