<p>I'm trying to decide between colleges to attend next year, so I was searching them on youtube and watching the videos that popped up. I found the best video for NYU, but it was also quite scary hahah</p>
<p>I don't think I'm allowed to post video links on this site but if you search "NYU" on youtube it;s the second video to come up. It's called "Welcome to New York University" and it's "an orientation of sorts for the incoming NYU freshman class."</p>
<p>It's a very funny video, but it also seems like there's a lot of truth behind it. It seems like a real view of NYU and after watching it I'm definitely more wary of NYu simply because it gave me more to think about; she's being sarcastic but it's made me think! I know it's silly to choose a college based off of a youtube video, but I was wondering what other potential NYU students, and current NYU students, thought about what this girl has to say?</p>
<p>I just looked at the video. There’s a little truth in everything. NYU’s retention rate is quite high, so most people who know what they’re getting into (no campus, etc.) probably end up liking it. Know yourself, and know whether you want the NYU experience. If you liked NYU before, I wouldn’t worry about it. I’m not.</p>
<p>I saw that video the other day, and thought it was funny. Think of it this way: she’s a sarcastic, hilarious, and clever person, and she seems to be having an excellent time at NYU, despite the complaints (and everyone has at least a few complaints about their school, no matter where they go). If she’s able to be comfortable there, there must be some pretty cool people making up the student body.</p>
<p>It’s partially true, very funny, and very well-done. It plays on many of the stereotypes here in an amusing manner that’s self-deprecating of us all.</p>
<p>It brings up some fears of mine, though. Is anyone else worried about having romanticized hopes for NYU and NYC? And then there’s the whole limited-dating pool thing and the stereotype that all NYu students are these super artsy and overwhelming people. Are there any current students on here who can speak to these stereotypes and whta’s been portrayed in the video?</p>
<p>I travel to NYC several times a year and have met my son’s friends several times. Believe me, kids don’t turn down taking them out to a nice restaurant. I have also had lunch or dinner with him/them at Upstein or Kimmel when I scheduled flights to stop there in route to somewhere else. There are all kinds of kids. My son is a varsity athlete (starter), freshman, and a Stern student. His friends do not seem any different than other urban kids in Boston, LA, or Chicago. They are normal NYU students, and most are not athletes. His roomate is from LSP and he has a bunch of friends from Tisch, CAS or other schools. I even played PS3 with them (and beat some). I enjoyed the video for the sarcasm, but scratch it a little and see her reaction to puppies!</p>
<p>I’ve seen the video and thought the girl came off as extremely annoying, so I quickly disregarded it haha.</p>
<p>well, dating in college is pretty eh, but i’m a straight male, so… i guess thats good?</p>
<p>I sure hope there’s a more balanced straight male-straight female population in Stern. Not that it makes a difference.</p>
<p>Look. Romanticized hopes aside, your freshman year will be miserable. You’ll find it harder to adjust than you ever thought possible, even if you never get homesick. It’ll be the most challenging but rewarding process you’ll probably ever experience. </p>
<p>Not everyone here is super artsy or hipster. There’s >21,000 undergrads here, and you’ll find a very mixed bag. The frat kids (probably didn’t even play varsity sports in high school but want the brolic life in college), the artsy kids in crazy clothes and hairstyles, the WASPy kids, the JAPs, kids from dozens of different countries, the hypermotivated kid with two internships at once, the Sternies, the potheads (and worse), the party animals, the athletes . . . there’s a ton of variety and you’ll find something you fit into comfortably by your sophomore year. Freshman year there’s a ton of fakeness where everyone just wants to be popular and fit in, you’ll be surprised how few of the people you knew freshman fall you ever talk to again even freshman spring.</p>
<p>Dating here is definitely pretty limited, and there’s a combination of factors: kids who only want the hookup scene, kids with significant others at different universities, the anonymity of such a large city, and a large homosexual population that cuts down on hetero relationships.</p>
<p>Stern doesn’t have very many gay kids in it, but Stern is probably also the ugliest school here. A lot of kids really let themselves go a long time ago, we probably have the most ‘nerds,’ and a ton of the girls here are very masculine which turns off the few straight, good-looking guys who end up looking outside of Stern or NYU.</p>
<p>“but Stern is probably also the ugliest school here.”</p>
<p>“we probably have the most 'nerds,”</p>
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<p>Haha. But Poly is off by itself.</p>
<p>Anyway, that was a largely hyperbolic post, I don’t give much thought to who looks best or acts what way, it’s just the banter of the school. Tisch = starving artist, Stern = soulless, resume-polishing monster, CAS = average joe, Steinhardt = bleeding heart human, Gallatin = conflicted, artsy metrosexual … and so on. They’re the recurring in-jokes of the school.</p>
<p>Hilarious vid. Glad I didn’t apply.</p>
<p>Problem: “turns off the few straight, good-looking guys who end up looking outside of Stern or NYU.”</p>
<p>Solution: “a large homosexual population that cuts down on hetero relationships”</p>
<p>You’re welcome. ;)</p>
<p>Haha, thanks for that. ;)</p>
<p>I went to accepted students day yesterday and it was awesome! Some other acceptees had seen the video too and we all freaked out a little together hahah. But NYU did seem so cool, even though there was a striking lack of straight men…</p>