<p>Oilspill you realize that recruiting for finance is better at Dartmouth or Columbia than at Stern, right?</p>
<p>@slipper1234 - “OMG Seriously? Damn, I’ve made the worst mistake of my life - I’m screwed for sure. Oh no, I’m dead - I should have taken Dartmouth or Columbia. I wish I’d asked you for advice, I’m going to jump off a roof now because I made a mistake”</p>
<p>You think I was going to say something like that. Seriously, get a life. I didn’t ask you if recruiting was better at Dartmouth or Columbia and am sure that there isn’t much of a difference. Stern is a top target school and draws a lot of the same top banks and companies. I trust my judgment and am sure that I’ve made the best choice for me. I’m not going to trust some random sentence by some random poster. </p>
<p>I’m not going to college just for a job (which Stern can give me as well as Columbia or Dartmouth) but for the experience and to learn. I want to learn finance and a business core and not liberal arts. I’d rather learn accounting, statistics, economics etc. than philosophy, history and that stuff in detail (Stern has a small liberal arts core as well so I get a lot more) And Stern has its share of top professors and research programs. NASDAQ supports the derivatives research and Deutsche Bank supports their risk project. Add New York City to that, and I’m sure I’ve got an amazing four years ahead of me. I can also get a great job. Just because Dartmouth and Columbia are ivy league schools doesn’t mean that they are the end of the world. Columbia’s economics program is top, but I’ve realized that I don’t want to do it. I’m not that interested in either the Columbia or the Dartmouth curriculum (as well as the other places I listed). Stern was more appealing to me. College is more than just a job interview - learn that first, and you’ll be much happier. Please don’t make statements like these in the future.</p>
<p>@Laanya</p>
<p>There’s also the difference of “campus” vs. “no campus”. I spent two summers at JHU as a kid, and there’s definitely a lot of campus to roam around, despite being in Baltimore. WE HAVE NO CAMPUS in Manhattan. It really does make a difference, many people are turned off by the lack of campus and how open we are into NYC. Another thing to consider.</p>
<p>Yes, NYC is clearly one thing that makes NYU one of the three most popular schools (by number of apps) year after year, but you also can’t lose the feeling that you’re walking around in a city instead of on a campus. NYU markets itself as “in and of the city” so be sure you can handle that; many love it, but some think they’ll love and then don’t.</p>
<p>Oilspill I would have picked Columbia or Dartmouth for the opposite reason. A much broader learning experience, far greater diversity of students, study abroad, far more traditional learning environment, etc. But to each their own - it seems like NYU is a good fit for you.</p>
<p>to easyvictory:</p>
<p>I’ll make sure to work on some martial arts. ;)</p>
<p>to OilSpill:</p>
<p>Now that it has been a few days since I’ve made the decision to go to JHU, I couldn’t have been happier. It would have been nice advantage to be in the heart of NYC in terms of internships and real world applications, but since an education in Engineering is not something I wanted to give up, I look forward to going to JHU.</p>
<p>Good luck at Stern and thanks for the advice. =] I’ll make the most of it.</p>
<p>to slipper1234:</p>
<p>A friend of mine who’s dad is the CEO of a hospital in New Jersey told me that when he was recruiting, he wishes that he could have chosen all Harvard MBAs. Instead, he said that he recruits one from Harvard, one from Columbia, and didn’t mention the rest. So yes, it seems that names really do have an influence. Pretty interesting huh.</p>
<p>to missamericanpie:</p>
<p>Yes a friend of mine who goes to NYU told me how the first semester was pretty gloomy because of the lack of campus. I never considered that either; just academics. =T</p>
<p>to vossron:</p>
<p>Haha you know, I really like the country, and that was one of the reasons why I didn’t feel comfortable at NYU. Lots of things to think about when choosing colleges. x.x</p>
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<p>Also, one of the reasons why I chose Engineering instead is because my uncle, who did his undergrad and grad in finance told me that there was a ‘finance test’ to pass, which did not require a finance degree to take, that could basically make your undergraduate degree in finance seem worthless in the long run. Of course, it’s probably not that exaggerated, but I’m planning on self studying in finance and taking it. Have to do more research xD, but yeah, that’s another option if any of you are worried about having to choose between Engineering and Business.</p>