Unless it will change down the road, NYU wants early commitments, which is somewhat unrealistic since most of the kids are looking at the northeast LAC’s which are a much slower process.
I don’t think that is necessarily true. We moved on from NYU early on because we did not want an urban school. Plenty of kids will want the opposite, not to mention NYU is top notch for majors that aren’t necessarily LAC strengths like Business or CS. Add to that, NYU swimming is top 10. Lots of swimmers will choose that.