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Anonymous wrote:NYU is now an elite, highly competitive college. NY college or Manhattan College or City University not so much

lol dont push it. NYU is a good college but it sure is not elite by any stretch of the word.

Their law school, Stern business school (undergrad and MBA), and Tisch performing arts are elite.

Uh..no.

Stern is #5 in the country for undergrad, 12# for MBA. Not too shabby.

Stern grads are the most insufferable gunners you can be around.

Would have to agree. Stern is chock-full of ivy rejects. The only ivy that ever loses a tiny number of cross admits to Stern is Cornell. They have a huge chip on their shoulder about it. This might contribute to the fact that they are the most intense and relentless strivers out there. Quite insufferable.

It's not necessarily easier to get a high GPA at a lower-ranked school. Some no-name state schools are difficult due to the relative lack of personal attention, fewer resources and bureaucracy. Plus, the kids who attend them don't usually have rich parents that threaten litigation when Larla gets a B+ instead of an A-.

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a silly and expensive gamble just to try to get into an IVY. Your daughter should pick a school she can see herself attending for 4 years and go there. It's amazing how often IVY dreams dissipate after kids have left home and pushy parents.

Oh yeah? Why was Obama so motivated to transfer to Columbia?

Sure, a lot of kids make friends and don't have the moxie to leave and start over. But aggressive kids never take their eye off the ball. A semester or two flies by. Transferring is easier if 1) kid has traveled a lot, as new environments don't spook them; and 2) they have friends from high school at the college they want to transfer into.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like a silly and expensive gamble just to try to get into an IVY. Your daughter should pick a school she can see herself attending for 4 years and go there. It's amazing how often IVY dreams dissipate after kids have left home and pushy parents.

They dissapate for the first 3 years at school then reappear when OCI is taking place junior/senior year and your friends get their pick of firms coming to campus

Boom. Nailed it.

NYU is very respectable. It is costly and the fact that it is right in the center of the village can be tempting so it is knowing your child and if she can handle peer pressure to party.

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a silly and expensive gamble just to try to get into an IVY. Your daughter should pick a school she can see herself attending for 4 years and go there. It's amazing how often IVY dreams dissipate after kids have left home and pushy parents.

They dissapate for the first 3 years at school then reappear when OCI is taking place junior/senior year and your friends get their pick of firms coming to campus

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Anonymous wrote:NYU is now an elite, highly competitive college. NY college or Manhattan College or City University not so much

lol dont push it. NYU is a good college but it sure is not elite by any stretch of the word.

Their law school, Stern business school (undergrad and MBA), and Tisch performing arts are elite.

Uh..no.

Stern is #5 in the country for undergrad, 12# for MBA. Not too shabby.

Stern grads are the most insufferable gunners you can be around.

NYU is a great safety and a respectable school if she has to remain until graduation.

Seems like a silly and expensive gamble just to try to get into an IVY. Your daughter should pick a school she can see herself attending for 4 years and go there. It's amazing how often IVY dreams dissipate after kids have left home and pushy parents.

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Anonymous wrote:NYU is now an elite, highly competitive college. NY college or Manhattan College or City University not so much

lol dont push it. NYU is a good college but it sure is not elite by any stretch of the word.

Their law school, Stern business school (undergrad and MBA), and Tisch performing arts are elite.

Uh..no.

Stern is #5 in the country for undergrad, 12# for MBA. Not too shabby.

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Anonymous wrote:NYU is now an elite, highly competitive college. NY college or Manhattan College or City University not so much

lol dont push it. NYU is a good college but it sure is not elite by any stretch of the word.

Their law school, Stern business school (undergrad and MBA), and Tisch performing arts are elite.

Uh..no.

This is a risky strategy.

And boy oh boy is it nice to have infinity money.

NYU only accepted 27% of its applicants last year.

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Anonymous wrote:Daughter was just rejected from the Ivy she wants to attend. An older girl she knows is at NYU for a year and just got into the Ivy she wants to attend. Wasn't sure if that was a common move. She doesn't want to do a gap year.

Of course there is no guarantee but if managed to get a very high GPA freshmen year at NYU she stands a chance. Also depends on which ivy you are talking about. If it HYP, the chances are close to nil. they take an insanely small number of transfers every year. If it is one of the other ones, her chances are quite better.

Penn.

Is Penn considered Ivy League? Isn't it a state school?

A simple google search with Penn as your sole keyword would have solved your question in 5 seconds, if it was in fact a genuine question and not trolling. Hard to know for sure because this is such basic stuff.

Agree with above, people who don't now this really lack sophistication. Not a good look. Also people who say a school is considered an ivy tend to be beyond clueless. The ivy league is a set group of 8 schools, how can a school be considered an ivy league? it is not subjective. A school either is or is not an ivy.

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Anonymous wrote:Daughter was just rejected from the Ivy she wants to attend. An older girl she knows is at NYU for a year and just got into the Ivy she wants to attend. Wasn't sure if that was a common move. She doesn't want to do a gap year.

Of course there is no guarantee but if managed to get a very high GPA freshmen year at NYU she stands a chance. Also depends on which ivy you are talking about. If it HYP, the chances are close to nil. they take an insanely small number of transfers every year. If it is one of the other ones, her chances are quite better.

Penn.

Is Penn considered Ivy League? Isn't it a state school?

The Ivy League is a defined group of eight schools. A school can't be "considered" any Ivy. It either is or it isn't. The University of Pennsylvania is in the Ivy League.