Is NYU worth the cost for CS

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NYU has a strong CS program. Also strong at Math and Finance.

Blacksburg and NYC are very different places. Most graduates end up working in same geographic area as their university.

Is your kid really into NYC and has some decent reasons for that? If so is and you can afford it - send your kid to NYU. Could be the adventure of a lifetime.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

This is inaccurate. NYU guarantees housing for four years to all undergrads who enter as freshman. The student must fill out the application by the deadline and pay $1,000 deposit. Students who live on campus generally want to or are in other categories (transfer students, locals who live with family, etc).

And any school is better for students with generous trust funds. Everyone has to figure out their own finances, but NYU is no different in that regard. For my kid, it was cheaper than UMd instate. (NYU provided scholarship money and UMd didn't.)

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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.

With a major in Music, it’s no surprise that your kid had small classes.

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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.

With a major in Music, it’s no surprise that your kid had small classes.

Yes, but the liberal arts classes were also small.

[Anonymous]

DS, a FCPS 11th grader is really interested in NYU for CS. Realize it's very different but trying to convince him to consider Cooper Union (electrical engineering) or Fordham. Appears there would be at least a chance for merit.

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Anonymous wrote:DS, a FCPS 11th grader is really interested in NYU for CS. Realize it's very different but trying to convince him to consider Cooper Union (electrical engineering) or Fordham. Appears there would be at least a chance for merit.

Fordham is very generous with money if you are a national merit recognition/semifinalist/scholar