<p>which freshman dorm is most recommended....hayden or weinstein, and what are the differences?</p>
<p>I personally liked Hayden better when we toured both in '08. The rooms have more character and it seemed to be a little livelier. It’s a favorite of Ed’ers. </p>
<p>A Hayden room
[nyuhousing:</a> Hayden Pics](<a href=“http://community.livejournal.com/nyuhousing/200073.html]nyuhousing:”>Hayden Pics: nyuhousing — LiveJournal)</p>
<p>A Weinstein room
[nyuhousing</a> - Weinstein](<a href=“http://nyuhousing.wikispaces.com/Weinstein]nyuhousing”>http://nyuhousing.wikispaces.com/Weinstein) </p>
<p>Location is great for both - both are very close to classes at Stern, Silver (any Wash. Square classes) and the Student Center. Dining halls in both. I think there’s chick-fil-a in Weinstein and a coffee shop (Starbucks?) too. I hear the dining hall at Hayden is good. </p>
<p>Congratulations and good luck with your housing decision!</p>
<p>Mmm Hayden dining hall is delicious! I don’t go to NYU but my brother does, and the times I ate in Hayden when visiting him when he lived there were all amazing. He was in a low-cost triple, and his room was definitely small but they really made it work well-they had great closet space too. Hayden’s nice!</p>
<p>It was noisy, all the time. Have you visited both?</p>
<p>You didn’t ask about Goddard, but that’s where my daughter lived as a freshman. She shared with two other students, but she actually had her own (very small) room. The three of them shared a bathroom. It’s pretty noisy living right on Washington Square Park, but c’est la vie.</p>
<p>I’m a current NYU freshman, and I would strongly recommend Hayden over Weinstein. They both are in a great location, but Hayden has nicer rooms, it’s in a slightly quieter area than Weinstein, and its dining hall is far superior. Weinstein’s dining hall is atrocious. But if you’re not an early decision student, Hayden is extremely difficult to get into, because so many people list it as their first choice. It’s got decent rooms (but they vary widely in quality, some are kind of small and rundown), great location, pretty good dining hall, and it has a reputation for being a more social dorm than others. The reputation has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.</p>
<p>Weinstein, on the other hand, has uniformly miniscule rooms (with cinderblock walls) and is quite possibly the ugliest building in Greenwich Village. Also, the building’s front steps are a popular hangout for smokers. Literally, a haze of cigarette smoke hovers over the entrance. </p>
<p>Other than Hayden, I strongly recommend Founders Hall for freshmen, which just opened this year. It’s in a decent location—less than 10 minutes from Washington Square—and its rooms are nice, new, and very large. And Union Square is only two blocks away.</p>
<p>My S is a senior at NYU. He lived in Weinstein his freshmen year and loved it. It was good to be in that location as a newcomer to NY. I thought his room was fine and he had a private bathroom (as does Hayden, I think). One other thing that you might consider is to join a learning community. He was in an International one - each room on the floor had 1 American and 1 international student. The floor went out to eat ethnic food once each month - and participation wasn’t required. As a senior, his roommates in his off-campus apartment are two students that lived on the floor with him. There are lc’s with all kinds of themes. It’s nice way to have some community in a big city without a college campus.</p>
<p>^Agreed about the learning communities (called explorations programs). Everyone I know who’s in one or has been in one has really enjoyed the experience, and it’s a great way to make friends with common interests. As far as Weinstein goes, some people do really enjoy living there, but compared to the rest of NYU dorms, the rooms are of really poor quality. A couple months ago, the ceiling in two girls’ bathroom collapsed. It’s definitely livable, and definitely superior to dorm rooms I’ve seen at some other colleges, but other NYU dorms offer rooms that are really much newer, nicer, cleaner, and larger. Also, one of the great things about NYU is that every residence hall has private bathrooms, so no matter where you dorm, you only share a bathroom with 1-4 people.</p>
<p>For upperclassman looking for a single or apartment style living what do you recommend</p>