<p>what's everyone's thoughts on this school? Good living and academics? Good lifestyle, etc?</p>
<p>anyone have opinions on this school</p>
<p>i hate doing this but bump.</p>
<p>You will get a lot of differing opinions about NYU. First, before I give you my personal opinion, I want to mention that it is a very well rated school in most fields.Their top programs that are most well known and highly ranked are: business, drama, math, some others. In fact, in the majors that I just noted, they are ranked in the top 10 in the US for these majors. They also have a huge amount of offerings like a big state university.Frankly, I don't think anything is bad at NYU, although some of their liberal arts isn't suppedly that great.
. My mom went to NYU and loved it. NYU is located in Greenwich Village, which is a very bohomian location, full of great restaurants and things to do. I used to visit there when I was a kid, and I loved the area. It is in a nice part of New York; thus, it's a great city to attend school in. It also has a 1.4 billion dollar endowment, which makes it one of the top 40 best endowed schools in the nation. It may even be in the top 30 by now.</p>
<p>That said, I would NEVER personally want to go to NYU nor send my kid there. Why?</p>
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<li><p>It is HUGE. There are not a lot of warm furries going on. You are really a number there.</p></li>
<li><p>NYU really doesn't have a lot of school spirit, as with schools such as Ohio State or Miami. Most people want to party in the city, which allows for unlimited partying and unlimited choices of things to do and see. </p></li>
<li><p>It is one of the most expensive schools in the US when you factor in the tuition and room and board. However, you are in Manhattan,thus, what can you expect?</p></li>
<li><p>Baruch College, which is part of the City University system, is considered quite good and MUCH cheaper. When I was in college, the people who attended NYU were those that didnt' get into Baruch. To this day, if you major in business, I can't understand why someone would pick NYU with its 43K+ tuition and room and board vs. Baruch's 10-15K, which is all inclusive of room and board. </p></li>
<li><p>You are living in NYC. This is both good and bad. Believe me, you have to be careful living in any big city. City life may not be for everyone. I personally didn't mind it,but I am from NY. My daughter would hate it!</p></li>
<li><p>As much as NYU seems to have this mystical alure for a lot of kids, which I really don't understand, they really aren't that well known for their great undergraduate programs OTHER THAN for business, drama, and math. However, they have some very strong, very well rated graduate and professional schools. Their medical school is very good. Their law school is considered one of the premier law schools in the nation, especially in tax law,where they are the gold standard. Their grad school in math is outstanding, as are some other graduate schools. Maybe people think that because some grad programs and profesional schools are so good,this will translate to the undergraduate programs. Who knows? I don't personally feel that this is the case.</p></li>
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<p>The bottom line is that I think that NYU is a very fine school for a number of majors, especially the ones that I noted above. However, there are, in my opinion, many great schools that are just as good, if not better, for a much cheaper price, especially for majors other than those listed above. </p>
<p>I am sure that you will get other views on this.</p>
<p>Taxguy- that is a great assessment. I really appreciate it, because S and I are "disagreeing" about NYU. He is interested in Stern (business) and in my opinion, NYU is just not a good fit for him. He loves NYC, but I do not think it is the right place for him to go to undergraduate school, even though he is being recruited as an athlete (believe it or not) by NYU. I think it is too expensive, and I would rather see him go to Indiana for business if he doesn't wind up at one of the highly selective schools that are recruiting him. I am going to send him your post, because it is very fair. I recognize the academic excellence of many of NYU's programs, but we would be paying full fare, and I just don't think it is worth it.</p>
<p>Have to agree for the most part about NYU. Not about Baruch though; a long time ago perhaps, for business only.Baruch's reputation MIGHT be slightly better than Pace, but whatever reputation it has is very local, whereas NYU has significantly more repute nationally. IMO. It has one of the top rated business programs in the US. Baruch doesn't.</p>
<p>NYC is a very great place to be though. And NYU's student body has gotten much stronger, relatively, over the years.</p>
<p>When I say its student body has gotten much stronger:</p>
<p>In the early 70s NYU accepted over 70% of its applicants. In a recent year I looked at, the comparable number was 29%. The only school I looked at that had a bigger jump in student body quality over these two time periods was Washington University.</p>
<p>So taxguy's description of NYU vs. Baruch was possibly close to accurate in the early 70s but IMO things have changed significantly in this regard.</p>
<p>But I do agree with much of the rest of his post.</p>
<p>Monydad, you may be right about some of the changes in both NYU and Baruch since the early 70s,but Baruch still has, in my opinion, one of the strongest alumni support systems in the country especially in the business and accounting arena. I have been all over the country and met litterally dozens of successful Baruch grads. I can't say the same about NYU Stern grads.</p>
<p>What is required to get into NYU? </p>
<p>I'm currently at Mississippi School of Arts (theatre, musical theatre) and I'll be graduating in little over a year, so I need to start looking at required classes so I can go ahead and get the credits.</p>
<p>IF your interest is specifically in these fields you should check in on the CC "Musical Theater Major" subgroup under "College Major". They are all over this topic over there.</p>
<p>"Baruch still has, in my opinion, one of the strongest alumni support systems in the country especially in the business and accounting arena. "</p>
<p>Can't disagree with that, particularly in accounting. Well maybe only in accounting. I know one of them myself.</p>
<p>But these accomplished alumni went to school "then", and this is now. </p>
<p>And now, the average SATs of NYUs entering class are over 200 points higher than Baruch's. That wasn't the case "then", as you yourself effectively asserted. So once again, it appears that things have changed.</p>
<p>Time was when City College vied with Harvard, etc. as one of the very top schools in the whole nation. Its grads had numerous honors and accomplishments. Don't hear much about them recently though.</p>
<p>Actually, thinking about it, I've been in the midwest for almost ten years now, and I haven't met a single person out here who went to Baruch. I have met several NYU grads. Once again Baruch's influence, such as it is, seems quite regional to me.</p>
<p>Monydad, I am not arguing that Baruch is now better than NYU Stern, except maybe in accounting- maybe. I do understand that in the 70s, Baruch was on the level of the top schools with some of the best paid professors in the nation. I myself attended there as an accounting major,which is why I went there over other good choices. Some of the faculty at the time wrote some of the leading textbooks used in many other business schools. </p>
<p>NYU has certainly climbed the quality ladder; and, sadly, Baruch has declined in quality, in my opinion. However, considering there is about a 30K per year difference in tuition and fees, I don't feel, ( again, this is my opinion) that NYU Stern is worth the differential. </p>
<p>Besides, Stern is now very tough to get into. If I had the grades to get into Stern , I certainly would pick Wharton or Berkeley, Michigan, Penn State, University of Maryland, MIT, Texas, Virginia, UNC or one of many other top schools that I feel would be almost as good but a lot less expensive. Again, this is my opinion. Also, room and board in Manhattan is a lot more expensive than that of other places, which has to be factored into the equation.</p>
<p>I don't know how much cheaper Wharton and MIT are than NYU. And many of the state schools are not so cheap for out of state applicants either. But part of NYU's allure is being in NYC, which these other schools are not. That may not impress someone who has already spent a lot of time in New York. But there are a lot of people for whom this is a significant attraction.</p>
<p>Monydad notes,"That may not impress someone who has already spent a lot of time in New York. But there are a lot of people for whom this is a significant attraction."</p>
<p>Response: Agreed. I also think that folks feel that NYU has a lot of better connections being in NY with top NY firms, which may or may not be the case. I really don't know. In addition, Greenwich Village is a LOT of fun. I can't think of a more fun place to go to school than that area; in fact, it may be too distracting.</p>
<p>The connections aspect could be a significant point. Choice of school could influence where the majority of opportunities will be subsequently. For example, Indiana has a good accounting program I understand, but I doubt it has the influence or presence on the east coast that NYU has.</p>
<p>When I worked in New York, NYU was very well represented at the major banks (and law firms) at the graduate level; the undergrads not so much. But the caliber of the student body has climbed so much that I'd bet the undergrads are doing well now too.</p>
<p>My understanding from everything I have heard and read is that NYU does wind up being significantly more expensive even than the other really expensive schools such as Wharton. The daily cost of living in Manhattan jacks up the "allowance" needed. Also, the red tape at NYU is supposed to be second to none.</p>