<p>Just because of a great location, people at my school seem to think it's along the same lines as Tufts...</p>
<p>Only Stern lives up to its rep</p>
<p>A friend of my daughter was accepted at NYU, visited & hated it. He's going to the U of Deleware....& no it wasn't the city, he's visited NYC many times.</p>
<p>NYU is not "overrated", but it is on CC. In the real World, NYU is considered a very respectable university...nothing more and nothing less. Of course, NYU's Business, Law and Film schools are amazing, as are its Math and Philosophy departments. Economics and Political Science are also very respected. </p>
<p>However, NYU hurts on two fronts.</p>
<p>1) For a school of its size (roughly 40,000 students), its endowment of $1.5 billion is severely limiting. NYU is a private university and receives no money from the state, so its ability to raise money or to spend it on undergrads is seriously lacking.</p>
<p>2) NYU has very little campus life/spirit. If a student is seeking a "typical" college experience, NYU will not do.</p>
<p>This said, NYU can suit some students perfectly. Some students care nothing for campus life/school spirit. They simply want to get a degree from a reputable university while living an independent life in a major city. For those students, NYU is perfect.</p>
<p>Actually, NYU does receive money from the state. State aid to New York's private colleges is a long-standing practice. Colleges throughout the state depend on it and pointedly complain when the Governor's budget does give them what they want.</p>
<p>Oops. I mean to say "...when the budget does not.."</p>
<p>Hey question for Alexander:</p>
<p>From what I've read on other Forums you used to go to Georgetown prep in the DC area and you later went into IB as an econ major. What are you doing in Dubai now?</p>
<p>(Just out of curiosity)</p>
<p>probably doing something like HR ;)</p>
<p>Gomestar you sly devil you! LOL That's right, I am in Human Resources. I actually grew up in the UAE and my entire family lives in the Middle East, so this is where I belong.</p>
<p>P.S: I did go to Georgetown Prep in Rockville, MD.</p>
<p>My father went to NYU and hates it to this day. No campus, no spirit, zero financial aid, crappy dorm locations and environments, etc.</p>
<p>as far as "overrated" - i dont think the programs at NYU are overrated (much like Alexandre indicated), but rather students have overrated expectations of what the school is like. Princeton review released a survey calling NYU the "#1 dream school in the US." I think too many students place emphasis on "sweet dude, the campus is in NYC, that's really cool!" They dont see what they'll be missing out on as opposed to any other college.</p>
<p>Is it just me or am I the only one who just doesn't care for NYC and NYU? NYC doesnt impress me much, and NYU really has no campus and is extremely expensive. For that money and that GPA/SAT I would much rather go to USC/UCLA/Rice/Emory/Vandy/WF/ND/UC-B and a TON of other school.</p>
<p>And i'll be honest. I'd much rather go to where I'm going next year (UCONN) than NYU. Not to put NYU down or anything, but it's just not for me.</p>
<p>NYU-CAS is overrated, but I'd say NYU-Tisch is underrated.</p>
<p>A lot of people do tend to place it on a pedestal, which makes it mroe of a disappointment when they realize it isn't a "super-university," rising above all others. Doesn't work that way.</p>
<p>But as for the programs? C'mon. Overall, not overrated. Stern is top, CAS economics is great, the Philosophy department is #1 in the country, the English/writing programs are well-recognized, as is the Journalism program, the Drama department is one of the best, the Film/TV department is as well, and when you talk about post-undergrad, their law school is one of the top in the country as well. And I've heard the social work program is very good, too.</p>
<p>The location does factor in because of all the amazing internship opportunities NYC offers. Those often play an important role in a college's job of getting it's students ready for the real world. Now, I do agree that people who are wanting to go to NYU simply because of the cool location and how it's mixed in with the city, blah blah blah, have the wrong idea. NYU's not for everyone, but it's still a well-respected, high caliber school.</p>
<p>I think it depends on your major also, I've heard great things about the NYU film school, never really anything about a program like that at Tufts, so it's really up to the person.</p>
<p>NYU is overrated to some extent, in some programs and gets more applications than it would otherwise simply because it is trendy and is in New York. Likewise some schools are underrated because of location or lack of hip factor, such as Beloit, Ohio State, or Texas A&M. Having said that, it's still a world-class university with some awesome programs.</p>
<p>It seems to me that schools with good business schools - which NYU clearly has - are on the upswing. There appears to be significantly more interest in business schools than there are about English or history. So my own anecdotal guess is that NYU trades highly off Stern's reputation. I think it's one of the reasons GW - which often competes for the same students - is now beefing up its business school. </p>
<p>I'm not wild about NYU, but only for highly subjective reasons. The business majors are excellent, but the abilities of the non-Stern students have only been comparable to students from all the other schools.</p>
<p>To the OP, the reason you think that NYU seems to be overrated is because it is the most applied to school in the country. According to the Princeton Review, it is every student's "Dream School."
You could argue that certain parts of the academics aren't as high as some other schools, but nobody is saying that isn't true. NYU is the most popular school among high school students based on statistics.</p>
<p>dream school pre-college, anticlimactic once you're in... important to notice how people drop like flies here. including myself.</p>
<p>Actually UCLA not NYU is the most applied to school in the country.</p>