I may have to transfer out of NYU...PLEASE HELP

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<p>NYU only offered me $7,500 in scholarship money for the year, so that means that I have to pay around $52,000 a year to go there. This is for an undergraduate degree. I'm only in my first semester here and I've already spent half the money in my college savings to be able to afford it. I'm seriously considering a transfer to a smaller private college, which happens to be half the cost of what I'm paying now. I'm in CAS, but I really want to go for business now...and I don't think I could get into Stern, even as an internal transfer. </p>

<p>NYU is much more nationally known, but this other school I'm thinking about is a good school (although definitely not as well known).</p>

<p>What it boils down to is that I really want to live and work in New York after my schooling is complete. If I go to the smaller liberal arts college for International Business/Accounting and get good internships throughout college, would any of the businesses on Wall Street/in New York still hire me? Or would transferring out of NYU hurt any chance of holding a good job in New York a few years from now?</p>

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<p>If the cost is this back-breaking for you that you would be spending your entire college savings in one academic year, you are very right to consider a transfer to another less expensive school for yourself. There are people with Columbia U. degrees struggling to find jobs in this bad economy.</p>

<p>I say, consider your smaller private college (hopefully it is a lot more affordable), excel there once you are in and get the best experiences you can while enrolled in the new place. If you stand out in that smaller (and less expensive) college, you may very well get a job or internship that will be in NYC or will lead eventually to NYC. Also, you should be making contacts now at NYU. Go to some of the business/ accounting club meetings and stay in touch with people there with good contacts, if you can.</p>

<p>GL. I am reading too many stories of young adults starting their adult lives in debt and coming up empty in this highly competitive market for jobs. Don’t join the ranks of this group. Be smart and go to a more affordable school.</p>