NYU Physics Grad School Acceptance Rate for Prospective Students

[Mr.Watson]

How hard is it to get into? I would think that it isn't as competitive as Columbia university but does anyone what is acceptance rate for NYU grad school in physics?

If I can ace perfect 4.0 gpa from european university+good scores in PGRe+little undergraduate research do I have good change to get into?

 

[Latarian]

they'd be embracing you with open arms as long as your going to pay the tuition imho

 

[Mr.Watson]

they'd be embracing you with open arms as long as your going to pay the tuition imho

Tuition? I was under impression that everyone in US grad school would get somekind of salary, was I wrong? Or is it really possible that instead of them paying to you, you could end up paying to them?

 

[phyzguy]

If you get accepted into the PhD program, you would get a stipend and tuition waver, so you wouldn't be paying. The stipend is enough to live on, but New York is expensive, so you wouldn't be living in luxury. It's a good school, but easier to get into than a top school like Columbia, as you said. I don't know the acceptance ratio. If I recall correctly, the physics PhD program is ranked about #25 in the US, so a good second-tier school. If you do what you said, I think you have a good chance to get in.

 

[Mr.Watson]

What about CUNY or Stony Brook? How hard they are to get into compared to NYU? And are they good programs or not?

 

[phyzguy]

I looked into this about 3 years ago, and at that time the schools you are talking about were ranked as follows (US News and World Report ranking - take it as you will)

School Overall ranking Physics Dept ranking
Columbia 8 11
NYU 33 42
Stony Brook 96 23
CUNY >100 68

My experience: NYU and Stony Brook are both good physics schools - CUNY less so.