NYU Gallatin?

ledzep
Wed, 23 May 2007 05:44:56 +0000

Hello all,

A friend of mine inquires about NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She’s very enthusiastic about the idea of individualized study, choosing your own courses, etc.

However, she’s (and especially I am) worried that the whole “individualized study” thing sounds too much like a (to put it bluntly) hippy, laid back thing where she will not have a rigorous education. More importantly, that she will not get an education that will be REGARDED as rigorous enough by potential employers/grad schools.

The website is not very reassuring in that regard, staying vague about objective academic standards, grad school acceptance, employment stats, etc.

Does anyone have objective, RELIABLE info on the reputation (academic, but also otherwise) of NYU Gallatin?

Thanks!