NYU Shanghai Is NYU's "Bad School" Right?

Musktard
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:37:07 +0000

@natsolo Please read my entire post.

1. Prestige is important to me and it's important to 99% of the users on this website. Unfortunately, we live in a world where college is a system of social meaning as opposed to a means to education. I mean, we are posting on a website dedicated to the college admissions process. College prestige is valuable to me simply because it is valuable to the culture I live in. However, prestige obviously is not the only factor I have considered. If it were, I would have immedietly selected UPenn, Duke, or Dartmouth over NYU in a heartbeat. I don't appreciate you making ridiculous assumptions about me and hastily exclaiming your judgments about these assumptions.

2. I shared a perception that is held by some of the people on the NYU facebook page as well as my observations from the CC accepted students threads. I never claimed NYU Shanghai is definitively less selective than NYU Stern. In fact, had you taken the time to read the thread before posting, I asked if this was the case. That's the point of asking a question. Sure, I came in with the preconceived notion that Shanghai was less selective than Stern. That doesn't mean I didn't keep an open mind. In fact, my opinion of the college has changed dramatically since talking your classmates. You don't know that because you didn't bother reading the thread. Apparently, you don't know what questions are either. Prejudice exists. Get over it.

3. I am looking to go into business and I have decided not to attend Stern (or NYU Shanghai for that matter). I already mentioned that my decision not to attend is merely a reflection of my own goals with college. Again, perhaps reading the thread would have done you some good.

4. I was asking a question. I did not come here to judge the people that are going to NYU and I would appreciate it if you stopped judging me. Believe it or not, but not everyone argues to be right. Some people argue to arrive at a better answer.

5. I asked a question and held a pre-concieved notion. It's certainly not an uncommon belief (the earliest posts in this thread will demonstrate that). I found the nature of your response to be very rude. It was as though you had replied solely to make remarks about my character. I asked a question about NYU in a forum dedicated to NYU. That does not mean I consider myself better than the people that are attending NYU. Your emphasis on that is extremely offensive to me. Yes, I am perpetuating our society's fetish with college brand names. So what? That's what this entire forum is about. People care about college. I care about college. I asked a question about college. Get over it. I'm not the kid posting in the NYU Class of 2019 Facebook page asking whether I should go to Harvard or NYU. I articulated very legitimate concerns and had a very reasonable discussion with your peers at NYU Shanghai.