<p>Yay. Ask away. International student. Film&Television. </p>
<p>Obviously I'm more knowledgeable about Tisch, but I can try and give you the low-down on the other schools too, and of course I can help with general NYu stuff..</p>
<p>Lol. I’ll throw my hat in the ring, too - also an international sophomore at Tisch, Film & TV… (who are you?). Double majoring in the Spanish department, if anyone wants to ask about that.</p>
<p>I just applied to Tisch Photo & Imaging. Thinking in future terms and jobs, how would I go about double majoring in Business?</p>
<p>Also, is Tisch full of hipsters?</p>
<p>I applied to NYU CAS (a bit different from Tisch, so I understand if you cannot provide an answer to this), plan to double major in Chem and Spanish. Mainly, do you know people who have been accepted with an SAT score of 1900 or ACT 27?
I know it’s below their standards but are there some who were accepted with these scores?</p>
<p>Also, how do you feel about the layout of the campus. Do you not get that “college environment” feeling or do the students still connect out of class to provide the college experience even though the campus is not secluded?</p>
<p>@Lamestream
Double-majoring in Stern is not easy, but I know of people who have done it. You can’t apply to double major from the get-go. You’d have to be accepted into Tisch, talk with an advisor, and then apply to double major.
I don’t know any kids in Photo who’ve done it, but there was this girl in F&TV. So yeah, it’s definitely possible, just some red tape you’d have to wade through. </p>
<p>Tisch is full of hipsters. NYC is full of hipsters. I’ve been told I’m developing ‘hipster traits’ except I’m too ‘cute’ to be identified as such. Lmao. There are obnoxious hipsters and there are funny hipsters and there are bohemian hipsters and there are people who are so non-hipster that they become the new hipster. You’ll love it. It’s a completely self-aware, self-indulgent, New York party. </p>
<p>@Mango15
I don’t know anyone personally. There’s definitely a possibility, but I think CAS has a generalish cutoff above that. That said, you really truly never know with these things. They might love your essays. It’s honestly just touch and go. </p>
<p>Haha. The big one. Honestly, NYU has a campus - Washington Square. Most of the buildings are NYU, and we just make it our own somehow. And I entered NYU not knowing anyone. Nada. Not a soul. And I have a bunch of amazing, wonderful friends that I’m sure will last. Most of my friends are from my Tisch classes (or other department Tisch kids), but I have friends from my dorm and my CAS classes, too. </p>
<p>I don’t get the campus feeling that you’re talking about. I know this because sometimes I see/hear of other colleges and I’m just like, whoa. But NYU kids are truly of the city. It’s a ‘different’ feeling, I wouldn’t say a bad one. You get recruited by Greenpeace at every corner, you refuse pot from smelly men in the park on your way to class, you run into Matt Damon (or Julianne Moore, in my case) at the Starbucks, etc. </p>
<p>I tended to connect more with the kids from my major. My crew and I have been together for over a year, and I practically live with them. Freshman usually connect really well within the dorm (depending on your RA), upperclassmen not so much, sadly. </p>
<p>Meh. This is a hard one. My dorm is a 20 minute walk from ‘campus’ and I don’t feel estranged. Some kids who live in the freshman dorms right in the thick of it are lonely and afraid all the time. Think long and hard about how easily you make friends. Like anywhere else, if you don’t make an effort to network, collaborate on projects, talk to people, it’s hard.</p>
<p>Lol. Enough rambling. Pelicularities can probably enlighten you on the Spanish major.</p>
<p>I can’t say I know what scores people got - once you’re in college, no one cares. But I do have the impression that that’s a low score for CAS.*</p>
<p>There are surprisingly few Spanish majors at NYU.*Lots of Spanish minors, though.</p>
<p>Re double majoring in business - Tisch students can only double major in CAS, I think, though you can minor in Business of Entertainment, Media and Technology, which is pretty common. I think you can also minor in Business Studies, but I’m not sure about that.</p>
<p>Re community, I agree with OP in that film students tend to be close because we work together a lot. Honestly, I don’t feel it’s been detrimental that we don’t have a campus - you still meet people in class, clubs, etc (YMMV with dorms, I know of lots of people who made great friends on their floor, but that’s only been so-so for me. I haven’t had very close floors, though I also didn’t put in a lot of effort, which matters.) I can see how it might be different depending on your major or your interests.<em>The great thing about NYC though is the variety: you can find a community for almost anything - interests, hobbies, sports, religious groups, volunteering, etc. If not at NYU itself, then certainly in NYC.</em></p>
<p>I’ve been to visit friends at smaller, more traditional college / LAC campuses, and I can see the appeal of that kind of community, but it’s not for me. I can’t articulate why.*</p>
<p>Hipsters - OP nailed it.</p>
<p>Everyone I know in CAS scored a 2,000-2,200.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies! I have to say that NYU doesn’t seem like a fit for me anyway. As I research it I see more things I don’t like than I do. However, good luck to all the applicants and thank you for taking the time to answer my questions!</p>
<p>@Bang Sweet! I’ll look into when I’m there. Looks like I’ll fit in well with all the hipsters. Are the students in the different departments of Tisch close with one another, or does everyone hang out with everyone within their specific department?</p>
<p>What are the parties like?</p>
<p>@Lamestream</p>
<p>I’d say the kids hang out with their own departments more, at least initially, but you start mixing it up when you collaborate on your films (esp. film & drama). The drama department’s huge, no way even they all know each other. I see a lot of film & clive davis kids, and less so film & photo. </p>
<p>I personally don’t know too many dramatic writing or cinema studies majors, but they’re tiny departments anyway. I know almost all the dance students in my year just because of a single project, and because I’m into incorporating dance/film and I used to go to their concerts - to give you in idea about the power of collaboration. </p>
<p>There’s a bunch of Tisch-wide events so it’s not too hard to meet people from diff. departments.
Oh, also Writing the Essay is the one Tisch class you take with kids from diff. departments. Make friends (trust me, you will, once you realise that WTE is your common enemy). </p>
<p>Um. I’m not much of a partier, maybe pelicularities can help. I do know that at NYU most parties are not in the dorm and are out ‘in the city’. So it can get pretty hard-core, apparently. I’ve had friends who wake up in Queens with a bunch of traffic cones (then again, that might have been just them). I’m sure you can find a scene you fit in with.</p>
<p>I was just accepted ed to CAS and am having trouble deciding where I want to live so I have a question about dorms. First off where did you live freshman year and did you like it? Second of the following three if you had to choose again which would it be: Founders, Third North, or Hayden</p>
<p>Hmm. My reply never made it through, I see. Anyway, I’m not a partier at all. Can’t help you there. Most parties definitely happen outside of the dorms though.</p>
<p>As far as mixing departments go, it happens, because of the necessity of collaboration, and because there’s some overlap in what we do anyway.You either meet them through collaboration (happens a lot with film + drama), or sometimes through classes (WTE is a good example). I took a documentary film class in the summer, when it’s open to everyone, and met a Film/Cinema Studies double major as well as a Photography/Journalism double major (which is what I mean by overlap).</p>
<p>aarcot: I lived in Founders. I liked it - rooms are big, spacious and clean. Floors are small so you get to know everyone on your floor, although it definitely doesn’t seem as social as 3N or Hayden, but that really depends on the floor. If you’re on a high floor it can be a pain to wait for the elevator, but you get a great view (I lived on the third floor so I had it the other way around). It’s a little further away from school, but closer to Union Square so it’s worth it.</p>
<p>A couple of annoyances: no dining hall, and no computer lab, meaning you have to go to 3N to eat or print. In the winter, when you have to put on four layers just to cross the street, it gets old real fast.</p>
<p>If I had to choose again I would probably pick Founders again - it’s a little bit cheaper than 3N, everything in the building is still new, you get a lot more space, practically the same location, and you have to get a meal plan anyway so the kitchen isn’t a huge benefit. Plus, if you’re in Founders or 3N, you’re closer to the gym at Palladium than Hayden is to the other gym at Coles. But it really depends on what’s important to you.</p>
<p>@aarcot</p>
<p>pelicularities pretty much said it all for the 3N/Hayden/Founders thing. I lived in Weinstein, rooms left much to be desired (but only 2 to a room) and were quite small. It’s right on campus, so you can roll out of bed 5 minutes before most classes. Has two dining halls, a coffee shop, a kosher caf</p>
<p>@bangleonia I will be applying next year and could use a proofreader for my essays. If you’d be interested in reading them and giving me advice and tips it would be a great help. I can email them to you if you are interested. Thank you!</p>