美国顶级名校行-New York University (Stern) NYU大学校园风光

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By Adam Fusfeld

Stern School of Business
Around the turn of the century, New York City was first beginning to take on some of the features that would make it known as The City That Never Sleeps. Already an industrial center, it was becoming the world capital of commerce and attracting immigrants from around the world who dreamed of striking it rich. In 1900, New York University opened the metropolis's first business school, which would provide children of immigrants the education to surpass the wealth of their parents.

Now the Stern School of Business has a top-15 undergraduate program and highly ranked full-time, part-time, and executive MBA programs. Relatively few applicants are accepted, but the old Sinatra adage applies: If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere. Most students travel just two miles upon graduation for careers on Wall Street. Renowned for its size, fast pace, and competitiveness, the Stern School of Business continues to mirror the city's business community that it has educated for more than 100 years.

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Class Profile
About 2,300 students are business majors at Stern and more than 800 are full-time MBAs, and the students are diverse across the board. Both the undergraduate and MBA classes maintain an uncommonly high percentage of women as recent classes have hovered around 40%. International students make up 31% of the graduate students and 17% of business majors; 21% of MBAs are underrepresented minorities. No matter the gender or background of the student, gaining acceptance to Stern is difficult: Just a quarter of undergraduate applicants and 15% of graduate applicants are admitted, yielding an army of overachievers aspiring to future success.

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Starting Off
Undergrads and MBAs both benefit from orientation activities. The university wide Welcome Week programming familiarizes undergraduate students with the NYU campus and Manhattan at large, while offering discounted tickets to museums and theater productions in the city. Business majors might take interest in the chance to get a leg up on the career process with visits to Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg headquarters. Stern MBAs get a similar introduction to the city during the preterm orientation. For them, recreational events serve to acquaint first-year students with one another in preparation for two years heavy on group work. Some graduate students are also invited to Summer Start, a program designed to acclimate career-switchers and those most far removed from school to the demands of a top-flight business school.

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Undergraduate Program
Two distinct curriculums make up Stern's undergraduate program. The conventional program consists of a heavy dose of liberal arts courses that allow students to pursue a second major or a minor in another field. Students enrolled in this program are required to take four courses that make up the social impact cluster and two courses to complete an international business sequence in addition to the classes necessary for their business major. Another path introduced for the 2009 academic year, the Business & Political Economy program, has similar social impact and global business requirements, but requires additional courses on political theory and economics. Furthering its international ambitions, Stern requires all students to travel abroad at some point in their undergraduate careers to examine business in the global setting.

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MBA Program
The Stern MBA program follows the typical format: one year of core courses followed by a year of increased student choice and specialization. In their second year, MBAs can choose to declare specializations or take an array of electives at Stern and other NYU schools to get a taste of all that the university offers. Considering the glut of media in New York City, it is no surprise that many of the popular electives among MBAs are media-related courses offered at the Tisch School of Arts and Steinhardt School of Culture. Students who aspire to travel overseas can take comfort in the large graduate study-abroad program that sends students around the world for anywhere from one week to a full semester. Regardless of where Stern MBAs hope to work, all leave with practical skills. Experiential learning—including investment funds, case studies, and social venture programs—is a crucial aspect of business coursework.

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New York City
While they enjoy the vibrant nightlife, the diverse culture, and the seemingly unlimited attractions the Big Apple offers, Stern students love the Greenwich Village campus for another reason: its proximity to Wall Street and world business leaders. New York City houses 43 Fortune 500 companies, the second-largest regional economy on the planet, and with London is considered the center of the finance universe. Stern's three buildings are located alongside the 10-acre green oasis known as Washington Square Park, in the trendy "Village" neighborhood that once fostered a highly bohemian culture. Students take advantage of their location through the Cohen Arts & Culture Experience, which provides discounts to many of the leading museums and theaters in the city. According to one finance student surveyed by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, "The experience of an MBA in a good New York location, with the access to firms and cultural life, cannot be matched by other schools."

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Business of Film
Two programs unique to Stern reflect the union of business and culture in New York City. MBAs enrolled in the Craft & Commerce of Cinema course travel to France each May to observe the Cannes Film Festival. They learn from important figures in the world of cinema and get a firsthand view of the marketing, production, and distribution of motion pictures. Outside of coursework the ProMotion Pictures Film Competition teams Stern MBAs with students from the Tisch School of Arts to create an original film for the benefit of sponsor companies. Competing teams present their work to company executives at a Manhattan theater.

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Stern Consulting Corps
Just one of Stern's many local experiential learning initiatives, the Consulting Corps has MBAs consulting for nonprofit organizations in New York City. During the 10-week program, students team with mentors from top consulting firms to advise the organizations on developing a business plan. B-schoolers gain real-world experience, a chance to work in the community surrounding their school, and a networking opportunity with a successful consultant. Students pictured above consulted with a small business on the Lower East Side as part of the program.

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World Touch
In addition to Stern's strong promotion of university study-abroad programs, during the spring semester of their junior year business majors are required to take the International Studies Program course. Students learn extensively about a country's economic history, with a particular focus on a single industry, and then travel to that country. Pictured above, students visit Britain to observe international business and culture and meet with corporate executives. MBAs also have the option of taking a semester to study abroad, but many choose to apply for the Doing Business In… program. The program sends students to Italy, China, or Australia for two weeks of coursework, including lectures from local business and government leaders, that counts toward their GPA.

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Student Life
Without a formal campus to separate its enormous student body from the rest of New York City, NYU students might find it difficult to recognize friendly faces. Grad students can take solace in the fact that nearly a third of their coursework will be presented in the form of team projects, and in business organizations such as Social Innovation & Impact (which hosts the Eco Fashion Show pictured above). Undergraduates have a large selection of student organizations, including fraternities and sororities—a number of which have historical significance within NYU. However, only a small portion of NYU students partake in Greek life. Varsity sports also play just a small part in student life. The school competes in Division III athletics and lacks a football team and major program. As a result, students rely on their living arrangements and classroom acquaintances to forge a social life at NYU.