<p>I have a few more questions as I was just accepted to Stern yesterday. :D</p>
<p>Will there be times I need a suit during my freshman year? Just wondering if I should make sure to buy one before I head up for my first year. Also, kind of related, is there anything you wish you would have brought/bought for freshman year that would have been helpful?</p>
<p>Stern students are known to have great networking opportunities and special, special speakers (nationally recognized names) are invited to give speeches. While you can be casually dressed at group events, you probably should have at least one nice suit on hand in case you get a chance to interview for a training program or meet someone important in business. Most other times can be casual or casual nice, depending on your own preferences.</p>
<p>Are you asking about computers and such or items to prepare for dorm living? I have an extensive list of suggestions that I can dig up for dorm living (primarily) if that is what you are looking for.</p>
<p>Yes, that’s exactly what I was talking about! That list sounds like it would be helpful if you don’t mind :D</p>
<p>Mystakin, Don’t be sorry you asked for this. It is a link from our very own CC College Life forum. It was started by a CC parent and as you know some of these parents are very, very comprehensive and detailed-oriented. My suggestion: glance through for what applies to you. You do not have to bring everything, especially if you are coming from a distance.</p>
<p>Remember for those of you in the USA, you can shop at a local Bed Bath and Beyond and have that branch ship your items to the NYU BBB branch to be picked up. </p>
<p>International students can just wait for Welcome Week in August to shop at BBB near NYU (NYU traditionally provided shuttle service there for new students.).</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/82285-z-what-bring-college.html?highlight=buy+college[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/82285-z-what-bring-college.html?highlight=buy+college</a></p>
<p>Thanks for the list! and the BBB tip will come in handy. There’s one a mile away from me that I’m sure will come in handy closer to welcome week.</p>
<p>OK, You’re welcome, Mystakin.</p>
<p>Sorry, hellodocks, oops, I do not know how I got into this thread. Excuse the intrusion. :)</p>
<p>Mystakin,</p>
<p>One more thing, try to watch out for either 10-20% off your ENTIRE ORDER from BBB if you can.</p>
<p>They will give you some kind of discount for signing up on their email list for the first time.</p>
<p>Mystakin,</p>
<p>I devised my own list of items to bring to NYU based on my experience helping sonny to set up his dorm room and knowledge of what the NYU dorm room comes with. Please take a look at my thread, “What to Bring to College.”</p>
<p>I do not want to take up any more room on this thread.</p>
<p>evolving took care of the rest, but I can answer the suit question.</p>
<p>Yes. Definitely, 100%. I can’t count how obnoxious it was not having a suit (you’d think that since you’re still sort of a kid it wouldn’t be important, but you’re quickly thrust into an adult world and you need to be ready) for info sessions and networking events. Shop around a bit, don’t get a crappy one just because it’s cheapest, you can get quality suits for far less if you time it right and watch the sales. My first was a black Calvin Klein I picked up from K&G near my parent’s house for $140 before tailoring. Do NOT get a black suit. For your first suit, charcoal or navy are your options. Black suits to an interview = not recommended. Black suits to anything except black tie events or funerals = not that recommended. Get a charcoal with a conservative pattern or simple navy. Whether you want to spend $800 on a Boss suit or $300 at Men’s Wearhouse (shudder) is up to you, but you need one. Definitely.</p>
<p>Any more questions?</p>
<p>Hi hellodocks</p>
<p>I found the following information posted by someone on the India CC forum. I was looking for IB HL credits. Do you think this info is accurate ? Also can I request you to give your take on the credit and advance credit in layman terms because the US College Credit system is quite alien to me? If you have already addressed this can you oblige one more time please.</p>
<p>“APs give you a few extra credits. Thus it boosts your ‘grade’ which adds to your GPA. AP do not let you skip an intro course, in fact intro courses are mandatory.
By finishing reports and project work you earn a part of your grade( this is for all courses). The other part of the grade is determined through a test at the end of each semester. All APs do is let you get a higher grade even if you mess up a report or an exam. APs basically make getting a high GPA easier.”</p>
<p>Thank you for your time and take care.</p>
<p>Is there grade inflation or deflation going on at Stern?</p>
<p>@lullinna
Deflation, definitely not inflation. The curve, as you can see from the breakdown above, definitely hurts more kids than it helps.</p>
<p>@anialways
Not sure where that quote is from, but I’ll give it a shot. Here, there is a minimum number of credits required for a degree. At NYU, it’s based on an average of four four-credit classes for eight semesters, so 16*8=128. An average class is four credits, a few are three, and many are two (“half classes”). </p>
<p>At some colleges, AP credits may be applied towards the total credit amount required to graduate. At other colleges, AP credit can be used to exempt out of gen-ed requirements in that subject (i.e. APUSH clears your history requirement, AP Spanish clears your language requirement). In yet other colleges, AP credit can be used to place out of elementary classes into higher-standing courses (i.e. AP Spanish lets you go into Spanish II or III right away at college).</p>
<p>NYU has a complex way of accepting AP credits, and to top it all off, it varies from school to school. Stern has a different policy than CAS, which is different from Tisch, Steinhardt, and Nursing. Hope this helps a bit.</p>
<p>Sorry, double post.</p>
<p>Thank you hellodocks</p>
<p>I guess it will get cleared gradually as one one falls into the groove of choosing the courses and interaction with academic advisors and seniors. Appreciate your time.</p>
<p>I’m thinking of studying abroad maybe for a semester, so I think it would only be appropriate to ask you this question. Since you are in Florence right now, do you like the study abroad program in Florence? How does life studying abroad differ from when you are at NYU?(professors, teaching, lifestyle…)</p>
<p>Thanks, hellodocks, for starting this informative thread. And also to evolving for adding so much insight and everyone else here.</p>
<p>I’m still hoping to come up with a way of affording Stern. If I commute and my parents contribute a bit, maybe I can carry the loan. What are thoughts on commuting vs. dorming. I know I’ll be missing out on the “college experience”, but from what I’ve been reading NYU is unique in that it’s the city that’s your dorm more than the actual housing.</p>
<p>Also, once again, I must bring up the Stern curve. I plan on majoring in finance; is it really only 15% get A’s? If I’m in a class of 30 and get 99 on every test, but 5 kids get 100, I only get a B? That sure sucks. </p>
<p>One last question about internships – overall, are there enough to go around? I guess I’m speaking specifically about investment houses, as I’m planning on one of those being my ultimate destination.</p>
<p>^ I’ve had a stats class where class average was a 92 on the first exam so if you get a 90 on the first exam and the semester ended that day, your grade would be a B/B-</p>
<p>Well, the class average being 92, and you getting a 90 and ending up with B, is a lot different than the top 15% getting a 92 and you getting a 90 and ending up with B. No? (Not to say that doesn’t sure suck anyway!)</p>
<p>Hi I have gotten into Stern and Michigan and I’m not sure which to go to. I was always set on going to a campus and I do not think I’m much of a city person, but I think the opportunities at Stern are too good to pass up. I was wondering how easy it is to meet other students and new people because it seems like that would be much easier on a campus.</p>