Thanks Ouibeque and Joey for your replies! I received an acceptance e-mail from Columbia this past Wednesday, then one from NYU the following day, so it's been quite a week! While Columbia was my first choice program, they offered me no merit aid, so I'll be accepting NYU's offer instead. I don't feel bitter at all about turning down Columbia's offer, as NYU offered me a full tuition scholarship, which I believe is worth at least $32,000, if not more considering how tuition rates keep rising year after year! I feel pretty confident about the overall quality of NYU's program, but I'd love to hear what you, Ouibeque, thought about your experience as an undergrad in NYU's program! I don't really have any specific questions for you, but if you could let me know what your overall impressions of the program were, I'd really appreciate it! I hope all is going well for you guys at this point in the application season...