<p>which one would be the best for business / econ?
i really want to live in the city, but i am also looking for a good education with good professors and challenging classes, as well as great internship opportunities.
i am not looking for "college experience" and don't really care about the whole "school spirit" thing... i just want the best education that i can get.
baruch is very affordable, which is great for me!
but if it's not a good school without good internship opportunities, i would rather pay the private school tuition..
i am also thinking of (maybe) transferring in the future. if it would be possible, i would love to go to stern (nyu).
so what do you think? i really need someone's advice b/c i really can't decide...
does anyone go to these schools? how is it?
thank you!!</p>
<p>If you don’t care about having a typical college experience, I think Baruch is as good as Pace and Hofstra and will definitely give you the best bang for the buck.</p>
<p>if money matters, sure, Baruch should be the choice. But you will have large classes in public schools. If you do well, you will have the same equal opportunity as all three.
Since Pace is next to Wall street, the internship is easier to get and you can walk to work right after the class is finished. I took out a page from the placement office and worked part-time(not internship) on Broad street and they did offer me a full time job afterwards.</p>
<p>I know that rankings are not the be-all and end-all but for Undergraduate business programs USNWR has Baruch ranked 55, Pace ranked 185, and I did not see Hofstra listed. If money is an issue and you don’t care about having a traditional “college experience”, I’d lean towards Baruch. Maybe see if you can talk to someone in each of the school’s career services to ask about their history with getting students internships and placed in a job.</p>
<p>I have no idea about transferring to Stern from any of these schools. Maybe ask on NYU forum about opportunities to transfer to that school.</p>
<p>^^ Just want to set the record straight</p>
<p>For Business school Baruch is ranked 85</p>
<p>[CUNY–Baruch</a> College | Overall Rankings | Best College | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/cuny-baruch-college-190512/overall-rankings]CUNY--Baruch”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/cuny-baruch-college-190512/overall-rankings)</p>
<p>Pace is ranked 97</p>
<p>Hofstra is ranked 100</p>
<p>So there is not that much difference.</p>
<p>And for accounting, if you get 3.5 and above in GPA in ANY of these schools, you have a good chance to get into the Big 4.</p>
<p>Thank you for your responses! Great help! I’m thinking about Baruch, but then again i would like to hear from students who attend either one of the colleges.
@artloversplus you went to pace? How did you like it? Did many of your classmates were able to intern and eventually find jobs? Thanks again!</p>
<p>I cannot speak of Pace today, as my experience is too old for any current students.</p>
<p>My daughter is going to college now.:)</p>
<p>In terms of finding a position, I think a lot of that can be covered by a student regardless of which school they attend. You need to work hard to seek out opportunities–write letters, check websites, network etc.</p>
<p>To me the biggest issue is how easy will it be for you to get to the internship? If you are planning to intern part time, it would be to your advantage to be near your place of employment. My D is at NYU. She had a summer internship that she is still employed at. She will go to classes and then put in 3 or 4 hours in the office a few times a week. It takes her about 20 minutes to go from her class to the office.</p>
<p>If you plan on interning in NYC, then Baruch or Pace will make that easy. Hofstra will be more difficult–with a commuting time of an hour and 15 minutes or more depending on how far you would work from Penn Station. Plus you would be dependent on train schedules which might make the commuting time even longer.</p>
<p>artsloversplus - The rankings you quoted are for Graduate school of business of each institution. I believe the OP is looking for an undergraduate school – the rankings I noted are for Undergrad business schools. Grad schools are a whole separate category for USNWR rankings. Of course one should not go by rankings alone.</p>
<p>@ artsloversplus congrats! :)</p>
<p>@ uskoolfish thank you for your response. i’m really happy for your daughter! which year did she get the internship? yes, hofstra is a little far and right now i am not so sure if i want to go there. so i need to decide between pace and baruch.</p>
<p>She has had internships since high school. We live near NYC, so since the summer before senior year in high school, she has commuted into Manhattan for internships. She has worked at public relations firm and various entertainment industry companies doing marketing and development.</p>
<p>I had few internships during hs as well, but I figured in college it’s different and definitely more competitive. Did she find the internship through nyu and did she start her freshman year?</p>
<p>The PR firm one was through a family connection. She did that for 2 summers and into the school year. She interned for the Mayor’s office and found that through NYU, but the application is available on-line. I think she found her SONY affiliated internship through NYU, but again it was also available on-line. She did that internship in the summer and for two semesters. She interned for a major producer and found that by sending them an e-mail/ resume and then interviewing. Again she did that for a summer and for a semester or two. Her current internship at Dreamworks she found on-line. She did that in the summer and has continued working there (for pay!) this current school year.</p>
<p>NYU gives great career counselling, but the truth is that many things can be found independent from the school you attend as long as you are willing to do a lot of leg work.</p>
<p>The other issue is that many of those positions do not pay. So you need to be in a financial situation that allows you to devote the time for an internship when you could otherwise be earning money.</p>
<p>That’s impressive!
Thanks! Makes me feel better to know that I can find internships on my own. I was a little worried about Baruch or Pace not having great internship opportunities, but now I think I will be fine.</p>
<p>Baruch has amazing internship opportunities. I just finished with the recruiting process and was fortunate to land a front-office investment banking internship at a bulge bracket firm. I was one of many from Baruch this year to do so. More firms are coming to us to recruit for front office positions than ever before and more Baruch students are getting them. Honestly, the career opportunities at Hofstra and Pace are NOTHING compared to Baruch’s career opportunities. I had done a lot of networking this past year and most of the people I met who were able to get great jobs either came from Ivys, NYU, Fordham, or Baruch.</p>