<p>Were you a really good athlete in high school/did you play varsity sports?Just curious because in terms of sports, I know some Stern kids, even from my school, who have played varsity sports at NYU.</p>
<p>@pqr
I used to not know for certain because I had an 800 in both and never knew which counted, but I just searched our website and found this: [NYU</a> Stern | Academic Bulletin | Course Guide](<a href=“http://www.stern.nyu.edu/UC/CurrentStudents/Academics/AcademicBulletinCourseGuide/CON_021954]NYU”>http://www.stern.nyu.edu/UC/CurrentStudents/Academics/AcademicBulletinCourseGuide/CON_021954)
“Commerce and Culture - 4 credits.
Prerequisite: 740 or higher on SAT-I Writing.”</p>
<p>Yes, ibanking = IB = IBD = investment banking = banking.</p>
<p>@fireman
Yes, I played a number of sports growing up and was recruited for one of them at a bunch of no-name, small schools at the D-III level. I don’t play here, it isn’t worth the time/effort to me given how bad our sports are.</p>
<p>hey hellodocks,</p>
<p>‘Got exempted from WTE because for 2013 they tried out this policy where if you had an 800 on the English SAT subsection you could skip your entire freshman writing requirement. I did so I skipped it, best decision ever. Everyone else loathed that class and complained nonstop. Funnily enough, they canceled the policy for the following year, making my year the only to have that option. 
If you can get out of WTE, do it. C&C, the course you can place into if you have a 750+, is a far better course overall and it’s much more suited to Stern. You’ll get relevant topics, better teachers who actually care, objective grading rather than subjective grading (i.e. based on skill and effort rather than how much the grad student teacher likes you or not), Stern scheduling (i.e. a class time that fits well with your others instead of something in CAS that throws everything into disarray), and a bunch of other Stern kids who will create a more engaging discourse revolving around modern business topics instead of kids discussing some assigned book no one actually read.’</p>
<p>Do you think the placing out of WTE for C&C applies for sophomore transfers who have not taken a writing course pre-enrolling? Also my writing’s score is 770; i’m hoping that’s good enough. </p>
<p>Also, what is the sports life like in nyu, both recreational and competitive/varsity especially for basketball?</p>
<p>Hey man,</p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions from your prospective Sternies. I’ve been accepted to Stern but I’m also deciding on Berkeley.</p>
<p>What do Sternies do on the weekends? Is there time to have some semblance of a social life while also maintaining grades, extracurrics, and an internships?
I know you talked about hell weeks, but are there really chill weeks too? I really want to be that Stern kid who’s really laid-back and plays basketball and acts like someone from any other college at NYU while still doing well in the world of academia. Do you think that’s possible and do you know anyone at Stern like that?</p>
<p>I have no idea, I’m sorry. The transfer situation is entirely different from freshman admissions and to be frank, I have no experience with it other than anecdotal, just talking with kids I know who came in as sophomores.</p>
<p>Sports aren’t too big here. Our only well-ranked programs are stuff like fencing and men’s volleyball, and the varsity games for basketball are poorly attended. School spirit just isn’t a big thing at NYU, it’s just a simple fact. Recreationally, if you head into Coles on a Friday after 5 or Saturday after 2 you’ll have a hard time finding open space on the courts, but (as all things at NYU) it’s heavily Asian. Hard to have a “brolic” time, if you know what I’m saying. I know almost everyone at Coles on either a first-name or sight basis just because there aren’t that many of us who lift regularly. Most kids in there are either NYU athletes, former high school athletes, Stern heads (most brolic school here), or alumni still using the gym.</p>
<p>@lawwr
You can do what you want. A lot of kids are bookworms and don’t have a life. Some have too much of a life and don’t study well enough. Like I said before, college is about learning, and one thing you need to learn for your career is work-life balance. Finding that balance between fun and productivity is something you’ll have to do for yourself. You shouldn’t limit yourself just to Stern, there’s more people at NYU than us.</p>
<p>There aren’t many chill weeks past freshman year. You need to capitalize on your first year, classes will be a pushover compared to upperclassman years so tank that GPA and enjoy yourself too. Other than that, whether you want to be the gym hound, popular kid, frattastic broseph, A student, banking legend, or recruiting allstar depends on you. You create your own identity.</p>
<p>Is it true you guys basically no campus,? I’ve been leaning towards Georgetown because of this but I want to make sure it’s not all just an exaggeration</p>
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<li><p>I know that there are some chill weeks at Stern and some “hell weeks.” During the chill weeks how much free time do you have and what do you do with it? Same question also for the hell weeks?</p></li>
<li><p>Also, you’ve spoken a lot about OCR, internship opportunities from sophomore year going on, and the rare freshman internship. So, is trying to get an internship freshman year really worth it and does it provide anything meaningful for potential employers to look at, or is it just a waste of time secretarial job that won’t help much in the future?</p></li>
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<p>@FutureVpFinance</p>
<p>Yes, it’s true. NYU’s buildings are laid out amongst the city. Therefore if you are walking from one building to another to get from class to class or from your dorm to the gym, you’ll be walking alongside classmates and random pedestrians.</p>
<p>I don’t think the spread is that bad. Most of the academic buildings are near Washington Square Park, and most of the upperclassmen dorms (except Gramercy Green and Lafayette, I think) are around Union Square. It’s not like one building is in the LES and then you’ll have to go to the UWS for another class.</p>
<p>I need some help with economics questions for the AP Microecon exam</p>
<p>Please follow this link:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1124362-economic-questions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1124362-economic-questions.html</a></p>
<p>There’s also some AP Physics problems I cannot solve.
Here is the link:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1124355-physics-questions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1124355-physics-questions.html</a></p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>@futurevp
Basically. In the traditional sense, we have nothing. If you take a more liberal interpretation. Almost everything is more or less centered around Washington Square Park on the southern and eastern sides, so it kind of expands out in an L shape around the park. Yeah, I wish we had a quad and idyllic life and all, but that would come with its own disadvantages as well. Here the city is your playground. If you think McDonough will give you better career opportunities than Stern, reconsider.</p>
<p>@fireman
- This varies from person to person. Your class schedule might be entirely different than mine, so while I’m freaking out over how much I have to do, you’re swimming along with barely any work. I exercise all the time, regardless of how much sleep I get, so no matter how much more time I have my lifting habits don’t change much, but I will probably be at Coles more for basketball, running, squash, or whatever. Videogames, Hulu, Netflix, friends, reading … anything anyone normal does.</p>
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<li>Getting one <em>during</em> your freshman year is probably not the best move. At that point your sole concern should be getting the highest GPA possible, 4.0 is not out of the question here. For the summer after, if you can get something relevant, do it. PWM = cold calling, secretarial b.s., etc., but most people look on it favorably in younger candidates and it helps for later. A lot of sophomores take that for their soph summer too. If during sophomore year you can handle something with your classes, go for it. By junior year, you have a good shot at balancing something over the year with classes, and your junior summer is crucial for what you want to do FT.</li>
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<p>@smiley
Haha wow, what do you think this is? I’m not doing your exam prep for you.</p>
<p>what’s your opinion on the freshman dorms Weinstein and Goddard?</p>
<p>Goddard, yes, great. ResColl is a huge plus, I lived there and loved it for the most part.</p>
<p>Weinstein, hell no. It’s a prison. Literally the rooms look like cells, arguably the worst freshman housing option, the only redeeming value being the dining options it has.</p>
<p>I’m new here so I didn’t really read about what this thread is about. I just thought it’s about anything since the title is Ask Me. </p>
<p>Anyway, I have another question which may seem more relevant to the thread.
Will taking undergrad business improve the chance of getting into a good MBA? The stats say it doesn’t matter but won’t an undergrad business student have better chances at getting jobs that are more relevant to the business/MBA program and therefore look better to the admission offices? </p>
<p>Thanks
BTW, do you know any thread about exam prep questions for econ and physics. I have found a few but the thread is dead since 2009.</p>
<p>No. Work experience, GMAT, and recommendations are more important than what you studied in college. A successful profile of an M7 b-school applicant might look like someone who came from Dartmouth with a degree in econ who placed into Credit Suisse, did 2 years as an IBD analyst, rolled over to PE for 2 more, got a 730 on the GMAT, and has recommendations from the partners of their PE firm.</p>
<p>Someone who went to Stern, Mendoza, McIntire, Ross, Haas, or any of the undergrad business schools but failed to get such good work experience won’t stack up as well.</p>
<p>I’m down to the wire now deciding on whether or not to go to Stern and come out with a HUGE debt load, with the hope of riches in the future. To be honest, I never considered a career in banking until so many people starting telling me about it once I got into Stern. On the one hand, I feel it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity too good to pass up. On the other hand, what if it turns out that this field is not for me?</p>
<p>My biggest problem, as I see it, is that as of now I am introverted and shy. I believe I could fare decently enough in GPA terms, but I’m worried that I might need more time to grow out of my shyness. I would imagine that leadership qualities are as important as GPA? </p>
<p>I suppose I could do as much as possible to feel more at ease speaking to groups and unknown individuals, but that’s the part that makes me a bit hesitant. If my mother is to be believed, there is a ‘late-bloomer’ streak that runs in my family, but it is eventually outgrown.</p>
<p>I am not afraid to work hard. Hell weeks don’t scare me. The thought of my first internship interview leaves a knot in my stomach. I could go to a different school, come out debt free, embark on an accounting/business management career and mature at my own rate. At Stern, I’ll have to grow fast. That’s my dilemma.</p>
<p>You seem articulate. Shyness is something that most people have at some level. As you move on in the world, you become an expert on a particular area. It might be how to brew coffee (after working at Starbucks) or how to valuate the stock of company Z. You just need to remind yourself that if you studied that fact well, you are the expert describing the fact. There will be some who have an alternative view, but most people will not be experts on that particular fact. You know more than them about that fact. Keep thinking that, and you will develop a presence. After years, you collect expertise on many facts, and people seek your advice.</p>
<p>Stern is a great school and will prepare for a great career. It is not the only school that can do that for you, but it has many strengths.</p>
<p>Look. I had your same decision. Other (equally prestigious, just in different areas) schools offering me full rides for academic, financial, or athletic merit … and I picked the one that offered me the least up-front, ironically enough. You know what though? I think it’s the one that offers me the most down the road. Less in the present for more in the future. It’s already starting to happen.</p>
<p>If you come here, you won’t have an easy time. You’ll grow immeasurably though, and you’ll have incredible opportunities to explore whatever you want – personally, academically, professionally, intellectually. Besides, you sound like one of the better freshmen. The one who’s least likely to open his mouth first probably has the most valuable thing to say. Don’t get worried over the minutia of whether or not you’ll be comfortable speaking to new people from day 1, that’ll happen in its own due time. Just make the choices you feel will give you the best opportunities and stick to them guns blazing.</p>
<p>Hi Docks, you don’t know how helpful your stern-info is!
Right now I am pretty set on stern, and my parents and I have agreed/come to terms with the potential that we are investing in down the road. Grad school is constantly brought up in conversation, and I was just wondering: if i landed a pretty decent job (accounting/finance position), would grad school be necessary? Because i am under the impression that once you break into the workforce, your potential for promotions, better jobs, etc. are based on your performance at your job…So is it even necessary if I leave NYU with a decent job/potential to improve myself? And if so, are employers in the city willing to pay for me to attend grad school part-time? (I ask this because grad school may not be a possiblity given the cost of NYU undergrad).</p>