<p>Stern acts superior? No, it IS superior.</p>
<p>Kidding. But you can see how the stereotype gets perpetuated, because a lot of people in Stern tend to make sarcastic, cynical, or wistful comments that are more self-deprecating than serious, but people not in Stern tend to see it as elitism when in reality we’re just mocking ourselves.</p>
<p>Anyway, skip the introductory business course here. That’s a class in Stern offered only to non-Stern kids and will not count for any requirement if you get accepted. For Spring 2012, take accounting and calc I here. Don’t take stats, because Stern has a 6-credit stat requirement of its own. As far as I know, there are not any stats classes without pre-reqs here.</p>
<p>No one gets the calc requirement waived for stat unless you got a 4 or 5 on AP Calc, and even then, you have to dual-enroll in Calc II or Calc III + the 6-credit stat. You cannot take Calc I and stat at the same time. You either have to have completed Calc I to enroll in stat, or have used your AP Calc score to get you into a higher calc class then dual-enroll in both higher calc and stat together.</p>
<p>Call and ask an admissions counselor all of this.</p>
<p>Any more questions? Got a bit of time on my hands until June.</p>
<p>Do you think that great standardized test scores (way above the Stern average) can help compensate for a low GPA (below the Stern average)?</p>
<p>All other things equal, perhaps. I would say vice versa, definitely. The only problem is that a single exam score only marks either raw intelligence or the commitment to study for a short period of time. GPA is your permanent work record, so to speak, for years of school. Generally speaking, one aspect of your application being a bit weaker when one or more are significantly above average isn’t cause for too much concern.</p>
<p>Do you know how hard the placement for Stats (out of 4 credits) is?</p>
<p>Have you been told exactly what you are going to be doing at your internship in regard to daily activities?</p>
<p>hello!!</p>
<p>i just have a question. are you planning to attend graduate school?? if someone like yourself went to nyu’s stern school do you think it would be necessary to attend graduate school??</p>
<p>@magic
I didn’t take the placement exam so I have no personal experience with it. I haven’t heard of anyone who had the 4 or 5 on AP stats who didn’t manage to place out of it though.</p>
<p>@fireman
Yes, I know to a large extent what my responsibilities will be but that’s not the purpose of this thread. If you have questions about the school I will help with that, but with 500+ replies and 30,000+ views, I’m not really inclined to put information like that out there.</p>
<p>@trossi
It depends on how, where, and when I place into the buy-side. If I do attend grad school, it will probably be for an MBA, and if not, then an MFin or MSF. Perhaps an MFE but I really don’t see that happening. The only reason I would go for a degree like that is if it guaranteed me career advancement. For instance, a lot of times the only way you can continue to progress up the ladder in a PE firm is to go get an MBA so you can come back as a post-MBA Associate and negotiate a better comp package. For hedge, however, a grad degree are often considered useless because it doesn’t provide the requisite skillset. At quant funds, however, you’re far better with an MFE/MSCF/MSQF or PhD than with just an undergrad or undergrad + MBA.</p>
<p>Sometimes though, getting a top-tier MBA opens the door to brilliant recruiting, i.e. going to an M7 b-school will give you access to recruiters from probably every PE megafund and the largest hedge funds as well.</p>
<p>Basically, grad school is a mixed bag. If you need it, it’s something you should chase. If it will help you progress in or improve your career trajectory, by all means go for it. In my case, I have identified where I want to be long-term, but as of now have not yet completely discovered what the best way of getting there will be. Time will tell.</p>
<p>What’s up with the NYU email Google migration thing? I’ve been forwarding my NYU mail to my Gmail account and have no idea what’s happening with it.</p>
<p>one more thing, would u go to grad school right after college?? or wait a few yeaars to save up money??</p>
<p>Yeah, I wasn’t looking for you to put up exactly what it was that you were doing. I just wanted to know if you were prepared in advance as to what you were doing. Thanks for the response.</p>
<p>I remember you posting earlier that you had a Mac. I was wondering which programs didn’t work on the Mac and whether or not you would suggest to an incoming student if it’s worth buying it compared to buying a PC.</p>
<p>@lullina
Just NYU finally entering the modern world. Now nyu.edu users get access to most of the Google suite, which is phenomenal.</p>
<p>@trossi
Nope, never straight out of undergrad.</p>
<p>@helpme
I have a mac. To me, it’s worth having the freedom and scalability of the mac and using a PC in the lab when I need to. Were I to do it all over again, I’d buy a mac and partition the hard drive with Boot Camp so I could run both operating systems on the same laptop. It’s simple. Expensive, but a simple and quality workaround.</p>
<p>sorry but one last question! if i do get into stern and i am financially pushing the envelope… will my education pay for the debt i will accumulate over time??</p>
<p>I feel like that’s been discussed a lot over the past 500 posts. A lot of people asked that sort of question in various forms, you can find a lot of information by looking over the previous replies.</p>
<p>Do you think any opportunities exist for taking up any internship position or other related activities which can help me before during summer before my freshmen year?</p>
<p>I was searching through the courses on Albert and a lot of the required courses, such as the MAP requirements are already closed. So are incoming freshman pretty much f’ed in terms of class scheduling?</p>
<p>superexcited,</p>
<p>They have the MAP and other courses blocked until the start of the orientation sessions for CAS (June/ July). So it looks like everything is closed but they are not. However, the (CAS) advisor would have to input certain MAP courses fast or other freshmen get them first and then you would have to wait to sign up another semester. </p>
<p>You are starting in Stern? I am thinking they must be reserving some of these MAP courses for Stern students who have their own orientation session or registration time.</p>