<p>transferring into Stern is definitely hard but not impossible. I know a couple of CAS –> Stern transfers who did it. just explain with an EXCELLENT reason they cannot refuse about why you need to be in Stern with that major and how it fits your needs and career goals and that you cannot currently get at your current college and anywhere else. prestige and rankings should not be mentioned.</p>
<p>Would it make more sense to live in a traditional dorm and opt for the minimum 10/175 flex meal plan or live in Third North, get the 75 flex meal plan and cook? I enjoy cooking, and have weird eating habits - I prefer to graze on little snacks the whole day, and am quite a foodie. I like cooking, checking out new cuisines and am slightly squeamish about having to eat mass-produced sort-of food; I dislike fast food/convenience food - though I get cravings for the unhealthiest junk occasionally.</p>
<p>I’m considering Brittany, 12th Street and Third North. (I’m also a stickler for cleanliness… 12th Street, being new, is most appealing) Brittany and 12th Street would cost about the same (~$15,000, which includes room and minimum meal plan), while Third North would cost $15,000~$17,164, not including groceries.</p>
<p>How much can I reasonably expect to pay for groceries if I live in an apartment-style dorm? Or can I get around the traditional-style dorm by getting a bar fridge/microwave/rice cooker/toaster oven/whatever? Regarding the flex meal plans, can I go into the dining hall with containers and pack my lunch and dinner, but still having it counted as one meal?</p>
<p>In essence; cost-wise, which is more efficient? Traditional-style + minimum meal plan or apartment-style + minimum meal plan + groceries?</p>
<p>How much spending money should I have? I’ve heard anywhere between $1000 and $5000 per year.</p>
<p>Can you have a coffee maker in a regular dorm?</p>
<p>@danw</p>
<p>depends. what do you see yourself spending money on here? if you’re not a huge clubber/party every weekend kid, you can budget towards 2 to 3k for an entire academic year, august-may. but i always tell freshmen to budget a little more for the first year then they think they’ll need, since you’ll find yourself rationalizing that you “need” lots and lots (and lots) of things.</p>
<p>@life</p>
<p>if by “regular” you mean apartment-style, then yep, you can have one. just make sure no roaches crawl into it and hang out in there for a while, to surprise you when you least expect it. (happened to my friend last year.)</p>
<p>@blogger</p>
<p>okay. so the way the containers work is they GIVE you a take out container, one cup with lid and utensils. you then pack as much as you can in that one container and in the cup. (i’ve filled the cup with salad or ice cream or soup or cereal or whatever. they don’t check.) you can ask for a plastic bag. i do that so i can get the “most” for my meal swipe (you swipe once for each meal, so two swipes = lunch and dinner). i buy a drink with dining dollars.</p>
<p>if you’re in a traditional room, you can’t bring a toaster or a toaster oven as it’s a fire hazard. </p>
<p>[NYU</a> > Department of Housing](<a href=“Housing and Dining”>Housing and Dining) that has a list of what you can and can’t bring. i think microwave + fridge = yay! and everything else with an exposed heating element is a big fat no.</p>
<p>really, “efficient” comes down to what you value most. if you want to indulge your foodie side, you’re in Manhattan. i like to say that there’s anything and everything here except good mexican food. ;-)</p>
<p>go to Curry Row and fill up on veggie indian buffets, eat 5 for a dollar dumplings in Chinatown, have fries at Pomme Frite, slurp oysters, have fish and chips, try Jamaican, go to Brooklyn or Harlem or Queens. <a href=“http://www.yelp.com%5B/url%5D”>www.yelp.com</a> will be your new best friend. it has honest reviews about EVERY SINGLE RESTAURANT in existence in a city. not those bull NY Mag reviews, but real, honest reviews from people.</p>
<p>unless you’re shopping at Trader Joe’s all the time, groceries are expensive here. you’re also going to be busier than you think. sometimes it’s nice to just be able to sit down and have someone else make you a sandwich or personally cook you a stir-fry/pasta/pizza/sandwich while you watch. (i’ve written about our dorm food before, pretty enthusiastically. i know seniors who still have meal plans.)</p>
<p>the tl;dr version is: </p>
<p>the best trade off is the apartment+minimum meal plan+ groceries. so when you’re stressed and tired from that MAP class and that paper due tomorrow, you can sit in Hayden and eat. but when you’re in the mood to cook, you can run to Trader Joe’s and grab ingredients and cook.</p>
<p>I have a question about housing. I want to get my first choice for housing and still have yet to recieve my housing forms in the mail. I have a net ID and password for my e-mail but is there a different password to log into the new student housing forms, because it will not let me log in. I really want to submit my forms so I can get my first choice,but I’m just a bit confused as to what to do.</p>
<p>I have the same problem nastynate, I submitted my deposits 2 weeks ago, but I have no been contacted regarding rooming.</p>
<p>Also, I heard that Stern students get to register for courses on June 15th. But, how am I supposed to pick my courses when I have no clue what to sign up for? Will I be able to talk to an adviser/ will someone tell me what I should take my first semester?</p>
<p>call NYU housing directly.</p>
<p>@dancer, i think that “june 15th” is for students who are physically on campus for Stern Orientation this summer, not just all Sternies</p>
<p>Well the optional orientation is June 12th, but I cant go because of a conflict… Do you think they will mail me more information about signing up, or will I pick my classes during welcome week?</p>
<p>you’ll pick during welcome week. they always reserve spots in classes because they recognize that sometimes people just CAN’T go to Orientation.</p>
<p>(Stern students have a bunch of “required” welcome week activities, and that’s probably one of them.)</p>
<p>I just called and they said we will be recieving our housing info in the mail this week or next. I was told that it would have instructions as to how to go about the process. The rep told me that the online housing app isn’t even available online yet, so we can all chill.</p>
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<p>You should get a fall registration email which will tell you what courses you can take.</p>
<p>Random question – I’m interested in apartment style dorms (for freshman this is 3rd north) because of the space, etc., but I am actually not much of a cook myself. Would people get ****ed about having a roomie who doesn’t cook? I know there’s a minimum meal plan required, but can I order more than that? How good is dining at NYU dorms?</p>
<p>i would rather eat out than eat in Dorms. the dorm food is sometimes better than the Kimmel’s. but i only eat nyu food for lunch or snacks, maybe dinner. food outside is better and is sometimes not expensive, depending what you pick.</p>
<p>Your roommates will have far more to worry about than whether or not you actually make use of the kitchen.</p>
<p>You can order any meal plan you want, not just the minimum one (which I don’t even think you need to get if you’re in apartment style housing). NYU dining hall food is decent; it’s mainly all the standard stuff like salads, sandwiches, pizza, etc. Some places will be buffet-style while others, like the upper part of Weinstein, only allow you to get a specific amount/meal (like a value meal from the Chick-Fil-A). You can always downgrade your meal plan for the spring, so you might want to see how often you’re eating dining hall food. For instance, you probably won’t eat breakfast there (since milk+cereal is the easiest meal to make, ever), and you’re probably going to eat out with friends regularly, too. As Mathy said, “outside” food can taste better and be cheaper, especially lunch specials.</p>
<p>hey, I have a question about exploration floors. Do you think for each floor there’s a specific kind of person? I really like the sound of exploration floors but I’m worried that if for some reason the people on my floor are vastly different from me, I won’t be able to become too close with them. For example, I love French but some of my French Club friends are pretty wacky; they’re awesome but I don’t hang out with them on the weekends as much as with some of my other friends. The Explo floors I’m interested in are Gotham, La Maison Francais, and I think there’s one dedicated to eating that I would not mind being part of lol.</p>
<p>Is a 37" flat screen going to fit in any of the dorms without taking up too much space?</p>
<p>It depends. If you have a common room, contact your roommates and see how they feel about a big TV being in the room (that is, if you want them to be able to use it). If you want to keep it in your room, it’ll probably be too big. I had a 20-inch flat-screen, and it barely fit on the diagonal on my dresser. You can try bringing it, but you’ll have to find a place for it that doesn’t make it an obstacle to either you or your roommate getting around, which will be difficult unless you don’t have the dressers together, you take the tops shelves off your desk (my friend did this for a huge computer screen) or have enough room to buy a separate table.</p>
<p>@sgc914</p>
<p>I didn’t do an Explorations floor my freshman year (I did one my sophomore year, though), but I knew quite a few people who did. I can tell you that they all had vastly different personalities, and the topic of each floor just meant that they had at least that one thing in common. I think that some floors (like the music- or film-themed floors) see a greater convergence in personality types, but the ones you mentioned all seemed to be pretty diverse.</p>