<p>@futurenyustudent:</p>
<p>I just want to understand the process. Last year, when you had to apply for housing again, were you given any options?
Is it because you are a junior with low priority? Or do they just put you anywhere they want?
D is a sophomore and she got her first choice. I want to be prepared for future housing lottery.</p>
<p>juniors generally get shafted in the housing lottery. it makes sense- a lot of juniors leave for study abroad. NYU wants all the sophomores to stay in NY housing, so they give sophs housing priority. </p>
<p>lafayette is not a bad dorm, it’s just that future got one of the crappier rooms in Lafayette. if you’re a junior with a high “pick” time (aka a junior who gets to choose early amongst all juniors) you can get away with having a nice room in Lafayette.</p>
<p>basically. . .</p>
<ol>
<li>find people you want to room with and put all of them on a virtual “lottery ticket”. find one responsible girl who wants to be in charge of this process.</li>
<li>check NYUhome for your housing lottery time.</li>
<li>check out the dorms and look around and see what room appeal to you. dorms have “open house nights” where NYU students are allowed to go into dorms and politely knock on doors and ask to see rooms. come to terms with the fact that you might end up at Lafayette.</li>
<li>when your lottery pick time comes up, quickly (as in, literally sit at the computer as time runs down) sign into the system, and pick a room. really quickly.
(i sat at the computer with five room numbers picked up in advance.)</li>
<li>profit! </li>
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<p>i did this for my roommate because i knew she would forget and screw both of us over. if your D is responsible, have her do it, because it allows her the most control over the whole process. </p>
<p>also, if your D wants to make sure she’s in a nice room, tell her to look at one of the residential programs such as Explorations or Broome Street Residential College. i’m a senior in a Union Square dorm because i did an Explorations floor, and i’m also attending cool events i would have attended ANYWAY, all on NYU’s dime.</p>
<p>and no, lafayette does not fill up last, that’s 26th street. 26th street is in a worse part of town, in my opinion. (it’s down the street from a drug treatment facility and bellevue hospital.)</p>
<p>Go into housing sophomore year. Go off campus as a junior. It’s not worth getting ****ed over for $15k. Do NOT live on campus as a junior. Given the economy, you can find plenty of good apartments much closer to campus for the same amount of money or less. I don’t care what the process is, I’m not getting a glorified prison cell for $13k. Laf is a piece of crap building and everyone knows it. I’d rather be in 26th. Maybe I’ll get a real closet there.</p>
<p>And for the record, yes, Lafayette IS a bad dorm. It’s one of the worst. There’s a reason it fills up last or second to last or whatever. Plus I think I’m allergic to something in the building.</p>
<p>There are DIFFERENT risks associated with going off-campus. I know juniors who are fine with staying on campus, and not all of them get screwed over. </p>
<p>I’m just trying to give two sides here. I magically survived living in Lafayette for two years, and there are people who are going on three years in Lafayette. I’m sorry NYU screwed you over, but to tell all juniors to live off campus is just a little much. </p>
<p>If you really hate Lafayette, break the housing contract and live off campus for the rest of the academic year.</p>
<p>The entire system is only as good as its worst rooms, one of which I’ve been stuck in. I don’t care if someone got an entire penthouse to themselves. It’s not worth that risk. Plus given the economy and rent in the area, housing is a ripoff. And to put two people in a box 15’ long by 8’ wide puts into question the integrity of the University itself, not just the housing system. There’s nothing fair or balanced about putting two people in a box that is taller than it’s wide and outside of the housing system would NOT qualify as a bedroom, and charging the same, regular rate for it, which in turn gives me no obligation to be fair or balanced towards the university. Just trust me, housing will screw you over any chance it gets, so don’t even take that risk. Trust me when I say I’ll be ignoring all phone calls for donations when I graduate. If I wanted to be charitable, I’ll cut out the university and give money directly to the students.</p>
<p>And if I had the money to, I would have broken the contract a long, long time ago. Trust me. You think I wouldn’t have done it? Just give me $20k and watch me. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Missyamericanpie-I’m sure you did fine living in Laf for 2 years. But just because you or someone else survived that place for that long doesn’t mean I’m going to sugarcoat the truth. The truth is that Lafayette sucks. Everyone I know who’s lived there hated it. It’s far away from campus, and the subway doesn’t make it magically closer. Some of the rooms are absolutely abysmal and the fact that there are large rooms doesn’t make them any bigger. The location and area is shady and a few Chinese restaurants up the street does nothing to change that, and neither does the detention center and the swarm of cops in the area that clears out at 6. You’re entitled to your opinion as much as I’m entitled to mine. Don’t try to convince me like everyone I met on move-in day that it’s somehow “better” than I think it is. I still feel conned and cheated by the university and I’ll never, ever let that go.</p>
<p>“And for the record, yes, Lafayette IS a bad dorm. It’s one of the worst. There’s a reason it fills up last or second to last or whatever. Plus I think I’m allergic to something in the building.”
No, it’s really not. I’m happy in Lafayette. As I said earlier in the thread, it’s hit or miss. I got put into a very nice apartment. My room is very spacious. Also, I don’t mind the area; it only takes me 10-15 minutes to get to class.</p>
<p>Quit whining so much. Try living in a 10x10 hole in the wall double that most college students live in. You have your own bed, bathroom, and kitchen. What’s so bad?</p>
<p>I’ve already expounded on what’s so bad, I’m not going to do it again. Most college students also don’t pay $13k for housing. As such, I expect higher quality housing than “most college students.” I didn’t get it. That’s what’s so bad.</p>
<p>When the space they call a “bedroom” isn’t a proper bedroom meant to hold two people, EVERYTHING ELSE is irrelevant. First and foremost, I expect a PROPER double bedroom.</p>
<p>For freshmen (in 2010)…are there any students who get “select” choices in terms of housing? Anyone get “first dibs”? For example: Another of my D’s college possibilites guarantees Honors College students their first choice in housing.</p>
<p>"I’ve already expounded on what’s so bad, I’m not going to do it again. Most college students also don’t pay $13k for housing. As such, I expect higher quality housing than “most college students.”</p>
<p>Most college students don’t live in NYC.</p>
<p>New York City isn’t an excuse for subpar housing. Given the amount of money the university charges for everything, you’re not going to get ANY sympathy with that pathetic excuse.</p>
<p>I have standards. I expect them to be met. In fact, I insist that they be met. Evidently, you’re okay with letting the university push you around because you’re in “NYC.” NYC isn’t a carte blanche excuse to charge double for clearly subpar housing. That’s unforgivable; I don’t care if we’re in New York, London, Tokyo, or Hong Kong. Crap is crap is crap, whether it’s located in New York, London, Hong Kong, or Podunk, Iowa is irrelevant. I don’t even let my own mother push me around that way. Living in the big city means you also need to learn to stand up against those who try to push you around.</p>
<p>I happen to agree with futurenyustudent. The amount of money that NYU charges for everything is unforgivaeable, especially when in todays WSN , John sexton is one of the highest paid nonprofit executives. More money should be going for meeting more of students financial needs.
Why should juniors be put on a low proirity for housing when they have to still pay these high amounts is really not a fair system. If that is the case, then they should lower the costs just for juniors because they end up losing.</p>
<p>I don’t understand this logic:</p>
<ol>
<li>There is clear evidence of bug bites on my skin along with an intolerable itch that comes and goes. Doctor says possibly a serious skin infection caused by mites.</li>
<li>There might thus be a bug infestation in my room. Said possible bug infestation may have taken over my (and my roommates’) clothes.</li>
<li>There is thus a chance that I may take the bugs with me if I move before getting them treated (as needed).
4. So let’s wait until we treat the bug problem to move you. In the meanwhile you should live in your [possibly bug-infested] room.</li>
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<p>The bolded part is what confuses me.</p>
<p>Firstly: if there are bugs in my room and they may be sitting in my clothes, then for the time being, I SHOULD NOT be wearing them. I should go buy some clothes to wear in the meanwhile. What we do with my existing clothes is a secondary concern; we’ll go have them sterilized later on if need be.
Secondly: if it is the case that the bug infestation took over all my stuff, at the least, my roommates and I need to vacate the premises immediately, if only for our personal protection. The room needs to be vacated for fumigation anyways.
And finally: The point of seeing the RHD was to see what can be done NOW to prevent being bitten to death by the bed bugs (or whatever other wee little creatures) that may exist in my room. I already know how to file a work request. What if it’s some kind of serious infestation of mites that are living in every splotch of fabric in the room? I’ve been WEARING them! I don’t take chances with my health.</p>
<p>Call the NYDOH and make a complaint. See how fast NYU takes you seriously.</p>
<p>If I already submitted my application, but want to make another preferences on my housing app, will it be too late. Does anyone know?</p>
<p>If you want to amend your preferences just call up the housing office and tell them. Don’t wait until monday when offers go out. It could mean the difference between waiting another week and moving next weekend. The preferences I amended to can be summarized in three words: anywhere but Lafayette.</p>
<p>milkandsugar: I’ve considered that. I also considered calling the fire marshal to see if the room can actually be considered two-person legal. They can’t exactly ignore an order from the fire marshal (or from a superior court judge) without serious consequences.</p>
<p>nyu: I hate waiting. Seriously. I can’t say I was surprised they didn’t have any spots in the 3 Union Square dorms I requested (I put my anywhere but Greenwich/Laf under “specific preferences” which I’m assuming the person at housing didn’t read)</p>
<p>@futurenyustudent</p>
<p>I believe you can make an anonymous call to NYDOH and tell them your situation about the beg bugs, rash, etc.
If it is a public health concern, they ae suppose to look into it.</p>
<p>Yeah I emailed them last night and they email me this morning they will update it, so thank god I did that.
@future: It such a pain to wait, i seriously hope I will get the dorm I want. If they don’t I will be so ****ed.</p>
<p>It’s just until Monday. Three days. We’ll have to keep ourselves occupied until then.</p>
<p>That sounds horrible, futurenyustudent…sorry you have to deal with this. The housing lottery really can screw juniors over. </p>
<p>Well I’m living off-campus with my boyfriend on the upper west side, and I like it. No RA’s so we can do whatever, the room is decent sized, it costs the same as a low-cost triple at NYU (except it’s much larger!). It takes about 20 mins to get to campus, which isn’t bad imo. I would definitely consider moving off-campus if you’re a Junior/Senior. </p>
<p>I think NYU is too large for its own good (and they’re looking to expand a lot over the next 30 years, check out their 2031 plan.) Seriously, they should cut down the size of the Undergraduate class, and try to keep dorms close to campus and a decent size. It would promote a better atmosphere within the university, cut down on class sizes, and get rid of the housing problem…but of course they won’t do that, they’re not looking to create a better university, they’re looking to boost profits.</p>