mewho89 Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Hey everyone, Looking for a little advice wherever I can find it! I applied to three programs: 1) NYU Steinhardt - MA in Media, Culture and Communication, 2) UT Austin Moody College of Communication - MA in Advertising, and 3) Boston University College of Communication - MS in Advertising The great news- got into all three. The not so great news- as an international student, I'll be paying full tuition wherever I end up going. The conundrum- I am completely and utterly torn. My intention is to secure a job in the advertising field after graduation; in that respect, Boston and NY seem to take the lead. NYU, however, offers a degree in communications which I feel is more general than what I want to do. I haven't been to Austin but heard amazing things, love Boston and NY so that won't be a deciding factor. Rankings seem very difficult to figure out and I was hoping someone here might be able to shed some light or just offer their opinion on which program makes the most sense. Austin may be the cheapest and is the largest department - considering the lack of funding I feel I am mostly stuck between UT and BU, with the April 15th deadline fast approaching. Sorry about the rant. Anyone out there, any thoughts or opinions? I greatly appreciate it! Thanks!
HKsai Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 i feel like you have to ask yourself first do all three degrees prepare/allow you to get the job you want after graduation? Then I will look at the location (money for rent, desirability of the place). Is money really important that you will sacrifice some internship opportunity? If all three degrees offer the same education after graduation, which place would you prefer? Do you have the money for it? I don't wanna pick it for you but if the NYU degree isn't exactly what you want, and UT Austin doesn't offer you the opportunity you want, wouldn't you want to go to BU? Sorry since i'm not a advertising/communication major I can't offer much help. Good luck
kittythrones Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 I would go with the program that has the best placement to be honest. Hey everyone, Looking for a little advice wherever I can find it! I applied to three programs: 1) NYU Steinhardt - MA in Media, Culture and Communication, 2) UT Austin Moody College of Communication - MA in Advertising, and 3) Boston University College of Communication - MS in Advertising The great news- got into all three. The not so great news- as an international student, I'll be paying full tuition wherever I end up going. The conundrum- I am completely and utterly torn. My intention is to secure a job in the advertising field after graduation; in that respect, Boston and NY seem to take the lead. NYU, however, offers a degree in communications which I feel is more general than what I want to do. I haven't been to Austin but heard amazing things, love Boston and NY so that won't be a deciding factor. Rankings seem very difficult to figure out and I was hoping someone here might be able to shed some light or just offer their opinion on which program makes the most sense. Austin may be the cheapest and is the largest department - considering the lack of funding I feel I am mostly stuck between UT and BU, with the April 15th deadline fast approaching. Sorry about the rant. Anyone out there, any thoughts or opinions? I greatly appreciate it! Thanks!
randyes Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 As someone who has been in this position before, go to the school that you feel has courses and professors that follow your interests the closest and that demonstrate actual job placement for their graduates. It may be easier for NYU to place you in a good internship or have connections for getting a job in the future. Never make a decision on graduate school because rankings say one school is better than the others. Each school is different and will be good at some things and great at others. Make sure the school you choose is the best for your criteria. Nationwide ranking criteria may be nothing close to what your criteria are. Reply back and tell us what you decided and why!
biisis Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 I'm really confused as to why you want to shift from a Masters degree to an advertising position. Is the field really so saturated that graduate work-rather than work experience- is going to give you a leg up? I can only really speak to NYU's MCC program in any specificity. It is decidedly not an advertising program, nor does it have anything to do with marketing strategies or business. It is a humanities focused degree about media, globalization, and culture, informed by some pretty Marxist leanings. It's where I'd go to write a thesis about the negative effects of advertising on cultural identity and the exchange value of products, rather than picking up any useful skills for a career in the trade. The one way I can imagine it being useful to you (besides some abstract prestige factor?) would be the school's internship program. So if you want to pay to go to school for the ability to work for free at a series of rapacious for-profit advertising firms, it's your go-to school.
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