<p>well it would be difficult for nyu to lower its class sizes. they have ALOT of long time fixed costs such as tenured professors, buildings, etc. Also lowering class sizes would cause them to have to decrease majors. NYU also is in manhattan in which causes rents and utilities and teachers salary's(stern also likes to outpay ivy professors to get them to defect) and all that have to be higher than average. There's really no hope but a slow increase in endowment, or compromise academic integrity which will hurt us in the long run :(</p>
<p>yeah good point well at least NYU will eventually be the ****. For now though, it's still good enough for me!</p>
<p>Why the hell would I transfer?</p>
<p>re: transfering to ivies
mattistotle: no, i didn't mean GSP. i meant stern, cuz i've heard that Stern is a feeder for Wharton (transfer) -- meaning: a good part of accepted transfer applicants at Wharton are from Stern. that's y i asked. but w/e!</p>
<p>I know, its just the only people I have any experience with transferring have been GSP students. None of my Stern friends transferred, nor do I know of any that have applied to Wharton this year (If there are any they are being secretive about it and/or are quiet kids I dont know). If you manage a high GPA in Stern and have leadership I see no reason why they wouldnt accept you. However, the business world is about networking...once your a sophomore you're usually involved in leadership positions, know friends/former employers who can get you some sort of experience, have some sort of business plan with friends, etc and I don't know if you're going to want to start over at another school...plus you will probably just generally have a large group of friends you don't want to leave. Honestly if you do good in Stern you can get job anywhere, so there's no need to transfer to wharton, it'd probably hurt your resume.</p>
<p>NYU has the best applied math program in the country! :~)</p>
<p>best philosophy too, if anyone plans on having that major</p>
<p>mattistotle: thanks. i highly appreciate your advice. it gives me some hope! :)</p>
<p>It's funny, because practically no one back home even knew what NYU was (I didn't until senior year!) Ah well, Ohio.</p>
<p>Here's my guesses for the reasons. These are different from why I personally like NYU, since it would've been hard to know some of them before I'd actually moved out here and had the college experience.</p>
<p>1) Location, obviously.
1a) NYC's glamorous to a lot of people. And being in a liberal city, and especially the Village, is probably a draw for LGBT students (and hipsters? lol).
1b) It seems a lot of kids in the tristate area don't want to leave the area, and NYU is one of the major private schools in the area.
1c) I've known kids who grew up in big cities (HK, LA, etc) who just wantd to go to school in another big city.
1d) I've known kids (myself included) who just wanted a change of scenery from suburbia, and NYC is probably the antithesis of suburbia. </p>
<p>2) Internships & full-time jobs - if you want to be in media, business, etc, you'd be hard pressed to find a place with more opportunities. In my opinion, NYU has a slight advantage even over Columbia in this matter, since commutes to potential workplaces tend to be shorter (you can make it to the financial district in less than 30 min, for instance).</p>
<p>3) Diverse academic programs. Yeah, everyone knows about Stern & Tisch, but I think also having programs like music business and social work help make NYU attractive to a wide range of people.</p>
<p>4) Dorms. Ok, this may be a lame admittance, but when I heard that every room at NYU had its own private bathroom, I became MUCH more interested.</p>
<p>hahahah funny post above :)</p>
<p>well, ya i think NYC is the best city for internships especially for business ...
this is one of the reasons why i want to go to NYU so much.</p>
<p>when i first visited NYC and NYU (i live in LA, cali), i was like "wth? i'm so not used to this." but after 2nd time, i felt soo much at home and i just loved the atmosphere!! gosh i love new york!! :D</p>
<p>wow! 3:38 am?! jae6forever, go to sleep!! or is this a way to procrastinate while you're studying for a test the next day?? does this happen often when one's in college? i know it happens in high school. :-P</p>
<p>actually it's the time zone difference...loll
i would be of course sleeping at past 3am.. and but it says 2:38am on the post time... i dunno how u got 3:38am..</p>
<p>People stay up till 4 in the morning quite often, including school nights.</p>
<p>haha..."that's college life" - so many ppl have told me this when i've had to stay up till 4 doing hw!... </p>
<p>oops! sorry, i made a mistake by one hr. i'm guessing it's b/c of the time difference</p>
<p>Because they have a good undergrad j-school, which unfortunately columbia does not, and it’s in NYC. How much better can you get? How many ppl applied for the fall class of 2013 and how many people were accepted? Anyone know?</p>
<p>Just under 40,000 kids applied I believe. In general, NYU accepted 28% of kids this year, up from 24% last year due to the recession.</p>
<p>Why is it the number one dream school??</p>
<p>Because NYU is “in and of the city.” lol</p>
<p>So how many of you guys who go to NYU now would have chosen a different school if you could go back in time? I’m just curious because it was between NYU and George Washington for me, and I chose NYU.</p>
<p>psht, NYU > GWU. easily.</p>
<p>if you dont think its a top private school then dont apply. NYU has become an elite university despite naysayers because they actually use their endowment money to hire the best professors and fund the programs that are equally the most popular to prospective students. They could care less about Ivy affiliation or competition because their standards have always been self driven. NYU is exceptional and thats that</p>