<p>I've already gotten accepted to two other schools: Northeastern, and I received a full ride to Lehigh, but despite all of this I still want to attend NYU. I was too happy when I got accepted to CAS, and I plan on attending unless I get accepted to an even greater school next week. How about everyone else that has gotten accepted? Do you plan to attend?</p>
<p>ima be honest, at the moment nyu is not my top choice. However, it is the top choice I have been accepted to, I wont know for sure untill next week.</p>
<p>I probably won't. I'm still waiting on six schools that I prefer to NYU and although I haven't received financial aid information yet I doubt that it will be enough. :\ I really like NYU though, I wish that I was rich.</p>
<p>I applied to 7 schools and so far only two have sent something back. I got into NYU, but GSP and not CAS. =/ I also got into my safety with a $44,000 scholarship, though it doesn't matter since I get free tuition. It'll all come down to what happens with the other 5 schools I applied and what kind of aid I get from NYU.</p>
<p>i got a full ride to my first-ish choice
so i doubt i will</p>
<p>if i get Wharton, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, or Yale, im not going to NYU Stern</p>
<p>I applied ED, so I'm definitely attending</p>
<p>NYU's honestly down my list, but it's not a school I'd not like to attend :)</p>
<p>EDIT: Hmm, hey Nickel, didn't you apply to Stanford too? I seem to remember your name from there... :)</p>
<p>I say Stern is worth going over Cornell/Columbia if you're set on doing finance</p>
<p>^^^ Not really...Columbia's Financial Engineering program will better prepare you for quantitative finance positions...hedge funds want quant heavy people to trade their sophisticated derivatives, options/futures etc...even Cornell's Operations research major will better prepare u for quant finance positions...a simple business major from stern just wont cut it....</p>
<p>^^^ btw, many graduate programs in quant finance, such as NYU's Masters in Mathematical finance, Princeton's Financial engineering program etc require a technical undergrad degree....Stern may prepare u for i banking, but im not very sure if hedge funds would prefer business majors over quant econ/other technical majors....i've read that hedge funds do pretty quant heavy work...</p>
<p>I did apply to Stanford, but I don't really think I'll get in. I mean, there was no harm in trying, though, right? I would definitely pick one of those high reaches I applied to over NYU. I applied to Stanford, Yale, and Columbia.</p>
<p>probably not, unless i get a huge financial aid packet and some scholarships. :( although i sort of really want to go to college out of state in a completely different environment, nyu is so expensive OTZ.</p>
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<p>I know someone whose reason for not going to MIT is that stern finance will be better for hedge funds. I've done no research on what's better/necessary, so don't shoot the messenger.</p>
<p>quag_mire I have to disagree with you here. Quant-heavy programs are better for back-office/operations work. That's why you don't see many CMU grads in banking/fund positions. Also, look where all those complex derivatives trading got us: a crashing economy. Besides, most funds are not that heavy in quant trading, only a portion of them are.</p>
<p>It's only the hedge funds who focus quantitative trading (such as long term capital management did) that prefer math/technical majors, since many of their computer models are math intensive.</p>
<p>No point in not trying :)</p>
<p>So it seems like most of you don't have NYU as your first choice.</p>
<p>well, this is CC :)</p>
<p>true but columbia's financial engineering is at the fu foundation </p>
<p>anyways usually "quant" positions are given to like phd.s or at least a respectable masters program</p>