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<p>NYU was never ranked by USNews before 1996 or 13 years ago and has consistently been ranked among the top 35 schools in the nation.</p>
<p>1996: #36
1997: #35
1998: #34
1999: #35
2000: #34
2001: #33
2002: #32
2003: #35
2004: #35
2005: #32
2006: #37
2007: #34
2008: #34
2009: #33</p>
<p>The only schools that really shot up were UPenn and WashU according to [U.S</a>. News Rankings Through the Years](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/stats/usnews/]U.S”>http://chronicle.com/stats/usnews/) </p>
<p>UPenn went from being the worst Ivy to middle tier Ivy in less than two decade (cough cough, financial resources gaming!) Don’t get me started with WUSTL… 
jk.</p>