NYU vs. Harvard

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>I'm trying to choose between the two. Up until a few days ago I was planning on going to NYU because I never expected to get into Harvard. I was really excited when I found out, but now I don't know what to do. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.</p>

<p>Here are my reasons for each</p>

<p>NYU:
- D.E.A.N. program which sounds like I'll be able to take a lot of honors seminars and have a few extra opportunities
- I've always wanted to live in NYC
- I do want to have some fun in college</p>

<p>Harvard:
- Amazing education
- I feel like going to Harvard might open more doors later on, such as for getting into grad school or getting internships
- Who says no to Harvard? Am I being crazy?</p>

<p>Financials for both are roughly the same, not enough difference to make the decision.<br>
I feel like my parents would be happier if I went to Harvard (surprising right?), but in the end they want me to be happy.
I don't really know what I want to major in, maybe biology but that could easily change.</p>

<p>Thanks for any help you can give. I am totally lost at this point.</p>

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<p>Imma tell you what I Told my best friend when his girlfriend dumped him. If you can’t appreciate how amazing a harvard education is, you dont deserve it,.</p>

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<p>you’re nuts.</p>

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<p>Harvard!hell yeah!</p>

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<p>um…Harvard</p>

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<p>I’ve lived in Boston my whole life though, and I kind of just want to get out.
But I’m afraid I’m drawn to Harvard because of the name. I know the education I get from an honors program at NYU won’t be as good as one from Harvard, but I want to do more than just study for the next four years. I also wanted to double major, which will probably be easier to do at NYU.</p>

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<p>Is your choice but…seriously?no to Harvard?go visit the campus and figure it out…AND Harvard has much more school spirit than NYU.SERIOUSLY, harvard.Check websites like princeton review and get some info of student life…i dont think u will only study in harvard tho.AMAZING TEACHERS.and the name…</p>

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<p>I know. I feel like I obviously should go to Harvard. But NYU seems like it would be so much fun. I visited last weekend and loved it.</p>

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<p>@please</p>

<p>you could come to NYU for a summer and take some classes. sometimes you can get those classes to count towards your major at Harvard. and NYC is AMAZING in the summer!</p>

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<p>Go to Harvard, people kill for brand names. I am trying to transfer from NYU to Brown, so as you can see, everyone wants prestige.</p>

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<p>Go where you’ll be happy. Harvard is better for graduate school than undergrad, and it seems like you might be into that possibility. If you don’t want to go to Harvard, don’t. Don’t let a reputation be the deciding factor. It’s not like people think NYU is a trash education, it’s still amazing. Having NYU on your resume will open doors too.</p>

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<p>Nirali, didn’t you get into Stern ED for next year? </p>

<p>And to the OP, I mean, this is Harvard were talking about. Harvard. If you KNOW you’re going to be miserable though, then maybe you say no. But if you think you could be happy, I would take it in a heartbeat.</p>

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<p>Do you think it would be much harder to get into Harvard grad school coming from NYU than Harvard undergrad? Of course going to Harvard first will make it easier, but is it a big enough difference to be a deciding factor here?</p>

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<p>Yeah, but I can still transfer to Brown after my first year there if I don’t get killed by the Stern curve.</p>

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<p>And if u go to harvard and want to transfer, probably NYU would take u again…u can do that in a year.</p>

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<p>Go to NYU. Enjoy 4 years in NY. You will love it! Study hard too. So you can go back to Boston for graduate school :)</p>

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<p>Nirali (again): But you haven’t even been to Stern yet! You haven’t even had one week at NYU! </p>

<p>OP: If you reject Harvard for undergrad, you are less likely to get in grad school at Harvard. It’s like if your older sibling rejects a school, you’re more likely to get rejected. (I’m not sure why it works like that, but that’s seriously the trend)</p>

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<p>@radio</p>

<p>that’s the most ridiculous thing i’ve ever heard. grad admissions are completely different than undergrad admissions. there are so many more factors at play for grad admissions. and that is definitely not one of them.</p>

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<p>But I think it might be a “well, you rejected us once, you’re likely to reject us twice” sort of deal. It might not be statistically true, but I’m sure there are admissions officers that have that mindset. That sort of thing CERTAINLY happens with older/younger siblings. </p>

<p>I say that because my younger brother had a friend who applied to a competitive private middle school, and rejected it, and later applied to that same school’s high school, and got rejected, even though his stats were good for that school. It’s not quite the same thing, but the logic of it is pretty comparable.</p>

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<p>It is easy to transfer into NYU. Harvard does not accept any transfers. You have an amazing opportunity and you might as well try it out.</p>

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I doubt the grad school will even be aware that you were admitted undergrad.</p>