<p>This thread makes me LOL.</p>
<p>quit laughing firewalker and answer the questions! :)</p>
<p>FBI_34: Yes. </p>
<p>daddude: People are social, but it depends on the group. NYU students drink as much as any other university's students, and yes, you will get into trouble if the RAs find you rampaging drunkenly through the halls. Be smart about it. And I think if you're worrying about cops, whatever you're planning on doing, don't do it.</p>
<p>Been cited for underage drinkin before, thats all so i was curious whats it like at NYU</p>
<p>Do I-banking internships downtown pay well? Or at all?</p>
<p>ESSR181: Actually, many banking internships are in midtown. And yes, many of them do pay. I don't know what you mean by "pay well", but usually $10+/hr if it's paid and at a relatively large firm. I assume you're referring to part-time internships during the school year.</p>
<p>I had heard somewhere that 2500 a week for a summer internship at an i bank was possible...is this true? I find it somewhat hard to believe.</p>
<p>ESSR, Ill help you, I'm in Stern.</p>
<p>Stern interships are generally $10-15 after freshmen and sophmore year, a little higher if you're lucky ( there are a few exceptions, but they usually have connections...although I heard a freshman getting a $25 one in IT). After Junior year if you get into a competitive program (which is VERY hard) you can make $25 an hour, they pay over time, so its feasible to make $2500 a week if you work 70-75 hours a week ( if you actually making ibanking your major, expect about 80-90+ hour a week, every week. Most people don't believe this, but its true, you have Sunday nights free and thats about it, for several years)</p>
<p>Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>That sounds pretty harsh. I heard the standard for bottom rung I bankers usually lasts two years, then you go back to school and get your MBA and return to a less harsh but more lucrative schedule.</p>
<p>Err, I'd like to amend mattistotle's post. For underclassmen, yeah, you usually will be paid in that $10-$15 range (I was, anyway), but that's already really good and more than enough to pay for everyday expenses if you're spending sensibly. </p>
<p>Now, for the summer internships after junior year, it isn't necessarily true that you'll get overtime, but it is true you'll probably be paid well. How it worked for me (although I was in research, not IB, I believe intern pay was standard across the firm) was that interns were paid as if we were 1st year analysts, but on a prorated basis. Since a 1st year analyst's base salary was ~$60k, they paid us what an analyst would get for 10 weeks. On top of that, we got a housing stipend to help pay for rent. In terms of gross pay, that probably approaches the $2500/wk figure you were citing, but obviously, you have taxes and stuff that are withheld from that. I was, however, regularly working from 7:30am to 7:30pm, so the hourly pay rate ended up not being incredibly awesome.</p>
<p>Now, my firm (bulge bracket IB) did NOT give overtime, and I think that was pretty standard for all my friends I knew that were working in finance-type jobs. It makes sense since you're going to be working lots of overtime, and firms don't want to pay you THAT much. However, my accounting major friends were paid on an hourly basis because they were sort of considered freelancers or something like that and they did get overtime.</p>
<p>ESSR181, if you want to get a better idea of what being an investment banker is like, "Monkey Business" and "Liar's Poker" are always cited as good books to read. However, I would note that there are many finance jobs that are NOT in investment banking, so don't think you'll have to work 100 hours a week if you major in finance. Research as much as you can about it because it's easy to get tunnel vision once you're in Stern (plus, the rumor mill is awful and sometimes quite unreliable!)</p>
<p>OP - </p>
<p>Did you meet/take any classes with nursing students? Is the college of nursing as much a part of NYU as all the other colleges, or is sort of separated? Is the college of nursing on the same "level" as all the other colleges?
My friend, an applicant like myself, was making fun of me for applying to nursing. She was saying how people are going to be giving me weird looks for being in the college of nursing since it's more professional and more, umm, "run-of-the-mill," I guess.</p>
<p>Loltastic.</p>
<p>what are some of the lower HS GPA's that some of the people you know got in with???</p>
<p>same here, I'd like to know some "low" (well, according to CC standards lol) HS GPAs at Stern!</p>
<p>How doe some of your friends, that may be less monetarily inclined, pay for NYU? can they afford to go out at night and take advantage of everything NYC has to offer?</p>
<p>Seems like I've gotten a bit behind on answering!</p>
<p>QNYergrl: I have known one person in the program, but I didn't learn anything about the program from him. Sorry I can't tell you more.</p>
<p>daddude692189: Getting busted for drinking = lame. If you're going to drink, there're plenty of ways of being discreet. Getting busted means that you're being loud and obnoxious, which is irritating to the other people who live around you. If you drink politely and quietly, then no one's going to call the RA to write you up.</p>
<p>ESSR181: Take youkosiren's advice. :D And mattistotle, as well. I'm not familiar with the inner machinations of the machine that is Stern.</p>
<p>worth2try: I did not. What they learn and what pre-med students learn is pretty different. Their school is sorta of separated due to the nature of the courses they take. I have no idea why your friend would think it weird - nursing's an excellent field to get into nowadays. Provided you don't screw up in school or while working, you're guarenteed a good-paying job for life with plenty of room for advancement in quite a few different directions. Best of luck to you. :)</p>
<p>fks1989, diehldun: No idea. Look at the average stats given on the NYU website. That should give you a way to make a ballpark estimate. Frankly, after freshman year, no one remembers which AP tests they took, what SAT scores they got, or what their high-school GPA was. It's just not important anymore. I understand that it's important to you now since you're presumably seeking admission, but NYU accepts a range of students of all test-scores, GPAs, and backgrounds. There's simply no way to be sure a student will or won't be accepted.</p>
<p>deferred111: I answered the how-to-pay-for-NYU question already. Please refer to my answer there. More specifically, people budget in all sorts of ways - spend less in this area so they can spend more in another. If you don't have much money to spare, then make no mistake - you are not going to be able to "take advantage of everything that NYC has to offer." You aren't going to be able to go clubbing every weekend or buy a new wardrobe full of Armani pieces. That being said, there are plenty of fun things in the city that don't cost a lot. Yes, Virginia, people on a budget DO have fun in NYC.</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch :-)</p>
<p>Shades.... this may be a silly question but my freshman year was 2.5 or so last year i got a 3.3 and this year i got a 3.0 first quarter (A is 91-100), im hoping to try and finish up with at least a 3.5 or so, i know that my first year was really bad but do you think NYU would be less critical towords that if i can get a 3.5 this year?? Basically what im asking is whether or not you think I have a chance at getting accepted to NYU??(I will most likely try to major in a science so I would probobly apply to the Arts and Science school)</p>
<p>P.S. - Thanx for answering these questions thats a really stand-up thing for you to do.</p>
<p>I had a friend get in through GSP with a high school average of 86 (non-URM, no NYU connections). That's the lowest I've heard of to date.</p>
<p>fks1989: </p>
<p>Ain't no such thing as a silly question... here, it's good questions and I'm-too-lazy-to-do-the-research-so-I-hope-someone-else-does-the-work-for-me questions. Not that your question is bad, but like I said in my very first post in this thread, I can't really predict anyone's chances of getting in.</p>
<p>That being said, I'm willing to give pointers as to what I think will improve an application. Like QNYergrl implied, your GPA is really low, even for GSP. That's going to put you at a serious disadvantage. Can you explain to the adcom why your GPA is so low? Can you "make up" for that low GPA with everything else being really good? Test scores, transcript, recommendations, essays, everything? I think that if you manage those things, you should certainly consider applying.</p>