Is NYU worth the cost for CS

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you intern at FAANG too from VT.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of wealth at NYU. I know current undergrads who live at Trump tower Columbus circle. Be prepared for a Very different student body and a very different lifestyle. NYU has NYC as the campus as all the glory fun challenges and price tags that that brings

60% of the students at NYU applied for financial aid last year. While there is money at NYU, that does not reflect the status of the majority of its students.

On idiot who takes on the daily commute from Lincoln Center to Washington Square to go to class is such an exception as to not even be worth mentioning. No idea why you brought him or her up.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of wealth at NYU.

There is a lot of wealth at almost every private college.

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Anonymous wrote:you intern at FAANG too from VT.

Yes, you can intern at FAANG from bootcamps too. The Q is what is the probability of someone from VTech - compared to NYU - interning: at FAANG?

[Anonymous]

very high...Amazon and VT share space in Arlington.

[Anonymous]

definitely not worth it if you have umd as an instate option

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Anonymous wrote:definitely not worth it if you have umd as an instate option

UMD, Georgia Tech, UNC Chapel hill, UW, UT Austin > NYU for computer science

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Anonymous wrote:very high...Amazon and VT share space in Arlington.

I am sure there are 1 or 2. But how high?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, a friend of mine regretted sending his two kids to NYU. The hidden costs were enormous. Both children wanted to stay the summer for classes or internships, which resulted in obscene apartment and living fees not expected on top of the tuittion, airfare, etc.

Internships often come with housing allowances.

Well, my kids had 8 of them and there were no housing allowances

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Anonymous wrote:OP, a friend of mine regretted sending his two kids to NYU. The hidden costs were enormous. Both children wanted to stay the summer for classes or internships, which resulted in obscene apartment and living fees not expected on top of the tuittion, airfare, etc.

Internships often come with housing allowances.

Well, my kids had 8 of them and there were no housing allowances

My kid had 6 internship offers last year - every one of them came with housing allowance

Is your kid from NYU?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, a friend of mine regretted sending his two kids to NYU. The hidden costs were enormous. Both children wanted to stay the summer for classes or internships, which resulted in obscene apartment and living fees not expected on top of the tuittion, airfare, etc.

Internships often come with housing allowances.

Well, my kids had 8 of them and there were no housing allowances

My kid had 6 internship offers last year - every one of them came with housing allowance

Is your kid from NYU?

Count your blessings, but generalizing from your kid’s personal experience isn’t actually reliable information.

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Anonymous wrote:Is any school worth 70-80k/year?!

Of course! Do you think rich parents that send their kids to top schools are all fools and you are somehow smarter than them?

Yes. IMO, it’s foolish to select an expensive private school when a less expensive option with equal educational opportunities is available, even if you are wealthy enough to afford it. I also bought a Toyota when I could afford a much more expensive car though. Obviously, lots of people don’t agree though and that is fine.

A lot of people buy Prada and Gucci while Coach does a perfectly fine job, maybe because they are rich enough and/or they really like it .

By your logic, GMU would be the best bang for the buck for the folks in NOVA, however people still go to VT, UVA, W&M.

Every kid and every family is unique, that's why we have many options.

Another key word is CS. CS major has the privilege that you can go pretty much anywhere.

I think the issue is that NYU doesn’t offer the small classes and personalized environment of most private colleges. It operates more on the scale of State U, so why pay triple the cost for the same thing?

I think the reason is that some of their undergraduate colleges and specialty majors are among the best. Stern College of Business, for example, has few peers and has unequaled access to Wall Street. Tisch School of the Arts is one of the Big 4 for film, all of its performing arts are great, and it has ready access to the NY theater and music scene. Engineering, on the other hand, is nothing special that you can’t get anywhere else.

So, NYU is a school where a consumer needs to be discerning. Worth the price for the right major but not for some others unless you have a lot of money and desperately want to be in Manhattan.

My kid who attended NYU had small classes, excellent counseling (much more individual attention than my kid who attended Georgetown) and it was academically rigorous. I was actually very impressed by how much he grew at his time in NYU. He did not major in computer science so I'm not going to comment on that aspect, but academically, NYU is an excellent school.

What was your kid’s major?

Music - but my kid also had a lot of liberal arts classes (had a minor in liberal arts). I was very impressed with their English lit and foreign language departments.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, a friend of mine regretted sending his two kids to NYU. The hidden costs were enormous. Both children wanted to stay the summer for classes or internships, which resulted in obscene apartment and living fees not expected on top of the tuittion, airfare, etc.

Internships often come with housing allowances.

Well, my kids had 8 of them and there were no housing allowances

My kid had 6 internship offers last year - every one of them came with housing allowance

Is your kid from NYU?

Please list the internships so we all can benefit.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, a friend of mine regretted sending his two kids to NYU. The hidden costs were enormous. Both children wanted to stay the summer for classes or internships, which resulted in obscene apartment and living fees not expected on top of the tuittion, airfare, etc.

Internships often come with housing allowances.

Well, my kids had 8 of them and there were no housing allowances

My kid had 6 internship offers last year - every one of them came with housing allowance

Is your kid from NYU?

Please list the internships so we all can benefit.

FAANG plus.

[Anonymous]

NYU can be a lot of fun, but possibly for the right kid. The most common complaint i hear is the sense of lack of community especially when the on campus housing runs out. Then the long commutes to/from semi-affordable housing. Some intrepid types might not mind that, but may not be tenable for some.

NYU really is best for full pay students. Or someone coming into a trust fund at 22 and can immediately pay off all their loans. If someone really wants to live in a city, go to a much less expensive college then move there when you have a job. But don't go into debt for NYU.