<p>Well, thank you for hijacking my thread.</p>
<p>^^ You are SURELY welcomed! lol jk, congrats on getting into Columbia. It’s a really hard school to transfer into. </p>
<p>I’ve a friend that goes to NYU-Poly and he told me that the integration of Poly to NYU has reached a point where Poly kids will be able to dorm at NYU dorms. So basically it’s an extension of NYU as a school like CAS and Stern etc. He also told me that you can now take courses at NYU. I’m thinking of applying to NYU-Poly next fall, but I’m also looking into others. I guess I should apply soon as the admission rates are going DOWN! </p>
<p>Life style-Just go to NYU and hangout there. You can do anything a NYU student can with you Poly student card. Plus it’s NYC what more do you want?!?!?!!?</p>
<p>Poly has a nice location. Downtown Brooklyn, right by Fort Green and Brooklyn Heights, there’s plenty here. West 4th St is a 10-minute subway away. Poly may not have an astounding reputation, but the courseload is as demanding as ever, and a lot of your classmates, though more than a few have thick accents, are pretty damn smart.</p>
<p>get real buddy,
Forbes Ranks NYU-Poly 10th Among Colleges That Will Make You Rich
[Colleges</a> That Will Make You Rich Page 2 of 3 - Forbes.com](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/27/college-graduate-salary-earnings-lifestyle-education-colleges-10-rich_2.html]Colleges”>http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/27/college-graduate-salary-earnings-lifestyle-education-colleges-10-rich_2.html)</p>
<p>From the quality of students who went to NYU-Poly in my graduating year, I would definitely stay away.
Especially considering that theres are the future engineers of America EEEK!</p>
<p>^ HAHAHA no, they’re getting muchhhh better - I swear! (But I see where you’re coming from!)</p>
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<p>That’s probably b/c many of the graduates got a job in NYC, which gets you higher pay due to its high cost of living.</p>
<p>Ok first alot has changed here honestly i currently go here. The course load is crazy and hard but come on its engineering it has to be. As for other colleges in the city being known NO!. Any job interview i went on was like o Poly NYC area knows the quality and love it. Now the rest of nation is going to love the whole NYU taking over thing which only helps us. As for social life well that goes out the window but would you rather have a social life and a great job fours years from now or a social life now and then 4 years later have a crap job and no life what so ever…thats up to you.
As for the scholarship…just about everyone gets one…its like a way tog et ppl to come honestly
Again great school for jobs my current internship loved that i went to Poly…</p>
<p>I’m going to give my input on this. I went to the #1 high school in NYC (THHS-although I consider Stuy to be #1). Every one that went there from my school and 5 kids that I know from Stuy who goes there is either miserable or wanting to transfer. NYU-Polytech is not worth your time unless you absolutely positively MUST stay in NYC (as in you’re going to get cancer if you leave). There’s really no reason to stay in NY if you want to do engin unless you get into Columbia or cooper union if you have the ability to get into a top-tier engin school. </p>
<p>I don’t know the exact problems of that school but some of the things I’ve heard is bad administration and a difficult workload that turns people off. Mind you this is coming from students from the 16th and 30th high schools of the nation so it’s not like we’re new to the vigorous workload scene. </p>
<p>One of my main arguments against going to Poly was first off they didn’t have dorming and yet it’s still so expensive… am I missing something? Secondly, it’s a tier 2 school at best, yet I’m paying MORE for Polytech than Georgia Tech, Purdue, and University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign? These schools are consistently in the top 10 of engineering every year and the costs actually include dorming as well as a real social scene. I just can’t justify the costs of Poly, outside that it’s in NY (which is horrible logic at best). </p>
<p>Yes there will be supporters who say interviewers “love” that you come from polytech. I’m sure if you told them you went to Columbia they’d be 10x more impressed. I’m not trying to be all elitist and say polytech students are crap, but the truth is Columbia as an entire school (reputation and absolute academics) is better and much better, and the fact that people are somehow trying to justify you to not go there if you have the intellect and ability to get in in the first place is mind boogling. Finally, yes they do give out a generous sum of FA but you probably could’ve gotten the same FA at other schools better than polytech so I don’t understand why that should come into the equation. </p>
<p>To anyone reading this post and you absolutely want to stay in NYC- it will truly be a hit or miss for you in engineering schools (unless it’s Cooper or columbia which I have heard nothing but compliments for from my friends). I really suggest looking out-of-state if FA lets you pay it off This is the reason why I left for Umich.</p>
<p>@Mde
i am totally agree with you…</p>
<p>I wish I would have seen your request earlier so I could clear up some misconceptions. As an NYU-Poly graduate student due to finish this spring let me say Poly is very good school. It is true that it is primary a commuter school, Poly DOES have dorms, so I don’t know what people are talking about when they say it doesn’t. Moreover, its commuter student body are often professionals who are expanding their academic credentials, and add experience and insight into the course work (a valued addition to any class).</p>
<p>Also, Poly has several professors who are Nobel Prize winners for science and engineering, as well as has a history of hundreds of significant patents, including those for such standards as bar coding, 3G communications, space exploration, etc… </p>
<p>Furthermore, Poly has a diverse student body with several of the students migrating from international locations (China, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Russia). In todays global environment, foreign perspectives in class give us an added advantage in a smaller and more connected world. </p>
<p>Lastly, as one of the schools in the New York University system (the university has several individual schools) students at Poly have the advantage of taking a wide variety of class to help tailor their curriculum and get the most from their college experience. That’s what I did and I am doing well in my job at Verizon Telecommunications Corp. in NYC. So I say “YES” to the Polytechnic Institute of NYU.</p>
<p>Stevens is an excellent engineering school, and it is well known in industry throughout the Northeast. It is only a short path ride from NYC. There are a lot of students who attend Stevens from NYC. It used to have a connection with NYU before New York Poly became affiliated with NYU. All of its engineering programs are ABET accredited, which will make it easier to take the PE after college if you choose to do so.</p>
<p>I don’t know Poly so I just want to ask - What is so impressive about Poly in traditional engineering (civil, mech, chemE, etc.) to justify the expensive tuition? What is special about it?</p>
<p>Rensselaer, for example, excells in many engineering disciplines from computer to nuclear.</p>
<p>Bucknell, on the other hand, is known for small engineering class sizes and the ability of professors to focus on each student (a great way to prepare for grad school).</p>
<p>How about Poly? How is the quality of teaching? How big are the classes? Are all courses at all levels actually taught by tenured faculty or does it sometimes/often use teaching assistants?</p>
<p>Poly is getting more difficult to diagnose/stereotype, because of its merger with NYU. It changes so fast; it’s almost like a brand new college in the sense that it is so susceptible to quick, huge changes. It’s still a small school, I personally like a lot of the student I’ve met there with whom I worked on NASA/engineering competitions. As time goes on, the students each year are much, much brighter, smarter, and cultured (?) - as in they aren’t very static students, and they actually contribute to their school or try to do research there or get work-study jobs there, and start projects there that have never been done in Poly’s very, very, very long history.</p>
<p>Statistically, it’s a small university, and it’s easy to find help here when you seek it out. Like at any college, you have to look for these things: motivated students, interesting clubs, etc etc. I think you want a detailed answer but your question is pretty vague too. Different majors have different strengths. EE is good because the locations is good, and if you’re tight with MechE’s, robots will be born, and there is a plethora of jobs for all engineering majors in NYC. It’s the perfect location, and it’s sort of slowly becoming the ideal engineering college imho… as in, it used to be that there were very few driven, ambitious students vs just the ones with tunnel vision (or depression). Now ambition is pretty omnipresent, and on the rise. It’s nice. It’s hopeful, and it’s like a dash of networking b/c you may end up working with your peers after college easily.</p>
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<p>Polytechnic Institute is one of the oldest and most prestigious science schools in the country. Right up there with MIT and CalTech. You won’t even get accepted. 
Why do you kids want prestige when you don’t even know what’s what?</p>