<p>Polytechnic’s engineering and science programs are rigorous. Poly definitely doesn’t have the social life as some other universities.</p>
<p>I am planning to join either of them(NJIT|NYUPoly) for MS-CS and I plan to do my doctorate later from some better place. Which degree would be more beneficial in applying to some of the top tier colleges for my doctorate, assuming a get a good grade where ever I study.</p>
<p>I’ll be going to Poly in the fall. </p>
<p>Harsh workload? Where have you heard this ken?</p>
<p>Friends I know that went to poly.</p>
<p>How about Manhattan College? I know some excellent engineers that were educated there. I believe that it is ranked reasonably well by US News.</p>
<p>I think poly is a good school and will surprised more than one for next following years!</p>
<p>I can’t decide whether or not if I want to go.</p>
<p>They have aeronautic engineering which I really want to do; but I would rather attend Columbia, which (as far as I know) doesn’t offer that major; so I’ve “settled” on ME.</p>
<p>So do I choose the school which I know is good and closer to home, or opt for the college that has the major I really want, it’s reputation is iffy, and is in Brooklyn—it would probably take me two hours just to get there?</p>
<p>^ I think you already made a choice 
maybe go to Columbia lol. but nyu-poly would want you more! you’d get special attention/recognition and all that jazz…I know I did, cuz I visited them recently and got a private tour and lots of talks and stuff, haha.</p>
<p>you should visit both…they’re extremely different.</p>
<p>dont come to poly for ME. stick with columbia.</p>
<p>which is better for a bachelor? Rose-Hulman or NYU poly?</p>
<p>they’re both good; one is better for north/mid-west jobs. other is best for northeast jobs. oh, and Rose-Hulman is a top-ranked engineering school… like Tier 1 and the whole shebang</p>
<p>oh yeah. random-ish update. NYU Compsci was just moved into NYU-Poly compsci. Or so I’ve been told by compsci kids @ Poly. I.e. you’d study on the Brooklyn campus. if you guys are brand name ho’s, dont fret, it’s pretty hot here in brooklyn heights. 
there’s always stuff to do, and if you feel there isnt, you’re like 4 subways stops from NYU/W4 anyway.</p>
<p>Years ago PolyTech used to be one of the top rated engineering schools in the country, I remember them being ranked #4 among all US engineering schools in 1994, usnews. After that it went on a deadly decline.</p>
<p>I got accepted there and got really good Fin aid. I went on a tour and was completely dissatisfied. Id stay away, there are better public schools in NY like Stony Brook, Buffalo and Binghamton.</p>
<p>I started a similar thread because I want to transfer to a good school that has chemical engineering with a low GPA (3.0-ish), and I was inclined to NYU-poly among many recommendations. However, reading these posts made me consider other options… I guess I temporarily forgot the importance of campus tour. Maybe I should look into Manhattan College or CCNY?</p>
<p>The things that turned me off about Poly was the disproportionate amount of foreign students. I didn’t like how the tour guide kept telling me, “we dont teach regular math, we teach poly math”. The area poly tech is in is very good, lots of great places to eat and stuff. </p>
<p>Engineering in nyc is really hit or miss, which is why I left. You either go to the best like copper or Columbia or Manhattan, or you go to crap like cuny, nyit or polytech.</p>
<p>they’re not “crap” - any of them. all schools have their screw-y characteristics, but there’s a bunch of cool stuff Poly does that I don’t know that a lot of engineering colleges do (similarly, i’m sure a lot of colleges do stuff Poly doesnt do. and whatever, no college is perfection). Like, hands-on projects every week. Every Monday, a forum where a guest speaker from a different area of engineering speaks about that branch of engineering and his/her role within his/her company/project. lol</p>
<p>It’s also uber intimate, and no one walks around with an undeserving sense of accomplishment like at the more “prestigious” schools. I think the tour, actually, may make you like the school. You’ll notice right away, that they care about the individual student. Poly is also ACE at providing job opportunities after graduation. After graduating from Poly, you would have one of the highest-paying salaries among colleges nationwide - beat only by a few Ivies and MIT, I think. Something awesome like that. There’s a reason why companies like Poly kids - we’ve been taught well :)</p>
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None of the schools are horrible. I’m an alumnus from two of the schools in the former group and also know plenty of alumni from two of the schools in the latter group. There are great graduates from all the schools, but there are more graduates of lower quality in the latter group. Because it’s really hit or miss in NYC engineering, you’ll find some pretty good / above average students at Polytech and CCNY.</p>
<p>The one bad thing I consistently hear about Polytech is the bureaucracy and the red tape (moreso than other schools). It also lacks the campus / cohesiveness that you may find at others because it is (was?) predominantly a commuter school. I’m not sure how it’s been in the past year now that it’s officially affiliated with NYU.</p>
<p>It’s true about the red tape. I can’t deny that; for instance, we can’t do research freshman year, and it makes me want to cry and kick and scream. I think it is still a predominantly commuter school, but Poly is working on that, to their credit. More and more, it’s getting transfers from California, Hawaii, and of course across the globe (e.g. my roommate is from Indonesia).</p>
<p>They have a sparkling new (6-7 years old?) dorm building, and I’m in it haha, and though there’s tons of red tape and strict rules, it’s a really nice place to live. Considering how much room there is and the location, it’s also quite a bargain. So dorming is suddenly a palatable idea at Poly, so much so that kids from Queens and the Bronx dorm here, in Brooklyn.</p>
<p>Ultimately, I strongly believe that all aspects of NYU-Poly can only go uphill from here. The kids are surprisingly very ambitious and driven. Well, most of them…but you get that anywhere, in all fairness Please please please don’t count Poly out. I almost did, but really, the more time I spend here, the more I realize how perfect it is for my future goals (and present ones).</p>
<p>I stongly agree with those who say Poly is a very respectable school, I too have known some impressive graduates. Don’t believe the nay-sayers. Agree with the suggestion of Manhattan also as I’ve worked with some graduates who are pretty solid, and I understand the quality of life there is good. Don’t know how strong an applicant the OP is but simply saying “go to Columbia” may not be the most realisitic suggestion.</p>
<p>CUNY City College has engineering.</p>