In the spirit of fairness, I’m not going to respond to individual comments, but I would like to clarify what “The Ivy Torch” is all about for those readers who mistake the column for an objective source of information:
“The Ivy Torch” is a satirical opinion column intended to poke fun at the Ivy League and the Ivy-aspiring culture at NYU. It is written in a style similar to that of Gawker Media blogs, and is intended to lampoon both Ivy League schools and NYU equally. It is purely for the entertainment of its readers. Ever since Newsweek named NYU one of 25 “New Ivies” in 2006 and the university received more applicants than ever as the Princeton Review’s #1 Dream School, NYU and its students have felt the pressure to “size up” as one of the nation’s premier universities.