<p>i am tossed up between Stern and CAS as well...I am going to finish all the course requirements for Stern in spring semester, but i just don't know if i am going to be competitve enough to get into Stern...so i am kind of scared right now....because i want to get into NYU Economics program so bad.....is there a big difference between the Economics program offered in CAS and Stern? Does NYU have two economics department or something?</p>
<p>I have many friends over at Stern and some over at CAS majoring Econ.</p>
<p>If you are sure you want to get into banking, business, consulting, i recommend Stern. You have nothing to lose but everything to gain. Apply to Stern if you are sure.</p>
<p>Econ over at CAS is more of...theory than policy. </p>
<p>If you major in Econ policy over at CAS, you might be shadowed by those Sternies who majored in Econ policy when applying to jobs...</p>
<p>After all, it's Stern :) go for it if you are into business</p>
<p>thanks for the encouragement, jslee1026!!</p>
<p>thanks for the replies so far...</p>
<p>it's really not a matter of chances or having prereqs done, as I feel I'm a pretty strong applicant for Stern. I felt like Econ-Math is going to be my major anywhere else, and had heard that NYU had a good Econ and Math Dept. so figured it may be equivalent to Stern...but it sounds like most people are still saying NYU Stern's Finance is such a superior program nationally, that it is worth it to go down that path instead of getting into CAS. </p>
<p>I guess I'm just not wanting to lose the Liberal Arts feel for undergrad...but my minor will be in Philosophy, so I presume I should get to take enough classes outside of Stern to fulfill my minor requirements to make it not seem like I'm not solely pre-professional. </p>
<p>Truth is, as much as I really loved NYU and the city, if I'm accepted into another school on my list where I'd be doing Econ or Econ-Math (Wesleyan, Brown, WUSTL, etc.) then I'd be more inclined to go there just because I think I really want more of a liberal arts education with freedom, whereas Finance sounds like I'm going to be bombarded with only business courses...and I'm not sure that's what I want yet. Liberal Arts at NYU would fit me more, but if it's not worth the money (compared to Stern Finance) then I don't think I would want to turn down the opporunity if I'm accepted into Stern.</p>