Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2004-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: May 2005

NYU is the one school among the Top 10 MBAs where I felt that admissions tried the most to understand the person as a whole, rather than just tick/cross criteria to admit or eliminate people. The most friendly admission people, not arrogant at all. Strong sense of team, community and ethics.

Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2003-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: February 2004

The admissions process looks at one's leadership potential, academic aptitude, ability to work with teams and other important skills. My best advice is to be yourself and approach the admissions process with your fit in mind.

Academics: Students Speak

Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2003-5/2005
Survey Submitted: March 2005

The quality of academics at Stern is the school's main strength. The combination of quality academic research, emphasis on teaching satisfaction and real-world applications creates a learning experience that prepares every MBA for a broad array of careers. The core curriculum allows every MBA the flexibility of entering a wide range of fields upon graduation.

The number of popular professors and quality classes is so high that everyone gets to take the classes they want, when they want. I'll name some of the quality courses I have taken: Valuation taught by the recognized authority on valuation, Aswath Damodaran; Strategy taught by well-known game theorist, Adam Brandenburger; Macroeconomics taught by a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize, Tom Sargent; Volatility taught by Nobel Prize winner Robert Engle; Financial History taught by world-famous author Neil Ferguson; and the list goes on.

Academics: The School Says

NYU Stern is an institution that leverages New York City as its classroom and laboratory. One of the ways NYU Stern engages with the City is through its popular Stern Consulting Corps (SCC), an innovative consulting internship program. The SCC serves as the umbrella for a unique partnership among NYU Stern, prominent nonprofit organizations and top-tier strategy consulting firms. SCC programs enable Stern MBA students to put into practice the skills and knowledge they gain in the classroom to help revitalize small and minority-owned businesses and nonprofits in New York City. To date, Stern has partnered with more than 60 organizations around NYC and 250 Stern MBA students have served as business consultants through this program.

Stern also teaches New York-based case studies, like the Metropolitan Opera, in which all first-year MBAs not only study the complex organization but also speak one-on-one with its managing director and attend an opera dress rehearsal for the case's culmination. Another popular case study is on Barneys New York, one of the leading luxury retailers in the world. As part of the case, students learn first-hand from Barneys senior executives about the company's business strategy at the retailer's Madison Avenue store.

Employment Prospects: Students Speak

Status: Alumnus/a, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2001-5/2003
Survey Submitted: May 2005

Stern has gained a great reputation on the Street. We are known as hard workers with a strong foundation in finance. Stern is the perfect option for someone looking to work in New York. You have the ability to set up information sessions with any of the 30,000 Stern alumni residing in the city and they will take your meeting.

Conventional corporate jobs in finance and marketing have a straightforward recruiting process through the Office of Career Development. Students bid on interviews with the companies that come to campus and get offers at many of them.

The students looking for unconventional jobs have more work to do, but New York makes that option possible, too. The unconventional route requires more networking at Stern Club events and happy hours. Generally, someone in your class is coming from that industry and can direct you to people who can help!

Quality of Life: Students Speak

Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2003-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: March 2005

Stern is in the heart of New York City. Therefore, there is great access to so many things. That being said, you need to know whether you want to live in a city or be in a more country setting. Stern has a great building with fantastic spaces for students to lounge and do work. There is a wireless network that can be accessed in any room and even outside on the plaza, which is great in the spring.

Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2004-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: March 2005

Living in New York is the best; it offers tremendous access to all sorts of companies for visits and networking. There is NYU housing but most people find apartments, which is a hassle in the crazy NYC market but still worthwhile. The facilities are nice. We could use more study and group meeting spaces, but construction is currently underway for that..

Social Life: Students Speak

Status: Alumnus/a, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2001-5/2003
Survey Submitted: May 2005

Stern is famous for the Thursday night Beer Blast. No classes on Friday (which is awesome for hanging out in the city) and the school funds free beer for three hours before everyone leaves campus for the long weekend. Beer Blast is where you really get a chance to meet people not in your block (grouping of students taking the same classes at the same time). There is always a designated after-party at some bar in the Village--that's right, world-famous Greenwich Village. It is a lot of fun and the social aspect of business school is definitely well accounted for at Stern.