<p>I was wondering if perhaps the SATs at NYU are relatively low because of the size and the abundance of arts and media schools, and if many students at NYU are actually ivy-level students that wanted to be in New York and were discontented with Columbia’s Core Curriculum/elitism.</p>
<p>No offense, but I don’t think NYU is full of ivy league kids…I like the school a lot, but its not nearly on the same level as the Ivies.</p>
<p>However, NYU’s reputation has been improving for the past few years.</p>
<p>Do you go there?</p>
<p>I don’t necessarily mean Ivy League, but more academically talented than the school’s SAT range would indicate.</p>
<p>IVY kids are only at IVY SCHOOLS. Now about NYU…many kids who didn’t get into an IVY school are at NYU…does that make them not as smart? Does that mean that NYU has a lesser intellectual quality of applicant? NO NO and NO</p>
<p>I think it depends on the school at NYU. The students at Stern are likely to have very high scores and may well have chosen NYU over an Ivy. Students at Tisch are accepted not just on grades and scores, but I know several who definitely were IVY caliber but wanted specifically to go to Tisch for its film or drama program, since few Ivies offer this. On the whole, though, the students at Ivies have higher scores. Some of them are smarter, some just studied harder. Most of the kids accepted at Ivies from our school are recruited athletes. While NYU might not have as many top notch students as say, UPenn, there are still plenty of smart kids there for you to hang out with, if that is where you choose to go.</p>
<p>Gee thanks for the kick to Ben Franklin again…</p>
<p>NYU might have some ivy-level kids, but i do not believe that it’s full of ivy students. I know a few students at NYU, and they’re far from what i’d call ivy material … in fact, i thought NYU was alot harder to get into than what their stats reflected. Not only that, but they’re doing extremely well and partying hard. I figured NYU would be alot more difficult than what they say it is. </p>
<p>I think it’s a great school in a wonderful city, but it’s not like the ivies.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Many kids who go to NYU want to be in NYC. It is a great experience to be in school there that is for certain.</p>
<p>^^^ cheers to that…</p>
<p>And no gusgooz…I don’t go to NYU…</p>
<p>Haha…re-reading the message I wrote, I realize that I made it look like I am a student at NYU…sry about that…</p>
<p>as a school, a lot of the kids here arnt “ivy league level”. however, i think a lot of the stern kids are up there, cornell level at least. As for Tischies, they are just very talented, something SAT scores can’t measure.</p>
<p>I completely agree</p>
<p>Im hoping it isnt, because I want to be one of those said Tischies.</p>
<p>I’m a prospective student who will be applying next year but I had the good fortune to meet a former Assistant Dean at Tisch at a family gathering recently. What he told me was that it is a common misconception that Tisch kids get in with lower stats than other applicants. In most years that he worked there (up until last year), their accepted students had SAT scores and gpa’s which were close to Stern’s accepted students. This was especially true for the drama students. So yeah, just an anecdote but from a reliable source which I thought was interesting.</p>
<p>I think you’ll find that there are certainly some kids at NYU who could have gone to an Ivy League school. There are some from my h/s who chose NYU for particular reasons. Not everyone wants to attend an Ivy, and there are differences, other than core curriculum between NYU and Columbia.</p>
<p>If it helps at all, I’m applying for my MA/PhD in poli sci, and NYU is higher on my list than most Ivies.</p>
<p>It’s a good school, there’s no doubt.</p>
<p>My roomie who’s a film major got 790 on verbal, i wont mention his math. I know it doesn’t prove much but it seems like every Tischie has been in some production/their own movie/their own agent</p>
<p>there are definitely ivy-caliber students here who wanted to attend a less pretentious school. one of my close friends is a very witty national debater who chose nyu over uchicago and georgetown. i’ve met some very intelligent and driven people who have done amazing things. as a theatre major, i’ve met directors of plays and musicals who are graduating the same year i am. i’ve met artistic geniuses. i’ve met people who have fundraised more than $10,000 for a worthy cause. there are kids here from vietnam and india and brazil and all places around the world.</p>
<p>however, a lot of these amazing students are concentrated in certain departments. there are some competitive majors with really outstanding kids in each school. everyone here knows how to party though just as much as the ivy league kids party (and they do that a LOT. i would know.). college students procrastinate in general and i love the whole non-pretentious environment here (tisch might be an exception). </p>
<p>the kids here are awesome. period. some of the most diverse people you’ll ever meet. college kids at the top schools are for the most part very bright yet lead normal lives.</p>
<p>Hey I’d just like to let you know to be wary about what you read about NYU here on CC. I’m not sure why, but there are a lot of stereotypes and animosities towards NYU students from people who haven’t really been here.</p>
<p>Basically this could be expected from people who come form smaller private universities, because due to the population size of the school, anything you witness here is to be amplified 10-fold. The demographic percentages here of interests is pretty much the same as anywhere else, but when you come here if you hang out with someone of a particular interest (say a party-er), due to the sheer size of the university you easily spend a lot of time here without seeing the other 95% of the school.</p>
<p>Also as for other questions about NYU, you actually have to remember that it is a mix of schools under NYU. The undergraduate schools are:</p>
<p>CAS (College of Arts and Sciences, my home as a math major)
Stern (Business School)
Tisch (Dramatic Arts school)
Steinhart (The Miscellenous School, includes Education, Music, and anything that doesn’t fit into other schools)
School of Social Work (uh I don’t know anyone here)
School of Nursing (small, 40 kids entering class)</p>
<p>Thats about it I believe. So anyway. As a Tisch student, you will definitely be working with top students in the country (as it comes to films and dramatic arts). If you guys want more info from someone actually here, you can e-mail <a href="mailto:bobbysimpi@yahoo.com">bobbysimpi@yahoo.com</a> since I don’t stop at CC often.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the info! It makes me feel better about applying to nyu - I’m applying to Stern and I simply love everything about it. I feel that in my mind, it is second to only Wharton (which I don’t stand a chance at.) But one of the things I was worried about was that I won’t be able to find very intellectual people at NYU. I was thinking all I’ll find are people who party…or who aren’t extremely smart, etc. The truth is, I like to have intellectual conversations and stuff, yet I REALLY want to have a party-experience in college. Do you think I can get both of those from NYU?</p>