<p>I was wondering if anyone knew how many students that live in NY that go to Tisch just live at home and commute to NYU? thanks.</p>
<p>I don't know how many commute to NYU/Tisch, but I don't think my daughter knows any in that situation. There may be one person she mentioned a long time ago who does that. It is not too common I don't think. She has a friend in NYU/Tisch/CAP21 who is from Manhattan but she still lives in the dorms. Same with a friend from Staten Island. </p>
<p>Your first question asks how many don't live in the dorms which is a DIFFERENT question than how many commute to NYU. Many upperclass students do not live in the dorms and get apartments off campus (though as close to "campus" as many of the actual NYU dorms.) My D is getting an apartment off campus next year as a junior. I don't consider that commuting or any different than dorm living other than it is not connected to NYU Housing.</p>
<p>If you are from Manhattan or very close by, you could commute and save money. However, as a Tisch Drama student, you need to be aware of the hours involved. I know my kid is in something at school from 9 AM through at least 10 PM (sometimes later) every day. That would be harder for a commuting student. She is also involved in school related things on weekends. Unlike a regular college student who might attend classes four hours/day, a Tisch Drama student goes pretty much all day to school and has rehearsals, etc at night and on weekends.</p>
<p>There are more and more kids opting out of the NYU dorms, because they're now giving Sophs first pick of the top-choice dorms around Union Square, and the upperclassmen are being shuttled off to bldgs in less desirable areas that are further downtown, in Stuyvesant and so on, and more of a general hassle coming and going. It appears to be case of planned attrition as NYU is having an increasingly harder time every year in keeping its promise of guaranteed housing, because of the ever-skyrocketing real estate market and corresponding nasty city politics. </p>
<p>But the good news is that it really doesn't seem to be as difficult to find nearby off-campus housing as everyone seems to believe. My son's a Tisch Drama junior, and most of his friends live in places they've found in the Village, Chelsea, etc. My son has his own astoundingly tiny apt (community bathrooms on each floor, which was surprisingly orderly and no big deal when we visited him) with a sleeping loft located right on St. Mark's Place a few blocks from Tisch -- but it's very cozy and feels safe, and is very loft-like -- and we pay $995 per month, which is about what one pays for a double room in the dorms. I did hear a rumor that rents for newly vacated apts in his bldg. increased to a whopping $1,400 per month when word got out about the mass exodus of kids from the NYU housing system -- but don't know if it's true.</p>
<p>Oh, one more thing -- there must be a fair amount of kids that commute from home, because NYU maintains a commuter lounge somewhere near Washington Square...</p>
<p>My D doesn't know any true commuters (living at home with parents) and she's a senior. As Susan said, lots of kids opt out of NYU housing in upper years and find their own apartments but I think the number of true commuters is very very small. </p>
<p>fannie, the 'commuter' lounges are used by anyone who is not in a dorm right on campus. They're places to hang out between classes. My D used them when she lived at the Water St. dorm and it was too far from campus to go home during the course of the day.</p>
<p>There is a girl in CAP who is a freshman who commutes from Brooklyn, and I know another Adler kid who commutes from Queens, so it is possible.</p>
<p>Chris</p>
<p>fannie, you are right that this year the sophomores got first dibs on dorms which meant first dibs on the ones around Union Square. So, my D lucked out as she is a sophomore this year. She lives RIGHT in Union Square, a truly fabulous location. Also, since she is in CAP21, it is the most convenient to that studio. </p>
<p>I have not seen you post in a while, but I think I know who your son is since you said he was in Hair (which I saw and he is very talented!). Anyway, putting it all together, I believe my D worked with your son this past Dec. as she musically directed Suicycle at ETW and your son was in it. Good luck to him on his current show.</p>
<p>If you are in CAP21 and get into a dorm around Union Square as a freshman, can you stay there all 4 years? thanks.</p>
<p>Samroc, no, your housing assignment is only for one year (no matter which class you are in). Each year you reenter the housing lottery system. Also, freshmen live in dorms that are JUST for freshmen. Nearest to Union Square for Freshmen are University Hall and Third Avenue North. My D lived in Third Avenue North last year. Both of those dorms are apartment style ones. This year, she lives in a dorm with no freshmen and is heavy on sophomores and is located directly IN Union Square. It is called Carlyle Court. Sophomores got first dibs on the dorms (of the non freshmen classes) and thus many of the Union Square dorms which is a popular location are dominated by sophomores generally speaking. Other upper class dorms are further away from school mostly. Freshmen dorms other than the ones near Union Square tend to be located near Washington Square, but those are traditional style dorms. My D's dorm is one of the closest you can get to CAP21.</p>
<p>my cousin is a freshman in film and he commutes from westchester.</p>
<p>I don't reccomend doing this. He regrets the choice to not dorm.</p>
<p>Thank you for the information!</p>
<p>Hi!<br>
Thank you for the nice compliment! Did you see Suicycles? I didn't, because we live in California and because of limited finances, we can't always run back there to see every show...I'm sad to say that out of all of the shows and different things he's done at NYU, we've seen only "Starmites" at CAP, and "Hair." I'll have to ask him about your daughter, because I'll bet I'll recognize her name.</p>
<p>fannie, no I did not see Suicycle. I know that our kids know one another and at the least did work on Suicycle together. You can tell your son that my D was the musical director and it was a small show and everyone knew everyone. The boy who wrote the songs (my D did the arrangements) and the show was a senior in ETW and was in my D's a capella group, N'Harmonics. </p>
<p>I believe your son is musically directing Hedwig which is showing this week, yes? My D was in final callbacks for the female role in that show. I know she was at the "Invited Dress" last night but have not spoken to her since she saw it. She mentioned that many of the musicians in the show are in a band that she recently formed.</p>
<p>Soozievt -- Yes, he's the musical director of Hedwig. His situation was the same as your daughter's -- he was in the final callbacks for the Hedwig role, and was initially disappointed that it didn't go his way. But he's had a great time with his current role in it, has learned a ton, and thinks everything worked out for the best. He really likes the guy who's playing Hedwig and thinks he was the best choice for the part. He was happy with the results of the invited dress, which is gratifying as he's never music directed anything until now, thus this experience was at times quite frightening. He's moving on to "Polaroid Stories," which I believe goes up on March 29, and I'm pretty sure is housed at Playwrights...</p>
<p>Is your daughter a 3rd year at CAP?</p>
<p>No, my D is just a sophomore in CAP. </p>
<p>I understand how musically directing could be scary. I know my D was so nervous if she could pull it off.... not so much musically directing Into the Woods, but playing the score on piano for the show and conducting the musicians as she felt so much of the show was riding on her playing it well. When she recently wrote her own musical and put it on, she also was so worried about how it would come off. Somehow when she performs ON stage, she never mentions anything scary or nerves. In these other circumstances, she felt so much was riding on her part for the show. </p>
<p>When I read that your son was musically directing Hedwig, I was confused because for some reason back when my D auditioned for it before the holidays, I recall the musical director was going to be a friend of hers who goes way back from many summers at her theater camp, a talented young man who just graduated in Dec. from Playwrights and who was Asst. Musical Director (hope I have that right) for Hair. Maybe he is no longer involved with Hedwig since your son is MD of the show. As my D did not end up involved in the production, she has never discussed it with me since Dec. except that she was going to the invited dress and that many musicians from her new band are involved in the production. I'll have to tell her I connected with your son's mom! :D</p>
<p>I know the boy you're talking about, and he dropped out of Hedwig just before rehearsals started, because he was cast in The Blue Man group and is now touring. So he brought in my son to replace him as music director.</p>
<p>fannie, ironically, my D just made a quick call home. First, she said the Hedwig production was great. She explained why the original boy who I know from years of their doing shows together in summers, no longer was involved in the show a he was cast in Blue Man group (yay for him, great and talented guy). She then said her band was the band basically for Hedwig. I told her I "met" your son's mom online, lol. Of course they know one another. Meanwhile she was calling to air her dilemmas as several projects are falling on her lap with people she has wanted very badly to work with and she has no more waking hours left to spare and is not sure what to do as she wants to work with them on such projects. She just can't do everything. Also, when you are in a show already, it is hard to take more on. Your son would know who these directors are as one just graduated from Playwrights and I believe is directing new musicals that the graduate MT writing students create and the other is a student in Playwrights and has to do with his senior musical theater production project and helping with the musical score for it. There seems to be a glut of opportunities at Tisch and so many students who are doing great things whom she wants to connect with and there are not enough hours in the week unless she were to give up sleeping! You likely can relate. So, next time you talk to your son, you can mention you met me online. Again, I thought your son was terrific in Hair.</p>
<p>We were told at a parents information session at the end of the NYU Tisch program last summer that all of the Tisch studios, including CAP21, may be relocating to a building in the financial district in 2010 or thereabouts, and the dorms down there may at that time become more attractive.</p>
<p>Re: busy Tishies... If you don't live close, be sure to buy the unlimited subway passes. My s is currently in rehearsals for 3 productions (two non-NYU, but directed by Playwrights faculty, one a 3rd year directing project) and is set designing for another. Gaining experience and resume building not a problem. Fitting in a visit home, much more difficult. Wish we lived even closer so we could catch more of these Tisch shows. These students are incredible! Fannie, can't wait to see your son in something else (besides Hair and Floyd Collins). Sooz, one day I'm sure I'll put a face to your daughter.</p>
<p>Do Tisch kids, with their busy schedules, use the meal plans? We are trying to decide between apartment type dorms or traditional dorms at NYU. Any thoughts or suggestions?</p>