NU vs. NYU Stern

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>So this is a tough choice for me. NU used to be my top choice (after Wharton, and even before Wharton at some pts), but lately I'm warming up to Stern (business school) a lot.</p>

<p>I'm posting this in the NYU boards too, lol, I know it'll be biased in both. We'll see who can produce a better argument.</p>

<p>Basically, I want to go into business eventually. However, this is not set in stone and I'm very open, but I would say I'm 80% sure I'm going to be a businessperson when I "grow up."</p>

<p>Northwestern: GREAT school all round. In like, every way!
NYU: If i decide I want to become an anthropology major, regular college @ NYU isn't that great. Can't compare to NU. Stern is a really good school, though.</p>

<p>NYU: Internships! Really good chance of getting job upon graduation because of connections and location, and that is a large factor in where u go to college isn't it? Wanting to get a great job later
Northwestern: I don't really know.</p>

<p>NYU: NYC. I love the city. It's convenient, things to do all the time, right outside your doorstep.
**Northwestern: **Evanston, close to Chicago but not that close. Forty minutes or so is still quite a distance. Evanston has great food, but NYC definitely has great food.</p>

<p>Northwestern: Has a real college campus
NYU: Students are a part of the city, I kind of want a real "campus," and of course safety is a small issue. </p>

<p>NYU: I'd be a Stern Scholar and would get some merit money and more money used on me in general by the school, lol
**Northwestern: **Well. I wouldn't be recognized like that at first, anyway. </p>

<p>NYU: CLOSE. Living in NYC suburbs, so I could go home quickly if I need to.
**Northwestern: **3 hour plane ride, not to mention time to get to NU from the airport- thus would be more expensive to travel, too.</p>

<p>Northwester: Quarter system
NYU: Semester system (I don't really know what to think about these. The breaks are diff @ NU, and school starts and ends differently, but you get to take more classes and stuff...)</p>

<p>Northwestern: really, really cold. i'm sure i could get used to it. and it's by the lake. i love that lake, lol.
NYC: used to the temperatures</p>

<p>Anyone care to refute any of these pts or offer insight? This is driving me crazy, why can't I attend both?</p>

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<p>"NYU: I'd be a Stern Scholar and would get some merit money and more money used on me in general by the school, lol
Northwestern: Well. I wouldn't be recognized like that at first, anyway."</p>

<p>Does the extra money you get actually cover the more (a lot more actually) expensive rent in Manhattan?</p>

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<p>good point. i'm gonna have to wait for my financial aid packages to come and. however, altho NY is expensive, it can also be very inexpensive for food and stuff. i'll have to see bout the financial issue but it shouldn't be too much of a problem</p>

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<p>sam Lee- you live in NYU-affiliated dorms, so its not like just a private-NYC rent cost</p>

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<p>well, if you have your mind set on becoming a businessperson, then i think Stern would be a better choice for you.</p>

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<p>"you live in NYU-affiliated dorms, so its not like just a private-NYC rent cost"</p>

<p>Yea I know. I just thought you can't count on that since those may not be available to everyone and you'll have to consider off-campus housing. NU's econ program is pretty good but the fact that it doesn't have an undergrad b-program is an understandable turn-off. But if you are motivated and do well at NU, I think you will do just fine. Four of my friends (1 IE, 1 ChemE, 2 econ) went/now go to top MBA programs--INSEAD (#1 in Europe), Harvard, MIT, and Kellogg.</p>

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<p>im pretty sure nyu guarantees housing to all undergrads</p>

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<p>Wow, that's pretty impressive for them to guarantee that many! Good for them then cos they do need that.</p>