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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which is harder to get into?

How likely would NYU be for my DS - full pay, solid B, 1250, early decision?

DS is planning to apply to Oberlin if he gets rejected from NYU.

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I know I'm generalizing here, and may just plain be partly wrong.

My feeling is that NYU still has a reputation for being a school for unserious trust fund babies. But, if it's so hard to get into, maybe getting good grades there is pretty hard.

If a student might have to work hard to get good grades at an expensive school with an iffy academic reputation, maybe the student would be better off at a different school.

Example: If what your son likes about NYU is the idea of going to a private school in the middle of New York, how about the New School? It looks as if the average SAT score for the New School is about 1200.

If your son is more business-oriented, PACE University has an average SAT score of about 1100, and it has a campus right by City Hall in New York.[/quote]

NYU had 75,000 applicants for the class of 2018 and a 19% acceptance rate. The median SAT was 1440 and the typical student had an A/A- average. Some posters have dated information. Getting into NYU has gotten significantly harder over the last 5 years.
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Wow. I went to NYU years ago, class of 1993; there were many bright kids, but also many who weren’t particularly studious or intellectual; I think it’s gotten much harder to get in since I was there.
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