<p>NYU seems like a great school in a lot of aspects. It has quite a few very popular and strong schools (art, business, etc) and is smack in the middle of NYC, which seems to be an incredible location. It is a private institution, and also very expensive. </p>
<p>What does NYU lack that prevents it from being a highly regarded school? I know it's not really important, but I'm just curious tonight :P</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>If it were ranked higher, other higher universities such as Duke, Cornell, or Rice would be ranked lower and thats not possible. thats why</p>
<p>Treat the rankings with a very large grain of salt. One criteria that seems to play a large part is the 'peer assessment'...where other schools rank you based on whatever criteria they think is important - and UNNWR, that is 25% of the score. Look closely at the components - some you'll find are very useful, some useless: </p>
<p>I afree with CT2010.</p>
<p>People put way too much weight on these college rankings.</p>
<p>NYU is easier to get into than schools such as Duke, Cornell...etc, and NYU has a high rate of people that transfer to other schools because they want a more traditional college atmosphere. Both of which hurt NYU's ranking.</p>
<p>However, about 20-30 years ago, NYU was mostly a commuter school. NYU has come a long way, and is making great improvements. It is consistantly ranked america's top dream school, and has been making its way up the rankings.</p>
<p>Give it time.</p>
<p>I also think the size of the school has something to do with the rankings. Very hard to go to the highest level of selectivity and fill this many spots.</p>
<p>We also have a crappy endowment (a billion and some is a lot, but not if the school has 50,000 students) and financial aid...</p>
<p>The education offere in NYU is great, but the students seem to dislike it because of financial aid or class size. US news over emphasis on the students happlyness.</p>
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<li>not being able to meet financial needs</li>
<li>way too many students.</li>
<li>many people transfer</li>
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<p>basically what everyone else says.
also this is just my personal opinion. but it seems to me like nyu accepts anyone who can afford to pay the tuition with no aid. and also nyu tends to accept people with 'average' stats, unlike the other schools who really only accept the best of the best.</p>
<p>Mostly the size.</p>
<p>NYU is the largest private university currently existing, enrolling over three times the amount many Ivies do.</p>
<p>It's harder to pick students/rank highly when you have to fill so many spots. Given all the significant fixed costs involved when maintaining so many dorms and other buildings in one of the best parts of the city, they need to keep the number of students up to keep money flowing in.</p>
<p>They can't afford to be selective.</p>
<p>Selectivity is all relative. While they are no where near as selective as the ivies, they are pretty selective.</p>
<p>They get something like 40,000 applicants a year, and accept about 26-29% of them.</p>
<p>It takes alot of time to get signifcant alumni donations. They need to keep building up their support base over time, and as their reputation improves so will the donors.</p>
<p>Stern has alot of donors because of all the people that make alot of money on wall street and decided to give some back to the school. CAS and the other schools at NYU do not get such generous donations.</p>
<p>NYU IS a highly regarded school. The international version of US News and World Report's rankings, which originates in China, recently ranked it the 38th best university in the WORLD.<br>
This year, NYU had over 37,000 applicants and accepted 24% of them. In some schools within NYU, specifically Tisch and Stern, these rates are much lower. Tisch Drama had 2000 applicants and 200 spots. Tisch and Stern are considered among the best theatre and business schools on the planet! And the school is just getting better every year!</p>
<p>Thank god!
Was getting worried about the rankings and how it may affect my career...!</p>
<p>Yea, worrying how your school's rankings might affect your career is a rather shortsighted approach to evaluating your college education.</p>
<p>financial aid and alumni giving.</p>
<p>All of the reasons above, plus, from my experience, some of the professors here aren't so great (although I've had a few amazing ones).</p>
<p>The graduate/law schools, on the other hand, outshine undergrad in every aspect.</p>