<p>cool2bars-- how did you find out your acceptance to NYU so early if you're starting next year</p>
<p>shades_children:</p>
<p>people have suggested bringing a safe or something to lock up your valuables in. my only valuables would be my laptop, ipod, and camera. bringing a safe sounded like overkill to me too, so i just wanted to know if this is something the average nyu student does.</p>
<p>Yes bring a safe. Don't forget to put it right next to your bodyguard and German Shepherd so that your stuff is extra safe.</p>
<p>I don't see anything wrong with bringing a safe. I would suggest one of those Sentry fire boxes. I had one while I was in the dorm at my previous college, and just kept tax information, social security card, bank statements, etc. in it. It was a good place to put stuff and it kept it secure at the same time. I don't even think my roommates knew it was there.</p>
<p>shades_children:</p>
<p>if i commute the first year, and apply to go on the waitlist for housing my second year, is it hard to get a spot in housing? Do you know anyone that has been put in housing off the waitlist?</p>
<p>recycleme: The one person I know who commuted their first year is in their second year getting in from the waitlist. I think that in general, NYU tries to accomodate everyone, but there's always the chance that it won't be possible. Decide as you will. :)</p>
<p>shades_children: Just wondering if I could see your stats/EC's since I hope to go there as well, PM or email <a href="mailto:Jdiorio15@adelphia.net">Jdiorio15@adelphia.net</a></p>
<p>_Also, how difficult is the International Relations program, which is what I hope to go in to.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>micheeatsfish - I applied for 2006 and deferred for a year.</p>
<p>I somehow lost track of the flow of conversation here, but let me try to fix it...</p>
<p>starry_heights: Plenty of people I know have a laptop, an iPod, and a camera without a safe and they have no problems. However, if you take something relatively small and convenient, then I don't see why you can't have your safe. Just keep in mind that you'll have to move it back and forth on moving days and that you don't want something so big and obnoxious that it upsets your roomies. :D</p>
<p>cool2bars:</p>
<p>As far as I know there is no cap. Talk to your advisor about your academic plans.</p>
<p>one of the things that I didn't think through before coming to NYU was getting internships. NYU is good help with getting those. However, any summer internships I've ever gotten have been on my own - NYU only helps with NYC ones, and frankly, I can't afford to stay here during the summer. Keep that in mind - if you want a summer internship, you'll need to start looking after Thanksgiving of the year before.</p>
<p>London was the best semester of college. Totally rocked my socks. :D However, this is also an issue of planning - if you want your double major and quadruple minor, you may not have the "academic time" to go there because only certain classes are offered. You're going to have to do some planning to make sure it fits into your academic schedule. I went as a sophomore, but there were lots of juniors there and even some seniors. NYU in London has no meal plans whatsoever - you live in flats, so you're responsible for your own food.</p>
<p>If you've got any more questions, just ask. :D</p>
<p>Shades, have you had any experience with Brittany Hall? Can you tell me more than just the architecture, lack of a/c and dining hall?</p>
<p>Sorry, eji2006. I know nothing more than you do about Brittany. Have you tried the NYU LJ community?</p>
<p>Do you know how the meal system works? I have heard that you can only swipe once during each meal period unless you have the flex plan; but I'm not sure I understand this. Supposing you have 19 meals a week. Is it possible to miss breakfast and then have an early lunch, late afternoon snack or sandwich and then dinner later? Are there certain hours for each meal. Thanks in advance. It's really great that you have been willing to do this so long for so many people.</p>
<p>zeno:</p>
<p>I found this out the hard way; I had 19 meals a week. I don't know when the set meal periods, but I imagine that they go something like this:</p>
<p>breakfast: 7 AM - 10 AM
lunch: 11 AM - 3 PM
dinner: 4 PM - 8 PM</p>
<p>The opening and closing times of each dining hall vary, so you'll want to check out the meal periods.</p>
<p>If you have 19 meals a week, you can only swipe in once during each period. Only with the flex plans can you swipe whenever you want.</p>
<p>Can freshman get the flex plan? It is advised?</p>
<p>i'm ppretty sure freshman can do the flex plan, that's what i'm planning to do. the meals roll over for the whole semester too, so if you only use 13 of 14 meals ones week,s you don't lose the other one. [at least this is how i understand it, someone correct me if i've got it wrong.]</p>
<p>evanescentfall: "Rollover" is misleading - if you're in the flex plans, you get however many for the entire semester. It's not week-by-week, so the term rollover doesn't apply here. If you don't use all your meals and declining dollars by the end of the semester, you lose them.</p>
<p>Actually, they've changed the policy this year, and declining dollars do roll over from the fall into the spring semester.</p>
<p>Have you been in any Weinstein triples? Are they horrible? Does someone need to be in a bunk bed? are they any larget than doubles? Thanks</p>
<p>how do declining dollars work? if you dont want to use a meal...you have to request using ur dining dollars?</p>
<p>zeno: I've only seen one Weinstein triple, and it was split into one single and one double. The double was about as big as other doubles, and the single... was pretty small. There's a bathroom outside in the little hallway that leads to the front door.</p>
<p>eji2006: Yes, that's pretty much it. You can pay for meals with Declining Dollars that way.</p>