I got a very good consulting job out of nyu, but regular arts and sciences, not stern. The NYU career services office is extremely helpful. The recruiting they set up in the fall of senior year is very robust. If that's what you really care about, I would go with nyu.

I’m an NYU graduate and whenever I went on internship or job interviews, the recruiters always told me they preferred NYU students over Columbia, saying they had better life skills. Take that as you wish.

these two schools on entirely different trajectories - NYU a hot school and Columbia is very meh

NYU and schools like USC and Northeastern, are wicked popular, and only slightly behind the exploding interest in Duke, Vandy, and more surprisingly, other SEC schools like Tenn, Ga, and Fla. This generation of kids os not as tied to prestige - and when they are, look squarely at mom and dad for instilling that attitude and belief set. Duke, NYU, or Vandy over the lesser ivies like Columbia and Cornell all day long folks

Duke wins

Anonymous wrote:This is so surprising to me. Back in the day, the elite ws firms preferred ivy to anyone else.

How did nyu pull this off? I am genuinely curious. Are they providing a more useful, relevant, or rigorous education? Do they provide better networking events? What have they done?

NYU is full of well-connected and rich kids and has some very strong graduate programs. Edge still to Columbia overall but Stern is right there.

Anonymous wrote:I finally know why this board has so many hostile statements against Columbia. Lots of them must be from NYU affiliates, just like the answers of this topic.

NYU graduate here. Compared to Columbia, although NYU has moved up from being a commuter school in the 1970s, there is a chip on the shoulder, we're just as good as Columbia mentality. Some, not all. But isn't any school rivalry the same?

I finally know why this board has so many hostile statements against Columbia. Lots of them must be from NYU affiliates, just like the answers of this topic.

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Anonymous wrote:NYU Stern offers a business major; Columbia does not and is focused more on the liberal arts as a whole in general so not as pre-professional.

Is engineering pre-professional?

I would like to know this question as well. Is the engineering program at Columbia pre-professional?

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Anonymous wrote:DS asked me to "ask the DC ladies" if NYU Stern is better than Columbia these days.

Assuming that this is regarding undergraduate--not MBA--school, NYU Stern is better for one seeking a career in finance, consulting, or just about any other business specialty.

The real vs perceived MBA difference between the two schools is not substantial. Columbia is always going to have the Ivy pedestal, but GMAT scores are pretty much identical and both have numerous successful graduates.

Anonymous wrote:NYU Stern offers a business major; Columbia does not and is focused more on the liberal arts as a whole in general so not as pre-professional.

Is engineering pre-professional?

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Anonymous wrote:“ How did nyu pull this off? I am genuinely curious. Are they providing a more useful, relevant, or rigorous education? Do they provide better networking events? What have they done?”

Location, location, location.

Location, Playing the USNews rating game, location.

No school played like Ivies.

They invented ED, EA, all sort of tactics.

It's so funny that now those schools have high positions, other schools are blamed for 'gaming'.

NYU Stern offers a business major; Columbia does not and is focused more on the liberal arts as a whole in general so not as pre-professional.

Anonymous wrote:“ How did nyu pull this off? I am genuinely curious. Are they providing a more useful, relevant, or rigorous education? Do they provide better networking events? What have they done?”

Location, location, location.

Location, Playing the USNews rating game, location.

Anonymous wrote:This is so surprising to me. Back in the day, the elite ws firms preferred ivy to anyone else.

How did nyu pull this off? I am genuinely curious. Are they providing a more useful, relevant, or rigorous education? Do they provide better networking events? What have they done?

Just like any other elite schools.

Back in the days, so called elite schools had 30-70% acceptance rates.

NYU Stern is very large. Approx 2800 undergraduates.