ASU Cs BS vs NYU Cs BA in the college of arts and science

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This past freshman year I went to asu for a computer science bachelor in science. I did amazing and I have a 4.0+ gpa and I applied for transfer as I intended too all along but only got into NYU

At first I got happy but then I realized I was admitted on the main campus of nyu as I intended too but they only have a bachelor in art unless you also go to the Brooklyn campus.

Now I need to make a choice between a BA in computer science at NYU or a BS in computer science at ASU.

Can you guys give me some input and possibly even data?

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At NYU, BA is the typical name of the degree unless you do Engineering (or BFA in Tisch).
CAS is considered more desirable than Tandon actually, though this could be related to location :blush:
In short, not sure why you’d be concerned or consider that degree “less”. You’re not going to be doing art, “arts” in academic language means “fields of knowledge” (like “liberal arts”, sometimes called “liberal arts& sciences”).
More importantly
Can you afford NYU without parental loans?

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Have you looked at and compared the courses you will have to take over the next three years at each school? Does either appeal more to you? I would also look at outcomes form both majors/programs…if that info isn’t on the school websites, contact the career centers and ask.

Does one school cost more than the other for you/are they both affordable?

When do you have to decide whether to accept NYU?

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Agree that the classes you take are more important than if you have a BS or BA.

You can try to contact career services at both colleges for outcome data.

Ask yourself:
–Is NYU comfortably affordsble (minimal loans, no hardship)?
–Do you want the NYU experience – integrated into NYC with no distinct campus. It will be different.
– Are you happy where you are (social life, academics,.etc.)? If so, do you want to start fresh?

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The BA at NYU’s main campus is under the Courant Institute, which is usually perceived as significantly more prestigious than Tandon (and many people prefer living on the main campus to Brooklyn). Agree the more important question here is affordability, and fit - NYC is a very different experience to Tempe.

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Is this department really that prestigious? My end goal with my computer science degree was to work with ai and ml as the industry grows.

I guess I have to look at the coursework but I don’t really know exactly what to look for but I guess that’s stuff I need to be researching.

For the payment I’m really grateful my parents are being supportive about this and said they’d work it out if I were to choose to attend.

Their main concern is rather which school would give more fruitful results for my career.

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NYU/Courant really is topnotch, as in, internationally recognized.

Ask your parents if they can pay out of pocket or if they’d need to take a loan on your behalf.

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They said they would be able to pay out of pocket.

I’m looking into the coursework and trying to interpret it to the best of my judgement.

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Try to remember your reasons for wanting to transfer: are they still valid?
Are you looking forward to a new part of the country and living in NYC?
Do you have housing or would you have to secure it?

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I like the idea of living in New York. I do fear making friends there since it’s not so traditional campus but I am a social person and usually have made many friends wherever I go.

Forgive me for my ignorance but I am a little confused how courant and the college of arts and sciences are connected?

For housing I received on campus but they didn’t tv specify at all where it would be.

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CAS is the broad “umbrella” college but within that you will have separate departments for the subjects that fall under it, example departments of psychology, history,English, math and compsci, etc. The Courant Institute is the name for the math and compsci department.

If you are guaranteed housing it will be in one of the upperclassmen dorms. These are mostly (if not all) suite style, where typically you’d share a bedroom with 1 other person (some bedrooms are singles though which tend to be more expensive and a few are triples so you’d share with 2 others, those tend to be cheaper ) in a suite with 2-3 bedrooms and a shared living/kitchen area. Each suite will have its own bathroom. There will be common areas in the dorm building as well of course.

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I assume that NYU would be a lot more expensive than ASU. It has a strong reputation, sure, but being top-of-your-class at ASU would bring you great opportunities too.

IMHO, the fact that you need to crowdsource opinions on whether you should transfer to NYU sheds doubt on whether it’s worth the disruption and expense of transferring, unless you genuinely dislike ASU. You’re on a roll in terms of academic achievement, and it sounds as if there were other schools you really hoped to get into as a transfer, more so than NYU. Why not stay the course for another year; with your strong performance at ASU, you might be able to get into your top choice schools as a junior transfer (maybe top CS programs at UC schools, for example, which primarily take junior transfers), and if not, you could keep knocking ASU out of the park and capitalize on being a top performer where you are.