<p>Please maybe someone was in this situation. Has to choose between Vassar and NYU and cannot. </p>
<p>Help</p>
<p>Valerie</p>
<p>Valerie, it all depends on which major you're planning to go into. If you're planning to go into Business or into Musical Theatre and applied to either Sterns or Tisch (respectively, of course), then you should definitely go to NYU. NYU's Stern and Tisch schools are practically Ivy League schools-- in fact, they're better than any business school/ musical theatre school at any of the Ivies. If you're planning to go into English, Writing, the Humanities, or Psychology, Vassar is definitely a better fit for you, though I also venture to say that Vassar has a really strong music program. I hope that this helps! :-). Good luck with your decision!</p>
<p>Again . . . and this may be painfully obvious but in addition to the above, NYU is in the middle of NYC and has no campus proper (Washington Square Park sort of is the center), Vassar is on a big grassy campus with old brick buildings and has its own farm. I cannot emphasize enough how much the spacial and environmental dimensions of college matter . . . if it were my decision to make that's where I'd focus (unless of course you are into Stern or Tisch . . . but people who are into those programs tend to say they are into "Stern" or "Tisch" not "NYU" )</p>
<p>showtunesguy, Wharton (the business school at UPenn) is much better than Stern. It's more competitive to get in, the academics are ranked a bit better, and top banks always look for Wharton kids first.</p>
<p>condry, Penn may be extremely prominent, but not everyone has the option of going to UPenn, especially considering the drop in its acceptance rate. Plus, for those that are going to Stern, the opportunities in Manhattan are beyond numerous, even though less than for those that attend Wharton.</p>
<p>I picked Vassar over NYU. Smaller classes, closer campus, more accessible administration, fewer kids throwing themselves off the library roof... it's the little things that count, you know?</p>