<p>Help!! I'm an international student who is admitted to both NYU and UCLA for Economics/Pre-Economics. (Not Stern in NYU cos I didn't apply for biz) </p>
<p>NYU is really appealing as I really love the arts culture in NYC. However, I heard that UCLA gives a much better college experience in the school~ </p>
<p>I don't live in the US and will thus be unable to visit the campus of both schools before making my choice :( Help!!!!!!!</p>
<p>These are vastly different schools. </p>
<p>NYU is in the heart of manhattan in the village. It has no real ‘campus’ but is, instead, a grouping of buildings which takes up about 9-15 blocks right around washington square park.</p>
<p>On the other hand, UCLA has a real campus with trees, grass, and so on.</p>
<p>Yes, UCLA will give you the more typical American college experience with a beautiful campus, Pac-12 sports, rivalry with USC, etc. Also, you’ll have all of L.A. to explore which isn’t exactly horrible in the arts culture either… ;)</p>
<p>NYU is Manhattan. If you love the big city life of NYC, choose NYU.</p>
<p>thanks for your quick reply! Just like to ask another thing: I heard all the UCs including UCLA are ‘suffering’ due to budget cuts in California but how exactly has the cut in budget affected UCLA?</p>
<p>^ Biggest impact is increased tuition for in-state students. Also, more internationals and out-of-state students are being admitted because they pay higher tuition costs and thus contribute more revenue. The source of funding has changed…from state appropriations to tuition, private donations and public research grants. </p>
<p>California is just crowing loudly about loss of funding from the state because they see it as a disinvestment in UC and are concerned public access is being shut out due to higher tuition costs. However, top UC campuses have resources to make up the funding shortfalls.</p>
<p>Quality of education hasn’t been affected whatsoever. Just increases in fees mostly (e.g. parking fee increases jumped from ~$180 per quarter last year last year to ~$206 per quarter this year</p>
<p>btw, I am actually considering to take up a double major or a minor in Communication studies or criminology. Any idea how tough is it to take up a double major in these schools?</p>
<p>Majors at NYU are typically around 40 credits (10 classes at 4 credits each). Since we only take 4 classes per semester, that’s 1.25 years per major. </p>
<p>You can easily do a double major at NYU if you don’t have a problem not taking many classes outside of your major(s). For example, I’m a double major philosophy and politics with a minor in psychology. If I weren’t graduating early, I would have time to either complete a triple major (move my psych minor up to a major) or complete a second minor. But, I’ve never taken a class outside of my majors/minor areas except for general education requirements. </p>
<p>I don’t know how UCLA works, so I can’t help you with that.</p>
<p>UCLA would be the obvious choice given you are not going into Stern or theatre arts. Overall, it is a better institution. Also, UCLA and Berkeley are not as impacted by state budget cuts as other UC’s - they are for all intents and purpose virtually private schools financially.</p>