<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>