<p>Hi everyone, I'm a current NYU Senior happily taking questions or concerns from students or parents. I used college confidential myself when applying and found it to be a useful resource for getting information on colleges, especially the type of information not easily outlined in a prospectus or a tour. Now that I'm applying to law school and using boards like this one to learn more about potential schools, I see clearly how helpful it is when current students post about their experiences or answer questions. That's why I've decided to try and help out here.</p>
<p>Feel free to ask pretty much anything. I've had friends or lived with someone in every undergraduate college of the university, I've studied in two (I did an internal transfer sophomore year), I've participated in some clubs and I've worked in two student advising/affairs offices for two different undergraduate college so I know the school fairly well.</p>
<p>Good luck to those applying. For those about to start college here in the fall, hope you're excited!</p>
<p>Hi Senior- Any experience or input on the Broome Street dorm? Transfer son has been asigned there to a high floor suite. I hear the higher floors are newer–does that mean nicer? Larger? Cleaner? Is the walk to WSP manageable from there? Thanks for any input.</p>
<p>Hi! I’m a Steinhardt senior and avid poster to this board. Heh.</p>
<p>Can I ask what your timeline is for taking the LSATs? I’m doing GRE prep now and my father suggested taking the LSAT since all I would need to do is get a logic games book. I have no debt coming out of NYU but my father wants me to consider law school as well as grad school. </p>
<p>I’m the daughter of faculty. NYU grad would be paid for. Law school would be my first significant amnt of debt. </p>
<p>How did you decide to go into law?</p>
<p>(sidebar says 2011 because I’m taking a minor and doing research in the new Social Gaming Center.)</p>
<p>Hey American, guess we can be the tag-team of question answering lol.</p>
<p>So about law- I’m a current Steinhardt Senior myself. While I enjoy my program and have interned in fields relevant to it, I came to see I didn’t really want a career in it. Talking things over with people and sitting in some NYU law classes, plus some reading, research, etc. on my own led to me realize I’d wanted law 100% (which is something I’ve always considered I just never pictured myself going to grad school but I’ve decided to suck it up). </p>
<p>As far as LSAT timetables a lot of law schools are on rolling admissions which means if you want to apply for next year I’d either take the test at the end of September or in December to best take advantage of the rolling process (the next testing is February which is the latest time to take it in order to apply for next fall). I would buy a logic games book and an arguments books… the reading comp on the lsat is reading comp so if there’s a reading comp section on the GRE I wouldn’t worry too much about prepping for that section.</p>
<p>About Broome… I’ve been over there a few times though I can’t recall the floor I was on. I will say the suite I was in was large and very attractive. The interior of the room seemed older but not in a worn way, just reflecting the interior of an older NYC building. The common area was very spacious and looked like the living/dining area of a real apartment as opposed to the common area of a dorm suite. Walking from Broome is definitely doable. Your son would have to walk to Broadway, head down to West 4th street and then turn to get to the main campus area. The walk is maybe 15 minutes max. A shuttle is available too so if your son finds that it’s running late one morning (which happens with Manhattan traffic) he can easily walk and not be late for class (as an aside if your son is Tisch or Gallatin the walk is even more convenient as their main buildings are both located on Broadway). </p>
<p>The walk from 26th/UCourt is probably around 20 minutes. The shuttle takes about 15 minutes to get to campus. I would recommend leaving a fair amount of time to get to class though because of the traffic you will encounter coming downtown from the 20’s.</p>
<p>Hi Senior–Although the date has passed, I’ve been given a short extension to secure a private loan to pay off this semester’s tuition. And not one bank or private lender will give me the time of day because I’m a young kid with no credit history yet. Plus, all of my most eligible cosigners keep on getting denied. And I keep calling the financial aid office and they keep telling to continue applying for loans. Well, I’m running out of resources. How can I get the financial aid people to help me?
It’s okay if you don’t know, but I had to ask.</p>
<p>Hey, I plan to apply to New York University for various reasons. I’am well informed about NYU requirements of standard test scores, one who didn’t score that well… are they less likely to put a large emphasis on ones score ( such as Wake Forest University)?</p>
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<p>Also, how is the campus community?</p>
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<p>How is the university for one with need base financial aid? I couldn’t imagen taking out large loans.</p>
<p>Clairetine, I too have received an small extension. I had first tried with Sallie Mae, but due to their strict acceptances I was denied. However, my attempt with Discover was a lot more successful. I have also heard that if they deny you, you are allowed to appeal the decision. I hope you figure out your finances.</p>
<p>How difficult is for stern kids to get paid internships? I’m asking because you said you have had friends from every school. Also, do upperclassmen rent out apartments in manhattan, or do they still dorm? What about getting jobs after graduation? How’s that looking? Sorry for asking so much lol</p>
<p>I can help you with those questions abe, since my brother just graduated from Stern this past May.</p>
<p>How difficult? It’s hard, but if you make yourself known, go to events where you meet higher ups in the companies, and apply to wherever you can, you will get an internship. My brother worked for Citi from the summer after his freshman year and now he’s full time with them. </p>
<p>Upperclassmen renting apartments? It depends, my brother didn’t because for him it was just easier to stay in NYU housing (no apartment search) plus he went abroad for his fall of junior year so he wouldn’t have to deal with breaking the lease or any other issues.</p>
<p>Jobs after graduation…that’s a tough one. Considering this economy and the situation in the financial markets, Stern is lucky to have as many people as it did get jobs. There are people who haven’t gotten jobs and are stuck, but many people were able to get full-time jobs. Some who couldn’t get jobs might decide to go to grad school or law school; that’s always a route if you can afford it.</p>
<p>as an upperclassmen, i know a lot of people still in Housing. while you might hear stories of people scoring “awesome” apartments right near campus, it’s not that easy to beat the price of housing and still get a good place IN MANHATTAN. if you’re willing to go to Brooklyn or across the river to Jersey, i will argue that yes, you can find cheaper places to live. sometimes people do get lucky and find places around campus.</p>
<p>Housing really isn’t that bad. considering your Housing costs include free maintenance, free utilities, free or low cost events in the dorm and peace of mind knowing that you won’t have a whack landlord or a crooked lease to deal with. </p>
<p>if you’re getting financial aid in the form of loans, i’ve heard that it’s just easier to be in Housing because then it’s just all one check. it’s possible to have loans cover your apartment, but it’s a huge headache.</p>
<p>it doesn’t really sound like you’ve done a lot of research about NYU. i suggest looking at the Admissions website more closely and perhaps scheduling a tour or going to an information session. those are really basic questions that are addressed in the literature. you can also search for keywords in the boards.</p>
<p>I’ve wanted to go to NYU for the past two years but my mom refuses to let me go. I want to go to Stern and I know it is one of the best in the country. But we live in the south and my mom says that NYC is too far away, it’s cold, it’s dangerous, and it’s randomly placed in a big city. Any way I can convince her? Also, maybe a good amount of financial aid might help, does NYU offer much?</p>
<p>Wow, I have done a lot of research on New York University and I really don’t see where anyone can tell me I didn’t. I’am just trying to get a student perspective/ insight base off my question, not only from what I’ve read.</p>
lol.</p>