<p>@lizbette</p>
<p>Campus Cash is only necessary for doing laundry since that’s the only way you can get the washing machines to work. Aside from that it essentially does work like a debit card, so there’s not much use to it. Campus cash isn’t a new card though. It’s uploaded onto your NYU ID, so you swipe it like a credit/debit card to use it.</p>
<p>@lachrymosity</p>
<p>It’s mandatory. No other option.</p>
<p>thanks jackhammer!
I live in goddard though, and it says coin-operated laundry machine, so I should be fine without campus cash, right?</p>
<p>Also, does campus cash still work on Jamba Juice? I’ve read some places that say it does, but on the official NYU Campus Cash website, Jamba Juice isn’t on the list of merchants.
Also, is it true that using campus cash will get you tax-free purchases at local eateries? Does it have tax-free at Whole Foods?</p>
<p>They fix the laundry machines pretty often so coin operated machines possible. Then you technically wouldn’t need Campus Cash at all if you have a debit card. </p>
<p>Jamba Juice is close to campus, so it may but I never went there. </p>
<p>Idk the answer to your last two questions tbh.</p>
<p>Hi, thank you for answering all these questions about NYU.
Does NYU also offer single housing for freshmen? Also, are all freshmen required to live on campus?</p>
<p>I read somewhere that although NYU doesn’t offer financial aid to international students, there are a few scholarships available. Is this true?
& do you know anything about the recorded music program at Tisch?</p>
<p>@emotionprelude</p>
<p>There is single housing, but it may be hard to get as a freshman. Freshmen don’t have to live on campus.</p>
<p>@jessielle</p>
<p>Obviously there’s no financial aid for international students since it involves U.S. taxpayer dollars. So yes it’s true. </p>
<p>I don’t know many people in recorded music, but anything is Tisch is top quality. State of the art equipment and great professors. Don’t know much else about it.</p>
<p>For those asking the difference between the 175 flex and the 10 or 14 meals a week. If you dont use your 10 or 14 meals a week, then you lose them from week to week. You cannot carry them over, but with the flex plans, you can use as many a week or as few aweek as needed, you do not lose them, thus because of the convenience, you get less dining dollars.
IMHO, this is the better option, because you can also swipe a meal for visiting friends or family.</p>
<p>For the meal plans, though, per week plans will be more efficient in terms of the amount of money you’re paying per meal (calculations include the difference in dining dollars). So between the 14 per week and 175 flex (the two most common options for meal plans), if you think you’ll be able to get through the 14 per week, go for it. Also, don’t really worry about saving meal swipes for visitors, because given how many times and your friends will eat out on weekends and such, you’ll always find that you or a charitable friend who doesn’t want their meals to go to waste will have extras. The nice part about the weekly plans is that even if you don’t use them all over the course of a week, you can swipe them all at once on a weekend and stock up on snacks. Can’t really do that with flex, because by the time those expire, it’s already the end of the year.</p>
<p>My student will be housed in Lafayette. Since there is no dining facility there, and it is so far from everything else, is there any point in a meal plan of any kind?</p>
<p>Because their housing is far from campus, they might not be coming back to Lafayette until late. If that is the case, they may chose to stay around the campus area for lunch and even dinner. So meal plans may be a good option then.</p>
<p>If you have an option (non-freshman) don’t get a meal plan. Based on per-meal calculations and comparing it with the menu prices at dining halls, it’s actually cheaper to just pay for food at dining halls with your own cash or debit/credit card–it just confuses some of the cashiers who don’t know *** they’re doing half the time. Especially since there are a very good amount of cheap non-dining hall places to eat around campus too. Even upperclassmen who live in dorms with dining halls won’t get meal plans.</p>
<p>How are the dorm rooms locked? Do we use a traditional key and lock combo or does the room door also have a card reader? </p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
<p>depends on the dorm. some of the upper class dorms have card readers for individual rooms, but every freshman dorm room/suite is key in lock. To get past the doorman and into the building though, requires you to scan your NYU ID card. Also, for those living in suites, the key goes to the suite door. The individual rooms within a suite can only be locked and unlocked from the inside.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I’ve already paid my deposit and even emailed my roommate at UHall for the upcoming semester, and I’m really excited to go to NYU. But I just received acceptance today (as an international applicant) to the National University of Singapore (NUS).</p>
<p>I lived in Singapore during my elementary and middle school years, but always attended an international school, not local. Money is not a huge problem, as my parents can just about manage to send me to NYU, although the price difference tempts me towards NUS of course. (NYU’s full living cost is about US$70,000 whereas NUS is about US$20,000)</p>
<p>If you were in my shoes, would you abandon NYU Stern for NUS? I’m likely to stay violet, but any advice is appreciated!</p>
<p>In regard to the meal-plan debate, I suggest getting the flex plan. Some weeks you may not feel like eating too much there, some weeks you may have family/friends over, etc… </p>
<p>@quill</p>
<p>You don’t need it, but if your kid eats in dining halls then get it. Around Lafayette, most kids just go out, but people do eat in dining halls around campus. It’s all based on the lifestyle of your kid. If they’re someone who doesn’t really like dining halls, then it isn’t worth it. But if they like going to the good ones, then I’d get it.</p>
<p>@chasingclouds</p>
<p>NYU gives you a regular golden key to the room, which you twist and turn to get in. I haven’t seen any card readers to the rooms, although to get into your dorm building there’s a card reader system.</p>
<p>@sjsung</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about the Singapore college. If there isn’t a significant difference in quality between the Singapore school and NYU, then I’d consider the Singapore college. Depends on what your goals are though. If you’re going to Stern and trying to break into finance, I’d say come here. If not, then I’d think about going to Singapore.</p>
<p>Hey! i was just wondering what the professors at NYU are like. Do you mostly self study there or do the professors try to teach? and are there tutoring sessions after classes. and on average how many people are in one class during ur freshmen year ?
Thanks !</p>
<p>@tokidoki530 those questions are insanely situation dependent. Some professors will carry you through a class, others will be useless. Be prepared for either. All professors will have office hours that you can see them at, and most will hold review sessions before exams. Class size varies. Some classes will get around 20, and then there are giant lectures anywhere from 100-600 people.</p>
<p>HI ! Can anyone tell me how a low cost triple in Hayden on the 10th floor is like?? [particularly room 1014] </p>
<p>thnxs !!</p>
<p>What about poli sci majors? Are there any good study abroad programs?</p>
<p>How large in general are science course lectures? I am not enrolled for organic chemistry, but would like to attend the lectures anyway, out of interest for the subject and preparation for taking it next year. Is this unheard of? My teacher told me he did it when he was in college and had no problem, but I was a bit skeptical because after all, people pay to take classes. Will I be able to get the professor’s permission to sit into lectures despite not having signed up for it? If not, would it be hard to sneak and blend into a lecture?</p>