<p>My friend is trying to choose between them, although the decision is not yet. </p>
<p>I'm a student of WashU. I certainly know that Wash U ranks much higher than NYU. But on CC, when people talked about Olin and Stern, especialy talking about the recruitment, things mght be different.</p>
<p>So over all, which one is the better choice?</p>
<p>Which one ends up costing more?</p>
<p>The biggest difference by far is the location. The difference in academics is miniscule compared to the difference in location. I'm not saying one is better than the other. Some people want to go to school in the largest city in the country, and some want a stronger campus feeling in a medium-sized city. One is right for some people, one is right for others.
Schools like Columbia and NYU tend to be chosen over other schools because they are in New York City, not because of the academic quality compared to other schools. I am not bashing or degrading the academic quality of NYU/Columbia (because they are great schools in their own right), but I think a major draw of those two schools are their locations. A school like Wash U has much more going on on-campus and a stronger community because of it, where as the community of NYU/Columbia is largely New York City. There's not really a significant attachment to the school or campus itself compared to other schools. To me, there's something about having a campus feel that is important at the undergraduate level. At Wash U/Princeton/Duke/Yale/etc... you have school pride, where as at NYU you'll probably more have New York City pride. </p>
<p>In terms of academics, Wash U's undergrad business tends to be more highly thought of than its MBA program, while the opposite is true for NYU (MBA is stronger than undergrad). But, they are both still going to have amazing professors many of whom had high profile careers before teaching, both will have student organizations, great resources, etc. At both of them, you'll be recruited by great companies and have many internship/career opportunities to choose from.</p>
<p>Wash U is known for the flexibility of its academics... the ability to double major/minor across divisions, 60% of people have more than one major (in the b-school it is higher), and the amazing study abroad programs. NYU is still relatively flexible, but I think it is harder to double major between divisions or transfer divisions there.</p>
<p>Given the choice of Olin or Stern, if you want to work in New York/Wall Street/Madison Ave. NYU is the best choice. If you have no interest in NY, then go to Olin. Stern has a very small network outside of NYC. On the flip side Olin's network in NY is very weak compared to Stern's.</p>
<p>We visited NYU and daughter ended up at Wash U b-school. I agree with what was said before - Wash U is much more flexible - if you don't like business you can change to pre-med at any time, etc., double-major in another school, anything. NYU is supposed to be very different socially. Many people go home for the weekend, the dorms are all over the city, there's no community feel but New York City is a much better city than St. Louis. I also think recruitment is probably better at NYU. They emphasized that students have a lot of opportunities for internships.</p>
<p>NYU is only for extremely mature, independent people. You're basically on your own in a huge city. Wash U is much more nurturing.</p>
<p>NYU alumni network isn’t strong outside NYC?</p>
<p>What is this statement based on?</p>
<p>I know for a fact there is an alumni network and community in every major US and International city in the world.</p>
<p>Italia1170, this thread is two years old. You should not have posted in it.</p>