NYUAD Undergrad to Columbia Grad?

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<p>Would my chances of attending Columbia for graduate school (medicine) be less by my choosing to attend NYUAD for undergrad?
I can’t move to NY just yet, so I’m attended the best offered in the UAE (where I currently live) which is NYU. I’m worried that by not attending a university that is at close to equal status to Columbia I won’t get accepted. I’m fairly overachieved for NYU, but still… Any opinions? Please please help! :S</p>

<p>Any answers are appreciated! Have a giant cookie!! :D</p>

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<p>Considering that NYU Abu Dhabi is now the toughest institution of higher learning worldwide to get into, I wouldn’t sweat too much.</p>

<p>NYUAD has an average SAT of 1480/1600, high average GPA and an admit rate of 2.1% (3 times smaller than Harvard, Columbia and Juilliard). Honestly, I don’t think you should worry.</p>

<p>:)</p>

<p>Just do well.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much!! :D</p>

<p>Anymore opinions? :3</p>

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<p>I don’t think so at all. NYU Abu Dhabi is a pretty damn prestigious program. I imagine it would look killer on a resume. I would rather choose Abu Dhabi than LSP/CAS that’s for sure. </p>

<p>Anyways, I’m in the same position as you, but for undergrad. Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/1252282-transferring-downtown-nyu-uptown-columbia.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/1252282-transferring-downtown-nyu-uptown-columbia.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>As a U.S. university professor, I find it very difficult to imagine that a school with only 160 students per year could offer a curriculum or faculty anything like a top U.S. university in terms of the range of course offerings or the range of specializations, publications, and years of teaching experience of the resident faculty.</p>

<p>For example, an Ivy League level biology or chemistry department would have at least 20 professors with a wide range of specializations, and many full professors who are leaders in their fields. How many biology or chemistry full professors are resident at NYUAD and what are their backgrounds?</p>

<p>My own field is philosophy, and I note there is only one resident philosophy professor at NYUAD and he has never held a full-time university position in the U.S. This does not make for a philosophy department anything like a U.S. philosophy department, and certainly not anything like an Ivy League philosophy department.</p>

<p>Can you tell us anything about your own experience at NYUAD?</p>

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<p>I am still a high school student. I live in Abu Dhabi and cannot study overseas for undergrad, so my options are quite limited. Actually, for me, I only have 2 good options, which would be The American University of Sharjah (AUS) and NYUAD.<br>
I’m just looking into my future options for Grad school since by then I will be able to study overseas.
Can anyone offer any better insight on the matter? Also, would AUS be a better/equivalent option?</p>