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<p>I like that line. heh.</p>
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I chose NYU over Columbia, Carnegie Mellon, and Cornell. Why? Because my passion and intended major is art. To me, the quality of my ART education is far more important than reputation or whatever. Columbia has a great science and english department. That's great, but does that help me? No. People go to different universities for different reasons. I like NYU for its prestigious art programs, location, and opportunities. You really can't be in a better location for the arts than in Greenwich.
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<p>Um...why didn't you choose Cooper Union, SVA or Pratt, which are in equally good locations (in, respectively, the Village and, for the latter, Brooklyn...you give yourself away as an out of towner by referring to the area as "Greenwich," a term reserved for a certain wealthy town in CT) for art and are actually, well, art schools?</p>
<p>"I have not found this to be true. If anything, NYU's student body skews slightly more hipster and "art school," but it's more like Columbia than the CUNY schools mentioned, or Pace, primarily because of the socioeconomic status and primarily suburban background of their students, which are roughly equivalent."</p>
<p>I disagree, although NYU sudents primarily share a similar socio-economical status to those at Columbia; their students tend to share an identicle day-to-day lifestyle with those at the CUNY and Pace. All of the students there pretty much share the same urban evironment. Columbia students tend to be a bit more removed (figuratively speaking) in comparison. I'd probably have some difficulty distinguishing the CUNY, Pace, NYFA and FIT students from one another simply based on appearence and personality, however (generally speaking of course) I could probably pick the Columbia student out in a heartbeat.</p>
<p>I wrote a reply but decided to delete it.</p>
<p>In my experience as a Columbia student and friend of several NYU students, there is no debating that the Columbia student is more intellectual. Now that's not a value judgment - it's just that Columbia attracts students who like reading the Great Books and studying multiple fields in the arts and sciences. NYU students, on the other hand, seem to be more preoccupied with the romance of living in New York. From what I've seen, academics are completely secondary to the NYU "student."</p>
<p>There are, I'm sure, exceptions to this. Just as Columbia has some jocks who are simply punching their respective tickets, NYU doubtlessly has true scholars whose passion for knowledge mirrors that of Columbians'.</p>
<p>Finally, the "dream school" argument is hardly applicable to a debate about a school's quality.</p>
<p>In my experience, it seemed more and more the case that a typical NYU student would put fun and drinking over anything academic. Furthermore, I see that a lot of the scholarly NYU students tend to sense this and this attributes to a high percentage of students transferring out of the school.</p>
<p>goyoungha, not true.</p>
<p>Then maybe you'd like to support that statement? I am speaking from personal experience with many NYU students. Who are you to denounce my opinion?</p>
<p>WHO GOES THERE AND CHALLENGES THE WILL OF SAURON? I WILL CRUSH YOU.</p>
<p>...for god's sake, take yourself less seriously. The first two sentences did just fine.</p>
<p>God bless Denzera's online mocking.</p>
<p>I once saw a kid kill himself at NYU. While it's happened at Columbia, I haven't personally witnessed it yet. Point: Columbia.</p>
<p>WHy is this thread still active? </p>
<p>Aside from Tisch... can one really compare academics between NYU and Columbia? I'd go as far as to suggest that even the average IB-hopeful at Columbia has equal if not better chance than the NYU Stern undergraduate looking for an INvestment Banking position. </p>
<p>And for applying to Law school/Medical school... Columbia has NYU far beat.</p>
<p><em>shrug</em> That works too.</p>
<p>NYU has Two Boots pizza. Columbia has koronets.</p>
<p>Point: NYU. Unless you just smoked an ounce of pot.</p>
<p>LOLLLL Window Shopping, that's a really really profound point. You could probably argue your whole case on that ... hehehehehe</p>
<p>(But wow, that's really scary man... You saw death...)</p>
<p>I am in NYC so I am familiar with the two universities.</p>
<p>Here in NYC, with the exception of law, business, and creative arts, Columbia is seen as the superior university. I know NYU outranks Columbia in some subjects, such as philosophy; but such information is irrelevant to many New York City residents.</p>
<p>Many New York City residents will be more impressed when you tell them you attend or attended Columbia as opposed to NYU. </p>
<p>Nonetheless, this comparison shows how much NYU has come in my view.</p>
<p>Years ago, NYU would not even be considered in the same category as Columbia -- in any field.</p>
<p>I'm a bit disillusioned by the immaturity of people arguing for or against a school. It's so discomforting to see people constantly using ranks as a factor, or saying x is more superior than y. Prestige isnt everything. Both schools have a very different personality, and some would prefer one over the other for personal reasons aside from prestige. Theres no point in attending a school if you don't find that yourself happy there no matter how prestigous the school is. Although NYU may be "way overrated" in the most general of the sense, I also feel a lot of their programs are underrated. You can probably ask any New Yorker, or tourist on Broadway, and they probably would not know of NYU being tops in Philosophy, Applied Math, Law (I mean it's respectable once you get into the field but everyone tends to think it's just a Film School), Finance, etc. </p>
<p>In the end, both schools are great and if you just want to judge how great a school is by their admissions rate and nothing else, then theres no doubt Columbia wins. </p>
<p>Also to the OP, you're also asking a bunch of Columbia students (or Columbia prospectives) what/how they feel about their own school.</p>
<p>Sorry truazn8948532, but NYU law is usually ranked higher than Columbia law. Same with business and art, obviously.</p>
<p>And I take back what I say about Cornell being better than NYU in most aspects. I think they're probably comparable in most aspects except for business, art, law, etc. in which NYU excels.</p>
<p>I agree with the fact that NYU is better at Undergraduate Business and Film. Their business and film programs are awesome. Columbia rocks at everything else. XD</p>
<p>Yes, NYU is better than Columbia at Undergraduate Business, as it is better at everything it has that Columbia doesn't.</p>