<p>So, I got into NYU Stern for marketing. I got into Columbia for math. Columbia does not have an undergrad business program. NYU Courant has a better math program than Columbia. At NYU was planning on studying some combination of marketing, math, and producing (or entertainment, media, and technology). At Columbia I would major in math and God-knows-what. NYU is my dream school. Columbia is an Ivy League school. </p>
<p>I don't know what to do!! I need some advice.</p>
<p>Aim to get into Columbia Business School in eight years? </p>
<p>:D?</p>
<p>Possibly. I wouldn’t mind going to Colbumia Business School. I’ll probably apply.</p>
<p>^hahahhaha is that you Omari!? It’s me Ali lol </p>
<p>PICK NYUUUUUU! :)</p>
<p>if u want to get into investment banking, then columbia wud b better (even tho stern is pretty competitive in recruiting itself).</p>
<p>for marketing, i think stern is probably the better choice</p>
<p>If NYU is your dream school, go for it.</p>
<p>Yes, Columbia has “Ivy status,” but Stern is looked on just as favorably for grad schools.</p>
<p>If NYU is your dream school, then go there. Columbia has the name, but so does NYU. If you’ll be happier at NYU, pass up the Ivy League. There’s always grad school for that!</p>
<p>And you could always visit both schools again, just to see which is a better fit since the campuses are different (NYU is a bunch of buildings while Columbia has a campus, though not a traditional one).</p>
<p>I am visiting NYU again tomorrow. And I am considering doing an overnight at Columbia next weekend. Hmm…we’ll see.
Something is telling me to go with NYU. It just feels right.</p>
<p>I just went to NYU’s admitted student’s day today, and it was great! Good luck with your decision making! :D</p>
<p>Oh, and here’s a small piece of advice that my guidance counselor gave me: an important aspect of college is the people who go there. So while you’re there, see what the people are like, and if you could get along with them. College should be an enjoyable experience, but if you don’t like the people, it’ll be difficult to enjoy yourself! I feel like anyone can find his or her niche at NYU, but at Columbia it just seems harder. Eh, it’s just my opinion. But once again, good luck!</p>
<p>Okay, so I did an overnight at Columbia and loved it…now I’m even more confused. I don’t know what I want anymore.</p>
<p>How serious are the students NYU? Stern, specifically?
One thing I noticed at Columbia is that all the students loved challenging themselves. I’m not saying that NYU students don’t do the same, but I never really got the opportunity to feel that. All the NYU admissions events are for students and their parents and you don’t really get to interact with the students much. The only time I really got to see how NYU students interact is when I sat in on a Chem class at CAS. It was a MAP class so it was surprisingly easy, at least for me.</p>
<p>^Just to be more clear, I meant that since all the NYU admissions events are for students and their parents and you don’t really get to interact with OTHER students (current and future) much. Most visiting prospective students are stuck with their family for the whole day.</p>
<p>You seem to like NYU better, and there is reason for that.</p>
<p>So strongly consider NYU. Or spend the rest of your life regretting your mistake, of how you chose prestige over fit and happiness.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I do. As of right now I don’t feel like I like one more than the other. I’m feeling 50/50 on the fence right now.
Like, I never really gave Columbia a chance until I got in because honestly I didn’t think I would. Then I did and I loved it.
I’m not going to lie, I initially wanted to go to NYU because of it’s glamorous namesake. Then I started really looking into the school and seeing how much it offered and started to like it for much more than it’s name.</p>
<p>I think I’m falling into the trap of thinking that everyone at NYU is a hipster. I need to snap out of that. Lol.</p>
<p>I know it’s Stern and it’s really good and top-notch. Stern and Tisch are probably the only NYU schools I would potentially choose over Columbia.</p>
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That doesn’t make sense - NYU has a #1 applied math program, whereas Stern certainly isn’t #1 in its field (although obviously very good). That’s why it seems weird to me that if you came to NYU you wouldn’t study math, which is a top program here, but if you went to Columbia you would study math, even though their math program arguably isn’t as good. It would make sense to me if you were debating NYU Math vs Columbia Math or NYU Business vs Columbia Econ. </p>
<p>Also consider:
Morningside Heights vs Greenwich Village
Columbia’s core curriculum vs NYU’s MAP
NYU’s financial aid vs Columbia’s aid (I’m guessing theirs is better)</p>
<p>“That doesn’t make sense - NYU has a #1 applied math program, whereas Stern certainly isn’t #1 in its field (although obviously very good). That’s why it seems weird to me that if you came to NYU you wouldn’t study math, which is a top program here, but if you went to Columbia you would study math, even though their math program arguably isn’t as good. It would make sense to me if you were debating NYU Math vs Columbia Math or NYU Business vs Columbia Econ.”</p>
<p>Well higher rankings obviously do not lead to better job prospects. Stern vs. Columbia Math makes sense if you want to go into the business because Stern has comparable job prospects to Columbia Math. NYU CAS math on the other hand is not as competitive in terms of recruitment by major bulge bracket firms and the like.</p>
<p>Ah, I did forget Courant when I said that, but that is included too. But that is just my judgment, which may be different for other people. For the schools that I applied to that didn’t have undergrad business programs I applied for Math, including Columbia. The reason being because I would use it as a gateway to get into a top business grad school. I felt like Math was the broadest business-related subject that I could study, and I love math nonetheless.</p>
<p>Columbia’s aid was much much better, but I found out that I’m a Gate Scholar so it doesn’t matter. That’s partially what makes it harder to choose because financial aid is no longer a factor.
Thanks for your advice as to what to consider. I going to do that pros and cons list thing everyone keeps telling me to do.</p>
<p>If you are planning on entering the business world, you won’t have a problem with recruitment regardless of which school you attend. When you say that you got into Stern for marketing, are you dead set on majoring in marketing or did you just put that down? Stern is indeed focused on its finance majors since pretty much everyone is one. What do you plan on doing career wise after school?</p>
<p>I visited both schools too, and they definitely have different atmospheres.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure about majoring in marketing. I know that Stern is very finance-driven, but I’m more interested in straight math than finance. I’m not completely sure what I want to do career-wise after college either. As for right now, I’m trying to combine my main interests (business, math, theater, journalism) and see where they take me, and marketing is definitely one of them.</p>
<p>You could double major in marketing and math.</p>
<p>I was thinking about doing that, but would I have room to take electives still? I was intending on minoring in math and producing, and (hopefully) still have room for a couple open arts classes.</p>