ABirch III

"I think you might end up getting a more diverse student body at NYU, in terms of economic diversity at least (LOT of rich kids at Penn), but I'm not sure about that one."

I'm not too sure about that. I know people at both NYU and Penn (I'll be going to NYU in the fall), and the amount of tuition charged is virtually the same at both schools. I don't think one is going to give you a more "diverse" student body than the other in terms of econmics. Both schools will be mostly composed of upper-middle class people, i.e. not the average 30K income but not billionaires either. Of course, at both schools, there will be a minority of people who are either working class or absurdly wealthy (e.g. Olsen twins at NYU), but I'd say the majority don't fall into these catagories.

Both are great schools, but I just don't think diversity should be the deciding factor between them, this isn't Bob Jones U vs. [insert extremely diverse college here].