Is NYU Stern really worth it?
Hi monkeys,
I am a current high school senior who is 100% deadset on going into finance. I applied Early Decision 1 to Wharton at UPenn, and I will find out if I am going to be rejected this Friday. My stats are decent (1580 SAT, 3.9 UW GPA), but I really do not have any exceptional extracurriculars/hooks/underrepresented minority status etc. My question to you all is if I am rejected from Wharton, should I apply to NYU Stern using Early Decision 2? If I got accepted ED2 to Stern, I would be required to go, and I would also not see which other colleges I could get into. I come from a lower class background (raised by single mother, she makes $35k a year), and am concerned that NYU will not give me a high enough financial aid package.
Is NYU Stern really the real deal? Should I risk having to go into a decent amount of debt so I can have a shot at securing my dream FO position?
Thanks for your advice!
Also applying this year. The top schools I have applied to are (in order of preference ): Harvard (SCEA) Yale Penn Dartmouth Brown
Applying to Stern also but it is quite further down on my list even though I am pretty much set on IB after college. I wouldn't trade any of my top choices for Stern. I wanna have a strong well-rounded overall undergrad experience too, and I think the ivies are just more prestigious and still offer top recruiting opps without being crazy cutthroat and full of automatons like Stern. I haven't heard great things about Stern. Plus NYU financial aid apparently sucks. I d say with your stats you would have a shot at another ivy even if you got rejected from Penn. Even Cornell would be better than Stern imo.
bro I admire the ambition but it might be way too early to have your goals "set on IB" already. you're in hs! with those stats you can probably get into stern regular decision, but moreover, every one of the schools you mentioned has good representation on the street
its waaaaaay too early to decide on IB imo, go to a school thats solidly ranked, and that doesn't break the budget, and if in a year or two your mind is still set on IB, then fantastic, and you can most definitely hustle your way in then
but do not make up your mind on which college to go to purely on the exit opps of the finance section of the business school, you'll end up taking college way too seriously, and will miss out on a fantastic part of your life
I go to Stern. Apply RD to stern there's a very high chance you will get in (80% or more imo).
------ If you get into any IVY (maybe except Cornell) please go there ------
I know a few students who chose Stern over Ivies; although they are content knowing that Stern places well, it is not a fun college. Most of all it is not worth 70k (I had a scholarship).
Think twice, good luck!
---edit--- I applied ED btw
Sans Wharton, Stern is in my opinion the best school for Finance majors. [Note MAJORS]. For someone who doesn't want to study a liberal arts curriculum, Stern might be a good choice, even over an Ivy. I know one friend who chose Stern over Duke because she couldn't stand not living in NY.
Again, personal preference.
i didn't even know what IB was until sophomore year in college.
regarding ur question, stern is a great school. located in nyc so fall/spring internships def possible. however, very competitive student body i've heard. be that what it may.
op - can i ask why you are "100% deadset on going into finance". also, what is your intended major... out of curiosity.
Why is he dead set on finance?
It's not rocket science bro....
"I come from a lower class background (raised by single mother, she makes $35k a year)"
just a guess.
OMG kid, take this from a person with some hindsight/regrets in choosing an UG college. Do not go to NYU and miss out on a real college experience. Go to Williams/Amherst if you get in - you'll learn some new things, make lifelong friends and end up with a great IB job.
Just look up Williams/Amherst grads in Finance. They've done pretty well. Do some research.
Stern/NYU is a filled with cut throat Asian kids (I say this as an Asian American) - and that environment is not healthy for you.
Not to be blunt, but just to be real... If your family makes 35k / yr that is your "hook". You're not middle class, you're poor. People like you are very rare at top schools. People who's parents make less than 100k are rare. Most of the best schools should give you 100% full ride, no questions asked. You may need a bit of debt to cover living expenses, but you should be paying no tuition.