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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also don't understand the importance of international reputation.

This thread has "USN rankings" in the headline.  NYU is ranked #30 out of 3,000 or so.  I am not gifted in the maths, but doesn't that put it in the top 1%?

Someone needs to define what percent is "elite".  If that number is 0.25%, then NYU is not elite.

So what is the number?[/quote]

It's the NYU boosters bragging about NYU being the bests school in the nation, in part because of their supposed international reputation and because the "newly wealthy" in Middle East and Asia are apparently just dying to attend.  :roll:  It's like orientalist but 100% more self-serving and oblivious, which is saying a lot.

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.[/quote]

The MOST elite undergraduate schools in this country are HYPSM. That’s it.[/quote]

Did anyone say otherwise?[/quote]

Not that I have seen.  They question is where does the definition of elite stop?  Someone above suggested #20, and since NYU is #30 that would qualify.  Others might disagree with that math.

Where does any adjective stop?  "Tall", for instance?  At what height is someone not tall?  Or a building not tall?[/quote]

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