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art_star · 04-09-2008, 10:45 PM

I plan to study econ and art history, and when I applied to my schools, i knew that i wanted a liberal arts education. I applied to Stern not too seriously because I didn't think I was going to end up there. Fast forward a couple of months and things didn't work out with a few of my top choices. So it came down to NYU Stern and Vassar, two extremely different schools.

Stern at first was the obvious choice because of its amazing recruitment and internship availabilities, not to mention it is probably the second best business undergrad in the nation. However, I'm not sure if I'm entirely comfortable with a business education at the undergrad level because I want to have room to explore my academic interests. Stern does give me the freedom to pursue things at CAS, but maybe not enough. And if somewhere down the road I realize that business is not for me, I'll probably transfer to CAS, which in my opinion is not worth the 50K at NYU.

Vassar, on the other hand, has pretty much an open curriculum and is obviously going to give me the fantastic liberal arts education I wanted from the start. My only worry is job recruitment and that I might be forced into grad school straight out. I'll probably go for an MBA but that will be difficult to jump into with no job experience.

In the long run, I realize that Stern will probably be more practical than Vassar. But, to complicate things, NYU gave me a terrible FA where as if I go to Vassar, I'll just pay half tuition. And at Vassar, I'll probably be more academically enriched and fulfilled than I would be at Stern.

As for the school's culture, NYU is definitely more diverse but I'm not a fan of the open campus (especially since Washington Sq. is being RENOVATED for the 4 years i'm there!). At Vassar, I can have the typical college experience and I can also easily identify with their typical student. The campus is gorgeous, and I want to get out of NYC for college, but Poughkeepsie may be too isolated and too much of a transition for me.

I don't know. I'm leaning more towards Stern because of its practicality but it would hurt to turn down such an amazing place like Vassar. I didn't think it would be this hard to decide. I would love and appreciate any comments on this matter! thanks!

04-09-2008, 10:45 PM	#1
art_star Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NYC Threads: 30 Posts: 790	NYU Stern or...Vassar? I plan to study econ and art history, and when I applied to my schools, i knew that i wanted a liberal arts education. I applied to Stern not too seriously because I didn't think I was going to end up there. Fast forward a couple of months and things didn't work out with a few of my top choices. So it came down to NYU Stern and Vassar, two extremely different schools. Stern at first was the obvious choice because of its amazing recruitment and internship availabilities, not to mention it is probably the second best business undergrad in the nation. However, I'm not sure if I'm entirely comfortable with a business education at the undergrad level because I want to have room to explore my academic interests. Stern does give me the freedom to pursue things at CAS, but maybe not enough. And if somewhere down the road I realize that business is not for me, I'll probably transfer to CAS, which in my opinion is not worth the 50K at NYU. Vassar, on the other hand, has pretty much an open curriculum and is obviously going to give me the fantastic liberal arts education I wanted from the start. My only worry is job recruitment and that I might be forced into grad school straight out. I'll probably go for an MBA but that will be difficult to jump into with no job experience. In the long run, I realize that Stern will probably be more practical than Vassar. But, to complicate things, NYU gave me a terrible FA where as if I go to Vassar, I'll just pay half tuition. And at Vassar, I'll probably be more academically enriched and fulfilled than I would be at Stern. As for the school's culture, NYU is definitely more diverse but I'm not a fan of the open campus (especially since Washington Sq. is being RENOVATED for the 4 years i'm there!). At Vassar, I can have the typical college experience and I can also easily identify with their typical student. The campus is gorgeous, and I want to get out of NYC for college, but Poughkeepsie may be too isolated and too much of a transition for me. I don't know. I'm leaning more towards Stern because of its practicality but it would hurt to turn down such an amazing place like Vassar. I didn't think it would be this hard to decide. I would love and appreciate any comments on this matter! thanks!