<p>NYU Liberal Studies Vs. Rutgers SAS Honors
Opinions? Comments? If given the option, which would you choose and why?
Has anyone been in this situation?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Here is my opinion as a parent: NYU is mad expensive. Are you getting any scholarship money? I can’t see paying >50k per year for a liberal arts education.</p>
<p>It depends on a lot of things. Do you have a preference living in the city or living in NB? Is money a concern/are you from NJ, NY, or elsewhere? …personally if I could choose differently I prob. wouldn’t be at Rutgers now, I’m starting to hate this ‘school’…</p>
<p>greenbeans your opinion is valid but it is more helpful if you explain what bothers you.</p>
<p>Thanks rualum. NJ7777-the social life and party scene and whatnot at Rutgers is great. If one of your priorities for choosing a school is to have a lot of fun, you definitely will at Rutgers. But education-wise, I just don’t feel like they care as much as they should about us students. Not meaning to sound like one of those whiney, “this school is too big and I’m just a number here!” type persons, but from my experiences so far, I feel like people here don’t give a *<strong><em>! I have had so many professors who literally just never answer e-mails when people e-mail them in need of help or just don’t show up to their supposed office hours. I finally got a new adviser after mine never replied back to my e-mails. It *</em></strong>es me off that my parents pay thousands and thousands of dollars for these people to do their jobs so inadequately. Aside from those issues, I don’t agree with the school spending so much money on stupid entertainment purposes like Snooki and Pitbull. Yeah concerts and celebrities talking is cool I guess but not necessary especially when thousands of dollars are spent on them. And especially when, because of tight budget issues, lots of classes offer only one section per semester. Within my major, for example, many of these classes overlap and since only one section is offered I am getting behind because I’m now having to wait until next year to take classes that should have been taken this year or even last year. It would just make more sense to be spending money on making more classes available, or even giving money to the bus system so that people don’t have to wait an hour on the weekends to catch one. </p>
<p>Well, I could go on and on but that’s just touching on it. So again if your preference is to have a really good ‘college experience’ then by all means continue to consider Rutgers. But if you’re really serious about your education and want the most bang for your buck, think twice!!! Ugh!</p>
<p>For another perspective, my son is in the business school. He has a very efficient advisor who responds to emails with helpful advice. The secretaries in the office are helpful as well.</p>
<p>His professors for his freshman year were all very responsive to emails and attended office hours when he went to them. Did he just get lucky? I don’t know, maybe he did, but I was happy with the amount of support he received as a freshman.</p>
<p>As with any large institution, you have to anticipate, be prepared, and stay organized. Sometimes you have to make an extra phone call and talk to yet another person, but you just have to persist. It probably is harder to navigate than a smaller school but it’s good experience for the real world. </p>
<p>google always helps too.</p>
<p>ps I was ****ed off about Snooki, too. That was just a big mistake! >.></p>