Opinion- UT vs OSU.

Transfer Students
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<p>To be terse, I am basically considering two huge state schools at the moment, one of which is UT austin. At UT, I will have less financial aid (being out of state this is an important factor) and I am just an inch below the requirements for the honors program. At OSU, I am getting decent aid (about 30%) and just meet the requirements for the honors program. So, where do you guys reckon I sould go to? For one thing, I know that being a honors at osu means priority scheduling, which is great since some intro classes tend to weed out incoming freshmen. Is the benefit of being a honors student in this case enough to counterbalance the fact that UT is overall more prestigious?</p>

<p>Also, would you say both schools will offer comparable opportunities and academics?</p>

<p>Money is somewhat a factor and honors housing is also a plus since I will dorm in the school. My intended major is psychology/neurobiology/accounting (bear with me) and I plan on applying to dentistry schools afterwards. At either school, I will likely try to transfer to a private/smaller university, such as NYU , at the end of sophomore year, so the plan is to go in and get the highest GPA and number of ECs possible--even if i decide not to transfer, of course.</p>

<p>any comment is appreciated : )</p>

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<p>I believe UT is the better school. But NYU is HUGE, it has like 20k undergrads and 45k all together</p>

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<p>"private or smaller."</p>

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<p>Do you have any comment about the advantage of being in the honors program at osu?</p>

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<p>/ = or, but lets forget that.</p>

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<p>Well, if you're planning on transferring to NYU afterwards, I'm not really sure it matters so much and I'd probably go to OSU b/c it's cheaper and you'd be in the honors program. But overall, UT is quite a bit better. As an honors student at OSU, you'll probably have better chances transferring into NYU. Just keep a good GPA at whichever school you choose, and as both are decent, you won't have much of a problem transferring.</p>