<p>I saw this on another thread and thought it was a great idea! Everyone add what you love about NYU! Lets see if we can get to 101.</p>
<p>I'll start.</p>
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<li>You're going to school in the best city in the world</li>
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<p>You will be surrounded by some of the most intelligent, creative, and interesting people from around the world!</p>
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<li><p>awesome study abroad options</p></li>
<li><p>wide selection of bars/nightlife in walking distance of campus</p></li>
<li><p>don’t have to share communal hall bathrooms</p></li>
<li><p>lots of job and internship opportunities</p></li>
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<li><p>meet famous celebrity</p></li>
<li><p>being able to go to concerts, broadway shows anytime</p></li>
<li><p>great dinning halls</p></li>
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<li><p>you get to watch amazingly awesome Cooper students do work in Bobst. (j/k)</p></li>
<li><p>The East Village is one of the most interesting places to go in the world and living in it for 4 years is awesome. </p></li>
<li><p>For math and science, some of the best and brightest are professors at NYU.</p></li>
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<li><p>when dining hall food becomes mundane, go out to a michelin start, 14 course dinner.</p></li>
<li><p>Hundreds of happy hours to choose from.</p></li>
<li><p>Party with celebs.</p></li>
<li><p>Meet people from all around the world.</p></li>
<li><p>Weekending in the hamptons.</p></li>
<li><p>Go to class and find out a few of your classmates are respected actors,actresses, and supermodels.</p></li>
<li><p>Mingle with the kids of some of the most elite families in the world.</p></li>
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<p>More than half of this list has nothing to do with the school itself but with New York City. Then potentially, any school in NYC could be as amazing.</p>
<p>a. Let’s stay on topic, the fact that it is in New York is part of the school, and location for NYU is huge.</p>
<p>b. Wooden, I seem to recall you making a big hooplah about money and its power over the social life at NYU in the Greek Life topic and a lot of your list is outrageously expensive/exclusive activities that pretty much nobody at NYU does ever, much less as a regular activity. In fact one of them is defined by its exclusivity. I’m gonna have to call you out on that one considering how personal you got in the previous topic.</p>
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<li>NYU’s classes are really good at taking advantage of the city’s resources and letting you learn hands on.</li>
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<p>we are stating draws, michael, not personal preferences. These are plenty of reasons why certain people would love to come here, and are exclusive pretty much to few schools, an elite bunch that NYU is a part of. Do I go out to Per Se when I get tired of Chik-fil-a? Psh, no. But some people that are able to do so, do it. Something that sets NYU apart from other schools is the fact that you can go to SL on a thursday night and run into Fergie, an advantage that NYU has over OSU, or some campus like that. You said that you wanted to stay on topic, but then retorted to calling me out immediately after. Interesting.</p>
<p>I’m not buying that. So maybe you don’t go to Michelin restaurants all the time, but your list has a pattern. Mingle with elite kids, go to Michelin restaurants, partying in the Hamptons. Besides people acknowledging that good restaurants are available, I have never heard of any of these being used as draws. Once again you fail to acknowledge he disconnect: you got high and mighty about money and the social life at NYU, and whether or not I choose to believe that these are things you simply believe to be universal draws, now you’re listing partying in the Hamptons as a draw? You couldn’t think of ANYTHING that you actually do before Michelin restaurants, mingling with the elite, and partying in the Hamptons? Weren’t we on like 13?</p>
<p>And to continue to stay on topic, here is a number.</p>
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<li>If you live in Third North, there is a delicious bagel store with all kinds of cheap food around the corner of the building (hoping that it’s not shutting down).</li>
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<p>(i could fill a list, so i’ve tried to stay out of the thread, lol)</p>
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<li>you can study abroad in over 10 different countries and take classes at renowned universities across the globe, all under the NYU banner.</li>
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<li> well. our all-star football team is one of the best in the league- they’re actually undefeated, how about that?</li>
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<li>It is NYU</li>
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<li><p>Bo Frickin Burnham goes here.</p></li>
<li><p>Our philosophy department is ranked #1 in the world.</p></li>
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<li>Lady Gaga went there.</li>
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<p>Half of this list is crap. I live in NYC and this never happens and never will. NYC is the most EXPENSIVE city in the world. If your in college you will not have the money to go out and have fun, unless your filthy rich. You will be broke by December. To live good in NYC you have to make 100k a year and that still isn’t good enough. Second, don’t believe in all you hear about NYC being this great place, don’t get you hopes to high.</p>
<p>we all know it’s expensive, dude. doesn’t mean you can’t have fun 
people on this thread are trying to be positive, go complain somewhere else</p>
<h1>28 Any type of amazing food you want, you can find in New York</h1>
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<li>Freshman Honors Seminars: [Freshman</a> Honors Seminars](<a href=“http://cas.nyu.edu/object/ug.academicprograms.honorsfall2010]Freshman”>http://cas.nyu.edu/object/ug.academicprograms.honorsfall2010)</li>
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<p>These are really amazing courses. I took computer simulation with Professor Charles Peskin last year, and it was really worth it. He’s a genuinely nice guy.</p>
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<li><p>Speaking Freely:
These are free language classes meeting once a week. They’re a mixed bag, and you won’t learn a tremendous amount, but it’s a cool option.</p></li>
<li><p>Professor Stephen Cohen:
He’s a professor in the Russian department, and one of his courses can be use to satisfy MAP requirements, “Russia Since 1917”</p></li>
<li><p>Academic Freedom:
If you come in with a lot of AP credits, you can finish all your non-major requirements in a year (I’m done!). The math department is especially helpful in letting kids take whatever they like. As a sophomore, I’ll be taking a few graduate courses, which I know is extremely difficult to impossible at other universities with great math programs, like Columbia or UChicago. This is the main reason why I am not going to apply for transfer to UChicago, even though I could likely get in.</p></li>
<li><p>There are a lot of great musicians! If you like jamming, you’ll have no trouble finding people to jam with.</p></li>
<li><p>It’s actually not that expensive if you live like a normal person. Once you get off the meal plan, you’ll find there are cheap grocery stores around. I occasionally thrift shop for clothing, etc. Apartments in Brooklyn aren’t too bad (with all the cool hipsters with their artist studios and warehouse parties).</p></li>
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<p>All you really need to do is make sure to ask around. There are a lot of great things about NYU that most kids just don’t know about. I know about a secret location with a grand piano and a beautiful view, but I’m not about to tell everyone about it just yet…</p>
<p>Oh and:</p>
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<li>Honors Scholar Program:
If you are one of the better students at NYU, the Honors Scholar Program allows you to hang around and get to know some of the other better students at NYU. There are week-long trips abroad for freshman and sophomore scholars.</li>
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<li>It’s the Ivy-substitute of NYC</li>
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