NYU Liberal Studies Program vs. Rutgers SAS

horsfeathers
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:52:02 +0000

Please consider your choices very carefully. Try not to think that you can achieve your goals only at NYU (or any other school). I don’t know what your costs would be at Rutgers, but I bet they’re nowhere close to NYU’s. And why would you want to go to a school where you can’t take whatever courses you want to take right away? It’s your money and your education. You have a right to choose courses that interest you and that apply to your major right away, not wait until your third year. What if you won’t be able to fit all the requirements in during your junior and senior year? Then you’d have to stay another semester or two and take on more debt.

My daughter goes to a small liberal arts college and she and her friends have completed study abroad programs all over the world, some for a semester and others for a full year. Please take a look at Rutgers options. I’m sure they have something you’d enjoy. After all, once you’re in France, does it really matter what your home college is?

And please run a debt calculator on what the full NYU debt amount would be. That monthly payment is scary! The NYU financial aid people won’t tell you that. They don’t care what happens to you after they get their money. Remember that colleges are not only educational institutions, they’re also businesses that care about their bottom line, not yours.