<p>i just wanted to debunk the grad school thing. i don’t have siblings so i don’t know about the validity of that statement. </p>
<p>grad school is all about how you fit with that department. grad prestige and undergrad prestige might as well be bananas and kiwis. the process is completely different. it has to do with research, faculty fit, interview, GREs. it’s the department that is primarily looking at your application- graduate school admissions committees are only looking to see if you meet minimum requirements. it’s the department’s decision whether to take you or not. </p>
<p>grad committees and undergrad committees have completely different officers. often, the grad school and the undergrad school have slightly different names and completely different offices. take NYU: college of arts and sciences vs. graduate school of arts and sciences. steinhardt’s media, culture and communications vs. steinhardt visual culture MA, etc.</p>
<p>i’m a junior and looking to go to grad school for new media, so i’ve been looking into this. i’ve also shadowed friends who went through the process for their phd.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t want to transfer because I wouldn’t get the same scholarship I have now. They said it was only offered to 70 incoming freshman, the DEAN scholarship program. It is basically the reason why I can consider NYU as an option. It gives me $25,000 a year, its an honors program, and has a few other extra benefits I wouldn’t have as a regular student.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the info about grad programs btw. I’m pretty clueless about that.</p>
<p>I fail to see how you failed to see that you would get into Harvard… considering that you are accepted to NYU’s dean program. Most of NYU’s “fun factor” is just a facade(unless you enjoy hipsters, dorm parties, lack of community etc etc). Go with Harvard, it’ll do you some good.</p>
<p>I’d say go to Harvard. You have all the time in the world to live in NY and have fun if you really want to. Not many people say they went to Harvard, I suppose. And then when you have that under your belt, you can enjoy NY so much more.
Good luck.</p>
<p>One day, in the middle of a class at NYU, your stomach is going to start churning and you’ll get a huge headache as you realize: “Wow, I had the chance to go to Harvard. What am I doing here…I blew it.”</p>
<p>@ Radio: Okay stop ■■■■■■■■ you bitc h, I always wanted to go to Brown, and i don’t need some ass h ol e on CC telling me what to do. I am just using Stern as a stepping stone. If the curve does not kill me and I have a high GPA, I am going to try every semester as hard as I can to transfer into Brown. A lot of kids just quit trying to better themselves after their Senior year of college admissions, for me, getting into Stern is the start of college admissions. I stayed at summer @ Brown for three weeks, and I thought it was a very good fit. All of these losers on CC think they are so smart and have the world made. They think the world is their oyster.</p>
<p>I think the OP should just go where his/her gut is telling him/her to go. In the long run, the only thing that matters is that you learn a lot and have a good experience. You can get that at any number of colleges/universities in the country. Go where you want to go and no need to justify it to anyone else! Your parents can brag you got into Harvard even if you decide not to go. It’s not about them. It’s about YOU.</p>
<p>Yeah, it doesn’t matter if it is, Brown sends a ridiculous amount of students into top Ivy Graduate schools, that is what I am after, since most people believe grad school is all that counts.</p>
<p>Seriously, I’m not trying to sound blunt but…where’s the comparison? HARVARD, HARVARD, HARVARD. If you’re going to get a graduate degree like law or medicine that’s a different story, ex. I didn’t apply to HYPS since I’m saving my chances. But if undergrad is your focus then…HARVARD, HARVARD, HARVARD!!! You’ll make connections that anyone would kill for. I’m not saying that going to Harvard would give you instant success, but you’re more than likely to get a great job from the get-go. And plus like someone else said, you may be sitting in a class at nyu and you think “what could’ve happened if I went to Harvard”. Not many ppl. can have bragging rights like this (not that I’m endorsing bragging by any means).</p>
<p>I don’t think Harvard has an Undergrad Business, a lot of top schools don’t since they prefer liberal arts majors (humanities, social sci, sci) to pre-professional ones, which i think is a better idea. </p>
<p>Honestly, I go to NYU and a lot of people here would kill to go to Harvard. And if you go to Harvard and hate it, it’s relatively easy to transfer to NYU after a year. But Harvard doesn’t take transfers.</p>
<p>Harvard also has a more “traditional” undergrad experience, beautiful campus, is outside a large city but still has a strong campus community, some people prefer that. NYU is very unique, we have no campus, not much community feel, it feels like you’re in Grad school sometimes and after frosh year the dorms get really far away from campus.</p>
<p>I can understand someone picking NYU over Harvard for Film, Theatre, Dance, any artsy-majors, or maybe even Business, or maybe Philosophy. We also have strong programs in IR, Econ, and Math, although i’m guessing Harvard is really strong in those too. But for most majors I’d pick Harvard. </p>
<p>You’ll have the rest of your life to live in NYC, but probably only 1 chance to go to Harvard. And btw, studies have shown Harvard UnderGrads have an EASIER time getting into Harvard Grad. I hear the hardest part is getting in, they have grade inflation there. Plus the student body is on average smarter and more diverse than NYU so that’s a bonus.</p>
<p>I am 100% planning on grad school, if that makes a difference.<br>
I’m worried if I go to Harvard I’m going to spend the whole time in my dorm room studying and not have a fun/exciting college experience. I was also thinking of doing a double major, which might be waaay to hard to do at Harvard. </p>
<p>Does anyone who goes to NYU know anything about the DEAN scholars program? I had never heard about it until I got in so all of my information is coming from what the school told me.</p>
<p>pleaseplease - if you’re doing Grad, I’d suggest you pick the college you like more, as the prestige of Grad matters a lot more than UG. There are students at both NYU and Harvard who sit in their dorms and study all day, there are fun things to do at both as well…from what I hear, Harvard is not too hard to do well in if you’re smart enough to get in. People say “getting in was the hardest part”. </p>
<p>Endicott - wow you sound like a tool. no need to insult other people’s colleges and call them mediocre, and if you haven’t been there, how do you know there is no community? unless you’re a student… As for being distracting, Boston/Cambridge ain’t exactly the boondocks either. A smart person like the OP would probably do well at both schools, esp NYU since it’s less competitive.</p>
<p>Will you go to the pre-frosh weekend at Harvard? I get the impression that since admissions is so random, it’s not like you’re surrounded by only major overachievers. Half of the people there are shocked they got in, and were just smart people who had good grades (many of whom do not study all day).</p>