<p>@iphoney - I might not be very correct on this because I’m only a freshman, but I think that Stern IBEX is just another top college study abroad exchange program. You get totally immersed in that college culture and there are very few or no Sternies with you there so its more of an independent challenge. There isn’t anything special about it that some other comparable program (maybe at Wharton or Ross) doesn’t have. The good thing is there are schools on the list which are among the best in those parts of the world so it gives you an opportunity to go out there, have fun and still get a quality education. The Stern name helps in getting better partner schools so the list of partner schools might be better than say a program ranked lower and one that isn’t as good even in another majors like economics. You might be able to go to the same place in Europe but where you go might matter in terms of academics and Stern might be able to guarantee a good school. However, like I said before I can’t see anything special that a Wharton exchange or a Ross exchange might not have and they might also be better in certain countries. For me, the only bad thing about IBEX is that it can only be done junior or senior year and some of the colleges might be the best in those parts but they don’t compare with Stern. I’d rather do my finance major junior year at one of the best places in Stern rather than in Universidad Navarra or the University of New South Wales or someplace. But a lot of kids who’ve gone there have had a great time (I learned this from an info session) and they highly recommend it.</p>
<p>@therealangelaj - My roommate is a great guy from Tisch. I’ve had no problems with him at all. Guess that shows that it doesn’t matter what you study but who you are to be liked. We met up on facebook and talked and chatted a lot in the beginning (immediately after we knew we were going to be roommates) about things to bring and about interests and what we wanted to do. We had pretty similar family backgrounds - being the youngest in the family and parents working in similar jobs. Me being an international student helped in relations because he wanted to be overly nice (he was from new york and wanted to send out a good impression). I’ve asked him so much about the city. The Housing system actually worked well for me. He is gay but that wasn’t in anyway a bad thing either. As long as your roommate is nice, it doesn’t matter if they are gay or go to another school. Living on campus freshman year is amazing because you get to know a lot of really cool kids from outside your school whom you might have never met otherwise. My closest friends are from Tisch, Steinhardt, Gallatin and LSP and all are floormates. I won’t be taking any classes in Tisch or in Steinhardt or in Gallatin so I might never have seen them. I would’ve just passed them on Washington Square Park and not realized how amazing they are. You will be able to meet a lot of people. If you can afford it, I would highly recommend staying on campus.</p>
<p>It comes up on the housing website (the place where you fill the application) (you might not have got the housing info yet). So basically you fill up this housing application end of May and you hear back from them in the first week of august. I also received an email on NYU Home from the housing department with my roommate details and dorm details. Last year though, there was some glitch and many were able to see their dorm details 10-15 days earlier and used that to find out roommates on facebook beforehand on the NYU class of 2013 page. Its a pretty long wait but there is nothing that can be done. The kids who get into explorations and the residential college heard back on July 1 if they got accepted, so those accepted kids knew before where they were dorming (I don’t know if they knew about their roommates as well). The rest of us had to wait.</p>
<p>Also, I’m bumping this for any freshman there who now has more questions after the whole likely email thing (now that they’re in, they might want to know more). If you want to know, I never received a likely email (none of those invites at all) but got my acceptance pretty soon via email (international kids get it first that way).</p>
<p>i got accepted to stern…and i’m wondering how easy it is to take dance classes at tisch…</p>
<p>(i have a feeling that it’s not easy at all…lol)</p>
<p>i do have dance background and even considered applying to tisch, but ended up taking the academic route. but i would really love it if i could continue dancing in college, especially at such a prestigious school liek tisch</p>
<p>how difficult would it be to manage a part time job at stern? I’m a lifeguard and I want to continue working as one if I go to nyu (partly because I figure that if I’m going to have to be in a bathing suit a lot, I’ll be motivated to stay fit and not gain the infamous freshman 15).
and what are things you wish you knew before coming to Stern that you now know?</p>
<p>one of my former roommates was a lifeguard at an NYU pool, and she was a Stern Econ major, and she managed just fine. she was a junior, to boot. she scheduled herself to work during the mornings (the earliest shift possible) so she would have time to go to class/do homework.</p>
<p>@ilovepandapanda - I’m not too sure about that. Maybe somebody else on the forum can help you out. I have no friends taking dance and I could only check Courses on Albert for information. In that page, most of the dance classes are open only to majors. The only courses open to other students with permission from the instructor are 1.Kinesthetics of Anatomy, 2.Private voice and 3.Music collaboration (this is straight from Albert but I don’t know what they mean since I know nothing about dance) This is only for the Tisch classes. I don’t know if Dance is offered anywhere else at NYU. So I don’t think taking dance classes at Tisch is possible unless you’re a dance major. I don’t know anything about whether a dance major is possible but from reading the Stern Majors website, it seems that that option is not possible as well. (on [Academic</a> Advising](<a href=“http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/uc/currentstudents/academics.cfm?doc_id=4935]Academic”>http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/uc/currentstudents/academics.cfm?doc_id=4935) only Producing Minor is listed under Tisch so maybe it doesn’t work). There might be a way that I don’t know about, so I’d recommend that you talk to somebody in NYU advising to see if they can help.</p>
<p>@OhMySwoon - missamericanpie answered it perfectly. It is definitely possible. There is time for that and also opportunities since this is New York. I have a friend who has a part time job at a place near Columbia (something to do with her interest). Its not a lifeguard job but I just mentioned that to say that if she could make it everyday traveling so much and do well only because she was interested, there is no reason why you can’t fit it in and manage (the type of job doesn’t matter). And a part time job might add some weight to your profile (even if its only a lifeguard job to show that you’ve been doing something productive). I have no personal experience in this because international kids can’t work off campus in their first year, but am sure that it shouldn’t be a problem.</p>
<p>And as for the things I wish I knew - Nothing related to business or finance or anything (I can learn that here and I don’t need any of it at all and I knew quite a bit in high school). I just wished I was more outgoing and had made more use of high school opportunities and competitions to go out more and interact with many more people. I wish was more prepared for a big city life and the experience of having a million things to do all the time. I was an outgoing kid but at a place like NYU and Stern, there are going to be many diverse people from all backgrounds and if you know how to move well with everybody and get out of your comfort zone and have done that a lot since childhood, you’ll do amazingly well since it is through people and contacts that you’d get everything. If you’re good at that you shouldn’t worry. If not, try building up on that. I was lost at first and fell into a comfort zone, but then started becoming more outgoing, showed up everywhere, met a lot of people, and now I have more opportunities. Stern has kids who are everywhere, and know everybody and can keep everybody happy and some who just come to class, sit down, not talk, and then get up and leave. Don’t be part of the second group. It may sound a bit lame, but this is probably among the most important things at Stern. Be somebody of more than academics or just a talent. Keep people happy, and you’ll get the best of NYC and NYU and Stern. It also helps in dealing with some of the a-holes who are found in Stern.</p>
<p>How are the financial aid services at NYU? Are you/your parents constantly worrying about paying for the tuition? NYU Stern would be amazing, but it’s so expensive!</p>
<p>hey
i have a question about the dorm for freshman … is it boy one floor and then girl the other alternating? ( cuz say what happens if you and ur boy friend request to room together O,O is that possible></p>
<p>Hi, I just received an e-mail from NYU congratulating me on my acceptance. However, it did not say what school I had been admitted to; just NYU. I applied to Stern. Should I assume I have been accepted there? This is probably an obvious question, but I would have thought they would have included the school I was accepted into in the e-mail.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how the Information Systems major works at Stern? That’s what I got in to, and I would like to pursue a career in business/technology. Is it possible to also minor in CompSci while majoring in IS at Stern?</p>
<p>What recruitment offers would there be, and does it take a backseat behind Finance? Or would it be a better decision not to go to Stern for anything other than Finance and maybe marketing, as I’ve heard?</p>
<p>I’m a Finance and IS double major, and planning on minoring in CS as well. So far it’s fine, from what I can tell. There’s some info that I can’t publicly post so expect a PM shortly.</p>
<p>What do you think about the Stern finance major? How hard is it? Also what is the general perception of it in the Investent Banking job market? Thanks</p>
<p>Although there is definitely more work than lower tier schools, that is not what makes it hard. It’s more so the competition among students that makes it tough. In the IB market, Stern does very well in terms of job placement, although there is an impression that Sternies tend to be a little more quantitative than most.</p>
<p>It’s competitive, because the caliber of the students here is just crazy. Don’t forget we’re number 2 in the nation for Finance so the education is top notch.</p>
<p>Last year in the midst of the recession the graduating class had a 98% placement rate for jobs, my brother included. So it’s really a matter of performing well and you’ll have a job.</p>
<p>Hey england2010, I’m an international student too.</p>
<p>Could you provide me some insight onto how employment is for international students? As you probably already know, we have the whole OPT process, in which we can only do internships for exactly 12 months. Do international students remain competitive even with a lack of internship? </p>
<p>Second, suppose the student fails to get the H1B visa. How strong is NYU stern represented in foreign countries, particularly the UK, where immigration laws are much more lax? Could a student who fails to get an H1B visa easily get a job in the UK (considering that the student has a solid GPA and work experience of course). </p>
<p>Third, I know that the majority of students in NYU stern do not always end up in investment banking. What are some other financial related jobs that many NYU students take up? Are employment opportunities much easier in those areas of finance, particularly for international students?</p>
<p>@nathansin - A couple of international seniors (who have great jobs now) whom I talked to said that it might not matter depending on the rest of your profile. Many of them did at least one internship back in their home countries, and one in the US. So, it still was pretty impressive. The OPT thing doesn’t necessarily mean that you can’t get more than one internship. You could still get two within those 12 months in the US itself. If you’re smart about them, you’ll be fine. But I wouldn’t worry too much about it. The whole “you need a lot of internships” is not that important. Quality matters too. Many of the freshmen don’t get quality internships anyway, and many don’t intern at all. So you wouldn’t be at a disadvantage. As long as your resume at the end of 2.5 years is enough to get you a good internship junior-senior year summer, that is all you need. You can hopefully convert the internship into a full time job. Resumes can only take you till the interview, so make sure its at least good enough for that. And companies would understand - they wouldn’t expect an international student to have worked as much, because of legal rules. But make sure your academics are top notch - there is no excuse for that. Come to Stern and try for an internship back home (or another country you’re really close with) in the first year (if you get it, its work+global experience).</p>
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<li><p>If you get a good job, it shouldn’t be a problem at all. Firstly, I know a lot of people from my country who have jobs on Wall Street now graduating from Ivies, Stern etc. Firstly, the company uses its power and can almost certainly get you a visa. If not, they will get you a job at an office in another country. A friend of a friend who couldn’t work in Goldman Sachs New York because he didn’t get H1B now works in Goldman Sachs London. And you will have a post completion OPT too of 12-29 months, so that might help you stay here till you get a job that almost certainly gets a H1B. A lot of people (especially some Indian and Chinese internationals) are planning to go back to their countries to their businesses after graduation (at least in the class of 2013 - whom I’ve talked to)(who would blame them - their countries are growing so fast, and would have better opportunities in some areas than even the US). People like that could free up a few H1B slots. I’m pretty sure that a student without a H1B can get a job in the UK. Obviously, it can’t be at all places, but a lot of big banks and others do know the value of a Stern degree. And TRIUM has definitely helped with our popularity in Europe (particularly UK and France). Its very unlikely that you won’t have a job offer after all this (stern placement rate is 98% - like sansri said even in the recession) - but if you don’t look at grad school or something. But don’t worry, if you’re good, you will have a good job if not here, somewhere else.</p></li>
<li><p>Not all of them only major in Finance. Many do double majors and take jobs in the other major if they can’t get a finance job. Yeah, Investment Banking has very few going there this year. People become Traders, go into Securities, Banking, Real Estate, lot of places. Virtually any place that finance can be used for. This is new york - anything is possible. I’m pretty sure there is a link on the Stern undergraduate site listing the various fields and jobs many graduates went into - but I can’t find it now.</p></li>
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<p>Ahh thank you england2010, this is really comforting to hear - I’ve recently been admitted to Stern and am planning to attend there. However some additional questions.</p>
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<li><p>How much do you spend for pocket money in NYC over a year? I’m trying to calculate the total amount of money my parents will need to pay and I think the best answer to this is one from an NYU student him/herself. I understand that NYC cost of living is very expensive but considering that I, a very conservative person who does not go clubbing/alcohol and rarely uses money unless its an absolute necessity, how much does a typical conservative student spend in a year? </p></li>
<li><p>I’ve read multiple accounts where NYU Stern students do internships DURING school, as well as taking classes at the same time. How common is that, and is that easily accessible to international students too, especially taking into account the 1 year OPT limit?</p></li>
<li><p>I am also planning to take a double major in finance and accounting. How difficult is the course load for this? Is this feasible without any AP/IB credits? (I am however exempted from writing the essay because my SAT writing was a 750).</p></li>
<li><p>A personal question - How do you spend your free time as a freshmen in Stern? Online games? Sports? Nightlife? </p></li>
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<p>By the way, thank you so much for your responses england2010, not just to me, but also to the others who asked questions. It really provided me with crucial information that I highly doubt would have found elsewhere, especially from an international freshmen at Stern. I’m sure any prospective Stern freshmen who read this thread feels the same way too.</p>
