<p>Most people I know in the tri-state area tend to think of one of a few things when it comes to NYU-- Tisch kids, overprivileged brats who think they’re badasses because they’re spending a lot of money to go to school in the city that’s always been just 30mins away anyway, or kids who grew up where they never had a big city and were drawn there because of NYC.</p>
<p>Of course that’s not even remotely all true, but it’s definitely the way I’ve noticed most LIers, Westchester county, southern Conn, and Northern NJ people think.</p>
<p>I don’t think the comparison to fashion makes sense at all, but if you want to say that stereotypes exist for students at different schools, then yes, you’ve got it all figured out.</p>
<p>That’s because those areas are really rich… no offense if you’re from there but there is a difference between how rich people think and how poor people think. I live in the tri-state area, but a poor town, and people here see NYU kids as smart people who enjoy city life. Which they are, basically.</p>
<p>^ I’m from an affluent tri-state town and NYU is just the school everyone applies to even if they don’t want to be there, kinda like the SUNY’s…then basically all the urbanites head there while everyone else goes to an LAC or Ivy. And the dumb students end up at low-tier private schools, cause their parents think it looks better than SUNY or CUNY :rolleyes:</p>
<p>to most of America, anyone at a private college is a spoiled rich kid, especially if it’s an Ivy; they don’t realize how diverse those places are. </p>
<p>although i’m not gonna take back my nyu stereotype, the school is dominated by artsy liberal hipsters, mostly girls or gay guys, except in the Science/Business majors Cooper students are always using our facilities, they’re like NYU students who go to college for free! if you look at an NYU map, the CU buildings are inside our “campus” lol</p>
<p>Yes, please do enlighten me on the supposed diversity of the Ivy League schools, especially mine own. The 95% of the student body over the poverty line figure must have been a figment of my imagination. </p>
<p>I’m sorry, can somebody tell me where the next closest North Face is? The one downtown kind of ran out of those fleece jackets that everyone else wears, so all I’m left with now is that stupid novelty t-shirt from the frat. Though I have to say, I sure do strike quite the pose in that.</p>
<p>What will corporate recruiters think of me now? I’m way too socially maladjusted to find jobs normally like normal people do! Come on Goldman…you’re my only shot now.</p>
<p>^ I said private colleges are diverse, not just Ivies (i don’t go to an Ivy so i can’t really speak for those). And yeah, I’ve met a lot of diverse people at my college - from all over the country, all over the world, studying hundreds of different majors, some filthy rich, others on full scholarship, athletes, artists, science nerds, people who speak 8 languages, potential i-bankers and fashion designers and actors, etc…fun stereotypes aside, we’re a diverse bunch.</p>
<p>Sorry if you think Dartmouth is too homoegeneous…hey, it’s pretty cold up there, I’d probably buy a North Face too. My best friends at Columbia and Cornell seem pretty happy with their experiences and the people they’ve met in college.</p>
<p>^ By “diverse” I mean all different kinds of people, studying different things, with different worldviews. If all private colleges are filled with spoiled rich kids, then public schools must be filled with middle class students who also wear the same clothes, act the same, etc. Ivies attract students from all over the world, U Florida attracts students from all over…Florida.</p>
<p>My Cornell friend was salutatorian of our class and turned down Princeton and MIT…he loves Cornell. And it’s more diverse than most Ivies because of the state-contract colleges which allow more low-income students to attend. Cornell is also the largest Ivy with the most majors, with stuff like Hotel Managment and Industrial Labor Relations -most Ivies just have Liberal Arts. Why is Cornell associated with insecurity issues? but hey, i don’t go to an ivy so I’m not gonna tell you about your school lol.</p>
<p>Of course the ivies aren’t diverse. All of the kids there are high quality.</p>
<p>Whereas somewhere like Arizona state probably the moost diverse college of all. This is geographically, racially, and- what Ivies lack – varying levels of slackerism. State schools get some people who’ve slacked off all their lives.</p>
<p>They’re also a fashion statement because you can automatically buy every clothing item from your school’s bookstore. Which is what I plan on doing. :)</p>
<p>^^ No. No. No. Unless you like being ripped off. I mean, buy a sweatshirt or two, but I’d avoid buying every clothing item from them. Or if you really want to, wait until the end of the year when they’re trying to get rid of their stock, prices usually drop a bit.</p>
<p>Ugh. I’m jealous, I don’t think any college I’ve gone to had stuff at Marshalls. Stick with Marshalls, you could probably get dirtcheap stuff from them.</p>
Pssh, we have a thousand kids. Not all of us are artists, archs or engis, we have some worthless scum around, they take a fake engineering major that changes its name every couple of years.</p>
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How true how true, except we have to do work. Whenever I am in Bobst at 2:00 in the morning on a friday night, half the kids there are from Cooper.</p>
<p>When it comes to this diversity stuff at elite colleges, most of the “diversity” kids are there to get into a prestigious life, not go back to where they came from.</p>
<p>Alix2012 - As a fellow NYU student, I must respectfully disagree. Our school isn’t really dominated by rich people, uber-liberal hipsters. I don’t know who you hang out with, but none of my friends are neither rich, nor uber-liberal, nor hipster. Sure you can find people like this, but as someone said before, I’ve found that most students are just “normal” kids who are smart and want a true urban college experience. Sure there are rich students, but please, not everyone is rich. At any top private school, or even lower-tier privates for that matter, you will find rich people from Manhattan and the suburbs.</p>
<p>@ bdl108 - I said the “rich artsy hipster” is the stereotype of NYU students, but after that I made several posts saying stereotypes aside, I think the school is pretty diverse and I’ve met many different kinds of people here (read my last 2 posts in this thread). of course most people here aren’t rich, three quarters of the school is on financial aid.</p>
<p>@smilodon - hah that is so true, I notice a lot of Cooper and New School students, all gathering together in the hideous monstrosity that is Bobst! But 2 am on a friday night - i work hard but not that hard! you must be doing architecture or engineering.</p>
<p>I also want to point out that just because someone isn’t on financial aid doesn’t mean they’re rich. I’m not on FA and I’m far from rich. My father just managed our money very wisely. Some of my friends are wealthier than my family and are still on FA.</p>
<p>“Yes, please do enlighten me on the supposed diversity of the Ivy League schools, especially mine own. The 95% of the student body over the poverty line figure must have been a figment of my imagination.”</p>
<p>I wouldn’t consider living slightly above the poverty line to be wealthy. Though I don’t know anything about your school if you think that top quality schools should have a large number of impoverished kids, then… I guess I really don’t know what to reply.</p>
Cooper students are always using our facilities, they’re like NYU students who go to college for free! if you look at an NYU map, the CU buildings are inside our “campus” lol</p>