<p>Amen to NuclearPakistan. If anything, NYU’s ranked too low in the USN rankings due to its terrible financial aid and deceptively high acceptance rate. Therefore, on CC it’s highly underestimated, since people here can’t see past numbers. In academia, NYU has a number of programs on par with if not better than those at Columbia, so I don’t see how it’s a “pathetic #2”. </p>
<p>And in terms of social life, NYU absolutely owns Columbia. Greenwich Village >>>>>>>> Morningside Heights. Columbia’s pretty much in the ghetto. Maybe it’s just my NYU bias, but I don’t see what is so wonderful about Columbia, beyond it’s Ivy League status, which is becoming more and more irrelevant. In terms of an “Ivy League” urban experience, I think Penn completely trumps Columbia. I’m not trying to say that Columbia’s a bad school. It’s a great school, but I just think it’s overrated.</p>
<p>btw saying NYU’s pathetic at engineering is absurd. there’s no basis for comparison since it doesn’t have engineering…</p>