More prestige NYU or UCLA?

College Search & Selection
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<p>OK, so I got accepted to NYU and UCLA but I dunno where to go!!! AHHH</p>

<p>I'm oos for UCLA (live in NY) so cost won't matter. Even though I like UCLA, people seem to think that it's nothing but a jock school while the mentality for NYU is a school for gay people (which is totally wrong). </p>

<p>I like NYU because: great atmosphere, close to home, east coast, great undergrad.</p>

<p>UCLA: west coast, the whole Hollywood scene, I want to go somewhere new but I'm scared that of what'll happened if something goes wrong since the furtherest place I've been to is DC.</p>

<p>That said, both schools seems superficial and materialistic. I got no clue where I want to go. Where one is internationally and locally well known, prestige, better job placement. Which one is the better school?</p>

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<p>Although i would give UCLA the nod in terms of overall prestige, i would choose NYU if you plan to live and work in the northeast after graduation. If you want to work anywhere else (especially on the west coast) then choose UCLA.</p>

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<p>Agred, UCLA will get you a great job in LA, NYU will be better for NYC. That said, I think UCLA is infinitely better overall. Much more of a real college experience. NYU is missimg much of what makes college great.</p>

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<p>California is warmer.</p>

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<p>I don't like NYU because, in my opinion, it lacks an actual college campus. Also, NYU has so much red tape in terms of things like financial aid and travel abroad opportunities. I think UCLA is overall the better pick in terms of college experience, prestige, and location.</p>

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<p>If you were going into Business or something with the arts, I'd say NYU tops it. Stern and Tisch are just amazing schools, and you're in one of the best (in my opinion) cities in the world. I personally would LOVE to go to NYU, but due to lack of money, I can not. </p>

<p>If you want a "real" college experience, UCLA will probably give you that. NYU lacks a campus, and some people like it, some people hate it. </p>

<p>In terms of overall prestige, both are roughly equal in my opinion. I personally rank them in a top tier school, with middle rankings in the top tier (if that makes ANY sense at all) so I think that's really not much of a factor</p>

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<p>UCLA cept for NYU Stern.</p>

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<p>I like UCLA for everything..</p>

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<p>I would have to say UCLA.</p>

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<p>if you live/work (or eventually will) in the northeast, nyu will be more prestigious.
if you live/work (or eventually will) on the west coast, ucla will be more prestigious.</p>

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<p>i agree with huskem--it would depend on where you're going to live.</p>

<p>congratulations! :)</p>

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<p>i am struggling with the same thing, though there is a huge cost factor sicne as as a californian, la is so much cheaper! i love nyc so much more than la tho and awould much rather work there.</p>

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<p>I think in general, NYU nationally has a higher perceived level of prestige, but I feel people that know a bit about colleges would say UCLA has more prestige or is a better school. Though the words "prestige and better" seem to be synonymous on this forum.</p>

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<p>Same thing really.</p>

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<p>Let me ask it a new way. If you saw a purse in the store, would you pay 8 times more for it than the customer next to you? </p>

<p>Does it bother you that at UCLA your family will pay $40k while sitting next to you another family pays $5k for the exact same education?</p>

<p>Sooo, how do they get that UCLA education pricetag down to $5k for Californians, anyway? (psst answer: state taxes, to take care of California kids, and they do a GREAT job like our SUNY's do here). </p>

<p>Maybe they get the pricetag down by huge class sizes. If you find that you're often in great big classes with hundreds of students at UCLA, but NYU generally keeps classes at 30 or below, then it seems to me you're getting more for your money at NYU, like 8 x 5 = 40, so EIGHT times more for your money. </p>

<p>You're not footing the bill but don't you wonder about paying 40K for a the same program that your roommate will pay 5K for. ""Follow the money"" and find out what's going on.</p>

<p>If you decide UCLA is eight times better than NYU, then for a New Yorker, UCLA is a good deal. But is it 8 times better? Because they're charging you 8 times more than your roommate...so it had better be 8 times better in your mind than NYU.</p>

<p>Or, spinning the argument around again, if you go to NYU, you just made that $40K of tuition worth $ 320K to your family (8 x $40K).</p>

<p>320K annually worth of value would forgive the occasional blah class lecture or nuisancey problem down on 4th Street. </p>

<p>Just a different way to analyze your choice.</p>

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<p>Depends on what you plan to study, IMO.</p>

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<p>"Let me ask it a new way. If you saw a purse in the store, would you pay 8 times more for it than the customer next to you?</p>

<p>Does it bother you that at UCLA your family will pay $40k while sitting next to you another family pays $5k for the exact same education?</p>

<p>Sooo, how do they get that UCLA education pricetag down to $5k for Californians, anyway? (psst answer: state taxes, to take care of California kids, and they do a GREAT job like our SUNY's do here).</p>

<p>Maybe they get the pricetag down by huge class sizes. If you find that you're often in great big classes with hundreds of students at UCLA, but NYU generally keeps classes at 30 or below, then it seems to me you're getting more for your money at NYU, like 8 x 5 = 40, so EIGHT times more for your money.</p>

<p>You're not footing the bill but don't you wonder about paying 40K for a the same program that your roommate will pay 5K for. ""Follow the money"" and find out what's going on.</p>

<p>If you decide UCLA is eight times better than NYU, then for a New Yorker, UCLA is a good deal. But is it 8 times better? Because they're charging you 8 times more than your roommate...so it had better be 8 times better in your mind than NYU.</p>

<p>Or, spinning the argument around again, if you go to NYU, you just made that $40K of tuition worth $ 320K to your family (8 x $40K).</p>

<p>320K annually worth of value would forgive the occasional blah class lecture or nuisancey problem down on 4th Street.</p>

<p>Just a different way to analyze your choice."</p>

<p>I don't get your logic</p>

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<p>nyu is more prestigious</p>

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<p>I have never been to NYU before, i'm only been to NYC, but here's my take on UCLA: I visited UCLA a few weekends ago, and I thought it was an okay campus. nothing too special, and it only looks pretty in the brochures b/c they only show one side of campus. if you're going to major in the sciences, North campus is CRAP (the buildings remind me of insane asylums); if you're majoring in humanities, South campus is definitely pretty (it's what you would expect a college campus to be, red brick buildings, etc.). The food is pretty good, but it's still cafeteria food, and the dorm rooms are cramped. the surrounding town (westwood) is quaint but pretty small compared to NYC. As for classes: I sat in for two UCLA classes (bio1 and some higher level math discussion), and I was pretty indifferent about it....bio 1 is in a huge 200+ people lecture hall with 5 TA's, and the math discussion was led by a TA that wasn't good at explaining things(the people in the class didn't understand him)......well, hope this helps if you haven't visited UCLA yet!</p>

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<p>If you're going for business or the arts, you can't get much better than NYU. Oh, and you'll be in the greatest *<strong><em>ing city in the world. L.A. is a *</em></strong>hole, in my humble opinion.</p>

<p>In terms of prestige, I'd say NYU. UCLA may be higher ranked, but NYU is the better known school (#1 dream school in the country four years in a row) and rising fast. Also, NYU gets more popular and harder to get into every year. Pretty soon it'll be one of the most selective institutions in the country.</p>