Frankly speaking, what you say is right. They cannot compare the two. Take this for instance, although schools do not have a mandatory part 2 requisite they do consider it as an additional qualification. So I guess they would weigh this scenario similarly. Because NYU requested all people take DAT , it would have a soft corner for those who took the efforts. It is just my opinion.
smilemeter,i dont have part2.......🙁