New York University Top Questions

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.

This survey is on behalf of Program Board.

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!