New York University

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Public Policy (This Major's Salary over time)
I spent a lot of time looking at reviews such as this website and reaching out to students before considering quiting my job and attending graduate school so i figured Id give back by positing now that I have went through the process. I was accepted to my top 3 school for a health management/finance degree, an MPA program at NYU, MHA at Johns Hopkins, and MS at Georgetown. Although I ended up going to NYU because of the amazing scholarship i received, compared to zero from Georgetown and much less then NYU from JHU, I am truly very happy I went here. Although I didnt think I was ready for NYC, I am soo happy about choosing to go here for the following reasons:

Diversity: this may or may not be important to you but Gtown is a great school but with veryyy little diversity. Even at my admissions interview, everyone was a white person from some suburb - this may be appealing and comforting for some but when I went to NYU, there was spectrum of countries and background represented. Specifically at NYU Wagner I loved the fact that I had class with people that were in other programs such as Nonprofit management and Urban Planning compared to the other schools that would have me take classes only with my cohort of 25-35 students the entire time i am there.

The City: if you are the kind of person that doesn't always want to just stick with being friends with you class, NYC is amazing. I have certainly made friends at school but i have made some great friends outside of school and there are always more and more people to meet every night. I like to go out and see brand new people everytime and be able to go out to brand new places every weekend. It is easy to make some great connections this way.

I did go to a big state school for undegrad so I totally appreciate football Saturdays and all that and glad I had that undegrad experience. However, i am now focused more on other things such as building up a better professional network, getting involved in the community, etc. If you are looking for a party school, well NYC can be that, but its certainly not your college town feel.