<p>Shuffleace, you’re showing, yet again, how poor your logic is. In my post cited by you, I was making a relatively broad generalization about the two institutions (Columbia and NYU) as a whole. You assume my reference strictly and exclusively pertains to CAS, while it in fact does not. For example, NYU Law is on par with Columbia Law, Stern grad is on par with Columbia Business School. The same can be said of other various academic disciplines (philosophy, economics, politics, etc etc). </p>
<p>I am not implying that NYU CAS undergraduate programs are on the same level or better than a Columbia College education, or that Tisch/Stern aren’t on Columbia’s level; I was just trying to highlight the fact that in recent years ALL of NYU has developed an excellent academic reputation approaching that of Columbia even though Tisch/Stern remain the most reputable (well besides the law school).</p>
<p>Further, your analogy using Columbia General Studies / Harvard Extension School is a poor one. To my knowledge, CGS is for people who want to go back to school after some sort of break or whatnot. I frankly don’t even know what HES is, exactly, but I think it’s safe to assume it is not like NYU CAS. You’re comparing apples and oranges here and therefore your analogy makes no sense.</p>
<p>And lastly, by the simple act of reading my previous posts, you might discover that I NEVER actually do tell the OP to go to CAS. You know that the bulge bracket firms (that you most likely aspire to work at) look for people who can digest/interpret information and draw logical conclusions from such information; if one does not possess these skills, he or she will not be hired, regardless of any advantages in marginal prestige or learned “technical skills” that Stern may have over the rest of NYU.</p>
<p>On another note, I think AoDay sums it up pretty well.</p>