<p>I want to major in finance but the classes in Stern are extremely business-oriented but I want to do something else too - and I was wondering how limited are Stern classes for Gallatin students?</p>
<p>The thing is, I don't know if my grades are good enough for Stern and will NYU recognize the different education systems in a country? I'm in a private school and the courses are extremely hard compared to other places (on the borderline of being idiotic, especially the math) and that's why I'm worried.
I was 60 or 70 / 390 students I think last year and it frightens me seeing all these 'decision: accepted' blahblah and their rankings are like 1/300.</p>
<p>If I want to major in finance would it be better to apply to Stern or Gallatin and do something else like photography or history there?</p>
<p>I'm not certain about the Gallatin thing - I'm under the impression that there aren't many Stern classes that non-majors can take, but there may be a special arrangement for Gallatin kids? I would ask the Gallatin or Stern advising offices.</p>
<p>I think you shouldn't worry about the grades - you can have your counselor write a letter about the difficulty of the classes and stuff, and if it's a kinda well-known private school, NYU probably already knows... Anyway, if your SATs are amazing and your counselor gives background on your classes, it shouldn't matter.</p>
<p>But yeah, if you want to major in finance and just have it on your diploma and stuff, you should go to Stern, because you're not going to have that at Gallatin.</p>
<p>Dont Do Gallatin. Take my word for it. Apply to Stern, gallatin is full of kids with whom you don't want to associate. Philosophy is b.s., photography is b.s. why would you spend your parents money (all 45 grand since you're an international) taking classes that will not make you any better off when you finish them?? Yes stern classes are business oriented but they are really interesting with great professors. Stern classes open to non-stern students fill up REALLY fast and some tend to have 25 person wait lists (20 of those wont get into the class, perhaps more) meaning you wont get into any of them until junior year possibly and even then you can only take like 16 credits (one semester) at stern. Gallatin isn't a real school of NYU. When employers see your resume/transcript they will see you majored in "individualized study" (in other words b.s.)</p>
<p>I'm not at NYU yet, but after visiting and talking to a lot of people, I get the feeling that Last2AcntsBanned's views are in the minority... </p>
<p>As far as getting into Stern, it seems like it very very hard. I talked to a Fordham ambassador who got into Harvard but not Stern (her first choice). I'm not sure if this is the norm, but I'd really try to get your rank up if you apply to Stern or make sure you have stellar everything else</p>
<p>Last2AcntsBanned has his name for a reason.</p>
<p>Anyway, I know kids in Gallatin and they're doing just fine for themselves; however, it's not a school for people who aren't sure of what they're doing. Since it's an individualized major, you really have to be on the ball - saying that you just took a bunch of random classes and made up a major for them afterwards is not going to cut it in a job interview. </p>
<p>I know one kid in Gallatin who knew he wanted to do journalism, but with a new media kind of bent or something like that, and he got internships at CBS and such. I know another who already made some video games before he came to NYU and wants to do that as a career, so he's been taking classes that relate (storytelling, CS classes, graphic design, etc).</p>
<p>Since you're really only sure about majoring in finance, I would say (like I did before) to go to Stern. You can double major in CAS, so you could certainly be a double major in finance & history. You can't do a photography major if you're outside of Tisch, but you can take some classes in it (I have a friend who just took it, and he is in Stern as well).</p>
<p>ava78: yeah, I heard from some that getting into Stern is really hard, and some others say it's not as bad as it seems. my school ranking system is also BS so I have no idea if NYU will take that into account, haha. everyone is just 0.001% away from each other in terms of points!</p>
<p>youkosiren: I was thinking of Gallatin since years ago until I read that Sternies got internships at like JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs etc and I can see myself doing that, the business stuff and all.</p>
<p>According to the NYU website, Gallatin graduates make more money and have a higher job placement than many of the other schools.. I don't remember off-hand, but I think Nursing and Stern might be the only ones that have it beat.</p>
<p>Don't do Gallatin. (although I don't know if you can get into stern with that class rank). Gallatin is okay if you want to go to a grad school or perhaps into film, but for business its baaad. You can't get enough credits, and employers have no incentive to choose you over finance people in stern, or even economics people in CAS. I have a few friends in Gallatin, and they all hate the people in it, as l2ab stated rather bluntly. The classes are also kind of BS (just a bunch of group discussions on literature, nothing really useful)</p>
<p>I will be at Gallatin this fall, but I still kind of have to agree with mattistotle when it comes to going to Gallatin for business. Gallatin isn't really meant to be a backdoor into stern or tisch and if you really want to do business, it seems like it can be hard to get into stern classes when you're in gallatin. </p>
<p>I guess I'll find out whether or not I hate all the people in gallatin this fall, but so far it seems like gallatin people are just fine and I'm sure I'll meet plenty of people not in Gallatin anyways. And yeah, some of the classes do seem kind of bs, but I figure that's okay if you want to do pre-law/creative writing/film/philosophy like me.</p>
<p>moreover, Gallatin is good if you come from a really well off family that can set you up with a solid career in spite of a gallatin degree. That's what alot of people are here, others have no purpose in life but to do some administrative/secretary work for the rest of their lives, others are consumed by the literature gallatin throws at you that says you'll get a job..somewhere... I mean seriously, they even held a SESSION where they told people how to MARKET their degree to law schools...my degree should speak for itself.</p>
<p>well, no one here is going to be able to answer the question authoritatively, but I would guess that the class size is smaller, so you don't get quite the same heterogeneity of the CAS class. Also, if the kids that get into Gallatin are the ones that are self-motivated to study _____ subject, it would make sense that they would be motivated enough to do well for themselves in terms of jobs, eh?</p>
<p>yeah, but if the person reads your resume and laughs, as l2ab seems to suggest, they should all be running to the poor houses after graduation, no?</p>
<p>Gallatin also used to be a MUCH smaller school with a different kind of student, so pay figures aren't really relevant since they won't apply to your class.</p>
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<p>I don't think s/he said that, and I also don't think that's true. I wouldn't trust anyone's words on recruiters' perceptions of students in an NYU college unless the person speaking is a) a recruiter or b) a current student at that college (preferably about to graduate or just graduated). Even then, I wouldn't try to generalize too much, because the information provided is necessarily anecdotal...</p>
<p>I mean, seriously. Will Shortz got a degree in an individualized major (enigmatology), which probably sounded silly back in the day - however, it was perfectly suited for his career and what he wanted to do, and he sure isn't 'in the poorhouse.' </p>
<p>So yeah. Graduating from Gallatin != living in poverty for the rest of your life.</p>