<p>Told you. 
Party school + smart people = good shiz. haha</p>
<p>Hello. Iām perry from south carolina. Iām applying ED to the college of arts and science as a psychology and journalism double-major. Iāve always dreamed of living in New York City and the idea just gives me chills. I am way to excited. </p>
<p>A few of my concerns:
-I tend to be a little shy at first. Iām worried about meeting people if I donāt completely throw myself out there. Iām totally open to be friends with anybody but Iām worried about not fitting in.
-Iām straight. So, iām guessing I will be in the minority of guys at NYU. Unlike other southerners, Iām not a homophobe, so itās all good.
-Iām southern and I have a noticeable accent. But Iām not ignorant.
-I will be very far away from home - like 12 hours driving distance. I will only be able to see my parents like 2 or 3 times a year.
-I donāt drink and I donāt smoke. I have no problem with parties, though. I plan on taking advantage of the New York nightlife. I donāt mind being around alcohol, I just choose not to drink.
-I canāt afford NYU. I am going to graduate with major debt.
-I hope I get in.</p>
<p>Iām super excited about going to NYU (if I get in, that is) and I canāt wait to get out of south carolina. Good luck to everyone.</p>
<p>quick question :</p>
<p>applying for transfers process starts at the same time as applying as a freshman? Is there early decision for transfers as well?</p>
<p>Hello everyone! Iām Erin, blonde girl from Santa Clarita, CA (right near 6 Flags if you know where that is and if not.. near Los Angles). I am applying ED to CAS double major in Journalism and most likely Cinema Studies. And God, how I will do anything to get into NYU! Itās been my dream since I first visited NY 3 1/2 years ago and fell in love. I can also agree with frozenlight89 that my Sex and the City obsession had a big contribution to it all.. haha.</p>
<p>Iām freaking out and mainly worried about getting in. I feel like I have a decent chance but my SATs are too low.. and also the money issue. Financial aid and loans will definitely be a life saver!</p>
<p>So whatās this about a minority of straight guyās at NYU? Is there a large gay community there? Ah I hope soā¦ as GSA President at my school and living where I live, everyone is straight. Hopefully NYU will be more diverse in that area.</p>
<p>I highly doubt straights guys are the minority at NYU. Itās just really diversed because the schoolās so big that it might seem that way. I mean, there are a ton of Asians at NYU but they are certainly not the majority. :P</p>
<p>Hey Perry! Sup, haha Iām going to be in deep debt too, Tisch is like $5 thousand dollars more expensive than the other NYU schools. And itāll be good to get away from the parental units donāt you think? Unfortunately, my parents can visit me whenever they want if I get in. <_<</p>
<p>What up Erin, another blond? Thatās never a bad thing haha. Your SATs canāt be that low, you sound like a smart girl lol. </p>
<p>Speaking of loans, has anyone thought about what company to borrow from and stuff? I mean, youād have to shop around to get the best loan right? Itās basically like a mortgage</p>
<p>Yes, chris. I would like to have some separation from my parents. But 12 hours away is a little much. Most everyone from south carolina goes to USC (and I donāt mean southern california) or Clemson, so the max anyone really goes is like 3 hours away from home. I am breaking major bank with NYU. I havenāt thought about where to borrow from, though. Iām pretty sure my parents are going to pay for most, if not all, of my tuition, but they said I will have to pay for graduate school myself and my living expenses will be very tight. So I probably will have to take out a loan of some amount. </p>
<p>Iām with you, Erin. My SATs are definitely my weak point. I hope ED will help. I read all these blogs with these kids worried about getting in with their 1520s. Give me a break.</p>
<p>All of you would laugh if you visited my hometown. Every single person drives a large pick-up truck with something like āDIXIE BOYZā stickered on the back with a confederate flag. Their idea of a party is drinking beer on the bed of someoneās truck in a random field. You can only imagine how badly I want out.</p>
<p>Perry, I swear to god, you just hit the nail on the head for my stereotype for southerners! Do they go to HS football games every friday night and wrestle with pigs and stuff?
Also, on a more seriious note, well, kinda,lol.
I will be 17 when I am a freshman and during all the welcome week partying and such, so will I be able to go into any clubs?
Also, how do most people find out about all the parties? Like, through dorm rooms, or do frats and people go around inviting people, and such.</p>
<p>Haha, the high school football game attendance is very high indeed. I never go to any of them though - I really donāt care to pay money to support the football team who are a bunch of idiots and are already glorified enough. But, the wrestling with pigs part..not so sure about that one. It could happen though, I just wouldnāt know it. There are a few southerners who donāt participate in these activites and actually have some sense..at my high school that would include about 5 people.
I was wondering the same thing about the parties. No clue. Iāve looked on the facebook class of '12 and they had advertisements on there but I wasnāt sure whether or not it was bogus. I hope we donāt have to be invited by frats.</p>
<p>Sounds like a good deal Perry. A lot of kids in NY go to cheap public schools, the SUNYs and CUNYs cause they want to save up money for a good private graduate school. Iām not worrying about grad, cause I probably wonāt go. Im going for a BFA in film, thereās no point in me going for a MFA then haha. Probably going to just fly out to Cali, take the risk, and start working hopefully.</p>
<p>My SAT score from May is a 1290, Iām bad at math as shocking as it may seem haha. Iāve been preping and if I get high 1300s or just break 1400, I think Iāll be okay for Tisch.</p>
<p>Haha we donāt even have football at my school, we have a football field though but some kid died a few years ago or something. </p>
<p>Welcome Week, everyone will probably be about 17/18 and itās all organized by the students so I donāt see why we canāt get in. And itās inevitable that some people will sneak alcohol in.</p>
<p>Hey Perry, nice to see that their is someone else from a small town far away with big city dreams. Actually, reading your list of concerns, I felt like you were reading my mind. I wonāt be going home very much and I donāt anticipate too many visits from my family so Iām going to miss them. I donāt drink or smoke either (none of my friends do, its just not that big of a thing here, and Iāve always secretly wondered if weāre weird or if life is a little more like teenagers in the movies in other places, because it isnāt like that here). Oh, and donāt worry about that southern accent thing, chicks dig that 
Iām the one that should be worried, have you heared a Minnesotan accent? They are just about the grossest thing ever. I donāt sound like some one out of āFargoā or anything, but it is noticable to people from other places. And lastly, Iām shy too, but Iām hoping to find some others like my if I am lucky enough to get to go to NYU. It canāt be completely filled with super partiers and outgoing people, can it? For my sake, I hope not. But I will attempt to break out of my shy shell, its not that fun of a place to be.</p>
<p>Perry and world traveler, at least you guys wonāt be across the country from your families! Iāll be on the complete other side, CA - NY haha. But thing is thatās what I want more than anything, to get out of CA. The one comforting thing though is my brother is applying to NYU as a transfer so if we both get in at least I wonāt be completely alone.. But I guess I can;t really complain about where I live, its not that terrible.. its just generic high school you see in the movies, everyone goes to football games, everyone parties and drink (not really me though).</p>
<p>And I have a quick question about SATs, I feel like I should already know this.. but why are SATs in the 1600 scale now? Like you all are saying 1290 and 1300 blah blah, is it just because the schools never converted over to the 2400 scale so they stick with the old one? I feel like an idiot for asking :(</p>
<p>And Perry I know what you mean! I have some friends who got a 1400-something and theyāre applying here! Crazy people.</p>
<p>haha yeah erin, itās insane. It makes me feel so stupid when I read those posts about how their 1400 is āon the low side.ā I know what you mean about generic high school. Everyone is pretty much the same person. As far as the SAT thing, most colleges were trying to decide these first few years after they implemented the writing section on the SAT whether or not studentās other scores were comparable to their writing, or something like that. I think most schools still use the traditional 1600 scale, but a good writing score doesnāt hurt. My writing is a 710 and my other two scores are 600 and 610, so I wish they would use the 2400 scale.</p>
<p>world traveler, I feel your pain. Iām sure your accent from Minnesota canāt be that bad. At least whenever you open your mouth in a different part of the country people donāt automatically label you as ignorant like some people do southerners. Iāve already broken out of my shell so much in the past few years but I hope I will have completely broken out of it if I go to NYU.</p>
<p>yeah, chris. I see why people in ny go to cheaper schools because of graduate school. I pretty much have to go because I want to be a clinical psychologist and that requires at least a masters. If my parents can pay for at least 3/4 of my undergrad then it should be OK.</p>
<p>have you guys thought about which dorms you like?</p>
<p>Erin- Is CA really that bad? Almost all of my backup schools are in CA (if I donāt get in to NYU that is) and I thought they were mostly pretty nice. What is so bad that you want to leave so much? Or is it just that you want to get away from home? I know what thats like.</p>
<p>Perry- You wanna bet? People mock my accent where ever I go. They think we have Canadian accents, when really its just kind of a twang. Iām not labeled ignorant (as far as I know) but people show how ignorant they are by asking me what its like to have snow in July (which so doesnāt happen, we are hotter here in July than a ot of places because of the humidity that can get close to 80% sometimes). And I havenāt even begun to think about dorms, I donāt want to get my hopes up too high.</p>
<p>And about SATs to however cares: I totally agree that 1400s are not low scores. I wish I had a 1400! I think that if you have higher than a 1400 you will probably gain acceptance or at least LSed if something else isnāt great. I really hope that Gallatin is one of the easier schools to get into. I also heard somewhere that they LS people less, anyone know if thats true? Things would be so much easier if the individual schools would post stats about acceptance instead of just as a collective.</p>
<p>Hi everyone! Iām Alison from New Jersey (right by Princeton), and Iām applying ED to Gallatin. I love NYU and want to go there so badly, I love the city and living there would be a dream come true. I live like an hour away so I go to NYC a lot already (I was just there today!) but itās not enough for me haha. Iām hoping to study some sort of combination of dance, dramatic literature/drama, and journalismāI really want to become a writer about theater.
Perry and world traveler, Iām shy too! Iām hoping that I can break out of my shell and find people like me at NYU as well. Well, assuming I get in <em>crosses fingers</em>.</p>
<p>world traveler, no its not California as a whole. Iām just tired of living here and the people and want a chance to get away and experience something new and different. I mean I think part of it is the fact I have lived her my whole life and I probably take the advantages of CA for granted. And California schools are great donāt get me wrong. But Iām sick of the hot weather and just the people around me and to me, NY is like heaven. And I just HAVE to go somewhere where thereās rain, thats a definite haha.</p>
<p>Perry, so when they refer to the 1600 scale does that mean they donāt consider your writing score? Sorry to ask so many questions, I feel like an idiot.. 
And dang are you lucky that your parents can pay most of your tuition. I honestly donāt have any money for it so Iām really relying on aid and scholarships and loans. And I actually did look into the dorms [I spend like an hour a day at least on the NYU website or researching NY schools, yeah Iām a nerd.. haha]. I really liked Third Avenue North, those looked nice. I think its one of the only freshmen apartments. That is what Iād like to stay in as opposed to the traditional dorms. How about you Perry?</p>
<p>And Iām also very curious about LS and what the difference is exactly. I know there are smaller classes and such but howās it different from getting in normally?</p>
<p>Hello Alison! Lucky you youāre right by NY! ANd guysā¦ no worries Iām in the same boat, Iām a bit shy too.</p>
<p>Hello Iām Sarah from western Pennsylvania (about 45 min from Pittsburgh)</p>
<p>I want to apply to Tisch for Film but iām not sure if iāll get in. :\ i really want to go to NYU, seeing as the month of July i spent time in nyc for a film program wit NYFA. i have a 1470 for my SATās and iāve been told that they are too low for NYU, and i always feel stupid when people talk about their much higher scoresā¦</p>
<p>I live in the middle of the woods and when i went to NYC i found out that i actually can do without being surrounded by trees.</p>
<p>I know one person who went to NYU but havenāt asked her many questions about it. (she was in the film program and is now doing random jobs in the film industry)</p>
<p>Yes, erin. When colleges refer to an SAT scale of 1600 they are not including the writing portion - only the math and critical reading.</p>
<p>Haha, I did the same thing. Trust me, Iāve viewed all of the freshman dorms including the little 1-minute video that goes along with them. I am thinking third north too! Actually, both Third North and University Hall are apartment-style freshman dorms. University Hall is newer and a little nicer than Third North from what I can tell but it only has double rooms. I was sort of hoping to get a single room because I figured I would enjoy some space to myself after all the craziness of NYC and Third North has all types of rooms. But at the same time I am afraid I might cut myself off if I got a single and might miss out on the fun of having a roomate. I guess it would depend if I could find someone who I thought would be decent.</p>
<p>From what I understand, the Liberal Studies program is designed for students who are basically qualified to attend NYU but due to space limitations, cannot be admitted to the college that they applied to. Usually, they accept kids into LS who are lacking one fantastic qualification (good SAT, good GPA, etc). You cannot apply to the LS studies program, admissions simply accepts you into it whether or not you like it. I hope I donāt get it. From what I was told, I think that if they offer you LS as an ED applicant, then the decision becomes non-binding and you have like a month to decide. I donāt know how true that is, though.</p>
<p>hah you read my mind Perry! That was going to be my next question whether your promised to LS if you get in. Ugghh why canāt we all just get into the school we want :[ I wish.. but I guess LS would be better than being denied. I know my friend got accepted to it last year (but I think it was still called GSP then cuz thats what she called it) but she turned it down for UCLA.</p>
<p>I was also looked at University Hall. But Third North offers single rooms too? That sounds very nice :] but I agree with you, I donāt want to single myself out either and miss out on everything. And Third North is about $12,000 if I remember, and thatās the estimate for room and board anyway. Plus some of the fresh traditional dorms were around that price as well, I think? Not too sure because they changed the housing site and costs arenāt listed anymore. And thanks for that SAT clarification. I do have my blonde momentsā¦ haha.</p>
<p>Oh btw, did any of you guys get a letter in the mail from the admissions office? I got one the other day and it made me so excited just to see it! made me feel all special even though Iām sure everyone on the mailing list got one lol</p>
<p>Yep. I got a letter in the mail today! Actually, it was 3: a letter, a parentās fold-out brochure, and a fall visit fold-out brochure.</p>
<p>I am definately not looking at housing yet, because I havenāt even applied or gotten in. If I do get in, I need to worry about money before which dorm I want. Donāt wanna jinx myself by planning things like that out, I guess.</p>
<p>Helloā¦
Iām Kevin Matthew. Iām a senior in Columbus, Ohio, considering applying early decision at NYU.
Iāve wanted to attend NYU since my Freshman year of High School. Though after my scholastic hiatus, aka Drunken Sophomore Year, my grades were pretty much ruined. I had a 3.9 and went to a 2.0. Luckily I got into this program, Devry Advantage Academy, where I would spend my Junior and Senior years taking courses at DeVry. The only reason I enrolled in the program (besides getting away from the crazed high school environment I was in) was because I figured it was best for my GPA (all of the courses through DeVry would be weighted) and it was a free Associates degree (even if it is from DeVry). At DeVry Iāve kept a 4.0 and my high school gpa has raised back up to a 3.6 weighted. Iām not sure that I am going to apply because I am pretty doubtful of my chances. Also, I havenāt taken any of the the sat subject tests and am unsure of whether or not I even have time to do that. haha Ahā¦ Itās encouraging though (and I certainly do not assert any offense with this) that there are people on here with less than perfect stats. I always see people with splendid test scores, gpas, and superfluous honors and ecs, talking about how theyāre not good enough. Well yeah, I should probably go check on those subject tests. Ah, wait, I found it. The deadline was yesterday? Should just register with the late fees? Taking it November first would be too late, right?</p>