The Divine 9. Farewell, NYU

There is a certain amount of closure that comes with removing a school from my list. Probably because it's one step closer to reaching the top four schools that I will visit, apply to, and ultimately enroll at in the fall of 2011. There were several factors that aided in my decision to remove this prestigious school. Those factors were overall cost of tuition, lack of scholarships, especially for transfer students and merit, a fairly 'abstract' approach to transfer students and personally, for me, the location. While NYU is indicative to New York and synonymous with prestigious education, I really don't foresee myself in New York--not yet. At this juncture, the only way I would even consider applying to this school would be entirely based on confident acceptance and an absolute scholarship/grant. Perhaps this institution will return to my Graduate list of schools when I start my search for medical schools. For 'the city that never sleeps', I'll just have to hit the snooze button on NYU...for now.