<p>I know its an overplayed question now but whats the opinion between UHall, Hayden and 3N? I've been admitted under ED for Sterns and want to know if theres any benefit living at UHall near the Palladium. Which of these dorms is the party one? haha</p>
<p>i heard 3rd north is. uhall has the more antisocial reputation.</p>
<p>hayden would be the most party dorm, with third north second most. uhall is by good facilities but not extremely social. it's the newest though. both hayden and third north are quite old.</p>
<p>I wrote like a page on here about all the freshmen dorms. The thread's not that old.</p>
<p>You might be able to find it a couple pages back.</p>
<p>OK I really need to know what exactly is so "anti-social" about U-Hall. Right now I'm torn between U-Hall and Hayden next year. I visited my cousin in his Hayden room last year and was not impressed. He claims now that the "social" term applied to Hayden is overrated for sure. It was not some dorm where parties were constantly happening and people were constantly chatting in the halls(anymore than any other dorm that is). To me U-Hall sounds much nicer (the extra 10 minute walk being the only real downside, but it's just not that bad), but the "anti-social" label is scaring me away from it. I don't really desire a dorm where everyone is in each other's rooms until 3 Am chatting through the night everynight or where everyone feels the need to have their door open through the day. So what exactly does anti-social mean when applied to U-Hall?</p>
<p>Hayden has definitely been pegged as the most social dorm, and it pretty much is. Uhall is sterile, and most people pretty much keep to themselves. I know a few people who have transferred out of uhall or are trying to. I spend most of my time in Hayden although I don't live there. At hayden there is more of an option to be very social, to meet more people. The distance from campus also makes Uhall a pain. Without getting into it too much, I strongly recommend Hayden. It isn't necessary to always have your dorm open in Hayden, but it is always possible to wander into someone's room and hang out.</p>
<p>HueyFreeman, Those things you just said you don't rreally desire are what people mean by saying Hayden is social and UHall isn't. If you don't want them, just go for Uhall.</p>
<p>In terms of cleanliness/quality of facilities, the order is Uhall>Hayden>Third North. Really, Third North is just gross, in my opinion... I've been to my friends' rooms there, and they're cramped, dim, and dingy, and the lower floors have bad pest problems. Hayden -- never have gone to one of the parties there. There are parties at Uhall, and although they may happen rarely, the common room helps. As for the anti-socialness, it really depends on your floor. Some I know have people who meet on the elevator and don't recognize each other. Mine, on the other hand, is really close, and there's people from other floors who come down to it because they want to socialize. I'm sure there are anti-social people in other dorms... it's really what you make of it.</p>
<p>I don't know much about Hayden except that it has pretty good food at lunchtime (dinner's not so hot). And it's NOT apartment-style, which means you only get a shared bedroom + bathroom. And you have to get a meal plan.</p>
<p>Between Uhall and 3N -- UHall has the nicer suites because it's a newer building, but being on 14th St, it's a farther walk to classes (not that this is a problem anyway, you should get used to it cuz the walk will be EVEN FARTHER when you get to soph year). The walk from 3N to Stern is anywhere between 5-10 minutes, depending on how fast you walk and the traffic lights. </p>
<p>I live at 3N now, so I'm kind of biased towards my own dorm. ^^;; I don't really find the suites all that dingy. The lighting on some floors is a little dim, which ****es me off, but maintenance is around for a reason! Also, it really is up to you to make your dorm room look nice, because it's presented to you practically bare at the start of the semester. 3N has the WORST dining hall in my opinion, but if you're going to live in an apt-style dorm you may as well make good use of the kitchen (it CAN be cheaper than getting a meal plan!). There is also free printing at 3N, which a lot of students come here for..... and downstairs there is a Final Cut lab which film majors will find extremely handy :) Also, because we have a courtyard, there are always events going on - like movie screenings, parties, random artists coming over to do crazy stuff like scribble all over the grounds..... etc. I have NOT had a single issue with pests, and I live on the 6th floor. I know people who live on the 2nd and 14th floors who have not had issues either..... I reckon that if you keep your area clean, no roaches will come disturb you.</p>
<p>One issue I have with 3N, though, is that sound from the courtyard carries very well, so if you get a room that faces the courtyard, it miiiiiight be a little difficult to get to sleep sometimes.</p>
<p>Hope that helped!</p>
<p>Oh, and this whole thing about one dorm being more social than the other is partly due to the fact that the apartment-style dorms are naturally more "private". You do a lot of stuff (i.e. cooking, studying, chilling) in the privacy of your own apartment because you have a kitchen & common room, while in a traditional dorm, you would probably be making plans with your floormates to have dinner together and things like that. But even in 3N we have floor dinners, and potlucks and other floor activities, to get everyone together. It's all really up to you to socialize with people.</p>
<p>I have a question about the definition of "social." When people say that Hayden is social, do they mean that it is super peppy and entusiastic about knowing everybody possible? And are hayden parties full of lame people who want to get super trashed for the first time? I'm just worried because I want to party, but not with annoying newbies.</p>
<p>I don't know when exactly the "Hayden is the most social dorm" hype started, or even WHY, but that label is partly what continues to attract a lot of people every year. I know lots of kids at Hayden, and they are not party animals (although there ARE a lot of fun people @ Hayden). Granted, every dorm has its fair share of party-goers as well as more... nerdy groups.</p>
<p>** NOTE: It's possible that people started flocking to Hayden because Haley Joel Osment lived there freshman year, and Lizzie Olsen is currently dorming there.</p>
<p>HAHA, I just had to Google Lizzie Olsen to see who she was. I did not know Haley Joel Osment was at NYU either. What other celebs currently attend NYU?</p>
<p>I thought Haley Joel Osment lived in Rubin.</p>
<p>No, Hayden has had the rep for a while, I think. I just get the feeling that's the case.</p>
<p>Lizzie Olsen's in Hayden. 3rd Floor.</p>
<p>I hear Lindsay Lohan's thinking about it.</p>
<p>Hayden consists of about 80-90% ED kids. Almost everyone who lives here got in ED. It's because we get first pick for housing.</p>
<p>rubin is a pretty cool place. Not too social, but not absolutely dead. It's definately a good place.</p>
<p>Rubin has good food, if you go at the right time of the day :)</p>
<p>But for some reason it feels so... detached. Maybe it's just because I live in 3N, so between 3N and school, well - I don't really go by the Rubin lot. Also, it's <em>sort of</em> in a residential area, so it's nice and quiet in the vicinity most days. (which also means there isn't too much to do when you step outside, but it's not like you have to walk far anyway)</p>
<p>I think people fuss too much about things like distance from school, since the freshman dorms are all VERY close to school, and Uhall, being the farthest, is on worst days (where traffic & the weather are just trying to get on your nerves) about 10-15 minutes? (depending on which school you go to) I personally like 3N for its location. There's so much to eat/buy/shop for in the area, and it only takes me like 5 mins to walk to Tisch every day.</p>
<p>I have no idea if I can get in to NYU, but how do current students make friends and stuff given there isn't a lot of social space? I mean, obviously the students have all of NYC at their fingertips, but I guess the tour guide didn't make it very clear how students interact with each other outside the classroom. Is NYU cliquey?</p>
<p>I would think that you would make most of your friends in your dorms and in your classes. Then you would hang out with your friends at the many restaurants, clubs, and the other endless things you can do in the city. (At least this is how it was at my Columbia summer program) Also, there's WSP which is pretty much like a quad for NYU students.</p>
<p>A lot of people start off by making friends via Facebook. Depending on how sociable you are, you may or may not end up being friends with them in real life (depends on how willing you are to make the effort to meet up with all of them). Most of your friends - at least, the ones you see the most - will be your classmates and floormates... and, if you're in Tisch, pretty much everyone else doing your major (I don't know what it's like in the other schools, but I feel that, when I take a gen ed class, people hardly ever talk to each other). And then you would probably make more friends through your current friends, and if you go out a lot to parties and other events you'll meet even more people.</p>