NYU vs. Columbia Poll

[If you were accepted to both schools and were given equal money, which would you choose?]

If you were accepted to both schools and were given equal money, which would you choose?

NYU

 43 (28.9%)

Columbia

 106 (71.1%)

Total Members Voted: 148

[98765432]

Every year on this site--I've been around a long time -- people will debate this stuff.  So here is a chance to simply tally votes.

[qt314]

would be interesting if people also explained why...

[98765432]

Well, look here.  Columbia 3 to 1 over NYU.

Maybe we ought to have another poll asking how much money would it take to make the difference.

[dashrashi]

I picked NYU, no question. I would've picked CLS before I visited them both. What you see here is almost certainly entirely due to CLS's status as an Ivy and the prestige effect on 0Ls. I will give some credence to those who like how sleepy Morningside Heights is, but that's really not going to explain it totally, I don't think.

[qt314]

that's what i don't get. nyu is in a much cooler part of town, and columbia's 45 minutes away from everywhere fun in nyc - you might as well not be in manhattan. doesn't that count for anything?

[98765432]

For a poll about how much you'd prefer one over the other, go here:

http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org/prelaw/index.php/topic,93780.0.html

[dashrashi]

Is it really 45 minutes? The subway makes everything seem so close. But I see what you're getting at.

[qt314]

Is it really 45 minutes? The subway makes everything seem so close. But I see what you're getting at.

feels like 45 minutes . it's just so annoying to get over to the east side, and then all the places downtown are walking distances away from the subway station.

have you been in nyc a lot? how's boston? i can't find my way around that place.

[dashrashi]

I have a deep and abiding love for NYC and by extension, any city that is primarily gridlike. Which is to say, @#!* the entire Boston area really hard.

[«ě»]

that's what i don't get. nyu is in a much cooler part of town, and columbia's 45 minutes away from everywhere fun in nyc - you might as well not be in manhattan. doesn't that count for anything?

I agree. Still, Columbia has BigLaw nailed down like literally no other school in the country does. That also counts for something. It counts for quite a lot for many law students.