<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I'm currently a freshman majoring in Film & Television and minoring in American Literature and Producing.
I'm putting myself out here to answer any and all questions you have about NYU, whether they be about housing, classes, or life in the city. </p>
<p>I just want to let you know that I will be checking this message board several times a day to answer questions as soon as I can. </p>
<p>Thank you so much, and congrats NYU '15!</p>
<p>You drew inspiration from my username… is that right? That must make me inspiring…</p>
<p>Anyway, what’s the party/social life like as a freshman. Obviously, it’s difficult to go out and hit the clubs (21+ age limit and all that). Do you go to bars/clubs?</p>
<p>Do you have dorm parties? Are they raucous?</p>
<p>Do people get high in their dorms? What’s the drug scene like?</p>
<p>Is it easy to make friends at NYU? I’ve heard people often complain of the isolating and distant nature of relationships at NYU. Any truth in that?</p>
<p>Thanks mate.</p>
<p>Take your real name off the forum. Self-promotion aside, it’s just dumb to tie your real identity to anything online, that can come back to bite you down the road. Not wise, my friend.</p>
<p>@spazman21</p>
<p>Party/social life is as varied as the school itself. There are people who go see a show on a weekend night, people that go out to clubs (either with fakes or to 18+/19+ clubs), etc. I know by reputation of bars and liquor stores that don’t card, and obviously students flock to those.</p>
<p>Dorm parties happen, but they generally don’t last long. Despite this, they still almost always pop up on weekends. It’s pretty obvious to the RAs that something’s going down when they hear blasting music at 2am on a Friday night. </p>
<p>The drug scene is there, as it is with any college. There are people who smoke in their dorm, but it’s definitely not in your face 24/7. If you want to get in on that scene, it’s not hard to, but it’s certainly easy to avoid it if that’s what you want (which most do).</p>
<p>This whole idea that it’s impossible to make friends at NYU is a little ridiculous. Every freshman is looking to make friends, and so for the first two months of fall term, everyone is putting themselves out there. You end up becoming friends with your floormates and classmates. That said, NYU doesn’t have a quad where everyone can go hang out and meet a new friend – if you are still looking for friends after the first term, you just have to be willing to put yourself out there (like in real life…)</p>
<p>If you have any more questions, please let me know!</p>
<p>how many students are in the film production major and the average film class? Do you feel that there is more competition than cooperation because of the size of the school? How hard is it to get equipment when you need or want it? Any other feedback on the film school? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi I am an incoming freshman, liberal studies my first year but then tisch for film and television for the remainder of my nyu days. I was wondering what people know about exploration floors? How easy is it to get into them and what exactly is involved with applying?
Specifically does anyone know anything about media revolution in founders (i really want to be in founders) or maybe laughing matters in weinstein? I want to have fun and meet people like me and i love creating films and being creative, i also love comedy. Info anyone?</p>
<p>@kevinrfilm
I believe there is something around 225-250 students per year in the Film & Television program, but the average class sizes are much, much smaller. While you will have one or two bigger lectures (50-125 kids), these break into recitations with around 10-15 students. The core film classes are always around 12 students.
I’d say there’s healthy competition. Obviously there are kids who are more competitive than the rest and sometimes they go a little too far with it, but most students are all for cooperation. I made some of my closest friends through working together on projects in my core production class last fall.
And, overall, I absolutely am in love with the film program. It’s so amazing, and there’s so many perks outside of class that go along with it (free screenings, etc.)</p>
<p>@elzubby
One of my friends is actually an LSP to Film student as well.
While I don’t live on an exploration floor, I’ve heard good things about them. Just be sure you want to live with people who are crazily passionate about the same things you are; it can be either really good or really bad. I don’t know much about the Media Revolution floor, the Founders rooms are still so new and so big, so it’s definitely a good choice for a dorm. Weinstein, on the other hand, has a reputation for being the “cinder block prison of dorms” so I would just keep that in mind when researching that exploration floor.
In terms of getting into these floors, I think it’s obviously by application, but on a first come first serve basis as well, which means ED I & II kids probably have their first pick.</p>
<p>Do a lot of students have their own NYC apartment? If I’m accepted to transfer, I plan to have an apartment in the UWS hopefully for no more than $1950/month. Unlike most students at NYU, I plan to actually move to NYC since I’ll be working as a real estate agent.</p>
<p>@Vihzel
The number of students living off-campus varies a lot by class year, at least to my knowledge. I think the majority of freshmen and sophomores live on-campus (but a good number move off at the end of freshman year), but I think things switch for junior and senior years, with most students now living off-campus – freshmen, then sophomores (and so on) get housing priority, so students do go looking for apartments once they start getting bad luck with housing. I’d say most students tend to live in the Village/Chelsea/Gramercy area, but a good number do move out to Williamsburg in Brooklyn or up to the UWS (like you plan on doing).</p>
<p>$1950 is absurd. You can do much better in much better locations for less.</p>
<p>Well I’d just prefer UWS because of the location. My job will be located in that neighborhood but if I find a better place elsewhere then I’ll live somewhere else.</p>
<p>$1950/ month is not a lot for a 1 BR or even a studio in Manhattan, unless you are rooming with someone. Then that will give you a lot more options. Just a cursory look at Craigslist for Manhattan comes up with very limited options for that price unless you are looking at a studio or very small 1 BR possibly.</p>
<p>I have been looking for sonny and find that somewhere in the mid $2000s to high $2000s for a 1-2 BR offer more options. While I started looking due to sonny’s need for summer housing, most of what I found and cited here are for annual rentals.</p>
<p>Unless you hear something by word of mouth.</p>
<p>I’m not sure where you are looking on Craigslist but I find many listings for even lower than price. I have spoken with several real estate agents (connections) and they all tell me that I’ll easily find a place for that price. There were many listings yesterday when I was talking with an agent friend. I’m only looking for a studio. I don’t really care for a 1 bedroom as it’s just extra space. I’m very good at organizing and maximizing space so a studio will be just fine for me. I am only looking for a studio… NOT a 1br apartment. I only really plan to sleep in it anyways. heh</p>
<p>Granted I will not have access to all neighborhoods, like Chelsea, Financial District, and Midtown West, but many neighborhoods on the eastern side, especially UES will 100% have what I’m looking for.</p>
<p>You’re going to have a much harder time finding an apartment for just summer since the leases tend to be yearly. I plan on moving to Manhattan and not just study there. No way am I coming back to CA and missing the summer commission. :)</p>
<p>Vihzel,</p>
<p>You are looking for a studio, which is much better than a 1BR for the price range you mentioned. It is good to know that you have quite a few options. What I have been looking at in the last week or so have been limited in the under $2000 range (Craigslist). But I have not worked with an agent. Right now, because of S’s need for really cheap summer housing, he is relying on a friend with connections to try to get him a studio share with someone else for under $1000 each (actually under $800 each is ideal because NYU dorm rooms can be obtained for $800/ month).</p>
<p>You should perhaps ask an agent about your son’s situation. They might be able to give you some advice. I’ve received plenty of advice from them with no pressure from them.</p>
<p>Haha, after chatting with S, he wants to wait for his friend to get back to him. Friend thinks he can get S a studio to share with one other person for $1000/ month which I find unbelievable. Good thing NYU will provide some housing as a back up source if other options do not work out.</p>
<p>The cheapest would be for S to stay FREE at grandma’s in the financial district, but grandma has an early schedule and S likes to play music in the evening after internship (which I understand totally). So I will let him decide and move on to agents or NYU housing when the time comes. </p>
<p>Wish you well in getting a nice and reasonable place in Manhattan (UWS). A friend of mine has been renting a 3-4 BR rent-controlled apartment for a little over $1000/ month since her days at Columbia U. in the '70s (of course, rent was cheaper then). She rents out one BR and basically lives in a grand size apt. for free in a great neighborhood south of Columbia U. Location AND TIMING.</p>
<p>Hello! I was wondering how the nutrition department was like. Do you know anything about it? I can’t seem to find much regarding that major. </p>
<p>How’s the weather like? I’m from SoCal so I’m a bit nervous about having to adapt to seasonal weather. I’m looking forward to it though. It’s a bit TOO hot here. </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>marathon,</p>
<p>Since I have jumped in here already, I will put in my 2 cents, though OP may jump back in with more info.</p>
<p>1) I think you are looking at the NYU Steinhardt School, Program of Nutrition and Food Studies. Here is the link to the program:</p>
<p>[Program</a> Listings - NYU Steinhardt](<a href=“Programs and Degrees | NYU Steinhardt”>Programs and Degrees | NYU Steinhardt)</p>
<p>Sorry, I have no personal info about the program, except as a whole, the Steinhardt School is known to be the most “human” and “compassionate?” of the schools at NYU.</p>
<p>2) Some people really like having the four seasons of the NE (unlike S. CA. where you have mild to hot weather year round). When you first arrive in August, the summer heat and HUMIDITY might get to you. But there is air conditioning in a lot of places and the time period is relatively short before you will be greeted by the cooler days of autumn. The foliage will be beautiful in country places and in the parks (Central Park for instance) sometime in October.</p>
<p>Weather will likely become colder in November through December. Then hopefully, you are one of the lucky ones to get a real winter break by returning home to a warmer climate over the month of January. Following that, there will likely be more cold days until March/ April. Then spring comes around and that is a lovely time in NY (probably through your finals period). You will miss the heat of NYC and return to the drier heat of S. CA. if you go home for the summer.</p>
<p>This last winter was brutally cold, one of the coldest winters I can remember for awhile now, with quite a few snow storms.</p>
<p>It made for a very tough winter for NYU students having to make that 10-15 minute walk from dorms farther away from Washington Sq to attend classes. So, if you are adverse to walking in the cold should there really be a bad winter, then you may want to get into a dorm closer to the majority of school buildings around Washington Square (living very close to classes is a luxury you get only in Freshman year since dorms for other years tend to be farther away from Wash. Sq.).</p>
<p>Are there scholarships available once you are in NYU? I received $0 in financial aid, and unless I get help from somewhere, I just can’t go. I almost feel that offering me admissions, then expecting me to graduate with over $150,000 debt is a no-win situation.</p>
<p>If I worked my butt off freshman year, are there scholarships for which I may be eligible?</p>
<p>$1950 is a ton. People working full-time in finance follow the rule ‘spend approx. 1/3 of your take-home, after-tax pay on rent each month,’ which comes to roughly $1500. That’s in a 2BR or 3BR.</p>
<p>A 1BR is an incredible luxury. You’re living completely by yourself and paying out the ass for it. I cannot fathom paying $2000 a month on rent out of school working full-time in finance, let alone as a student.</p>