That’s good to hear. It is funny how relatively inconsequential things can impact the college selection process. Go on a rainy day and the chance that the prospective student will pick the college decreases. In our case, the student guides weren’t as polished or as enthusiastic as most of the other schools we visited.
I know they have a relatively good working relationship with IBM for internships in graduate placement. The views of the Hudson are gorgeous as well.
This made me laugh because with my son I heard just the opposite. NYU is a good school, certainly worthy of her consideration. I would point that out to her and let her know that it’s an option, but I’d also remind her that if she goes in school in state and needs some thing from you, or wants to come home for a weekend, you can be there. If she doesn’t, you’ve got no reason to be there. Don’t hit it too heavy, but definitely mention it. In the end, my kids decided being someplace that I could get to if they needed me had value to them. That ended up occasionally going up and buying meals for them and their friends and bringing them stuff from home.
I disagree. Big state universities are as popular as ever for people from all walks. As @husky429 noted, a lot of kids in these parts seem to be attracted to UMD. Our oldest definitely was and one of my best friends has a daughter who is a freshman there now and loves it. I also know a bunch at Penn State and Pitt who also love them. In our town the southern state schools are also drawing a lot of kids now, especially Clemson, UGA, USC.
More popular than ever. I'm amazed by it. My daughter's class had kids going to Auburn, Clemson, Virginia, Maryland, Alabama, Georgia Tech, Florida, Indiana, Purdue, Minnesota, and many more, along with the usual suspects. The popularity of the public schools in the south is really trending up. Have seen the same from friends in CT and other MA towns. Good value I suppose.
I took summer classes there while living on 31st and Lex, that was a fun summer.
What years were you at NYU?
89-91
Did they teach you the old saying about Smith and Holyoke yet?
Syracuse does have one more basketball national championship than NYU though. Counting both schools' "Helms Athletic Foundation and Premo-Porretta Power Poll" championships, it's 3-2 Syracuse. It'll probably stay that way for a looong time, unless both schools make serious changes to their programs.
Academic scholarship? How does one get those at big schools?
One of mine ended up there. Loved the campus, would work there after graduating if they let her.
He didn't at NYU. But it was mostly academic at Syracuse. Above and beyond need. It was almost 100%. I had a similar deal at a good school but turned it down like an idiot.
A very good friend of mine is always telling me how much her granddaughter loves going to Connecticut College. She’s a freshman and plays on the girls lacrosse team.
Bring it.
Legend has it that the Harvard boys used to say “Smith to bed, Holyoke to wed.”
Well said husky429. I’m also a public high school teacher, and I can’t overstate the strong correlation between SAT scores, performance on AP exams, performance on high school tests, and (quantitative) intelligence. SATs shouldn’t be the only measure, but certainly they are one measure that should be considered.
Asking because of what we went through 20+ years ago with my daughter. She had a sterling academic resume, with an 800 verbal, 670 math sats. She was offered next to nothing from 2 of 3 schools she applied to. I didn’t understand what they were looking for. Still don’t.
On the other side of the issue. GRE and MCAT scores tell me very little about future performance of graduate students. Indeed the ones with the high scores often turn out to be the ones that are the weakest or simply not that good. I only did UG a couple of years and didn't see any correlation between their SAT or performance in college (but I was TA'ing Junior and Senior level courses. I look at the whole person and what they did with what they had. I sooner have a kid with 3.0 GPA and mediocre SAT who made sure his siblings were cared for and safe then another Berkeley grad (that we just put into Hahvahd Medical). That Berkeley grad did the minimum he could do (it was good enough) but cares about himself more than the community. He'll make a fine Hahvahd doctoh, which is to say patient mortality will not be optimum.