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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ I think NYU is moderately prestigious, but it does not belong in the absolute upper crust of American higher education, which most would agree is the top ~20 schools in the nation.”

I was referring to this quote.  After HYPSM there are at least 15 schools, not necessarily the top 20 at USNWR, that could be considered the “upper crust of American higher education.”
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I don't think most people would disagree, but NYU wouldn't exactly belong to that group.

In my mind, the truly elite schools in this country comprise of the Ivy League and their immediate peers, as well as the top LACs, rankings be damned.

Harvard Yale Princeton Columbia Cornell Penn Brown Dartmouth
Stanford Berkeley MIT Hopkins Chicago Caltech Northwestern Duke
Williams Amherst Swarthmore Pomona

After that, there are about 20 or 30 schools that all have a valid claim to being moderately elite or prestigious. NYU might belong that next list, but does it then make it "arguably the best school in the US" as one PP upthread posited, and better than the other schools mentioned above? No.

NYU has an elite law school, a prestigious medical school, and some other great departments. Let's not overshoot our shot and start talking about how it's one of the best schools in the country because some rich kids from Saudi Arabia go there.[/quote]

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