NYU seems unpopular from DMV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m from NY and many kids went to NYU. I went to NYU for grad school and had tons of international kids, kids from the west coast and Northeast.

Is it just unpopular from around here?

Popular school in terms of applications.

Hard to get in.

Could be sour grapes from DMV area kids ( and their PARENTS)who were rejected.

[Anonymous]

Op do you have data to back up your theory or are you one of those adults who thinks that everything they experience is universal?

I for one know several HS grads from this area who chose NYC schools, including NYU. But I know my anecdote is not data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:we see it as a ripoff. the gw of nyc.

Yep

[Anonymous]

It's so expensive and I see it as a rich kid school and tough if you don't have all the money in the world for both tuition and going out. I love NYC but to me it's a better city for young professionals. Also not really a campus in the traditional sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NYU gets more than 120,000 apps a year. It's one of the most appealing schools in the world.

But for those shooting for the top schools, NYU occupies a weird space. Stern obviously gets the ambitious finance types - so gets smart students there.

But more broadly, NYU is not generally regarded as a top school. It's financial aid is said to be terrible - which makes it largely out of reach for smart MC and UMC students.

NYU is the poster child for rich kid school. And not everyone wants that environment, especially smart students that have tons of options.

Oddly enough, the favored SLACs here had significantly higher reported median family income than NYU in 2017 and there’s no reason to think that has changed.

Yet I rarely hear them called rich kids schools. Same for the elite Catholic schools like Notre Dame, BC, Georgetown and Villanova.

[Anonymous]

If you get out of your NYC bubble you will see there are really amazing schools in lots of different places.

[Anonymous]

Breaking news...people seek out a different experience than op.

[Anonymous]

Back in the 1990s they had to add barriers in library so people would stop jumping and land on the check out desk in the lobby. Great school if you are independent, strong willed, and mature. Otherwise your DC will fade into oblivion. You need a certain type of personality to survive. Your kid better be pretty worldly or it will not be for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m from NY and many kids went to NYU. I went to NYU for grad school and had tons of international kids, kids from the west coast and Northeast.

Is it just unpopular from around here?

Yes, it is popular here in CA. My son was admitted ED.

My guess about the DMV hostility here is that it is not an elite STEM school and a lot of people who post here prioritize STEM. If my kid were STEM, I would have preferred a public as well like a UC or Cal Poly instead if not admitted to a T20-25.

NYU is open about being a diverse, international urban school that is TO. There is a higher percentage of internationals at NYU than domestic white students All of this may not play well with DMV people who want a more controlled, traditional campus in a less challenging setting with an emphasis on high performing kids like theirs.

NYU has an eclectic social sciences and humanities curriculum with students able to flexibly develop their majors in addition the elite Tisch and Stern programs.

NYU is polarizing, some love it, some hate it. It depends on what is best for your kid.

[Anonymous]

I just loved having a girlfriend’s whose roommates dad was a film actor. Great access to bars, Tunnel, and a nice house on Georgica Pond. It is the inverse of the film Metropolitan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m from NY and many kids went to NYU. I went to NYU for grad school and had tons of international kids, kids from the west coast and Northeast.

Is it just unpopular from around here?

We have a few neighbors whose kids are there now. We live close-in urban. Kids are used to the city.

[Anonymous]

Kid is at Stern, definitely finding it challenging. Having said that, NYU is more than just Stern, its got Tisch, math, philosophy programs that are very good. Followed by some low key programs that drags NYU to 30ish USnews status. Plus for some the lack of campus is a high turn off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kid is at Stern, definitely finding it challenging. Having said that, NYU is more than just Stern, its got Tisch, math, philosophy programs that are very good. Followed by some low key programs that drags NYU to 30ish USnews status. Plus for some the lack of campus is a high turn off.

The drag down is Gallatin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:we see it as a ripoff. the gw of nyc.

Oh, does GW have similarly prestigious programs like Stern ,Tisch? And has sub 10% acceptance rate overall because its so unappealing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kid is at Stern, definitely finding it challenging. Having said that, NYU is more than just Stern, its got Tisch, math, philosophy programs that are very good. Followed by some low key programs that drags NYU to 30ish USnews status. Plus for some the lack of campus is a high turn off.

The drag down is Gallatin.

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