<p>Gandhicurrypot, selectivity is important, but it does not measure the quality of a department. For example, Indiana is not nearly as selective as Emory or Georgetown or Notre Dame, or Boston College, but its Business school is believed to be better.</p>
<p>i see. alexandre, how come you know so much about admissions?</p>
<p>Obviously the case of your friend is entirely respresentative. right? What about all the common admits I know who chose Stern over Whaton? What does that say?</p>
<p>right that is a good point. that's only one case.</p>
<p>"Obviously the case of your friend is entirely respresentative. right? What about all the common admits I know who chose Stern over Whaton? What does that say?"</p>
<p>That is, of course, true sometimes. How many of those chose Stern over Wharton because of the money grants given out by NYU? And the ultimate question: If you ask a business student the option to go to Wharton or Stern (without making money an issue), what is the percentage that would choose Wharton?</p>
<p>read something wrong</p>
<p>double post</p>
<p>hmanx what was ur stats</p>
<p>I chose Stern because of the location, as I got into both. If my goal in life was prestige I would've chosen Wharton because it is an older school and more prestigious than any other schoo. The fact is academics and faculty and student body quality at the ugrad level is virtually the same and so long as you do well at either schools, you'll get the job you want, and both schools are regarded among the country as being top schools, comparable to the top Ivy League schools and Stanford, Mit,Caltech. So you really can't go wrong either way.</p>
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<p>Now you're stretching it. Stern plays second fiddle to Wharton, academically and prestige wise (which translates into greater job opportunities). Stern, however, is a great finance school (as you have mentioned) and the difference between the finance program at Stern and at Wharton are almost negligible (Wharton, however, is still superior prestige and academic-wise). However, you saying that NYU is even close to the University of Pennsylvania is a big misconception. NYU is a good school, but it is no Ivy League.</p>
<p>my stats were 1510, 3,6-3.7, top 5% of my class, pretty good ecs, very good recs, very good essays
i chose stern mostly because of nyc</p>
<p>though it isnt an ivy, nyu overall is becoming a much better school...someone who works in the admissions office said that the average sat for an early admitted student was 1400</p>
<p>"Now you're stretching it. Stern plays second fiddle to Wharton, academically and prestige wise (which translates into greater job opportunities). Stern, however, is a great finance school (as you have mentioned) and the difference between the finance program at Stern and at Wharton are almost negligible (Wharton, however, is still superior prestige and academic-wise). However, you saying that NYU is even close to the University of Pennsylvania is a big misconception. NYU is a good school, but it is no Ivy League."</p>
<p>No, not at all. Have you attended a single Stern class in your life, or are you some 17 yr old who quotes USNEWS as his bible? Not once did I compare NYU to Ivy Leagues; I was comparing Stern to Ivy Leagues. Stern ugrad stands almost out as a distinct school from NYU as a whole, almost as its own school, so to speak. And I know tons of students who chose Stern over Dartmouth, Penn SAS, Brown,etc, so I don't see your point. Obviously, I'll admit more common admits will choose HYP and Wharton over Stern, but I don't think you really know what you are talking about. In terms of job opportunities, the difference at Wharton and Stern is negiglible as well, so you can keep saying what you would like.</p>
<p>I have just moved to America from China four months ago. (greencard holder)
School i am applying:
Stanford
WUSTL (ed2)
U of Michigan
Cornell
NYU
Emory
cmu
U of Illinois
Mizzou(backup)</p>
<p>SAT1 math 780 verbal 550 SAT2 math 2C 740, physics 720
GPA 4.20-4.28 not sure yet
great public high school
TOEFL: 273/300</p>
<p>AP: CAL, PHYSICS, both higher 95% </p>
<p>EC: great, Rec: great</p>
<p>interest in business
What are my chances?? Will they really consider my situation of coming to america and studied only for a few months?</p>
<p>Why didn't you apply to Wharton?</p>
<p>Anway, your chances are decent-good at all schools except Stanford.</p>
<p>you mean me?? or NYCsouljaAC ...thanks anyway!!</p>
<p>I meant you CoolKid.</p>
<p>thanks a lot.. i really do, cuz i am new here and i really dont know much about admission and how they really works, despite all the info given by admission office. in china, ppl tend to look at "Numbers" only. your comment really encourage me, but i still think Upenn is too hard. my verbal killed me...</p>
<p>Yes, your verbal does hurt you. But I would have applied to Wharton anyway. I would not have applied to WUSL or Emory though. Anyway, you have a great list of schools and you will get into a few of them I am sure. Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks again!</p>