NYU or Chicago?

<p>I want to major in Biology (pre-med) but I also want to take courses in business and philosophy. I'm pretty ready for the challenges of Chicago. In fact, I'm leaning on Chicago. That said, it would still be nice to hear other people's opinions. Also, on a side note (not that it's important but just curious), is it harder to get into Chicago or NYU? Generally, would there be more people accepted by NYU and rejected by Chicago or the other way around?</p>

<p>yeah, chicago > NYU when it comes to difficulty getting in... but that is a completely dumb reason to pick colleges - I recognize you said you were just curious about it, but I just want to reiterate</p>

<p>One of my friends is deciding between NYU and Chicago too. (And Mich, I think.) But since we live here, I think she wants to go to New York because she wants to exprience a different city. I don't know a lot about NYU, but... Chicago is awesome. (Both school and city.)</p>

<p>NYU has no real campus. that kinda sucks. and they apparently suck at giving financial aid, too.</p>

<p>:/</p>

<p>Knowing people who go to NYU and people who go to Chicago, I would say that Chicago is superior in every way, shape, and form... except if you're looking for more of a fine arts/ theater thing or if intellectualism scares the bejeezus out of you (I figure not, if you want to be a philosophy major.)</p>

<p>NYU has NO campus, the dorms are apartment buildings, and students are dispersed throughout the city and have no real place to call "home." Also-- don't know how familiar you are with NYC-- but things there are INCREDIBLY expensive and students in New York City schools complain about the "segregation" between the rich kids, who can afford nights on the town, and kids who can't.</p>

<p>Although Chicago does have a graduate business school, the course catalog says: "The College provides no specific course of preprofessional studies to prepare students for graduate study in business administration."</p>

<p>Chicago recently began to allow undergrads to take courses at the Graduate School of Business.</p>

<p>Go here for information:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.college.uchicago.edu/academics/grad_prof_gsb.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.college.uchicago.edu/academics/grad_prof_gsb.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Middle 50% of entering freshman SAT scores:</p>

<p>NYU V620-710 M620-710</p>

<p>UCLA V570-690 M600-720</p>

<p>Chicago V680-770 M660-770</p>

<p>Columbia V670-770 M660-760</p>

<p>They're really not in the same league. I don't want to be one of those embittered Chicago defenders, but come on.</p>

<p>Even though Chicago students have, as a whole, high SAT scores, I am not much of a fan of using small differences in them to compare students or colleges. As a past president of Harvard recently said, a person with a 650 V SAT will succeed in the Harvard curriculum. Though scores may be a little higher for some versus others, there is little evidence that the scores have much predictive validity, especially 650 or above. Find the fit, the faculty, resources, living environment, and programs that match needs, not scores.</p>