<p>i hear of how NYU doesn't necessarily have a concrete campus and that it's just a bunch of cement buildings spread out over 30 city blocks...how true is this? how much does it take away from the college feel? how would you rate the setting of NYU?</p>
<p>you're in new york city...it is going to be pretty tough to create a traditional campus feel.
plus, a major belief of NYU is that students should assimilate into the NYC culture and take advantage of it.</p>
<p>so, more or less NYU lacks a "real" campus. there are connections that link everyone together, but its people and things to do, not buildings.</p>
<p>Very true, to an extent. Almost all the academic buildings are in a cluster to the East of Washington Square Park, about a 2x3 block radius (very small blocks). The dorms are the things that are more flung out, but freshmen are placed pretty close to campus except for apartment style.</p>
<p>what's been said above is all true. you'll always "feel" like your at NYU on the cluster of streets east of washington square park (i'd say from 8th to 4th st) and in the park itself (although i'm not sure what the status of the construction is there now), and you can always hang out in the NYU starbucks or the kimmel center (or the study lounges in any NYU building), but there is no traditional campus. it's integrated into the city, but i personally preferred that to being in a college bubble where the only people you meet are affiliated with your uni.</p>
<p>I agree with yasi. there definitely is an NYU area with a campus-y feel--NYU isn't a bunch of random buildings scattered all over manhattan. I think it's definitely enough as far as unity and closeness go. but no, it isn't the traditional college experience. It might be lacking in that regard, but you have to remember that it is in the coolest part of new york, which is arguably the best city in the world. It's an AMAZING place to live.</p>