The New School administration has the reputation of being unorganized, dysfunctional and unhelpful. Personally, I would go with Indiana. I think living in the dorms will give you a very different feel from living at home. I would also take advantage of study abroad opportunities. The other thing to consider is doing a summer in NYC. My sister attended our state school due to lower cost but wanted to spend time in NYC. So she lived in the NYU dorms which they rent out for the summer, and worked in a coffee shop. It was a national chain and she already worked at a franchise near home, so her boss helped her transfer to a franchise in Manhattan for the summer, so she had a job waiting right away that she already knew how to do. You could do this and also take summer classes at one of the CUNY schools or FIT etc. (you do not need to be an enrolled student for summer classes.)
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