New York University Top Questions

The students here are very individualistic and independant.

NYC location, internship opportunities, more practical and focused curriculum, city life, distance from home

You are living in the center of manhatten so when you leave school it feels like you are in a completely different place, at NYU you aren't just a college student in a college town, you are an individual person living in a city with so much to offer.

NYU is fully immersed in the city. There is no separating the two--you will live in an adult world, and incidentally be a college student. The opportunities for internships, research, and cultural endeavors together are unmatched by any other school. Take advantage of it.

Our study abroad options are outstanding. Our diversity is amazing. NYU is like the Sorbonne of the US. Its a really good education in the best city in the country. We are really integrated with the city, not walled off like Columbia. Our neighborhood is one of the most desired in NYC, and that is largely because of us. We are "of and for the community," and that's not just propaganda. We're really green. Our professors are some of the top in their field. Our art majors are some of the best in the country. We're awesome.

The whole city is basically its campus

We are immersed in New York City, the artistic and financial capital of the world. The opportunities available to students in and outside of school are unlimited.

The school campus is in the heart of the lower Manhattan. It's convecient, full of life and excitement.

It IS the real world. You aren't sheltered, you actually live in New York City. You are forced to learn to fly. Pushed from the nest.

Campus is basically all of new york city. Everything is open 24/7, with every type of cuisine available within 10 minutes of you. Opportuity to live in great apartments in areas of nyc that are otherwise impossible to afford. amazing library. pressure for career-related internships that make students more prepared, capable, and qualified to finding full-time jobs after college.

We are centered in Washington Square Park but our dorms and buildings spread far across the Village and Lower Manhattan. We have a large gay community that is openly accepted here.

The university has no official campus, and is mixed in with the rest of the city. The students live, work and study as a part of New York City, one of the most vibrant, exciting places in the world.

The independence and environment.

It's in the middle of NYC.

It's in Manhattan.

The campus is not really a campus - but a city.

NYU doesn't have a campus or a tight knit community. It has a music program that is not performance based, focusing on music theory, history, and musicology.

Living and studying in New York City offers students to come across a great diversity of people in age, orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, and interests. It provides an inspirational and motivating environment for artists and academics alike, allowing all students a chance to deeply explore their passions and to learn more about who they are. NYU attracts some of the most intelligent students and professors, making the classroom setting a feast for the mind. There is also a great range of classes that can fit any curious interest, and the social life outside the classroom is unparalleled in experiences.

Best film school in the country. Hands down. And you can get a great liberal arts education at the same time, all in one of the most diverse, vibrant and exciting cities in the world.

NYU is in the heart of NYC, the world's media capital, making job opportunities very possible and serving as a place where strong and important connections can be developed. With that said, NYC also entices many people from all over the world to study at NYU and bring the best and most pertinent and admirable of guest speakers and guest lecturers into the classroom. Despite our lack of a "campus" and arguably sub-par sports teams, NYU provides so much more than four years of tailgating and gathering at the quad; it provides an academically engaged community.

there's no place like new york city to live in for college.

Location, location, location. The best thing about NYU, especially for someone intersted in the theatre or the arts, is the fact that we're IN New York City. You step out of your dorm onto 5th Avenue every morning, not a stuffy, preppy campus.

It's in the heart of NYC. Lots of people, lots of jobs.

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nyu rules if you make it rule. don't expect people to hold your hand in college/nyu.

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i think you got it all!

Overall, though i've gone through some shitty things at this school, I'm glad I went here and I can't imagine going anywhere else. Just take advantage of the perks the school offers (these are often hidden so look around) and try to stay away from administration bullshit.

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some of the proffesers are super stuck up so seriously look them up online before signing up for classes. you may think 4 months isn't that long, but having an essay due every class or a proffeser who gives test every friday sucks way more than you could ever expect. And NEVER sign up for friday classes. 8am class on Tuesdays is so worth the extra free time.

Since the University is so large, it's so easy for things to fall through the cracks. It took me three weeks to get in contact with someone to fix an error with my schedule. I kept getting sent from person to person, department to department. Everybody was just handing over my issues, as if I wasn't important enough to deal with at the moment. That was the most frustrating thing I've had to deal with here yet.

I really wish NYU was cheaper. It stresses me out and makes me depressed and worried to think about it. I made this decision when I was 17 years old and didn't know any better, and now I feel like I'm stuck in it. It makes me feel guilty to be spending this much money.

It can be really hard to find a community or make friends when starting out at NYU.

Overall, I am beyond happy that I went to NYU, and I can't imagine having gone to college anywhere else. I now have a great job, am incredibly happy, and have amazing memories of my classes, clubs, and overall experience at NYU. My friends from Freshman Year are still some of my best friends. At NYU, I was able to define myself in a way I would never have imagined while in High School.

I made NYU sound kind of bad but I absolutely love it and would never be able to go anywhere else!

NYU has two parts. The first I will call the Academic Institution. This is made up of the students, professors, faculty, and academic buildings. This is the sphere where you receive your education and interact with your peers and your professors on a stimulating and intellectual level. This is the NYU that I love. The second part is the Administration. This is the bureaucracy and red tape that you will fight with every semester you attend NYU. Not that this aspect of the school isn't extremely necessary and important and sometime they are extremely sweet and helpful. But most of the time it takes patience and perseverance to get anything accomplished or find out any information from an office. You get used to the system after a few years because you will find that living in the City in general requires you to be assertive.

If you want to study abroad in a city where NYU has a branch, just accept that you will be surrounded by Americans all the time. At least in my experience, NYU makes it EXTREMELY difficult for you to go to any other school. After all, if you attended a foreign university, NYU would lose money. And if there's one thing this school keeps a close watch on, it's your money.

NYU is an amazing school. Many people complain because it was there dream school and then when they actually get there, they don't like it, but that's mainly because it's such a big school and a lot of people feel lost in the crowd. However, it's not hard to join a club or get involved in something at NYU because there really is something for everyone, so if someone feels lost, they can easily be found by doing something they love with other people.

It is difficult to go to NYU as a freshman. You're suddenly in the city, without a campus or a defined community. Its hard and depressing as a freshman, and most students want to transfer their first semester. But after you come back from winter break, you begin to fall in love with your school, finding your community and close group of friends. When you meet up with your peers from home, you wont have very much in common regarding your school. There is no football team, few fraternities, few sororities. There are no eating clubs, and no school green (unless you count Washington Square park or the steps of Union Square). But there are restaurants, and Frisbee in Central Park, free Fridays at the MoMA, and underground concerts in Williamsburg. And since you wont need a car, you wont have to beg your parents for one...and you wont have to pay for the increasing gas prices!