<p>I guess these question threads are all the rage, so why not. What the hell. Ask away. If you have an urgent question, PM me and I'll be happy to give you my email.</p>
<p>Oh, and NO CHANCES.</p>
<p>i just hv quick question. is it possible to get a single dorm as freshman? is it possible to request? i hv a sleeping disorder lol AND (tough question) which in ur opinion is the best dorm? i'm kinda counting my eggs here b4 they hatch...</p>
<p>Assuming you get in (lol), Hayden's THE most requested dorm at NYU. Frankly, I think Hayden's in a great location (I live in Hayden....it's nice to be able to get up at 9:20 for a 930, shower, get dressed, and get to class only a couple minutes late), and everyone here's nice, but it's not quite as social as people make it out to be. You can request a single all you want, but you're probably not going to get it as a freshman. For god's sake, they don't have enough freshman dorms, so they're putting freshmen in upperclass dorms, but they might have overenrolled this year for whatever reason. </p>
<p>So this is the breakdown
Hayden-the ED dorm. It's the most requested dorm at NYU, and the ED kids get dibs on housing. I'd know, I asked around and 9 out of 10 kids were ED, or some ridiculous proportion like that. It's, in my opinion, a great dorm location-wise. The rooms are reasonably sized, the A/C in my room was broken the whole time I needed it, but it DOES have A/C. Dining hall's closed half the week, but food is decent when it's open. Former NYU Law School dorm, not that it's relevant. And Greenwich Village and West Village are about 2 minutes away, which is awesome. Just assume that Hayden's off-limits (not off-limits....full) if you're RD. 1500 people get in ED and about 700 people live in Hayden, so the chances aren't that great even for kids that do ED.</p>
<p>Weinstein-it's called a "concrete prison" for a reason. It's like the typical cinderblock traditional style dorm type thing. I heard the rooms were okay sized (or tiny, I forgot which), but they do have a pretty nice food court AND a dining hall. The buffett-style dining hall's called Downstein and the food court is called upstein. Speaking of upstein, it's got Chick-fil-a if it counts for anything. The learning center and Java City is on the first floor. VERY convenient commute to classes (Silver Center's half a block away). And God help you if you get a high-rise (floors 9-17) room; the elevators get stuck ALL THE TIME.</p>
<p>U. Hall-I haven't been inside here, but I heard the rooms were't quite as big as the other dorms, but you get walk-in closets, the building's practically brand-new, but it may feel antisocial. Union Square location might be a problem if you have a waking up problem-classes are about a 10-minute walk. Typical brand-new apartment style dorm. Costs about $2000 more than the traditionals like Hayden. No dining hall here, but Palladium's like two feet away.</p>
<p>Third North-It's an apartment-style dorm like U.Hall but not quite as nice. The rooms are decent sized, I guess, and the facilities are a bit older. They do have a computer lab downstairs, a dining hall, and a courtyard, which is great. The location's pretty good; a lot going on around there. Obviously a bit farther away from classes than the other dorms. Like U.Hall it costs about $2k more than traditional dorms. I almost busted a kneecap in the courtyard but no hard feelings there (I was walking on the retaining wall and then fell and hit my knee on a sharp corner....talk about excruciating pain). Thankfully I can still walk.</p>
<p>Goddard-it's known to be the explorations-exclusive dorm (I could be wrong here). Rooms are okay, starbucks downstairs, but no dining hall. Hayden, Weinstein and Kimmel Student Center are all a three-minute walk. Very convenient walk to classes-Silver Center's about a half a block way. Very small, traditional kind of dorm. I heard it was pretty social.</p>
<p>Brittany and Rubin-Not sure what to make of these. Neither has A/C, but I heard the rooms were much bigger as a result. Rubin's on fifth ave, and not too far from classes, but I don't even know where Brittany is. According to the NYU rumor mill, there's a ghost that haunts Brittany.</p>
<p>I think they might be able to make an exception if you have a medical disorder, but don't expect them to grant you one. I'm obviously biased because I live in Hayden and I think it's great...sometimes I don't feel like making the schlep across the park to classes, but otherwise it's all good. People are generally very friendly and we definitely live up the "party dorm" reputation (4 ambulances called during Orientation week.....ALL for alcohol-induced unconsciousness, I believe). We did have this guy pull out a knife in the dorm during Orientation week, but he's Weinstein's problem now.</p>
<p>And no, there's NO SEPARATE dorms for Sternies, CAS kids, or whatever. You get assigned based on your housing questionnaire regardless of school.</p>
<p>niiice...i think i best visit the dorms (assuming i get in lol) and see everything again...say...is NYU a really big party school? which dorms r known for partying haha? also...food quality? and price? thanks a bunch in advance!</p>
<p>I don't know if NYU generally is a big party school but Hayden's the "party dorm" lol, although it's a crapshoot depending on what floor you live in. If you want party school, got to UW-Madison. People seem to be generally serious about their academics as well as partying (or having fun). Of course, nobody stays in on weekends, and sometimes on weekdays. When you have NYC, you're not going to see frat parties and stuff like that. Greek life, by the way, is practically invisible.</p>
<p>As for food-I personally think it's pretty good for university food, and I really like the food at Kimmel Center. And even if you don't want dining hall food, Manhattan has the most restaurants per square mile than any other city in the world. Go try out new stuff...the falafel seems to be the snack food of choice here-although I must admit, it's an acquired taste (I like it but others might not).</p>
<p>Price-be prepared to spend more money than you ever thought possible. Manhattan's in the top 10 list (if not top 5) of the most expensive cities to live in. Tuition's probably going to through the roof, but more importantly, the living expenses here will have you filing Chapter 7 before you graduate. Try to get some sort of internship or part time job here to pay for your living expenses. If you can get in, being a human subject for research experiments pays the most per hour (ranging from $12 to $32). Unfortunately most of these studies are only an hour long.</p>
<p>You're very welcome.</p>
<p>do you know any transfers? I am going to apply as a sophomore transfer student for fall 2008. do you think it will be hard to meet people?</p>
<p>Not really...there's not much of a stigma for transferring here, in, out or internally. Unless you go out blabbing about how you're a transfer, chances are nobody will know or care. And it's not that hard to meet people because chances are, you'll have some sort of orientation. If not, you may have to go seek out people in your dorm, classes, etc. but it's not harder because you're a transfer.</p>
<p>I do know someone in my history class that's a junior transfer into Stern. Smart guy, pretty social, I don't think he had any difficulty meeting people. But I don't know him all that well.</p>
<p>I'm sure a little research would answer this question, so don't hate me.... haha... but are mealplans required for freshmen? Like, if I wanted to tough it out with a minifridge and microwave and make all my own meals, would this be possible as a frosh? </p>
<p>Thanks a ton by the way, your answers are really helpful.</p>
<p>Yes. They are. I think there's a minimum meal plan even for freshmen living in apartment style dorms. You can make your own meals, but you still need a meal plan. In some cases, though, it might be cheaper to just order food in.</p>
<p>You're welcome.</p>
<p>Actually, freshmen in apartment-style dorms do not have to have a meal plan. A few of my friends at Third North and U-Hall do not have meal plans. Only freshmen living in traditional-style dorms (Hayden, Goddard, Rubin, Weinstein, and Brittany) require the minimum 10-meal a week or 175-per semester (flex) meal plans. Be prepared to order out/cook though if you don't have a meal plan in apartment style. If you budget correctly, it might be cheaper actually to buy groceries and cook for yourself, if you cook, that is.</p>
<p>Oh, my mistake.</p>
<p>I personally like the flex. I eat in the dining hall like 6-7 times a week. Most other times I just order stuff in. I have like 75 meals or something left and 2-3 weeks left of school. The cost of food in Manhattan is exorbitant, though.</p>
<p>I'm still open to questions.....</p>
<p>How's the gym situation? I go almost every day here at home... that still gonna be possible at NYU? (I'm talking availability of machines/convenient location, etc.)</p>
<p>Well I haven't been to the gyms because I'm a lazy ass bum but what I've heard is that Palladium has a really nice gym (3rd ave and 14th st, right next to UHall). I did see Coles on Mercer and and Bleeker when I went to ClubFest. That gym's kind of gross because there's no A/C, and the facility itself seems to be large enough. I think it'll be possible, but if you can't do it, you can always run laps around Washington Square Park...people might get annoyed at you but you certainly can do that...I see people run up and down Washington Square West over and over and over again all the time. Not now because it's freezing but when it was warmer.</p>
<p>I think your best bet might be Palladium.</p>
<p>Heyhey, I'm a freshman in GSP right now and I just thought I'd pitch in on a few things.</p>
<p>The Gym situation is, to put it simply, amazing. As futurenyustudent has said, Palladium is a very large and well equipped facility, but from my experience, the walking distance to Coles is much shorter and a lot more accessible (I say that mainly because I have a class on Mercer, and have cut the run to Coles from Silver to about 5 minutes)... but if you're going to the Gym, then the walk to Palladium isn't that bad. What I love about Coles is that its membership isn't just for NYU students, but for anyone who lives in the area as well. Because of this, they literally offer hundreds of classes for just about every single activity imaginable - there's fencing classes, every single kind of dancing from ballroom to hiphop, swimming courses, a badminton club, karate classes, yoga, aerobics, kickboxing - anything you can get at a gym that you pay for, you can get here. The classes are at flexible times and only cost around $75 for an entire semester, which is a pretty sweet deal if you ask me. </p>
<p>What futurenyustudent has said about Greek life is partially true - to most students Greek life seems invisible, but they'd be surprised to see how much of NYU's philanthropy efforts are made up of Greek organizations. Personally, I believe that if you find a Greek organization that fits you and your personality type, it can potentially open so many doors for you - half of the activities that I'm involved with now are because of my sorority. It can give you connections into internships, law seminars, random jobs, and gives you tons of opportunities to play an active role in aiding NYC. There are even (I kid you not) medical fraternities, and a co-ed fraternity that is fully devoted to community service. But the best part about Greek life here is that the organizations aren't even close to how sororities and fraternities are portrayed at large state schools or on TV - greek life here is much more low key and is geared at allowing students to become much more active and take advantage of all of their opportunities, rather than mindless frat parties in random dorm rooms. Woah I didn't mean to go on a huge schpeal about that, but yeah, that's my two cents =).</p>
<p>what's the point of those personal statements anyway?</p>
<p>I have no idea as I'm not an AdCom. I think they do look at those personal statements, though, because there's no way my grades would have gotten me in.</p>
<p>How are the career services, is it possible to get good internships/good job oppurtunities when we're up against Stern? (econ major) </p>
<p>How difficult is it to get a 3.0 if I am GSPed?</p>
<p>How difficult is it to get a high GPA with an economics major?</p>
<p>On average how much do you spend a week? (money)</p>
<p>How are the career services, is it possible to get good internships/good job oppurtunities when we're up against Stern? (econ major) </p>
<p>As you obviously know, there's only one career services center for all undergrads. NYU has a great reputation in NYC and I don't think you'll have any difficulty. I personally haven't been there, although I need to pay them a visit so I can find an internship over the summer. We'll see how that goes.</p>
<p>How difficult is it to get a 3.0 if I am GSPed?</p>
<p>I'm not sure as I'm not in GSP. I did hear that GSP isn't that hard, I didn't try that hard in regular CAS and I'm looking at getting around a 3.2-3.5 so it shouldn't be too hard.</p>
<p>How difficult is it to get a high GPA with an economics major?</p>
<p>I assume it's not too difficult, but I haven't taken any econ courses yet outside of stats, and I have an A in stats right now, so you might have to ask me later when I've taken intermediate micro. </p>
<p>On average how much do you spend a week? (money)</p>
<p>Between $30-$100+ a week. On average, about $85.</p>
<p>still open for questions....</p>