<p>Rice Econ/math/or Engineering vs. NYU Stern(their business)? </p>
<p>I'm from the Northeast area; don't know much about Texas.
Visited NYU; did not really like their surrounding environment--
kinda noisy..idk if it's not gonna bother me later on as i get used to it
Could not visit Rice...; did a virtual tour online;
Kinda concerned about having a possibility of being lonely/sad at that tranquil environment...</p>
<p>I'm also very much concerned about the academic life..
- Heard NYU is so competitive that kiz don't even share a single note with others.
(turned down cornell&nwu for them being notorious for the GPA deflation... this is how much
i'm concerned about getting GPAs and stuff)</p>
<p>I worked my best during my HS career; Now I'm kinda tired of being
obsessed with class matters; although i did many activities, I feel like i did not do
those primarily for bettering my life. I wanna have some fun life at college.
- Prefer warm climate to cold environt; like to have four seasons tho
- Love to golf
- Love to play computer games (CoD; WOW; etc.)
- not really a die-hard party fan but like it in general (unless it goes creepy and nasty).</p>
<p>other than that.,
- Heard Rice's internet is very slow/ technology is far behind that of nyc
- reputation..?
- future opportunities..?</p>
<p>I had a choice between ED Rice and ED NYU. I chose ED NYU and got in, but now that I look back I would have been happy at Rice either way. </p>
<p>Also only Stern is really academically competitive. I have sat in quite a few classes in both Stern and CAS, and I can tell you there was a difference of pace. This is only from personal experience, not a generalization.</p>
<p>Did a search on undergraduate career ratings, Stern gets A+ rating, while MIT Sloan only got A. So yeah you will get a good job opportunity at NYU. I heard GPA is not too hard at NUY except the 1st year course of writing, less you like to write.</p>
<p>Another thought for you: As the economy starts to recover business/economy major at NYU should greatly benefit. This is only from the future $$ perspective. I mean NYC has been the hardest hit in recent years since 911. Now the entry to NYU is relatively easy probably to this factor also. In a few years, if it booms again, it will be harder to get into NYU as everyone wants to apply. Its like buying stock, buy low when fewer people want it and benefit later, lol.</p>
Hah this is way off - most Stern students are looking to get a BS and then go straight to the working world, where no one cares about GPA and internships/experience/skills are what matters, not how you did in class. My boyfriend is a finance student and while his GPA is average, the internship opportunities he’s gotten through Stern are what he came here for - and they’re really competitive to get, since most Stern students seem to be interested in finance. </p>
<p>Try being a science major where everyone wants to get into MD and PhD programs that all have 2%-10% acceptance rates, and where the curves are harsh to weed out students. Stern is already very selective so they don’t need to weed anyone out - once you’re in, it’s not like they try to make you leave lol.
That is a really good reason to not go there since NYU doesn’t have a campus, so the surrounding campus is all you have! Rice has a warmer climate and traditional feel. Enjoy Texas. :)</p>
<p>This makes NO sense. If anything, that whole, you know, MORTGAGE MELTDOWN impacted NYU more than 9/11, if we’re just talking sheer numbers of people. The number of people applying has been GOING UP every single year.</p>
<p>If you aren’t completely enthralled by NYU, go to Rice. It’s a great school and you’ll get much more of a college experience. Rice’s reputation is, if anything, better than NYU’s. NYC is a great city, but you’ll always have the opportunity to live there–you only get to live in a college atmosphere when you’re young, so embrace that opportunity.</p>