<p>What does NYU make you think of?</p>
<p>Stern......</p>
<p>The first NYU schools I think of are Stern and Tisch. In general, I compare NYU to a school like USC. It definitely has its strong points and is a very good university, but it's perceived prestige is probably higher than it deserves since it is a POPULAR university (again...much like USC).</p>
<p>Good academics, particularly for Business, Film, Math, Econ and Philosophy, but poor/lacking campus environment.</p>
<p>overrated, except for graduate math/finance, and arts</p>
<p>The Village hates it.</p>
<p>NYU strikes me as moving to New York and getting a job for four years, except that your job is going to classes and you pay them instead of them paying you. None of the quintessentially collegiate experiences that are so appealing to me seem to apply at NYU.</p>
<p>3 responses I get when I tell them I'm going to NYU:</p>
<p>1) Stern???
2) I hear everyone's gay there
3) Have fun repaying loans for life!</p>
<p>A former student of my English teacher went to NYU, graduated and is now a substitute teacher back in my school. He said that it felt more like living in and working in NYC than going to a real college.</p>
<p>Rich kids who couldn't get into City College of New York, and folks from out-of-town.</p>
<p>It was one of two colleges for which I would not pay. Some of the reasons were specific to my kid, but I was exercising some parental discretion and I did not feel it offered the type of college experience that he needed. While the lure of the city appealed to him, he gave it up without a fight. I couldn't see paying that kind of money, and the money it was going to cost to maintain him in NYC (this is a sushi kid, not a hotdog kid) for NYU. I think it is wonderful for many kids, especially Tisch. Just not for mine.</p>
<p>I think of hipsters hanging out in Washington Square Park listening to obscure music while feeling superior to others.</p>
<p>lilygraces: What makes you say that?</p>
<p>Stern, Tisch, Gallatin. Way too expensive. Right for some people, very wrong for a lot of people. Depressed kids. Purple.</p>
<p>Overrated as a whole. Horrible financial aid. High living expenses.</p>
<p>lots of debt</p>
<p>NYU makes me think of an EXTREMELY expensive and overrated university that has no campus.</p>
<p>Probably one of the most popular universities too, I expect, since it's in NYC, and if someone loves NYC but didn't get into Columbia, NYU would be his/her fall back school.</p>
<p>Stern and Tisch also come up in my mind when NYU is mentioned.</p>
<p>The source of many transfers to Penn's CAS and Wharton schools.</p>
<p>No campus = no college</p>
<p>"I think of hipsters hanging out in Washington Square Park listening to obscure music while feeling superior to others."</p>
<p>HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!</p>
<p>As for what I think. Cool city/area, but lacking campus. Stern! Tisch! Arts (which as far as I know, most departments are great, esp. math and philosophy)!</p>
<p>and last, but not least $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Too much money for what you get. It's definitely overrated, although pretty much all the programs are strong. It's rep is inflated due to the city and location and whatnot, kinda similar to USC, except USC also has the sports.</p>
<p>Actually Ilovebagels many students are drawn to NYU BECAUSE it has no traditional campus. It was one of the things I liked best about it.</p>
<p>I don't know. When I think of NYU I think of...big buildings. But then again it's number 1 ranked student-wanna-go university.</p>
<p>The other school in NYC.</p>