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2006-03-26 20:47:45 UTC
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- New York University, which receives more
applications for undergraduate admission than any other private U.S.
school, topped Harvard and Yale for the third year in a row as
students' first choice, according to a survey.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, came in second in the
``dream school'' survey of 3,890 college applicants, Princeton Review
Inc. said today in a statement. Princeton, Stanford and Yale
universities followed. New York University received a record 35,000
applications this year for the class of 2010, spokesman John Beckman
said.
``Students are coming because of the renown of our academic programs,
the connection of the city to its industries and the opportunities for
internships that this brings,'' Beckman said in a telephone interview
yesterday. ``The city has become the place everybody wants to be.''
New York University in Lower Manhattan has had its applications more
than triple to 33,683 last year from about 10,000 in 1990. Founded in
1831, the school enrolls about 39,000 graduate and undergraduate
students.
Princeton Review, a test-preparation and admissions-services company in
New York, published the findings as part of its ``College Hopes &
Worries Survey,'' a poll it has conducted annually since 2003. The
students' top five choices were followed by Brown, Columbia, Duke,
Cornell universities and University of California, Los Angeles.
``Students are looking for a rich cultural experience in addition to a
rich learning experience,'' Peter Stokes, a senior analyst for
Eduventures, an education market researcher in Boston, said in an
interview. ``It's especially attractive to students to come to New York
City where there is so much happening educationally, culturally and
politically.''
Last Updated: March 21, 2006 09:19 EST
applications for undergraduate admission than any other private U.S.
school, topped Harvard and Yale for the third year in a row as
students' first choice, according to a survey.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, came in second in the
``dream school'' survey of 3,890 college applicants, Princeton Review
Inc. said today in a statement. Princeton, Stanford and Yale
universities followed. New York University received a record 35,000
applications this year for the class of 2010, spokesman John Beckman
said.
``Students are coming because of the renown of our academic programs,
the connection of the city to its industries and the opportunities for
internships that this brings,'' Beckman said in a telephone interview
yesterday. ``The city has become the place everybody wants to be.''
New York University in Lower Manhattan has had its applications more
than triple to 33,683 last year from about 10,000 in 1990. Founded in
1831, the school enrolls about 39,000 graduate and undergraduate
students.
Princeton Review, a test-preparation and admissions-services company in
New York, published the findings as part of its ``College Hopes &
Worries Survey,'' a poll it has conducted annually since 2003. The
students' top five choices were followed by Brown, Columbia, Duke,
Cornell universities and University of California, Los Angeles.
``Students are looking for a rich cultural experience in addition to a
rich learning experience,'' Peter Stokes, a senior analyst for
Eduventures, an education market researcher in Boston, said in an
interview. ``It's especially attractive to students to come to New York
City where there is so much happening educationally, culturally and
politically.''
Last Updated: March 21, 2006 09:19 EST