As a Columbia student I guess I should give my opinion. I think there are valid criticisms and benefits of both schools. In terms of engineering academics, Columbia has more prestige, which is all that really matters when you are job hunting. In terms of location, Columbia has a nicer campus, though NYU has a much nicer surrounding area and better local food imo. Being so far uptown can be annoying, but also def exaggerated a bit (its about 20 min train from campus to Times Square, and from there you can get anywhere on Manhattan pretty quickly). I don't really know much about the NYU administration, but the Columbia administration can definitely be quite a headache at times, so that is something to watch out for. But for a genuine answer, I would say that if you are serious about the education aspects, you should favor Columbia. But if you are looking more for an experience, maybe NYU is for you. Though, maybe a normal college outside of a main city would be more your style if you are looking for the 'college experience'. NYU's lack of centralized campus makes it feel a little disconnected from my pov. All serious points aside, the NYU students hate us cuz they aint us 😎
Comparing Columbia and NYU is like comparing UPenn and Penn State. There is no comparison in terms of prestige and academics. However, if you’re comparing other things, like food and campus. It’s all personal preference at that point. Also, most if not all people, if they got into both schools, would choose Columbia over NYU in a heartbeat.
@@bogdandragojlovic6254 That's not saying much considering how many schools are not participating with US News rankings. A better metric is to compare acceptance rates. NYU doesn't even come close to Columbia.
Nope. I had a professor who got accepted to both Columbia and NYU. When she asked the Columbia interviewer what the program would offer her, the Columbia interviewer got offended and emphasized Columbia's reputation instead of answering her question. So, she chose NYU. Times have changed. There is a comparison in prestige and academics and Columbia has fallen.
@@Meyerc-yv2bi That's saying everything because rankings look at all metrics. Acceptance rates ignore how many students are attending the school and who comprises the student body. But it's only natural you would do a 180 on US News now that Columbia is unranked.
NYU is way more unique, ppl hardly name another school that is comparable,,,but I would say there are a list of schools that share similar features with columbia lol
What's so unique about it? It's a lower-tier version of Northwestern and similar universities whose Professional schools outrank their liberal arts and P.h.D programs. Columbia is near the top in EVERY field it represents.
Not really a contest at all. Except for the Law, Business, and Journalism programs (which are roughly equivalent in stature) Columbia vastly exceeds NYU in academic quality, especially liberal arts. The Columbia students are generally more serious less party animals, fratboys etc. As one would expect from an Ivy league institution over 2 centuries old vs. a long time (and once Bronx-based) commuter school who only became a serious player intellectually about 3 decades ago. In other words, Columbia is "old money", NYU "Noveau riche".
Tuition strike from students. Unranked by US News for unreliable information. Inviting a dictator to speak on campus. Imposing quotas on Jewish students and being the last Ivy League to admit female students. Columbia coasts on name recognition and nothing else. And calling NYU "a long-time commuter school" is laughable when 67% of the students are out of state.
@@bluerulesgreensucks For most of its existence, NYU HAS been a commuter school. Not very intellectually high-ranked until the mid-90s when it suddenly went on a spending spree to attract higher-quality faculty. And still lacking the academic and research prestige of Columbia by all the relevant metrics including number of Nobel Prize winners on faculty, research accomplishments etc. (as well as the meaningless US News rankings). None of the regrettable factors you mention affect its current status while things like visiting dictators and early twentieth century anti-semitic quotas are certainly not unique to Columbia or other universities of even higher ranking.
@@NYCOPERAFAN The keywords there are "HAS" and "until". Even if that was the case in the past, that's not the case today (and better to be a commuter school than deny Jonas Salk and Richard Feynman over being Jewish). Nobel Prize winners on faculty and research accomplishments are irrelevant metrics that place the school above what actually matters, the students. Getting students so angered they go on a tuition strike does affect its current status with the only relevant metric, the students, and while US News rankings are meaningless, it still hurts the school in the public eye to be accused of providing unreliable data. The quota isn't unique, but that doesn't excuse its existence, and inviting a dictator on campus in the 21st century is pretty unique. It says something for NYU to even have comparisons with Columbia, despite being nearly a century younger. And let's face it - employers have stopped paying attention to educational backgrounds, unless there's graduate degrees involved - and you acknowledged the main graduate programs are roughly equal.
