@jbtcat, I think it’s because with the schools that only do one style of training, like Rutgers doing Meisner, you know in advance what that style is, so you can decide if it’s right for you before you apply. Whereas with NYU, you don’t get a choice - they put you in a studio without any input from you. Also, most of the colleges DON’T seem to do just one style or technique. In my research, most of them mentioned that they do a “toolbox” approach, so you get a little bit of a lot of different techniques and can create your own process using whatever techniques work best for you. So maybe that’s why. (Just speculation on my part, I don’t really know since my D did not apply to NYU.)