This form helped me crazy amounts in high school - thought I’d give back a bit in my downtime (NYU has an insanely long winter break) and answer any questions you guys might have! Ask away 
- What’s your major and do you have a summer internship lined up?
- How’s the competitive atmosphere at Stern?
- Finance and statistics. I do have an analyst position for next summer - paramount as a junior.
- It's definitely there, but not as bad as some people might make it out to be. That being said some classes absolutely murder you with the curve, which is why it's important to have good habits with your courses (make good friends to study with, use ratemyprofessor religiously, advice from upperclassmen, etc.)
Awesome; coming into stern this fall! I was wondering:
Do regular stern and BPE kids interact much/have classes together?
Which is the best hall to live in?
Person favorite classes?
What’s the social atmosphere like? Lots of cliques? Easy to make friends?
Are most of your friends from stern or from other schools?
How hard was it to get your internship?
Class rigor and the amount of homework/time spent on homework?
Is it recommended to have a part-time job, and do you know anyone with a part time job?
Sorry for the onslaught of questions, thanks for doing thissss~~~
Congrats on the acceptance!
Stern and BPE kids interact with each other plenty, although BPE has one year mandatory study abroad at which time you can (and should at some point) study abroad if you wish.
3rd North hands down.
There’s a ton of required classes that are cool but I very much recommend doing some weird/fun ones from other schools for elective credit (music instruments, casual sex, science of happiness - endless unique classes).
Social atmosphere is something some kids struggle with - it’s not like you have big football games / huge frat parties to intermingle at. At Stern, you’ll be assigned to a cohort and do all the typical “icebreaker” activities; a lot of people (including myself) have met amazing people there. Then you could get lucky with amazing roommates. If you’re having trouble, the smallish (but still very present) greek scene could be for you. Basically, it’s not the easiest but there are several options, and I would argue that the quality/type of people I have met here has been the best part of my experience.
I keep a good mix of a lot of friends, although as classes get harder it’s very nice to have some homies in Stern.
Not hard, the internship process is almost a bit like college acceptance (wildly different in other ways though I could make a whole other post on recruitment). Basically - keep a decent GPA, try to work internships freshman / sophomore year if you can (there’s a ton on NYU Careernet), and just be a nice person in general lol.
Classes aren’t too bad, you can actually schedule them how you want in your day - some people like to stack (2 days of class a week) or just take 11 AMs 4 days a week (me). Work is more difficult than high school but you also have a ton more time to study, do work, work out, or whatever.
Tons of people have part time jobs! If you want extra money or more experience it’s very possible.
PM me if you want more clarification/have any more questions.
What industry did you get a summer analyst position in? How big of an advantage would you say you have OCR recruiting vs. an Econ student? How have your classes been so far? (dynamic, size, prof. engagement)
I’ll be working in investment banking next summer.
Anyone can sign up for OCR recruiting! Stern kids do have a palpable advantage when it comes to getting jobs/interviews through OCR, but there’s some CAS kids that are doing banking, consulting, trading, etc. so it definitely can be done.
Classes are awesome. The size has been 60 kids at most, but you can easily go to office hours or see TAs for more personal instruction. There are very few large classes (think 300+ kids) but those will have recitation sessions with 20ish people. Professors, engagement, and dynamic are all world class - can’t say good enough things.
How long is your winter break?
Also I was admitted into CAS, however, I’ve never been to NYC, and I may not get to visit NYU until move-in day. What’s the school like? What’s the city like? Do you feel safe there?
I’m applying to Stern and was wondering which test did you submit? I don’t know if I should do SAT (1400) or ACT (30) although both are on the way low end for Stern 
A bit over 5 weeks.
NYU is unreal. Academics and whatnot are top notch, but the kinds of people you get to meet and experiences you have is well worth giving up the “traditional” college experience (for me at least). I will dearly miss going to school here come graduation.
The city is awesome if you’re a metropolitan person - we have an amazing public safety team and the part of NYC NYU is in / you’ll be living in is very safe. You’ll feel like a local in a short period of time and eventually start exploring other parts of the city. Plenty of people don’t visit until move in - don’t sweat that.
Seems like your SAT is a bit stronger, although I think you’ll have to submit both if you don’t have subject tests. One thing you can do to pad yourself a bit on that end - take and ace the SAT Math II test. Curve is forgiving and a strong score in that is very much liked by Stern.