NYU vs UC Davis?

Figurespeed94
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:24:27 +0000

So I’ve narrowed down my List of potential colleges to NYU and UC Davis. I was accepted into the college of arts and sciences at uc Davis and the Liberal Studies Program at nyu(which I directly applied to bc of small class sizes–this year was the first yr we could directly apply to lsp), which will eventually lead to my guaranteed transfer to CAS for the last two years.

I want to major in economics w a minor in philosophy. I am also planning to attend grad school… My dream school being the university of Chicago.

Both schools surprisingly cost the same as the UCs raised their tuition and board–being over $30,000 and nyu gave me about $16,000 in scholarships and $4000 in work study.

I’m very drawn to nyu bc of its location and prestige plus I’ll have unlimited opportunities to travel abroad. However, I love Davis bc it’s close to home. Nyu undoubtably has a better Econ program and can hopefully get me Ito some grad schools I’d love to attend.
I have to make my decision in less than 48 hours… So help me. Nyu or uc Davis?