<p>I didn’t know enough about it beforehand. That was my fault. I committed before I ever visited. It was ranked 2nd for undergrad finance, and while I got into Wharton, I didn’t want to be in Philly for school, I am from there and wanted out, so the next best option was Stern.</p>
<p>The tuition <em>is</em> murder. You’re right about that. You will also have incredible opportunities to supplement your classroom with practical, hands-on experience by interning … which you seem to recognize.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I regret my decision. I have matured incredibly as a person here, I think the city forces you to do that. On a traditional campus, you’re isolated from the world in a way, and if you’re not in class, at the library, or on a sports team, all there is to do is frat, ****, and drink. I see that a lot of my friends or the other people I meet from other schools are simply more childish. I don’t know whether that’s completely because of what school they went to or because of personality differences, but all I know is that I see it.</p>
<p>There’s no athletics here, and little Greeklife worth mentioning (message me for more on this if you really want to). It isn’t what you envision it to be, but I can tell you it’s probably different from what you picture. It’s not staring at dreary buildings. I for one have never even thought that. Yeah, come to think of it, we aren’t on Yale’s pristine campus … but any time I look up, I am astounded at the architecture around me. It is an amazing city.</p>
<p>The social scene is also a different beast. Once you leave the classroom, you have no idea who might be an NYU kid or who is even a student. There are hundreds of colleges in the city, high schools, trade schools … you can pass someone on the street and know literally nothing about them, whereas at a traditional campus, you’re probably going to recognize someone from a party you both attended, by the letters on their chest (or ass), or a sport. That by default makes dating harder, and I’d say there’s not that much of that going on here. It’s a 1:5 hetero male:female ratio here. The school is already 60/40 female/male and 31% of male students identified as gay or bi. Most of the guys are more focused on raising their crush count than holding down a relationship. And to be honest, there are 20,000 undergrads here but from what I’ve seen, the girls at this school are nothing to write home about and a lot of guys seem eager to pile on and agree once one person says it.</p>
<p>Answer your questions?</p>