<p>Lately I've been thinking that I want to apply to NYU because even though it doesn't have a traditional campus (I don't really play sports or go outside anyway), I like the part of the city it's in, and I guess I like the university itself, although I'm not really the sort of person who has strong attachments to specific colleges.</p>
<p>The thing is, I'm not sure what my major would be, so I'm not really sure which school within NYU I should apply to. I like to think I have fairly good stats (2280 SAT, 780:800:770 SAT 2's, straight A's, consistent extracirriculars), so hopefully I should have a decent shot at getting into CAS, Gallatin, and Stern. However, I don't really want to be a business major (though I think it could grow on me), but at the same time, I don't want to go to Gallatin or CAS if they are not "strong" schools.</p>
<p>Gallatin seems very appealing to me, with its self-motivation and whatnot, but all the threads I've read on here say it's not worth the money, and the NYU website is very vague...so, I'm asking, what's Gallatin really like? Could I take pre-med and creative writing courses in it? Would it be rigorous enough? Or should I apply for CAS instead? Or should I not apply to NYU at all?</p>
<p>And hypothetically, if I were to apply to Stern, could I take other classes? I don't want to confine myself to the joys of economics and Adam Smith...</p>
<p>"I don't really play sports or go outside anyway" haha that's funny. Gallatin is full of hippies and people who just love to learn about things that they'll never really use in life. It's like a school full of comparative literature/history/classics majors who think that its worth to pay 45000 a year to read plato and aristotle every semester. People in Gallatin can tell you who adam smith is, not people in stern. people in stern are narrow minded and only seem to care about business and finance and getting a job. You do have alot of freedom to take electives(in stern)..38 credits to be exact..however 12 of them will probably be used to take another major at stern so in reality more like 26. If you're inteested in business, go for stern, if you're not, consider CAS or possibly gallatin. And if you don't see yourself in the two latter schools go somewhere else. ps. go outside for a change.</p>
<p>For someone who's undecided, CAS is probably best. Gallatin isn't really for people who are completely undecided; it's for people who want a very open education or someone who wants to create their own major, sort of. I don't know, that's what I get from it. Do not apply to Stern if you have no interest in business. If you don't want to be surrounded by the joys of economics... microeconomics is a required course, and it's calculus based, I think. You won't even reach Adam Smith, never mind anything more exciting. As is Intro to Finance, etc. Pre-meds/creative writing majors are usually in CAS, by the way.</p>
<p>Stern... yeah, you can take classes outside of it, like L2AB said. But again, make sure you actually want to be a business major. You might not like it, and then you'll have to internally transfer.</p>
<p>You sound like you're into big names. Maybe you should try for Columbia, maybe ED? You have a shot. I applied RD this year, had similar stats, and got waitlisted. ED-ers have a better chance. Or if you don't like that part of the city... liberal arts colleges are probably a lot like Gallatin. Maybe Amherst, Williams, or Swarthmore? They're not in the city and I don't know if you can do pre-med exactly (didn't really look at liberal arts colleges), but...</p>