<p>Hi,
I recently got accepted into NYU Tisch ED (woot!), and I've been looking all around for as much info as possible on housing... I think my first choice is going to be Hayden, but can someone tell me about the suites there?
Apparently there are the triple suites with 3 individual rooms and one bathroom (with 2 stalls????), and the double suites with 2 rooms of 2 people each. Do the suites have common rooms at all? ... does anyone have an opinion on which kind of Hayden room would be the best?</p>
<p>I'm in Hayden now. None of the suites have common rooms and the 3 singles, 1 bathroom rooms are rare. Of the 4 person suites (2 per room with one bathroom) there are 3 basic set ups: rooms with a hallway at the entry that has doors going into each bedroom and the bathroom, rooms where both bedrooms have a door to the main hallway and the only way they connect is by the bathroom, and rooms where you have to walk through one bedroom to get to the other. There are also rooms that are two people in one bedroom with their own bathroom.</p>
<p>If your in Tisch and can afford it, you should look at Third North or U Hall. They all have kitchens and common rooms and I believe they are closer to your "major" classrooms depending on what that major is. And besides, it is near Union Square. Which is where everyone hangs out. Washington Square is a mess with all the construction going on.</p>
<p>I'm doing film... at first UHall was my first choice, but I kind of liked the idea of a more social (I know, I know, the same thing that always comes up) atmosphere of the more typical college dorm. The kitchen thing really is a plus (as well as the common room), but is it really not true that the apartment-styled living makes it slightly harder to meet people on your floor? I'm not one to go for the Explorations things, but I would like to at least get to know some of my floormates if even on just a superficial level.
Maybe I'm just being wicked paranoid, but my worst fear is not meeting enough people before the social circles get more or less set.-- Is this ridiculous, and should I just go for UHall? (Or 3rd North, I've just heard it's slightly more run-down).
Also the whole Washington Sq thing... I was hoping for the experience of living on it at some point, but I guess the construction would kind of kill it, huh?</p>
<p>As far as I can find, they're doing it in 3 phases. Phase II was scheduled to finish in 2005, and they're just now finishing on Phase I.</p>
<p>I may be completely wrong (probably am), I don't even live in the U.S. yet, so I really have no idea other than what I can find in online articles.</p>
<p>D is currently in Weinstein and has many friends in Hayden, too. I have been in the area in and around Washington Square Park several times this fall and while I'm sure everyone wants the construction to be finished, it is really not of any major concern. The park is open and only small sections are effected at a time. There have been street fairs and markets in and around the park all fall. While Union Square is definitely a busy, vibrant location...I would say the same about Washington Square Park and its surroundings. If you want a more traditional dorm experience, freshman year is the time to do it at NYU. You have the next 3 years to experience apartment style living. Do not be dissuaded because of fears of construction in the WAshington Square Park. It really is an non-issue.</p>
<p>OK, so I'll just ignore the construction bit... I'm just torn between the "typical(ish) dorm experience" and the more comfortable apartment-styled living. It's true, though, I hear that over and over (the bit about freshman year being the time to do it at NYU)... so I guess I'll probably go with a double at Hayden (or should it be anywhere else??) as my first choice, and UHall as my second-- assuming, of course, that's how I can list it; I still haven't gotten the forms, haha.</p>
<p>My D was in Third North her Freshman year and a common room is a place where everyone hangs out and listens to music or watches TV or does what ever together with friends. She loved it and it was Very Social! She knew everyone on her floor and Third North is the biggest dorm.</p>