<p>Hey forum.</p>
<p>I got accepted to both Colgate and NYU(CAS) and I am now torn between both of them. I am international, and there are no financial issues at all. I understand that both colleges are ridiculously different, and I applied to them for different reasons. I'm interested in the social sciences and humanities. (political science, history, economics etc).</p>
<p>Colgate - I love liberal arts, and I love a small college. However, I cannot imagine being so isolated for 4 years.</p>
<p>NYU - I've lived in a MASSIVE city all my life. I can't really imagine life outside a city. Also, I liked my visit to NYU. </p>
<p>The area I am confused in the most, however, is academics. I was hoping the forum could help me out here.</p>
<p>Hey-</p>
<p>So, I definitely feel you on this one. I am currently at Colgate, but my top choice throughout the entire college search was NYU (which I was accepted into). However, I could not attend NYU due to financial reasons and I am extremely glad that I ended up at Colgate.</p>
<p>I am from NY and couldn’t imagine being away from a vibrant city life. However, Colgate is the perfect setting to study and figure out what you’re really interested in and what you want to do after college. I thought that I would feel isolated but I find myself so busy with everything happening at Colgate that I’m almost glad to not be distracted so much by living in a huge city. Also, I’m almost 100% certain that I will be in NYC or another large city after I graduate for a while, so why not take 4 years to explore something different? </p>
<p>Colgate is really great for political science and econ. I can’t speak too much for history, but I am an International Relations major which combines all 3 into one great major (I just haven’t gotten to the history part yet). I would say the biggest benefit of going to school at Colgate over NYU is the connections and opportunities you get through your professors. At NYU, you will most likely never talk to any of professors on a personal basis. At Colgate, (esp in the Political Science dept), my professors are internationally known, published, and leaders in their fields. The classes are small (usually less than 15 or 20) and you’re able to form awesome relationships with your professors. They really want to help you better yourself and create amazing opportunities for you. NYU has many lecture classes, while classes at Colgate are discussion based a lot of the time. I honestly could go on forever about how amazing the classes and professors are at Colgate. It’s not unusual for me to see my professors out at night either, which is always interesting.</p>
<p>I should mention that going to school in an almost non-existent town does NOT mean there is no night-life here. Colgate is an amazing place to witness students studying and working hard all day and being able to drop everything at night and relax.</p>
<p>One last point- if you are planning on studying abroad, I HIGHLY suggest Colgate. Colgate’s study abroad programs are absolutely amazing. If Colgate doesn’t sponsor a program that sounds interesting to you, they will work with you to make sure they find you a program that suits you and will help you academically. </p>
<p>I hope this helped somewhat. Please don’t hesitate to ask me anything else you’re wondering about! At first, I was definitely disappointed with ending up at Colgate, but now I’m so glad that I’m here and wouldn’t change it for anything!</p>
<p>Aside from Stern, classes at NYU have a reputation for being watered down. I’m confident you would get a much better education at Colgate. However, NYU is in a city and has better name recognition internationally.</p>
<p>Do you want to get a stronger education or go to the more known school?</p>