<p>constellations – well, I’m not map but I’m taking 4 classes right now, and three of them are lectures with 120+ people. I mean it really depends on what type of class you’re taking and how many people are interested, but I’d just keep in mind it’s very possible you won’t be a special snowflake in all of your classes.</p>
<p>@jlschwing</p>
<p>you can get publishing internships through NYU MCC and there are classes about media as business, which can sort of prep you for publishing. that being said, no, there’s no “publishing” track in my major, but you can definitely get internships at magazines, book companies and newspapers through the department. i suspect a lot of that stuff is hands on learning, anyway.</p>
<p>@constellations</p>
<p>i’ve been lucky in that most of my classes have been less than 25 students. i’ve had two huge intro courses with 100+. i think it’s because i’m a liberal arts major. i’ve had no problems making connections with my professors or TAs and they’ve always made time for me at office hours. Steinhardt is known for having small classes. Gallatin has insanely small classes. BF is in Anthropology and she’s had small classes.</p>
<p>Generally, most MAP (lol) classes will have tons of people because everyone takes them. As you go through your major, classes start to get more specialized. I have 15 in my Media Audience Theory class, 20 in Copyright Law, 12 in Digital Photography, etc.</p>
<p>@jlschwing</p>
<p>i realized i didn’t answer the first part of your question. </p>
<p>MCC is a good major in that you can really do a lot with it. people go to law school (they use their electives to take classes in CAS) or go to grad school (which i will probably end up doing) or start working in the industry right away. people end up in marketing, newspapers, radio, television, public relations, or even the video game industry. MCC does a great job with getting students internships in places that are huge names in media. they even have special career roundtables every few months where MCC students can connect with people in the industry. it was at one of those roundtables where i discovered that all i want to do is go to graduate school right now. heh.</p>
<p>@alamode</p>
<p>i don’t know much about scholarships, sorry. </p>
<p>i’ve only been in Goddard and it had carpets. you can check the Housing site for what the rooms come with. generally, every single NYU room has it’s own bathroom. then it comes with the bed, desk, chair, dresser and a closet. </p>
<p>and since i’m feeling ultra-lazy today, i went back in the archives and found the post where i discuss NYU’s dining hall food in depth:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1062245020-post32.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1062245020-post32.html</a></p>
<p>Hi, i’m very interesed in NYU’S GLS program and I know it’s fairly new but i was wondering if you know anyone who does and how they like. Also, how competitive is the program?? thank you!!</p>
<p>bumping cause it’s midterms week and i’m ~procrastinating~</p>
<p>hey missamericanpie, if you enter as an “undecided” freshman, how early can you declare a major?</p>
<p>i’m not actually sure, since i’m Steinhardt and we’re required to enter with a major. i want to say sophomore year? but you can call admissions and ask.</p>
<p>bumping because i’m bored in my law class~~</p>
<p>my roommate made fun of me for doing this until i pointed out that some people go on facebook during class, i just go on this. i don’t do FarmVille. :D</p>
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<li>Could you please talk about the applied psychology program? Do the students in that major like what they are studying? And do you know how many have declared applied psychology their major?</li>
<li>After reading the previous post I am slightly concerned… I am not outgoing… so does that mean it’s going to be hard for me to make friends? And I do know that generally it is easier for extroverts to make friends, but I haven’t had any trouble in the past…
However I have been going to the same school for the past 13 years… with basically the same people… will I have massive trouble transitioning? </li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Do you know anyone in SCPS? Specifically the Sports Management program? What is it like? Do they enjoy it? Likes/Dislikes? Any info would be great.</p>
<p>What would be the ideal program for somebody looking to go into pre-med or pre-law? Do you take the pre-course programs first before you can officially start taking the actual course?</p>
<p>^ pre-med or pre-law aren’t majors, they’re just terms for students intending to go to law school or med school. You can pick any major you like. For Law school, you basically just need good grades and a good lsat score, they don’t care what you study, it can be anything from Art to Zoology. To be honest, I’ve heard a lot of preLaw students say they’re just going to pick easy majors like Sociology or Econ simply because they want A’s, but whatever, not everyone’s like that. </p>
<p>For Med/Dental/Vet, you can also major in whatever, but you’ll need to take basic classes in chem, bio, physics, calc, etc. For Grad school, you just need to do well in your intended major and have good research or internship experience, as well as reccomendations and a high GRE score. So just major in whatever you like, it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>*edit - I’d like to add that Political Science and Econ are the most popular majors for preLaw students, which makes sense since they’re law related, and for preMed Biology and chem are popular. biochemistry and neural sci also cover the premed requirements nicely</p>
<p>^Ah no wonder why I found it so confusing… That helped a lot! Thank you so much :D</p>
<p>@kochls</p>
<p>don’t know anyone in that program, sorry.</p>
<p>i don’t know the answer to your second question. if you’re like me, you’ll (sorry to use a dated phrase here) “blossom” when you get to college. i don’t know you’ll handle the transition to college. but if you are not outgoing and you’re looking for a college community to welcome you with ~open arms~, it’s not NYU. it’s very easy to get lost among the crowd unless you stand up for yourself and make friends.</p>
<p>i’m not saying that to be hostile. i’m being very honest about what the atmosphere is like here.</p>
<p>i knew one person in SCPS for Hotel Management. he and i were working together at a high-end PR firm. he said he liked his classes, but the school itself isn’t very cohesive. some of the other NYU schools have built in “school spirit” (Tisch and Stern spring to mind.) that being said, he went on to get a kick-ass internship even better than the one we worked at together. SCPS is good for making connections, and industries such as sports and hospitality, i suppose that counts for a lot.</p>
<p>Alix, econ is an <em>easy</em> major at NYU?! (Are you referring to econ in CAS or in Stern?)</p>
<p>Within CAS, what are typically considered the strongest departments? </p>
<p>How intense/time-consuming are the MAP requirements? Obviously there’s still plenty of time to fulfill your major requirements, but aside from that how much flexibility is there in a typical schedule? Is there sufficient room to double-major? Would that help make NYU “more worth the money,” so to speak, since you’d be graduating with two degrees? I know some colleges have very strict core curricula, but as of right now I’m under the impression that NYU is not really like this. Am I right?</p>
<p>some majors just “go together” as double majors. . . math/comp sci, math/econ, etc. so it would be easier to double major. </p>
<p>there really aren’t that many MAP requirements, definitely not as much as Columbia’s core. there’s some flexibility, and some MAP requirements could go towards your major/double major. but no, graduating with two majors is NOT “more for your money”, ESPECIALLY if your performance in both majors suffers. </p>
<p>you should only double major if you really love BOTH. otherwise, a major + minor is usually sufficient. as far as i know, for things like med school and law school, GPA matters WAY more than how many majors you have. i am very critical of freshmen who claim they are double majoring.</p>
<p>the only thing that makes NYU “worth it” is if you use it as a stepping stone to whatever future you want. whatever that is. </p>
<p>if you drink and do coke all the time and never go to class and scrape by enough to graduate, that’s when you aren’t getting your money’s worth.</p>
<p>you said you’re a media, culture, and communications student at Steinhardt…
i’m a junior but that’s what i’m thinking of studying at NYU,
i’m really just looking for an awesome communications program.
would you recommend putting together a mass communications major at Gallatin or just going with the Steinhardt?
tell me EVERYTHING YOU CAN about studying it
:)</p>