UVA vs. NYU Stern

lullinatalk
Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:19:05 +0000

For economics and business economics.

I am an Echols Scholar, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to be a tipping factor. I am an international student and have to pay full price at both. UVA tuition is around $50k and Stern is around $60k, but in Stern, I’ll have to live in New York City, adding a lot of extra costs.

Obviously, I am interested in going into business/finance. Job and internship opportunities are very important to me. I have to excel and find myself good opportunities to get a job in the US after I graduate. Alumni networks are a plus. I heard Stern has a terrible curve, but haven’t heard much about UVA’s grade in/deflation. I think I can do with big classes, but I’ll have a really hard time with bad grade deflation.

The catch with Stern is that I may want to major in physics later. I don’t know a lot about business and finance and very unsure about my future career path. But I’ll have to apply to the UVA Commerce School in freshman year if I want to get in anyway(I think).

Also, I am really big on the music scene when it comes to figuring out what college would be a good fit for me (that’s basically all I do for fun). NYU is clearly better in this respect, but then, I’ll probably be broke if I went there. I know virtually nothing about Charlottesville the city.

This is kind of a stupid angle, but I would like a functional (not necessarily big) dating/partying scene too. I don’t know how much of that goes on at NYU without a campus and their large gay population. UVA probably has a healthy amount of dating and partying going on.

FYI, other schools I am also considering are Davidson College and Boston College, but UVA and NYU are my top choices.

Any help is appreciated!