NYU: The Big Picture
NYU is huge. There are thousands upon thousands of undergraduates, but NYU compensates by having thousands upon thousands of course offerings, professors, and clubs. It's a big college with all the advantages that entails and none of the disadvantages.
It's situated in a lovely corner of Manhattan, just around the corner from $2.50 falafel and a plethora of specialty bars. The village is your campus, and it is huge. The downside to this is that if you're not careful, classes can be very far apart indeed. This is usually avoidable, so long as you're not a language major and you pay attention to the location before you sign up for a class. Language major? You'll get a lot of exercise.
NYU Academic Life
The Classics department is tiny, and the specialty classes it offers are no less so. Take Latin or Greek and your instructor will know your name within two classes. Take one of the larger, common-interest classes, like mythology or history and you're in a lecture with a hundred and forty-nine other people, fighting for attention. This is the trend with most majors - the more specialized your class, the smaller.
Oh, and the academic requirements are the bane of every student's existence. Especially the much-hated 'Writing the Essay'.
