New York University Top Questions

What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?

laure

that my expectations were completely different

Faquira

How expensive and financially draining it would be to come here.

Hanna

I wish I had known which dorms were the best ones. Seriously, the difference between the best and the worst dorms are gargantuan.

Andrew

I just wish I wasn't the only one from my home to go to school here. I didn't know anybody and it was a little rough to get used to school in the first couple of months.

Alix

Before coming to NYU I wish I had known what I wanted to study in relation to what I wanted to do after graduation. The resorces for networking at NYU are overwhelmingly helpfull to postgraduation job searching and if I had realized that I liked environmental studies, I could have forcused my time on other projects with the sustainability department to increase my knowledge of that field. Instead I spent most of my time working in finance, which is helpful but I would rather be in the environmental field.

Katharine

I can't think of anything. I did a lot of research into this school before attending because I was a transfer student.

Emily

New York University as a whole is overwhelmingly bureaucratic. The financial aid office is not helpful, the housing office is unreceptive, and the role of students in university affairs is mostly a facade.

Carlina

Tough competition

Eun

I wish I had known that it was okay to be myself so I could start being myself earlier than I did.

Peter

n/a

Lara

Clubs are all job-based

Randall

The school pretty much lived up to my expectations.

Philip

Housing is way over priced.

Emilia

That no matter what, you will probably spend more money than you think you will.

Catherine

The variety of programs available in other schools within the university (such as Gallatin, Steinhardt, etc).

Ritu

I wish I had known more about being able to keep my social and academic life balanced.

Teresa

The girl to guy ratio.

Kimberly

I was not prepared for the weather, and it's been pretty hard coming from the South! Also, time management is of the essence...

Elliot

That there are a significant amount of requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences, including language proficiency

Katrina

n/a

Ryan

A little more about the courses.

Jason

I wish I had known how hard it was to be conservative about my spending.

Phylicia

Before i attended NYU, I wished prior to the first day of school i read my required textbooks. Also i wished i developed better time management skills.