Confused... What matters the most?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I have been trying to decide between NYU's Stern school of business, Emory, George Washington and American Kogod... This has been extremely tough for me. I have made a few lists and heard many pros and cons about each. The least of which being that NYU and Emory are offering me 10k a year while American and GW are offering me 20k. I'm thinking about going into business but at the same time I am also interested in design and arts. Possibly a double major?</p>

<p>I think I have pretty much ruled out NYU because of the hectic-ness of being in NYC, I'm not sure that I could handle that all of the time.</p>

<p>I just visited Emory on Sunday and then on Monday for admitted students day and have conflicting opinions about it. They obviously have a renowned business school as well but as far as I can tell pretty much don't have an arts department. There's no way for me to even find out if I'm interested in art or not.</p>

<p>I also like American and GW but no one university really stuck out to me. I visited American for an admitted student day and GW just in passing. I know that American has a new arts center which is very nice. I don't know much about GW art wise. Both also have good business programs (albeit not as good as NYU or Emory) and offer other things as well. I believe Kogod is better but correct me if I'm wrong.</p>

<p>Finally, my cumulative question, does really matters the most? The school's prestige, internships, GPA, extra-curricular involvement (on and off campus?) Thanks in advance for your help.</p>

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<p>THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO A UNIVERSITY IS YOUR EXPOSURE TO OTHERS!!!
Don’t forget that! Ex.: My teachers daughter went to OSU Honors program in business and marketing… While there, just for fun, she decided to intern with an universal studios rep… before graduating she had a job, now 26 years old earning six figures… Thats why MIT and Harvard are heldso high, because everyone who comes out of harvard and MIT have a chance to do something amazing with their lives…</p>

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<p>If you can’t handle NYU, don’t major in business.
But if you can, NYU-Stern is, by far, the best choice in your list.
It’s in NY. You’ll get more exposure. Its proximity to WS is an advantage. It has a much better reputation overall.</p>

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<p>I wish that NYU had a quad or something, a place where students could just go outside and for no better word “chill-out.” However, RML, I am with you on the fact that NY is the place to get the most exposure. I’m not from a big city, it’d be an adjustment, but I think I could handle it.</p>