<p>I am going to be a sophomore transfer student at Gallatin next year, and am now starting to worry about the job opportunities from Gallatin. How hard is it to transfer to CAS? It is difficult or easy? I don't know if I will but I am very worried about to be honest as I might decide to internally transfer.</p>
<p>Why did you apply to Gallatin? That might help us better respond?</p>
<p>In the meantime, employers look for many things: attitude, basic skills, demonstrated ability to perform (grades). If, just for example, you want to be a writer (normally you'd go to Steinhardt) focusing on the Middle East (CAS), you would certainly have the opportunity to design a curriculum that would enable you to develop a portfolio.</p>
<p>Well I thought about studying something like advertising, communication skills, and journalism as a concentration. Then I would want to work in advertising/ go to law school. I think that Gallatin is a neat program, but I would feel better with a normal degree.</p>
<p>I'm in your EXACT same situation, both concentration-wise (seriously, I have the same exact concentration), as well as trying to transfer into a regular degree program. What program are you considering to transfer into? I'm at Gallatin now, and I'm freaking out about the degree thing.</p>
<p>So what, exactly, is a normal degree? If you want to go to law school, any of your concentrations - with good LSATs and good grades will work - there is plenty of communications law to be done. If you want to want to concentrate in your three areas, you could probably do them at CAS, but then again, broadcast advertising is in Tisch, journalism and communications is in Steinhardt, and English is in CAS...</p>
<p>I think you're overthinking this too much. When you graduate, most folks will look at NYU rather than Gallatin or CAS (exception would be Stern, which carries more weight with the business crowd). So, I think that if you want maximum flexibility in determining your degree, it's Gallatin; if you want more structure, then CAS (or Tisch or Steinhardt...)</p>
<p>CT201Dad are you sure that it won't matter if we are coming out of Gallatin? I have worried about this problem myself actually. Do you know anyone who went there?</p>
<p>Why would all of you apply to Gallatin if you were so unsure about the program???????????</p>
<p>No, I don't know anyone who went there. </p>
<p>But I do hire, from young folks with Associates degrees to experienced professionals with Harvard MBAs. And while I can't speak for all hiring executives, I will tell you that the most important thing is can the person do the job, will they fit within the organization culture and are they passionate about what they do. I have rejected Ivy league graduates with a sense of entitlement for State U alums who demonstrated energy and a can-do attitude. And finally (assuming the prospect has the basic skills to do the job at hand), I want to know what they've actually learned (which is very different from what classes they took...). As for Gallatin - or any school - it really depends on what you get out of it. If you manage your time wisely, you can get a lot out of structuring your own program; if you lose focus, you can waste four years (and a lot of money).</p>
<p>Finally, bingham... asks a good question: what were your original objectives in applying for the program? You obviously had a reason, so if you still feel compelled to overthink it, take a hard look at that and decide if it is still valid. If it is, stay; if not, transfer.</p>
<p>I went to Gallatin and I agree completely with CT2010Dad. First you have to know exactly what you want to do. If you can do it in Gallatin and can't in CAS, then stay there. Magoo, it sounds like you'd be deciding between Gallatin and the Communications department (because if I remember correctly Journalism isn't a full major) so you should look at the curriculum and decide if it suits your needs. If you don't want to take Gallatin seminars (which I think are the best part of Gallatin) or classes outside of the Comm and Journalism departments, there's really no reason to be in Gallatin and it would be easy for you to transfer internally, though you'd have to spend a bunch of credits fulfilling the MAP requirement in CAS so I don't know if it would be worth it. Anyway don't worry about how it looks to employers, as above poster said, they will mostly look at what university you went to, and not which internal school. You can always list "Communications/Journalism" as your major on your resume anyway if those are the classes you're taking in Gallatin. And if you're really that nervous, Gallatin always has seminars and talks about how to properly "market" your degree where they have successful Gallatin alumni come and talk to you about it.</p>
<p>My brother went to Gallatin. He had a job at Maxis, Yahoo!, several other tech companies, and taught for two quarters at UCLA. He does not have trouble finding jobs.</p>