castlesinspain

Hi everyone. I'm in the same boat, and having a really difficult time making a decision. Both programs seem excellent, but in dramatically different ways. The schools' websites and videos give me the impression that NYU is very technical, and perhaps sort of COLD. It seems that they dot all their i's, cross all their t's, and hold their students to VERY high standards. Columbia, on the other hand, seems to expect a lot from students with the understanding that we are all human and under a lot of pressure. Again, these are just the impressions I get from their websites and my limited interactions with faculty at both universities. The more superficial factors are that NYU is a lot closer to Brooklyn, where I live, and Columbia seems to have a better reputation as a school in general (outside of NY; I hear conflicting things from NYers). I know Columbia OT grads who loved the program, but I don't know any NYU OTs. It would be great to hear a candid account of the program from someone who went through it!