<p>i'm a current freshman at CAS, and while i have truly enjoyed all my classes i've had so far (with the exception of the MAP courses, of course), the more i learn about gallatin the more i love it. the structure of the classes seems like exactly what i want to get out of my education, and while i wouldn't say i have a notably "broad" or "disparate" set of interests, i would like to do more exploring with my current major of political science, maybe to include more art, sociology and anthropology. i know it's possible to do this in CAS but gallatin seems to be oriented towards doing exactly what i want.</p>
<p>the problem is that i am NOT a rich person. i'm incredibly lucky to be at nyu on a ton of scholarships and getting a job or similar scholarships for grad school is very high on my list of post-grad priorities. i'm worried that getting a degree in "individualized studies with an emphasis in ____" would shoot down any chances of me being a real-world successful person. i''m also worried about my scholarships being taken away due to being an internal transfer (currently have a provost scholarship, and others that i think are cas-specific).</p>
<p>so what do you think? is it a waste of time or should i go for it?</p>
<p>I think you should find out what would happen with your scholarships first before doing anything. </p>
<p>Also, what do you want to go to grad school for? A law school would probably care less what your major is than a PhD program in political science (although I’m not POSITIVE on this I just know law schools don’t require a specific major).</p>
<p>at this point i’m leaning most towards political science, possibly history, but i feel like i haven’t had the time to consider whether i’d want to go into anything else. in a perfect world i’d get some type of political-activisty job and work from there.</p>
<p>also yes i am aware i live in a dream world.</p>
<p>My d is struggling with this as she plans to apply to NYU and isn’t sure whether to apply CAS or Gallatin. She loves the idea of designing a major around something like math and philosophy, but isn’t sure how graduate schools would react to that vs. a straight math major.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about your aid, because that should stay the same (assuming of course, nothing drastic happens in regards to your household finances). I had a bunch of different grants and scholarships (including provost) last year and this year NYU decided to merge it all into one Tisch scholarship, but the amount is the same. Go figure.</p>
<p>bumpin’ this piece.</p>