New York University Top Questions

There isn't enough financial aid so when I graduate I'll have a quarter of a million dollars in loan debt.

Having a lack of community on campus. Also being in the city has it's ups and downs. The down part is that it is always loud wherever you go. To get away from it would mean at least an hour of traveling. Weed is also a prevalent issue here. Weed has just been decriminalzed in NYC so a lot of people are doing it.

some of the students complain about the universty. That's the worse thing. Honestly NYU is not that cheap for some one who doesn't enjoy it to waste their time there... The University also has a number of ways to report disatisfaction, with methods available to contact the President directly. NYU tries to have a proactive student body but a number of downers hold us back

If you do not seek out a community, you will not find out. New York City has a very fast paced lifestyle and if you do not keep up with everyone else, you will fall behind. The only way to succeed is to keep yourself determind and make sure that your decisions get you closer to your goals.

The tuition: costs way too much.

They really screw you for everything. They treat you like a number--they don't care who you are, even though they pretend to, they just care about the tuition you owe them. It's one of the cruelest businesses in the world.

The only negative aspect I can think of with New York University is that it is so large it is sometimes hard to consider yourself part of a community within academia rather than just part of the city. However, New York being the amazing place it is makes it easier to accept this notion and I still consider myself at home.

Well, there is not much of a united school community here; most of the questions on this survey were difficult to answer because NYU wears so many different masks and it really all depends on how you want get involved. That can also be a positive, though: it just depends on how much independence and self-motivation you contain.

Administrative and bureaucratic politics. Many politics involved among different departments in the school, mainly among salaries and administrative freezes. Many quality people leave NYU due to the overwhelmingly favoritism-esque nature of maintaining employment or extra benefits.

Kimmel Dining Hall is closed on weekends, and they're the best food on campus (luckily, there's New York City to eat in)

We don't have a football team. Lack of school spirit.

The tuition I believe would be the worst aspect about my school. Although the school offers financial aid to students, it is not a substantial amount to help with some individuals to cope with financial problems. The university seems to focus its budget toward things that will in a sense market the university versus helping struggling students themselves.

The worst thing has to be financial aid. If you're a middle to upper middle class white person, you can kiss financial aid goodbye. I have to pull three loans a year to cover all my tuition and fees. While this school is amazing, it is still $50,000 a year.

The lack of merit-based financial aid. There is no place on FAFSA to write that I am trying to pay for school myself, so the family income excludes me from need-based aid.

There is no sense of community at NYU. I understand it is in the city, but there are ways to make the campus have a much friendlier feeling. When I applied I thought I wanted this, but I was gravely mistaken.

The worst thing about NYU is how spread out the campus is. Some of the dorms are really far from the main campus.

Probably the administration as they have proved to be extremely unhelpful at times.

The administration is a nightmare to get around, and the school is so decentralized. I can get past NYU's other flaws, but it was always impossible to get anything done, and it felt very impersonal, as if the school was more focused on attracting new students and appeasing the alumni in favor of an endowment. The current students often felt overlooked.

It can be alienating and because of that, very challenging for a freshman in college. The administration tries to promote community but the fact is it's a big urban school that attracts very independant students, and these things make creating a community harder. It can be hard to meet new people. There are clubs but they are not that popular, and there isn't much variety. You can feel stuck and alone sometimes.

The worst thing about my school is that we do not have any Division I football or basketball teams. We have terrible Division III teams that do not attract a worthy following.