<p>1) The upperclassmen at NYU are right in thinking that; Poly has been affiliated with NYU for about four years now, so to them it was more of a new thing. However, there has been much more cross-interaction since then. Poly students have full access to the Wasserman Center for Career Development, Bobst Library, the Coles and Palladium athletic facilities, all of NYU’s clubs, etc. The new students are more accepting of Poly as a school of NYU, since we now participate in most of NYU’s events, including Welcome Week, All University Games (a sports and games competition between all the schools of NYU), Ultra Violet Live (a musical competition between the different dorms of NYU), etc. In fact, this fall, all freshman at Poly will be under NYU’s Expository Writing Program (EWP) instead, which is the freshman writing curriculum that students at CAS, Stern, Steinhardt, and Tisch are under. The English professors at Poly who want to teach the EWP courses are required to apply directly to NYU and have to undergo training over the summer if selected. Poly students can also do any minors at CAS, and can do a music minor at Steinhardt, a game design minor at Tisch, or a business studies minor at Stern. So you can see that Poly is much more integrated into NYU than 4 years ago when the affiliation began. Poly is scheduled to be fully integrated between 2012-2015, so by the time you graduate (if you were to stay), you would graduate under NYU. The general consensus among students and faculty, however, is that the full integration will be complete by summer 2013 at the rate things have been going, although there has been no official word on this. </p>
<p>2) It would not be an internal transfer since right now Polytechnic and NYU are affiliated, not consolidated. However, I have heard that it would be easier to transfer from Poly to another school of NYU than from an outside school since the schools are affiliated and Poly is on the final steps to officially being a school of NYU. However, if the schools fully integrate this summer (which seems a little too early but still possible), then it would become an internal transfer.</p>
<p>3) The PreMed program at Poly is under the Biomolecular Science program. There are three concentrations to the program: Chemistry, Biomedical Science, and Biotechnology. The Biomedical concentration is the best track for PreMed students. You can see the different tracks here: [Typical</a> Course Schedule - Biomolecular Science, BS | NYU-Poly](<a href=“Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering”>Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering)</p>
<p>You can also major in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), with a PreMed track. This is a much smaller program but I know two friends who are doing it. Basically, you take the two semester general chemistry sequence instead of the consolidated one semester course for engineers, while taking some more traditional biology classes down the road in addition to all the requirements of the CBE major. I don’t think it appears on your diploma, but the extra classes you end up taking are ones that med schools like to see. Note that the CBE major is very structured (as are all the engineering majors at Poly) and there is very little room for variation, so you can just imagine the difficulty of adding on a premed track. The CBE major requirements are found here: [Typical</a> Course Schedule - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, BS | NYU-Poly](<a href=“Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering”>Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering)</p>
<p>4) I’m a freshman at Poly.</p>
<p>5) Yes, a lot of people commute to Poly, not only from the NYC area, but also from New Jersey and Long Island as well. Poly was historically a commuter school, although that has changed a bit in the last ten years with the opening of a new dorm (Othmer) and other dorming options. </p>
<p>6) Poly is located at the MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn. MetroTech is a very nice, open area with grass, trees and benches to sit down. It’s no Washington Square Park, but at least there’s something there to look at besides concrete. Downtown Brooklyn is a safe and clean area, with hotels (a Marriott is right in front of Poly), many stores, and malls within walking distance. The Brooklyn Bridge is also literally just three blocks away from the Poly campus, so it is very accessible to and from Manhattan. The Manhattan Bridge is also close-by. The area in general is much nicer than the connotation Brooklyn has. The actual bad areas of Brooklyn are much further east.</p>
<p>The main dorm for Poly, the Othmer Residence Hall, was built in 2002, so it is relatively new in comparison to most NYU dorms. It’s right on campus. All the rooms in Othmer have air conditioning (something not all NYU dorms have) during the hot months. In general, it’s a good dorm (I live in it) and the RAs here are lenient for the most part since nothing “crazy” happens here like at most of the dorms of big state schools (like SUNYs). We also have the option to dorm at Clark Residence Hall, which is a ten minute walk from the Poly campus. I have heard it is nice as well, but I haven’t been there myself actually. Upperclassmen and grad students usually live there, although sophomores are allowed to live there as well now if they wish.</p>
<p>If you have any other questions, let me know.</p>
ew @ CBE, but yay