Columbia and NYU Forum

[2011Cycle]

Qualitatively, do the Admission Committees at NYU and Columbia look for similar students?

[mfeller2]

Columbia v. NYU
GPA
25%ile = 3.51 v. 3.58
Median = 3.7 v. 3.75
75%ile = 3.82 v. 3.89

LSAT
25%ile = 169 v. 168
Median = 172 v.171
75%ile = 174 v. 172

So umm, yeah. They're pretty similar.

[2011Cycle]

Thank you.

The numbers are definitely similar. I have read, NYU has more of a public interest bent, whereas Columbia does seem to emphasize public interest as an area of interest of its applicants.

[mfeller2]

NYU is better from what I've heard, but both are leaders on the East Coast for public interest.

[2011Cycle]

Thank you