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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is any school worth 70-80k/year?! [/quote]

Of course!  Do you think rich parents that send their kids to top schools are all fools and you are somehow smarter than them? [/quote]

Yes. IMO, it’s foolish to select an expensive private school when a less expensive option with equal educational opportunities is available, even if you are wealthy enough to afford it. I also bought a Toyota when I could afford a much more expensive car though. Obviously, lots of people don’t agree though and that is fine.[/quote]

A lot of people buy Prada and Gucci while Coach does a perfectly fine job, maybe because they are rich enough and/or they really like it  .

By your logic, GMU would be the best bang for the buck for the folks in NOVA, however people still go to VT, UVA, W&M.

Every kid and every family is unique, that's why we have many options.

Another key word is CS.  CS major has the privilege that you can go pretty much anywhere.   [/quote]

I think the issue is that NYU doesn’t offer the small classes and personalized environment of most private colleges. It operates more on the scale of State U, so why pay triple the cost for the same thing?

I think the reason is that some of their undergraduate colleges and specialty majors are among the best. Stern College of Business, for example, has few peers and has unequaled access to Wall Street. Tisch School of the Arts is one of the Big 4 for film, all of its performing arts are great, and it has ready access to the NY theater and music scene. Engineering, on the other hand, is nothing special that you can’t get anywhere else.

So, NYU is a school where a consumer needs to be discerning. Worth the price for the right major but not for some others unless you have a lot of money and desperately want to be in Manhattan.[/quote]

My kid who attended NYU had small classes, excellent counseling (much more individual attention than my kid who attended Georgetown) and it was academically rigorous. I was actually very impressed by how much he grew at his time in NYU. He did not major in computer science so I'm not going to comment on that aspect, but academically, NYU is an excellent school.[/quote]

What was your kid’s major?[/quote]

Music - but my kid also had a lot of liberal arts classes (had a minor in liberal arts). I was very impressed with their English lit and foreign language departments.[/quote]

With a major in Music, it’s no surprise that your kid had small classes.[/quote]

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