<p>Unfortunately, I doubt it, because Shanghai is a completely separate campus with its own admissions process, etc. You could certainly study abroad there though</p>
<p>I got into LSP and I’m very happy because that’s what I wanted… I want to go to law school after so it seems like a pretty good fit. However I missed a financial aid deadline and will only be getting 10k in grant. I was just wondering how easy is it to find a good job while studying or how easy do you think it will be for you to get a job after you graduate? I was asking because I got a full ride to Rutgers but I feel like even if I have to pay 50k MORE a year, NYU’s job opportunities are huge and landing a good job would be easier… What do you think?</p>
<p>I mean, it depends on 1) what you major in and how competitive the job market in that field is when you graduate and 2) how well you network, do internships, etc while you are in school. Rutgers is such a big school that while the opportunities may not be ~as~ good, they would still prepare you just fine for law school, particularly as long as you get good grades and are productive with internships and experience before you graduate. 50k a year is 200k by the end of college, which is a lot of money to shell out/insane amount of loan debt to accumulate. Especially if you want to go to law school, you will probably have to take out even more loans then, which is pretty daunting imo. Any part-time job you could get during school would likely be around minimum wage, and wouldn’t make much of a difference in such a huge difference.</p>
<p>THAT BEING SAID: would you be eligible for more aid if you don’t miss the deadline for following years? Call the financial aid office and ask for an estimate for aid for future years if all of your financial information remained the same. Paying 50 k more for a single year is very different than paying 50k each year for four years.</p>
<p>Is it possible to double major in Economics and International Relations? I was admitted to CAS for Economics and was possibly interested in doing so. I understand that NYU is well known in both departments and both are prestigious. </p>
<p>It is possible, though it would be a rigorous courseload. IR at NYU is an honors major, which means that you need to apply to it in the fall of your sophomore year, and they take 25-30 students each year. The honors major designation means that in addition to needing to be accepted to the major, you need to maintain a minimum 3.65 GPA and complete an honors thesis during your senior year.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering all our questions @jazzcatastrophe ! I have 2 things I’m wondering about:</p>
<p>1) Can you advise about FYRE housing? I’m leaning toward Rubin because one of the Experience programs is tailor made for my interests, but have heard lots of good things about 2N and UHall. Of course, Hayden is out due to renovations this year. Brittany is also of interest, but a little concerned about no A/C there and in Rubin. Is it better to ask for a double in these dorms or a larger room like a quad or quint in case there are roomie issues? What, in your opinion, are the best or most desirable freshman housing choices? I like close proximity to Washington Square, but being close to Union Square doesn’t seem too shabby, either. Your thoughts?</p>
<p>2) How does the class enrollment process work for freshmen?</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>1) If you’re leaning towards explorations floors, go wherever that is. I lived on one my freshman year, and I’m still friends with a lot of the people from my floor. However, I was never really a fan of Rubin because it’s kind of out in the middle of nowhere compared to the other dorms and the dining hall there kind of sucks (it’s been three years since I’ve eaten there though, so maybe it’s improved).</p>
<p>I lived in Brittany (pre-renovations) and I really liked the location and it actually has AC now! I liked the proximity to Union Square (way more fun than Washington Square IMO), Founders, and the dining halls at Palladium and 3rd North. Founders is also pretty nice, and again, is nicely located. I’m not a huge fan of 3rd North mostly because the rooms are pretty small and because I don’t think I would have ever left the building if I had a dining hall immediately downstairs 
UHall is great for proximity to dining halls, Union Square, Trader Joe’s and is right next door to Palladium, but again, rooms are not that big.</p>
<p>TL;DR: my favorites were Brittany and Founders, obviously you may have different priorities.</p>
<p>****Ask for a double. So much better than more people. I lived in a 5 person walk through suite freshman year (3 people in one room, 2 in the other, but you had to walk through the 3 person room to get to the 2 person one) and it was a nightmare. Learn from my mistakes, doubles are much much better.</p>
<p>Class enrollment - you do it when you go to orientation. Basically how it works is that they reserve a certain number of spaces in each big intro/core class for each orientation session. At orientation, you take placement tests for languages, math, science (if you’re trying to get into honors chemistry only), and then once you get the results from those, you know what classes you can take. During orientation, you get divided into groups with a group leader who helps coordinate registration. Basically, they’ll help you figure out what classes you need and help you register for them at your designated time. It’s pretty hectic, and classes tend to fill up pretty fast, but it generally works out fine. After registration, you can move classes around on your own time on Albert if there are other openings or you want to change classes</p>
<p>@jazzcatastrophe
- I saw your post about guys being gay until proven straight on another thread, but I just wanted to ask, is this really true? I’m as straight as an arrow and wouldn’t mind “proving” myself, but it seems a bit odd that one would need to. I have a feeling from NYU Local and other things that I’ve read blow the whole thing out of proportion. Any further insight?</p>
<p>2) Also, is there any opportunity for pre-frosh to spend a night in a dorm? I know some smaller colleges offer this and I don’t expect NYU to, but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask.</p>
<p>3) Lastly, how rigorous are the courses and schedules, in general, for pre-dental (or medical) bio majors?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>1) As an NYU lady I can safely say that this is an assumption many other NYU ladies make. NYU is notorious for “gay by May”, so I think most of the girls here just kind of give up on NYU men because they are A) gay, B) ginormous hipsters, C) think that they’re “bros”, D) #iamstern competitive crazy folks. That being said, if you want to date, it’s perfectly doable, but it’s not quite as easy pickings as the ratio would suggest.</p>
<p>2) I don’t know of any formalized program to do so, however, if you get in touch with admissions they might be able to put you in touch with someone who might be willing to host someone for a night. During orientation, you do spend the few days in a dorm, but obviously that’s after you have to make a yay or nay decision on NYU</p>
<p>3) It’s rigorous for sure. Freshman year you’ll be taking gen bio 1 and 2 (lot of information, but not too bad) and gen chem 1 and 2 (not difficult at all, easy if you took AP chem). Sophomore year, you have to take molecular and cell biology, which is the big weed out class for the bio major. I didn’t take it, but it sounds seriously not fun because it largely exists to separate the boys from the men, so to speak. You would also likely be taking organic chemistry, which will either be a miserable experience or an okay one depending on a lot of factors. After the first two years, the classes shrink considerably, and there are more lab based classes, which is probably way more fun than lectures. I think if you can make it through the first two years, you’ll be fine for the rest. You’ll definitely be working hard, but it is manageable if you have good time management skills</p>
<p>Hi!
I was wondering 1) I am enrolling as a biology major, but I plan on switching to comp sci. Is it possible to do so or is switching majors extremely difficult at NYU?
2) my major concern is the social atmosphere. I love the city, I am comfortable with the “no campus” aspect, and I am getting a great scholarship, but I am worried that every student here is extremely independent and it will be hard to make lasting friendships as it is in traditional, campus schools. Do most people keep to themselves and their own cliques? Or is it relatively easy to make a lot of friends right away?
3) I have heard that in introductory classes, there are rounds of professors teaching rather than just one. Is that true?
Thanks! </p>
<p>1) As long as the major is within CAS, then you don’t have to do anything except for declare the major you want before the end of your sophomore year</p>
<p>2) People do tend to be pretty independent. For a long time, I stayed very close to the people I met during welcome week, and I think the norm is to pick up a lot of friends then. I think it’s not necessarily true that people aren’t social, but I think there is kind of some difficulty in moving from friends you talk to in class and friends you go out and do things with. There are some people who come here and hang out with their friends from high school exclusively, but for the most part, that doesn’t happen. If you are gregarious and friendly, then you won’t have any trouble. I’m not super extroverted, but I have a few close friends who I talk to and hang out with on the regular, and I have a lot of people who I’m friendly with in classes, my department, etc</p>
<p>3) The only class that I know of that does this is general biology. Every other intro class I’ve had has had a single professor for a whole semester, though your mileage may vary. My intro to computer programming class right now is a single professor, and physics, chem, psychology are all single professors as well</p>
<p>Do you know when you can start studying abroad?
Thanks for all your help</p>
<p>You can go abroad any time after your freshman year. Most people go during second semester sophomore year or either semester junior year, it really depends on what classes fit your major best. Most of the people I know (and I) went second semester sophomore year</p>
<p>When exactly is orientation? Are the exams difficult, because i took AP chem in 11th grade, that means i will need to brush up on it to score well enough on the science portion. What exactly is chem honors?</p>
<p>@WannaBeDocc Orientation is over the summer through June/July. It lasts 3 days/2 nights, and there are different orientation sessions you can choose from. There are four possible placement tests offered. You can take all of them, or none, or any combination depending on what you want to do. The first, the language exams, can either place you into a higher level of a language, or completely get you out of the requirement if you score high enough. However, if you have an AP score or 4 or 5 in a language, or a language SAT2 above a certain score, that can also place you out of the requirement. In the past, for most of the languages the placement test was actually just an old SAT2, however they may have switched. I would assume that the level of difficulty is comparable to that though.</p>
<p>For math, there are two kinds of tests. The first is a quantitative reasoning skills test, which can place you out of needing to take a math at NYU. You can also get out of math with an AP score of 4 or 5 in stats or calc AB or BC. The second kind of test is to place you INTO a level of calculus. This is only for people who need to take calc (science majors, math majors, pre-med). I’m not sure about the level of difficulty as I did not take either, though I heard that the test to place into calc 1 was very easy.</p>
<p>For chemistry: this test is generally only for chemistry majors and people with a strong background in calculus-based physics. While the class is called “Honors General Chemistry” it is very different from the regular general chemistry class in terms of the content covered, and is thus not really appropriate for people who aren’t going to be chemistry majors. The class is really an introduction to physical chemistry (hence the need for calculus-based physics). This class is really, really hard. Most people end up dropping it, because it’s more work than they want or need, and for pretty much everyone, regular general chemistry is sufficient. Even if you want to be a chem major, you’ll have to take two semesters of physical chemistry later on, so there’s no point in destroying your GPA with an unnecessary class unless you have a deep abiding love for the blending of chemistry, physics, and higher math</p>
<p>Hey, I applied to CAS but got deferred to NYU-Poly for computer science (chosen major). I’m still considering going there just because it’s in new york.</p>
<p>1) How hard would it be to transfer to CAS?</p>
<p>2) How different is it to go to poly than it would be to go to NYU? Are they seen like completely differently and ‘not really’ in NYU?</p>
<p>3) I love computer science but I was hoping to major in something else like psych or philosophy or something - main reason I applied to NYU. Would I be able to take classes (which I’m assuming are better at NYU) for psych or some other major or does that just not happen?</p>
<p>Thanks for volunteering your time!</p>
<p>Do you known any friends awarded the CAS scholarship when they were admitted? I see people give completely different stories about renewable of CAS scholarship, have you heard any case that the scholarship was taken away or reduced a lot?</p>
<p>@Cof2014 1) I honestly don’t know. The merger is still so recent that no one has actually had the opportunity to do the internal transfer yet. However, I think it would be possible so long as you maintained a high GPA during your freshman year at Poly. Poly is a great school in its own right though, and I would consider visiting to get a better feel for it before you take it off the table as an option
2) It is different, but it is becoming more integrated. There are now regular NYU buses that run between Poly and NYU main (for free). Poly students can and do participate in extracurricular activities here, and are also welcome to take classes at the main campus. I do think there is some difference largely due to the location and the accompanying environment. NYU main can be very artsy in some ways as a result of large population of artists, actors, musicians, etc. Poly likely has a more sciencey focus, whereas the focus in CAS is very much on liberal arts
3) As I said before, Poly students can take classes at NYU main. However, most NYU schools have a cap on how many classes you can take outside of that school (in CAS you can only take 16 credits outside of CAS). That being said, if you wanted to pursue an additional major (assuming it fits into the other classes required for your main major), you can apply for special permission to do so that will waive the 16 credit (or however many it is) limit</p>
<p>@required3: I think the CAS scholarship is just the generic scholarship given to CAS students. The only times when it is taken away are if your family’s EFC changes, or if you fall below the GPA threshold required for the scholarship. Otherwise, it should be renewable for all 4 years</p>
<p>@jazzcatastrophe Thanks for the reply. What housing would you recommend for a freshman and do you think I would get rescinded from CAS Economics with a 3.3? (LOL senioritis)</p>
<p>Another question: What’s the difference between an Economics degree from CAS vs an Economics degree from Stern? I know one is a BA vs a B.S, but not much more than that. Which one would help me more if I planned to apply and attend business grad school? </p>
<p>Also, would you happen to know how hard it is to transfer into Stern and if it is worth it to do so? I read this thread <a href=“The Truth about Internal Transfer to Stern from CAS. - New York University - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/new-york-university/1323947-the-truth-about-internal-transfer-to-stern-from-cas.html</a> saying that it wasn’t as hard as everyone said it was. </p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to reply, I really appreciate it! </p>
<p>@omgifailed: Housing: I’m a fan of both Founders and Brittany. I went into more detail in an older post somewhere (look in my past threads/replies), but in terms of location and general niceness of the rooms themselves, these two are my personal favorites. </p>
<p>I doubt you’d get rescinded for that, as long as you don’t have any Cs you should be golden. The difference in the degrees is in the coursework. In Stern, you get a much broader practical business base, with an econ concentration on top. In CAS, you get the liberal arts aspects, and you also get a much more theory based academic view of economics. Either would be fine for an MBA (I’m assuming that’s what you meant by business grad school?), but keep in mind that it is very rare to go for an MBA without getting real work experience first. Transferring to Stern is very difficult. I know several people that have tried and none succeeded. Those people are entitled to their opinions, but based on my own experiences, I disagree with them. That being said, you should certainly try if you want to, but be sure that you would be happy with CAS if it doesn’t work out</p>