Anonymous wrote:NYU gets more than 120,000 apps a year. It's one of the most appealing schools in the world.

But for those shooting for the top schools, NYU occupies a weird space. Stern obviously gets the ambitious finance types - so gets smart students there.

But more broadly, NYU is not generally regarded as a top school. It's financial aid is said to be terrible - which makes it largely out of reach for smart MC and UMC students.

NYU is the poster child for rich kid school. And not everyone wants that environment, especially smart students that have tons of options.

Oddly enough, the favored SLACs here had significantly higher reported median family income than NYU in 2017 and there’s no reason to think that has changed.

Yet I rarely hear them called rich kids schools. Same for the elite Catholic schools like Notre Dame, BC, Georgetown and Villanova.

It's so expensive and I see it as a rich kid school and tough if you don't have all the money in the world for both tuition and going out. I love NYC but to me it's a better city for young professionals. Also not really a campus in the traditional sense.

Anonymous wrote:we see it as a ripoff. the gw of nyc.

Yep

Op do you have data to back up your theory or are you one of those adults who thinks that everything they experience is universal?

I for one know several HS grads from this area who chose NYC schools, including NYU. But I know my anecdote is not data.

Anonymous wrote:I’m from NY and many kids went to NYU. I went to NYU for grad school and had tons of international kids, kids from the west coast and Northeast.

Is it just unpopular from around here?

Popular school in terms of applications.

Hard to get in.

Could be sour grapes from DMV area kids ( and their PARENTS)who were rejected.

Anonymous wrote:Except for Stern, I don’t see much value there.

Really? It feels like people here are more salty rich kids exist than delivering an honest account of the school: Stern, Tisch, Mathematics, Creative Writing, economics, sociology, physics (particularly for those into cosmology), anthropology and psychology are particularly strong programs. Does it cheat a bit with its NY location? Sure, but that attracts top faculty members.

GW of NY is a good comparison.

I wrote my experience with my son who was interested in NYU until we visited and went on their “tour”.
No early action option. 14% admit rate for a super expensive school without even the ability to see a classroom or dining hall. No campus. Nursing school is uptown or in Brooklyn. Tisch is the only reason to consider NYU. My child is majoring in Business and it just doesn’t make financial sense to apply ED with a 92k price tag as a donut hole family.
SUNY flagships are great for 37k a year out of state.
You are paying for the name. At 92k a year, there are other options that you can apply EA and hope for merit aid.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m from NY and many kids went to NYU. I went to NYU for grad school and had tons of international kids, kids from the west coast and Northeast.

Is it just unpopular from around here?

It’s just expensive. Mostly a destination for private school kids. Most kids on the DMV attend public high schools, and UMCP/UVA/W&M/VT are more appealing than any of the SUNYs.

In short: there’s a lot more money in New York than in DC.

What do the SUNYs have to do with a private school in NYC?

Public school kids tend to go to public flagships.
NY state public flagship are the SUNY schools.
SUNYs are subpar to VIrginia state's flagships.
NYU is not a state flagship. It is a private institution.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m from NY and many kids went to NYU. I went to NYU for grad school and had tons of international kids, kids from the west coast and Northeast.

Is it just unpopular from around here?

It’s just expensive. Mostly a destination for private school kids. Most kids on the DMV attend public high schools, and UMCP/UVA/W&M/VT are more appealing than any of the SUNYs.

In short: there’s a lot more money in New York than in DC.

What do the SUNYs have to do with a private school in NYC?

Except for Stern, I don’t see much value there.

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Anonymous wrote:Actually the best point to sell is NY. If NYU was in another city, it will be much less popular.

NYC is about to turn into a violent sh!t hole war-zone under Mamdani. It is the last place I would send my child to study.

Agree. NYC seems like a terrible place for undergrad unless you’re a rich kid who likes to pretend to be a real adult.

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Anonymous wrote:we see it as a ripoff. the gw of nyc.

Ha, there’s some truth to this. Both are very expensive for what they are.

+1

Anonymous wrote:Actually the best point to sell is NY. If NYU was in another city, it will be much less popular.

NYC is about to turn into a violent sh!t hole war-zone under Mamdani. It is the last place I would send my child to study.

Anonymous wrote:we see it as a ripoff. the gw of nyc.

Ha, there’s some truth to this. Both are very expensive for what they are.