<p>i want to do business </p>
<p>i want to do acting as a minor</p>
<p>I want to be remotely near civilization</p>
<p>i want to have fun </p>
<p>opinions between these four schools? gracias!</p>
<p>Not NYU.</p>
<p>I’d favor Amherst, with Duke second. Go visit.</p>
<p>I probably can’t…school won’t let me miss that many days </p>
<p>just curious consolation…why not nyu? just like to hear everyone’s opinions :)</p>
<p>Amherst, Cornell, Duke, NYU</p>
<p>In terms of your interests, NYU Stern would be great.</p>
<p>Amherst is probably my personal favorite of the four.</p>
<p>NYU DEFINATELY!
Stern has one of the best undergraduate business programs, and if you like acting you can take classes at Tisch (NYU’s coveted arts school). Also, you’ll be in NYC</p>
<p>NYU isn’t for everyone. You have to be able to handle the city and not being taken care of. However, I think it’d be worth all the opportunities NYU/ NYC have to offer.</p>
<p>You’d have to check how much you can really do at Tisch. If anything.</p>
<p>Cornell actually has a really good theater program, for a non-BFA school. Don’t know about Duke. I know Duke has decent dance offerings, but that’s not the same.</p>
<p>Amherst is a highly tony LAC, but it is very small, you have to want that size school.</p>
<p>If you want a bigger school, Duke vs, Cornell you pick em based on personal preference. And programs I guess, if there’s a big difference.</p>
<p>I’m a first year student at Amherst, and New York City is my permanent residence.</p>
<p>If you’re talking about working in Business and Finance, Stern’s location and prestige in that field are certainly beneficial.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how cross-registration would work at Stern, but your curriculum may be severely limited to business, whereas if you suddenly change your mind and decide you would like to steer your life in a different direction, Amherst offers endless possibilities.</p>
<p>NYC is about as civilized as it gets. You can always find something new to stimulate your senses. I love the town of Amherst. It’s a beautiful New England town that’s very populated, by middle schoolers, high schoolers, college kids, academics, and it has all the necessities and luxuries of life. I heard Duke is very, very campus-oriented. Cornell, you have gorges. Believe me when I say that you’ll be so academically involved that you won’t have as much time as you think to enjoy “civilization.”</p>
<p>Duke is renowned for hardcore drinking, orgies, athletics, and school spirit. New York City, you could find something fun to do if you had the cash on hand. Amherst is quieter, so you have to be creative and make your own fun. Cornell is where fun goes to die. jk.</p>
<p>You should enroll at Stern, but I’m willing to wager that if you visit Amherst, you’ll love it.</p>
<p>I want to do Business: Stern
I want to do acting as a minor: Tisch
I want to be remotely near civilization: you’ll be in the ‘city that never sleeps’…or is that Vegas?
I want to have fun: NYC will be your campus</p>
<p>all signs point towards NYU unless you want the ‘traditional college experience’ i.e. Duke</p>
<p>That’s a really good point (re: post below). It might not be easy (or even possible) to take classes at Tisch.</p>
<p>All you people who are saying OP can take courses/minor at Tisch better know what you’re talking about, because it’s a BFA program with separate admissions and could well be not so easy to do that in. Within Tisch, they actually jockey among themselves to get in to the good studios. It’s highly competitive, from what I understand. Maybe you should talk to people on the theater/ musical theater sub-forum about that. You don’t want to get there and then be disappointed.</p>
<p>But I would imagine the chances for a non-major to get into a good studio, or get a spot in a production there, are pretty darned slim. Given the competition from the BFAs. And the MFAs. But this is just my guess, you should check.</p>
<p>Cornell is in reality more a “work hard-play hard” type situation, I’ve never heard people screaming much in the major areas you’re describing. But you should check with current students. It is in a metro area of 100,000 with an additional 27,000 college students. They find stuff to do. But it is not NYC, for worse, but also for better.</p>
<p>NYU “campus” is essentially a group of buildings plucked down in Greenwich Village, you may barely realize you’re a member of a college community. Your “dorm” will likely not be adjacent to campus, just an apartment building stuck some random place downtown, wherever they could buy a building. “NYC will be your campus” means, in reality, you have no campus. Without a true community, you are just another nameless, faceless, person living life in New York. And be ready to spend some money: NYC nightspots are set up for working post-college people, and they cost.</p>
<p>The Tisch buildings may not be near the main campus, at least for dance that was the case. and the studios could be all over the place in NYC. Though truthfully I doubt you can get into a studio through Tisch as a non-major anyway. I suggest you do some follow-up on some of these points, if you think you may care about them.</p>
<p>(Edit: sorry my post got out of order,was supposed to be above previous one)</p>
<p>Here’s some info on theater at cornell:</p>
<p>[Theatre</a>, Film and Dance Department - Cornell University](<a href=“http://www.arts.cornell.edu/theatrearts/CTA/archive/]Theatre”>http://www.arts.cornell.edu/theatrearts/CTA/archive/)
[David</a> Feldshuh, MD - Playwright and Pulitzer Finalist | dailyinterview.net](<a href=“http://dailyinterview.net/?p=182]David”>http://dailyinterview.net/?p=182)
[Hangar</a> Theatre - Ithaca, New York - Home](<a href=“http://www.hangartheatre.org/index.php?page=about]Hangar”>http://www.hangartheatre.org/index.php?page=about)
Christopher Reeves and Jimmy Smits studied acting at Cornell.</p>
<p>Ithaca college has a theater BFA program I believe, there may be some synergy opportunities but i don’t know this.</p>
<p>Actually, you should ask at all the schools how easy it is for a non-major to get parts.</p>
<p>For all I know it might be easiest at Amherst, if you’re a guy. There’s a massive gender imbalance within the private colleges of the 5-college consortium. Maybe they actually need guys for productions.</p>
<p>Just speculating, I’ve no idea what goes on there.</p>
<p>Well, I applied to NYU and if you are in the college of arts and sciences you can take classes at any other school, or so the tour guide said. For instance, they even have a major at CAS that’ pre business studies at Stern, so I don’t see how there would be a difference but you should definately confirm this before you make your decision if theatre is that important.</p>
<p>thank you all so much for your help!!!</p>
<p>I really appreciate all your help…I am really torn…because I want to get into acting…and even if I can’t take classes at Tisch, I can always take outside acting classes and audition for projects in NYC…like people said there are so many opportunities there</p>
<p>however…I really want the traditional college experience which is exactly what Cornell or Duke will offer</p>
<p>also, social life is pretty important to me…will I feel lost at NYU…is it easy to find friends? I am pretty outgoing…can someone expand more on that for Cornell too?</p>
<p>kwu- could you go into a little more detail about the social life at amherst as well? </p>
<p>thanks again!!!</p>
<p>If you want the traditional college experience, the only college you should really be considering on that list is Duke. The social life and athletic offerings at those other schools pale in comparison to what Duke has to offer. </p>
<p>Cornell is in the middle of nowhere. NYU has no campus. Amherst is really, really small. Duke gives you the best of every world. It is located in Durham and close to Chapel Hill so it is definitely near civilization without being too big, has an incredible college campus atmosphere and big enough where you’re always meeting new people. It also has a stronger reputation in the business world than NYU Stern and had a fairly good theater program.</p>
<p>I would suggest you pick between Cornell and NYU Stern.</p>
<p>Both are amazing.
Specifically though, if i were in your situation, I would go with Stern. There are SO many Stern perks that would sway me. haha. Also, NYC is hard to beat, and Stern’s prestige there is second only to Columbia.</p>
<p>“If you want the traditional college experience, the only college you should really be considering on that list is Duke.” </p>
<p>This is absurd, Cornell provides a traditional college experience. Probably so does Amherst, though I don’t know.</p>
<p>The social life and athletic offerings at those other schools pale in comparison to what Duke has to offer. "</p>
<p>OP never said he cared about athletic offerings. In fact, Cornell has a huge intramural athletics program, and is quite competitive intercollegiately in certain sports. It is not competitive in basketball nationally like duke is, FWIW it won the Ivy title the last two years. But Cornell hockey fans are pretty rabid, actually. And again, OP may not even care about this at all.</p>
<p>Social scene, I’ve no idea how they compare.</p>
<p>"Duke gives you the best of every world. "
Not to me it wouldn’t because I personally would not want to attend school in the South. OP obviously has less issues with that than I have, since he actually applied to Duke, which I would not have. so maybe for OP it is in fact a competitive option.</p>
<p>"It also has … a fairly good theater program. "
Suggest OP verify. I’m pretty sure Cornell’s program is well regarded, I’ve heard that enough over the years.</p>
<p>MY kid just started at Cornell has made tons of friends, more than at prior LAC. I made friends too, I don’t think that’s a problem there. Quite the contrary. You meet people in the dorms, run into them on the quads and in the dining halls, in the library, etc. There’s a campus.</p>
<p>NYC obviously has more opportunities in acting, but you may not have that much time to be taking lots of extra stuff on top of a full load of classes.Or money. But opportunities for auditions, etc are there, no question.</p>
<p>The NYC experience can indeed be isolating. Whether it would wind up being that way for you would depend on if you manage to hit with a cohort of kids to share the ride with. But the nature of the college situation there, lack of a campus, is not helpful for building relationships. Which does not mean they can’t happen.</p>
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<p>The thing about Duke is that it is more of a suburban campus than a collegetown campus. Unlike at Amherst or Cornell, you basically need a car to get around off-campus, as Duke feels very suburban.</p>
<p>And I agree with monydad – Cornell’s theatre and music programs are quite strong.</p>
<p>If it was me, I would choose between Amherst and Cornell depending on whether or not I wanted more of a liberal arts experience or more of a big, dynamic research university experience. But definitely visit as many schools as you can to get a flavor for them.</p>
<p>thanks everyone…u guys helped so much!</p>
<p>amherst was a little small for me and I don’t know if I want liberal arts for sure</p>
<p>I have narrowed it down to cornell, duke, and nyu stern…
I know this sounds very shallow…but the three compared…which one has a better reputation? I know it’s about the school fitting me and but reputation is also part of the decision for me? </p>
<p>Right now, here’s how it looks:
NYU Stern- great business school and I can try to do acting! I don’t want to regret not trying it out…but I don’t know if I will be able to handle all i-bankers and no campus
Duke- I want to do the whole college experience…I am really outgoing so the social life is perfect for me…it’s warm, I am from the South, so this is a big plus, and also I went to a small boarding school…want a college that’s bigger but not too big, great professors, and I think it’s the best feeder school out of these three…cons…I can’t do much acting, far from all my friends which are going to NE schools, also heard it’s super cliquey and the guys…at least the athletes…are kinda jerks…also seen the gossip on juicy campus eekkk (any dukies care to dispel this rumor? would make me really happy!)
Cornell- might be way too big for me, best in prestige? maybe…too cold…in the middle of nowhere…but I can be part of the sports team that I love </p>
<p>HELP GUYS…hahah thanks so much i really do appreciate it</p>
<p>also guys…which schools will I have the biggest chance for truman, fulbright scholarships and good grad bschool admissions?</p>