NYU vs. Emory

College Search & Selection
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<p>I have to decide by Monday and I am very indecisive person!
A few facts: I LOVE NYC, but I sat in on a cognitive neuroscience class at NYU and I was pretty disappointed, I knew most of what they were teaching already from my AP Psyc class. Unfortunately I will not get to sit in on a class at Emory because it is to close to their exams. Also my father works for Emory so I have tuition paid for there. And after my scholarship NYU would cost about 20k for me overall. So it is more expensive. I want to study some sort of Biology, my main interests right now are neuroscience or maybe genetics. But I am fascinated by the human brain. I hope to be a researcher when I am older so I will want to research as an undergrad if possible. I don't really like Atlanta very much, especially in comparison to NYC. I have wanted to live in NYC for as long as I can remember but I do not want to sacrifice my education and research, I could always live there later (even though I really want to now!). I'm not really into greek life so I worry about not fitting in at Emory. Also my favorite hobby is acting in films so NYC would be great for pursuing that in my spare time. </p>

<p>So my questions are:
1) What is student life like at both schools (mainly Emory because even if I don't fit in a NYU I have a whole city of people right outside my door to find friends in)?
2) Which school has stronger programs for neuroscience/genetic/molecular bio and better research opportunities for undergrads?
3) Which school will have a more rigorous program? I really want to be challenged with the difficulty, but I do no want to be bogged down by a bunch of silly busy work like I'm in high school.
4) Are the differences enough to justify spending more money to go to NYU?</p>

<p>Thanks so much for helping me figure out what it is I want!</p>

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<p>I believe NYU is very strong in both neuroscience and genetics. </p>

<p>You sat in on a Cognitive Neuroscience class (as in the actual class “Cognitive Neuroscience” taught by the Psych department) and already knew most of the material? I know for a fact my Psych 101 and my Cognitive Neuroscience were VERY different courses – only very basic material overlapped. </p>

<p>(1) I had to face the same choice between NYU and Emory (as well as a number of other schools) and chose NYU because I prefer to the atmosphere at NYU – there’s no frat scene; no dorm parties, etc. It lets you party when you want off-campus, and let’s you study in your room without any loud parties</p>

<p>(2) Emory provides better research opportunities to undergrads, but I believe NYU’s program is, overall, stronger. </p>

<p>(3) More rigorous? Not sure. NYU doesn’t assign ‘busy work’ – very few colleges really do. </p>

<p>(4) Depends on what you want and what you deem as appropriate.</p>

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<p>Maybe it just so happened that the class I saw was the one class that almost all of the material overlapped. Thank you for your input! I really love the atmosphere at NYU too.</p>

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<p>“my father works for Emory so I have tuition paid for there”</p>

<p>So the better school is free tuition? Yeah makes sense go to NYU. smh. GO TO EMORY!</p>

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<p>I would choose Emory over NYU without question, and with your free tuition there this is a no-brainer…</p>

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<p>Can either of yall who said Emory tell me some things about Emory student life?</p>