<p>i got into both nyu poly and macaulay honors hunter. I got waitlisted at NYU CAS :(</p>
<p>i know nyu poly is a engineering school that recently became a part of NYU, but I'm planning to do premed there under the biomolecular science major. Is it the same as nyu cas if i go there for premed? Can't I just go to NYU CAS if i want to take classes there?</p>
<p>I really don't know how good poly is for premed or should i stick to chemical engineering there because it's a engineering school? I have to take about 7k loans yearly if i go there. No dorms, just about a 60-90 commute daily. I can get a nyu diploma if i graduate there anyways, so will it be better than a macaulay cuny diploma to get into med school? </p>
<p>My other option is do premed at macaulay hunters under the chemistry major. The opportunities for interns and studying aboard seems great. Plus everything is free including dorms. The problem is that cuny have a bad reputation and that macaulay is pretty new still.</p>
<p>People there seem to be doing well, getting into top med schools. Is macaulay worth it? or is the nyu diploma much better? I plan to go to medical school after undergraduate so I'm not sure which one is better. Can anyone give me advice?</p>
<p>I don’t know that much about them, but from what you just wrote, Macaulay sounds like the better choice. Also consider the fact that you will have to go to grad school afterwards, so do you want to already be $28,000 in debt upon graduating college? Plus a 60-90 min. commute every day sounds like a pain in the ass.</p>
<p>NYU Poly vs MHC Hunter? This should be a no-brainer, half of Macaulay at Hunter is pre-med and the med school placement I would reckon is much better than even NYU CAS. MHC Hunter is also far more selective than NYU (had a 15% acceptance rate this year, 1400++ avg sat). If you want to go to med school it makes no sense to take on debt if you don’t have to. The dorming community is also really tight nit and the opportunities are really endless so long as you pursue them. Let me know if you have any more questions.</p>
<h2>Here is post I wrote to another student who was having a hard time choosing between the University of Chicago and Macaulay Hunter</h2>
<p>I suppose that to some extent you are worrying about to prestige of the Macaulay Honors College as compared to that of say Columbia or the University of Chicago. And to that, I say stop worrying about the name of your undergraduate school. If you work to be a top student, you will get where you want to be. Now, this is not to discredit Macaulay’s name because it is well known. i.e. - applications have tripled from last year to this year. Furthermore, as a small anecdote, I chose to forgo NYU when I was accepted and happily took a seat at Macaulay. Why? Because I wanted my undergraduate four years to have been memorable, pleasant, and debt-free when I am ready to continue my education at the graduate level.
If you attended any of the Macaulay new students’ events you should have heard from Macaulay students who are now in prestigious graduate programs (NYU Medical Center for one), and these students are on par if not surpassing their Ivy league counterparts! Let’s just take a look at the jump from high school to college. Right now, my friends and I, or any other college student for that matter, care not where anyone went to high school, whether it was Stuyvesant, Jamaica High School, or High School of Minneola. The point is that we all made it to the same place, and the road behind us did not factor in as much as our record of hard work and tenacity did.
So, let me assure you that you can attend Macaulay and be confident that your graduate opportunities will be the same as anywhere else, if not better. And to make the experience even more worthwhile, the ride is free and the your time in school will be stress-free from a financial standpoint.
I wish the best to you with whatever decision you make.</p>
<p>@miktau
the problem I have with taking MHC is that my parents refuse to send me to a cuny. They just love nyu at all cost. They told me they would pay the 28k at nyu poly for me. It’s too hard to convince them to change their minds. My bro goes there too.</p>
<p>My other option is st john pharm, a 6yr program, but I don’t want to do pharm. </p>
<p>it’s my parent’s choice really
I personally like MHC, i made some friends at the events. But my parents are going by the opinions of regular cuny people and other people who know nothing of macaulay.
I met the guy who went to nyu med school from MHC, i read of people that got to yale, harvard, oxford, etc for grad school. It’s impressive.
I need to find some ways to change my parent’s mind really.</p>
<p>Tell them that NYU-Poly is a school in transition. They only merged with us last year. Not that it’s a bad thing, but choosing that over an established program like MHC is a little short sighted.</p>
<p>^ yeah seriously. Poly is going to be officially a school of NYU by 2012 (and that’s just the estimate). The entire merger process however is estimated to be between 10-20 years long! sounds like you may graduate by then name is nothing.</p>
<p>Edit: (oh, and I go to Poly, and I say that^)</p>
<p>thanks for the ideas, i have like 2 weeks to make a decision. I get to visit all my options before it’s decision time.
Go to nyu poly for the sake of poly and not nyu i guess? </p>
<p>I’m just wondering how is nyu poly like? like in the terms of the study body.</p>
<p>ahh thats crazy, everything you wrote totally relates to my dillema,
first, MHC Hunter vs. NYU poly, but here comes the prob of maybe bing or stony for premed, and then Fordham and Northeastern haha, i know im all over the place
but NYU would be my top choice but i got waitlisted at CAS too, then theres also St.Johns Pharmacy, which right now seems like the best option, not too expensive and really good commute from my house, and the pharmacy field is starting to look a lot more appealing than medicine :X. the only problem is that macaulay seems like such a good opportunitity, i mean free ride, dorm, everything and i know people that got rejected so not everyone gets in, i just don’t know what the prestige of it can be compared to or if id make a mistake going to a CUNY when it came to med school apps</p>
<p>@nehaax3
I have the same thought of the cuny name for med school apps. I don’t know the value of MH compared to nyu. </p>
<p>Does anyone know the quality of NYU POLY for premed? I can’t find much info for their premed, i just find stuff on their engineering majors. I keep reading that it’s pretty bad at poly.</p>
<p>^ I know it’d be interesting. It’d be interesting because you’d graduate with a B.S. in Biomolecular Science - Premed. As well as a very HEFTY and SUBSTANTIAL background in the engineering field. Hence, you would be a very interesting candidate for med school. </p>
<p>I hate to say this, but like everywhere, it matters how you use your education. Someone who goes to a CUNY and does well will be just as good of an applicant as someone who goes to Cornell and does okay. (Which is possible). just because a CUNY is a CUNY doesn’t mean it’s bad. And what do you do outside of classes? Internship at a hospital? Volunteer on an ambulance?</p>
<p>Brand name is nothing unless you make it be otherwise in your head.</p>
<p>…IS THE WONDERFUL ADVISING AND PERSONAL ATTENTION THAT YOU RECEIVE AT THE MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE.</p>
<p>At NYU you will be just another student paying 30K plus a year to get a brand name degree.</p>
<p>At Macaulay you will be friends with the Dean, your advisors will help you navigate the CUNY system every step of the way, you will get exclusive professional networking opportunities and internships. You will basically be getting in at the ground floor of the next big name in higher education.</p>
<p>I graduated from MHC at Hunter in 2008 with a Media Studies degree. Don’t miss out on a life-changing opportunity. Feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:dantallen@gmail.com">dantallen@gmail.com</a> for more information.</p>
name is nothing.</p>