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I can't agree more with this piece. Having recently (5 years ago) been at NYU, I can tell you the NYU the author remembers nostalgically is completely gone. It's a shell of a school, massive and well funded, yet intellectually just going through the motions. If you are not going to Stern you are absolutely wasting your money.

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  > If you are not going to Stern you are absolutely
  > wasting your money.

In light of the tax law program at NYU this is laughable.

Clarification: NYU's tax law program is widely regarded as the best program in the country and has been for some time. I can not imagine anyone with any connection-to/experience-with tax law saying an aspiring tax lawyer would be wasting their money at NYU.

Not sure about that, was talking undergrad only. I can't speak for the quality of education at Stern undergrad, but I can certainly say it is good for your career, whereas going to Courant doesn't really mean shit for a career in tech.

Certainly not surprised to hear tax law program is bad too.

Edit: I thought you meant the opposite. Regardless, still only talking about undergrad.

You're kidding right? Kids coming out of Courant are in decent demand, especially in NYC tech departments.

Not in any higher demand than any other schools with CS degrees. As someone who is currently doing and has done a lot of hiring for NYC tech companies I can tell you a Courant degree is not a significant plus on a resume, in the way a Stanford or CMU degree is.

> in the way a Stanford or CMU degree is.

Nice to see that Stanford and CMU CS grads are as overrated as ever.

Please keep that attitude. Those of us who recruit from other schools thank you.

We recruit from any school. But I know there are some programs that are better than others. All you can do is use that as a positive signal, not a rule. A degree from a less prestigious program doesn't mean we wont look at you. I don't even have a degree.

Curious what other schools you are using as examples of positive signals in the recruiting process. Waterloo? MIT? A few others come to mind, but not many...

NYU's law school has been an elite institution for some time. The same is true of the philosophy and Italian studies departments.

Also, NYU Applied Math is really solid. Until reading this I thought it was their flagship department.

" The same is true of the philosophy and Italian studies departments"

If I may ask what kind of job can one get graduating with those degrees that will pay for the massive tuition bill? What is the expected pay for having a degree in those two majors?

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