<p>not trying to troll here.But I was thinking this to myself whether USC and NYU were more or less equivalent schools. </p>
<p>i'll be posting this thread at USC's forum as well just to see what they have to say.</p>
<p>Beyphy,
It is interesting as a UCLA student you have such a fascination with visiting this board.</p>
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<p>i was actually genuinely curious. Btw, this is NYU’s forum.</p>
<p>beyphy, Assuming you are for real.</p>
<p>Both USC and NYU have similar strong programs in the arts, business and professional schools (the law schools come to mind). Also, recently, I found out from a CA friend whose niece attends USC that USC, like NYU, has grade deflation (maybe a more recent development for USC). My friend indicated that some parents are opting to let their kids go to one of the “easier” UCs where the grade curve is not so disadvantageous.</p>
<p>NYU has been known to have tough grade curves in classes at CAS, Stern, Tisch.</p>
<p>Beyond that, USC has very strong school spirit, especially through its football team, while NYU has a reputation of being weak in school spirit (may be hand in hand with the lack of emphasis on sports at NYU). However, from reading these threads, I can say that many individual students do have strong feelings for NYU and are enamored or grow enamored of the school. The settings are also quite different. USC has a wonderful, beautiful campus with plenty of sunshine year round while NYU has very cold winters and no real campus but buildings scattered throughout prime real estate neighborhoods of NYC. BUT NYU’s city setting is so much more vibrant than the not so hot neighborhood surrounding USC (students have worried about shootings on campus, as communicated to me by my friend). And, of course, you need the car everywhere outside of campus at USC, while NYU has its convenient access to a very efficient subway system.</p>
<p>There are some parallels, especially since both are private universities known for their very “exclusive” price tags (though USC appears to offer better financial aid packages overall than NYU). Both are great schools and both have their own strong following.</p>
<p>yeah, i thought that the two were pretty equivalent. Good to know, thanks!</p>
<p>The State of New York, like the State of California, has 4 prominent universities. 2 Private and 2 Public (or 1.5). </p>
<p>When solely comparing the universities within these two states, the follow paraelles are usually made. </p>
<p>Columbia and Stanford (Both top 5 privates and considered truly elite. Slight edge to Stanford)</p>
<p>Cornell and Berkeley (Although Cornell is primarily a private institution, its contract colleges are part of the SUNY system. Both universities are elite in most fields.)</p>
<p>NYU and USC (Large private universities with equally large alumni network in America’s two largest cities. Also, both are going through an aggressive financial and academic campaigns. USC currently has an significant lead.)</p>
<p>Binghamton and UCLA (Leading public universities. Significant edge to UCLA)</p>
<p>Whoa hold on^^, Cornell and Berkeley are not equivalent. It is SO much harder to get into cornell than it is to berkely, i live on the east coast and people get into berkley but not into cornell, berkelies not that hard to get into. Id say NYU and Berkeley are equivalent. Mabey its because i live on the east coast, and cornell berkley acceptance is reversed on the west coast? idk but nyu definatly has business, dance, and nuero-science/chemistry to hold it up.</p>
<p>Although Berkeley does seem to be easier to get accepted into, I’d say that on a pure academic scale, it is easily at least as good as Cornell, especially in the science fields where it is often ranked either with or above even the higher-level ivies.</p>
<p>i can believe Cornell and Berkeley. As well as stanford and columbia, and usc and nyu.</p>
<p>but i’ve never even heard of Binghamton. Do people really compare it to UCLA? even on best public unis. ranking, UCLA was #2, and binghamton was like 39. Not that that means much, but i would just find it surprising if the two were compared with one another.</p>
<p>Also, you’re forgetting about Caltech, which if isn’t at Stanford’s level, is only slightly under it. (Caltech’s usually compared with MIT) The only school that NY has that could be compared to caltech is maybe Rensselaer (although i imagine Caltech destroys Rensselaer in rankings)</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone was saying that Binghamton was anywhere close to UCLA’s level. I think it was just brought up because it is pretty much the best public NY has to offer and thus compared to UCLA which was the best (after UCB).</p>
<p>And slight oversight in leaving out the excellent Claremont Colleges, especially Harvey Mudd and Pomona, in Cali.</p>
<p>Don’t forget Cooper Union in NYC, which is comparable to Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>Just wondering, what does the New School compare to? Is there a west-coast equivalent for it? Maybe like UCSC or something?</p>