I am so conflicted

College Search & Selection
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I love Broadway and big cities so naturally I want to go to school in NYC. My grades aren’t good enough to get me into NYU,Fordham, or anything of the likes and I want a real campus and college experience so I’m not too interested in any CUNY’s or Pace. I got in to Seton Hall in NJ, and it’s my cheapest option so far (including my in state safeties). However, I don’t want to sacrifice a good college education or experience just to be near NYC. Can anyone give me some advice? I’m so stressed, I love the more urban schools I got in to as well, like DePaul and Loyola, and I know they’re good but I just don’t know!

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You have many similar posts. Seton Hall is a suburban school in NJ. IMO DePaul and Loyola are both superior academically to Seton Hall and are more urban so if either of those two schools are affordable I’d choose one of them. You have the rest of your life to live in NY and go to shows.

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@leafconeybearismart, what about Manhattan College? It’s in the Bronx, a couple of miles from the northern tip of Manhattan. They have rolling admissions.

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There’s also a ton of opportunities to get to NY. Just because you are in NY does not mean you will be seeing broadway shows all the time, so pick the educational opportunities and the environment that make the most sense to you

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Where else have you applied?
What’s your budget and what is the net price at your state schools, DePaul, Loyola, and Seton Hall?

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I know someone who did their undergrad at Seton Hall, and then their master’s at Columbia. Getting a bachelor’s degree without debt from a good school seems quite appealing to me.

Have you heard back from every school that you applied to? Whether you have or not, you do still have some time to decide so you might want to relax for a week or two and then get back to thinking about this. Do you have any early deadlines related to scholarships, or can you wait until May 1 to decide?

I do agree with others that you have the rest of your life to visit NYC. You are not likely to have either time or money to see Broadway shows while you are in university.