<p>I'm stuck. academically i'm not sure which one I should go to. Also, if I wanted to transfer I'm not sure which one would produce the most fruitful results. confused as anything =/</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr.</p>
<p>Have you visited?</p>
<p>yeah I've visited both. but i don't just want to be superficial and just pick a school because it has a better appearance. i hear that nyu gsp is like the retard school of nyu and for that reason i'm very unsure. which one should i academically prefer, considering that money isn't a big issue?</p>
<p>I suggest looking into a GSP program in another country. I go to NYU now, and had a friend spend his first year in Italy through GSP. Make some calls. At this point, the ball is in your court. The school WANTS you. So tell them (nicely) what they can do to accommodate your needs. Good luck!</p>
<p>Visiting doesn't only show you the campus itself. It can also provide you with a better idea of the student body in general; you should try to figure out where you fit in more.</p>
<p>That aside, the campuses are extraordinarily different. Which sort of setting would you rather be in for 4 years?</p>
<p>They're too really really different schools- Both are great, but it really depends on what type of person you are and how you want to spend your next four/five years.</p>
<p>I just got back from Bryn Mawr and I'm loving it pretty much- Great liberal arts, and it turns out that I can do my major in secondary ed at BMC and then get my masters at UPenn in one extra year if I want, which is spectacular. At BMC you live outside the city and in a small school but you have access to city life and three other schools (Haverford, Swarthmore, and UPenn, ALL very prestigious/rigorous/completely amazing schools). It's actually surprisingly easy to take classes at any of those three, especially Hav- really, you just sign up and take the bus.</p>
<p>I'd say that if you do well and are involved at BMC, any school would be happy to have you.</p>
<p>Plus the food is great, the campus is gorgeous, and the people are unbelievably kind and intelligent!</p>
<p>Okay, NYU's GSP is not the retard school of NYU. Yeah, you did not get into the school you applied for, but that is not what it means.</p>
<p>They had limited number of seats available, but at the same time, they did not want to let you go. So they offered you the GSP program, and they easily allow you to transfer to your originial school. </p>
<p>Personally, I don't think you even deserve to go there. Do some research before you make stupid comments.</p>
<p>I'm so sorry, i thought i put that statement in quotes. I know it isn't the retard school, but through my endless research of the General Studies Program I found many threads that used those very words and truthfully it was heartbreaking. So i deciding to bring that notion to this discussion board to find out whether such was the case, or whether these people were just being ignorant. But, I'm glad you've salvaged my self-confidence and I'm very very very sorry if that statement hurt you in the way that it hurt me. But, please before making generalizations about me, please keep in mind that those never were and never will be my words. I am never haste in my decision-making and stereotyping. Actually i never stereotype, and if i was a haste decision-maker I utterly doubt that three threads still don't suffice my</p>
<p>NYU!!! def.</p>
<p>insecurity...sorry</p>
<p>i'm pretty sure that i wouldn't be able to survive without a thriving and bustling community and i feel that the city would be preferable. but i've heard of bryn mawr's excellent academics and that makes the decision more difficult.</p>
<p>i'd still pick NYU GSP, even if it was considered the "retard school", though it definitely isn't =]</p>
<p>I would say NYU, just personal preference and overall great school, and you'll have many majors to choose from if yo change your mind about what you want to do.</p>
<p>If in doubt, go with NYU. It's bigger, has more options, and you will be in the city. Brillar has great reasons to choose Bryn Mawr, but she seems to be decided on a certain path and that school is going to work well for her, with the MS from Penn and teaching certification. You seem undecided at this point, and NYU offers a lot of majors and programs. GSP may work well for you.</p>
<p>My Son is in GSP at NYU. He was at first hesitant about it , but has come to really enjoy and respect the program. The class sizes are smaller and the teachers more electic and attentive than in the lower level CAS classes. When you are finished with GSP after two years you transfer to whatever school you first applied to at NYU and your GSP grades disappear, and you graduate 2 years later as a full graduate of that school with the grade average that you got in your last two years. It is like going to a small liberal arts college for your first two years and a large research university for your last two years and the outside world thinks you went to the latter once you graduate. We think it is a great program.</p>
<p>OneMom, although NYU is a bigger school and probably has more options, NYU is not a flexible school. It's a huge institution, and things like internal transfers involve paperwork and stress. If you don't really know what you want, I suggest NOT going to NYU. Also, NYU will not let you transfer credits from other colleges, once you've matriculated at the university.</p>
<p>I say Bryn Mawr. Dorms like Hogwarts. Train into Philadelphia every 15 minutes or so. Award-winning cuisine. Incredible history of getting graduates into top graduate school programs. I knew people who started there and transferred out. I knew people who started other places and transferred in.</p>
<p>There is NOTHING wrong with choosing a college because you think it is more beautiful than another one. I did. I have never regretted it.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr. I do not think NYU is anywhere near as academically strong as Bryn Marw, NYU's claim to fame is that it is in NYC.</p>