<p>Which one is more well known</p>
<p>Cooper Union is renown when it comes to engineering, but it’s mostly depends on what your majoring in and what environment you like more.</p>
<p>To be honest, I have asked a lot of people about Cooper Union and they are like what is that college?? NYU seems to be more well known, at least, in my town. However, Cooper Union is extremely tough to get into- I think they have below a 10% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Cooper Union used to give out free tuitions if you got in, but I’m pretty sure they’re stopping that this year (lol all the money must be gone)!</p>
<p>Regardless, they are both terrific schools that anyone will succeed in.</p>
<p>Cooper Union hands down. We call NYU the noisy neighbour. NYU is a huge expensive party. Even with half the tuition Cooper is still a way better education and better deal in the same great location. You get to use NYU’s facilities anyway like their library and gym if you are on sports. Cooper would be more or a filtered college where you would have like minded people if you are bright. You are able to carry out your own ideas your own projects and there is big room for collaboration. Lots of students leave Cooper starting their own businesses, getting high paid jobs and getting into the top ivys if they wish to pursue graduate school.</p>
<p>They are both fantastic schools. I think it may matter more in terms of what your intended major is. I’m not sure Cooper has the same international reputation, or even national name recognition, as NYU. However, in your specific area of interest, Cooper may have equal lr greater cachet. You should try to visit both and sit in on classes if that’s permitted. It will also help you receive more replies if you can be ore specific in your post about your intended area of study.</p>
<p>NYU is world renowned, and it is not a huge Party school. The courses are rigorous and engaging. Its morE like the students study hard and they party hard. Not everyone!!! My daughter graduated there 2012 and we have never regretted that decision.</p>
<p>In Arts, Architecture, and Engineering, Cooper Union is a far better school than NYU, not even close.</p>
<p>Cooper Union is more prestigious, but it is very specific to its fields.</p>
<p>Cooper is arguably MIT level when it comes to engineering.
Low cost of tuition (half tuition) and below 10% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>99% job rate and 100% grad placement = Cooper
Cooper is not even close to NYU. Cooper should be compared to MIT, Carnegie, CalTech and its peers
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<p>it is all about “fit”. Visit both- too important a decision to make without getting a sense of what feels right, as well as drilling down to the specific area of interest and seeing how they compare. Students make huge mistakes every year by trying to go for what “has more prestige” rather than looking at where they will be happy. It’s what you do with your time in college that will make the larger difference. They are both fine schools, but walking out the door in 4 years with a degree from one rather than the other will not make your future. You have to be happy and feel like you “fit” to make it work well and to take advantage of the opportunities. Examine the curriculum at both schools, visit campus, talk to other students in your area of interest, what else is happening on campus besides classes, etc. and, for the record, kids unfortunately “party” everywhere- to a quite ridiculous extent in many cases. No school is immune. Don’t be swayed by generalizations.</p>
<p>Just because they are neighbors, I don’t understand the prestige question and how it is even a relevant question.</p>
<p>Cooper offers engineering on a world class level. NYU, though building it’s department through it’s merger with Poly, is not there yet. Architecture is not even offered at NYU, so no comparison there.</p>
<p>Both schools offer art on a high caliber level, but not sure about Cooper’s program. I can say D is very happy studying studio art at NYU. She is a sculpture concentration and her professors are all part of the contemporary art scene in NYC. The program also is very strong on learning about art in the context of society, so lots of reading and writing to go along with studio time. Plus lots of requirements in the liberal arts and sciences for a well balanced education.</p>
<p>As for prestige in one’s home town…I really don’t think that counts for much. People may be able to list Harvard as a good school, but many get a little shaky after that and seriously don’t know the names of many academically prestigious schools or programs. NYU has prestige as being a “cool” school, but it is far from being a party school. And I certainly would not discount its many academically or talent based programs that are world class.</p>
<p>So my short answer is that both schools are prestigious to those in the know.</p>
<p>What counts is how prestigious a school is in terms of the success of it’s graduates and where they’ve gone on to work , study or teach.</p>