<p>I am having a very difficult time with this decision. I am going to major in finance and I was accepted to NYU Stern and Villanova's Business school. NYU gave me a scholarship for $42,000 a year and Villanova gave me a $30,000 grant. Money is not a huge issue, but villanova would be five to ten thousand more than nyu. I know NYU stern is great for finance and I will have so many opportunities to intern there and I will have a great start for my career. I am just concerned I will miss out on the college experience I always imagined. I am worried that at stern, the people are all extremely competitive and only worried about becoming a rich investment banker. That is not what I am al about. I enjoy sports and school spirit and a beautiful campus. Villanova is a great school too and I am sure I will have a lot of opportunities if i go there, too. I really do like both school, but this is a tough decision for me and any input would help, thank you!</p>
<p>Have you visited both schools? Obviously, the campuses are completely different, as well as the students who attend. If you want sports and school spirit, Villanova is the place for you. If you want the hustle and bustle of being smack dab in the middle of the city that never sleeps, go to NYU.</p>
<p>NYU without a question. Its higher ranked in business. Its right in the middle of the city so you’ll have better job opportunities and internships. And its cheaper.</p>
<p>According to business week, NYU and Villanova business are ranked very similarly. NYU is ranked 12 and villanova is ranked 13…I think both programs are outstanding and are about equal in academic caliber. The landscape of the school as well as the student bodies are very dissimilar. Nova is going to be a little more conservative than NYU, Nova is catholic, which NYU obviously is not, and then NYU is urban and in the center of the city where Villanova is in the suburbs and is more traditional college life with school spirit, college bubble, and sporting events.</p>
<p>I am just starting to feel like at NYU, even though I know there may be more opportunities and stern has a better rep, I will be going to college like its a job</p>
<p>I was in the same situation as you last year. I was accepted to both Villanova and NYU for engineering. I choose NYU. Yes, the school is different, it is not an average school experience. You will have a lot more fun in the city though. Plus NYU will set you up for amazing internships in the future.</p>
<p>Both are great choices. NYU does have more of a national reputation (most people don’t seem to know Nova on the West coast) and is cheaper so I’d probably lean towards that. They are very different schools, figure out which you prefer.</p>
<p>I can’t speak to what undergraduate life is like at NYU, I suspect not great, but don’t kid yourself about the Villanova college experience. Villanova is an extremely conservative school that can be almost repressive for students who are not from a cloistered background. You will be exposed to a much more diverse and interesting population of students at NYU. </p>
<p>I suggest you read the recent stories about undergraduate business education in the NY Times and WSJ before commitng to this field of study. If you change your mind I think NYU will also offer you a larger menu of alternatives than Nova.</p>
<p>If all you want is a slight edge in the job market and plan to work in NYC, then NYU is a better choice. BUT, if you want a great business education AND a really great 4 years of college with all that it covers, you would be happier at VU. Having a post-grad degree from NYU, I can tell you it is huge, impersonal, no school spirit, no campus (the city is the campus), no sports to root for (a few D-III sports…best known is fencing) and expensive as heck to live, but a great academic reputation with kids from all over the world.
Nova nation is a culture, a passion of school pride, fine academics, a nice campus in a really nice suburb of philly, a tight community of mostly conservative, like-minded kids, some of whom will be friends for life. My daughter almost picked VU and didn’t like NYU. If it were me, I’d pick VU and make memories that will last a lifetime.</p>