<p>@hellodocks - what school are you at? (i.e. CAS, Stern, etc)
I don’t know if I’ll get in yet, but I’d really want to hear about your experience at NYU! (If you don’t want to answer on this thread since it’s about housing, you can PM me :)</p>
<p>nyc sounds amazing. I’ve been there before but I miss it and want to be there!!</p>
<p>Evolving, I agree. Last summer, D was determined to stay in city. She tried to find a job/internship, but i paid for 4 weeks in anticipation of this and to make the deadline, disappointedly, she didnt find anything, so i lost half of my deposit. Even if you work for NYU you have to pay full price. These are tge little things that I dont like about NYU. There will be students who try to lease their apartments for the three months in summer while they either go home or abroad.</p>
<p>@evolving “Maybe for a Stern summer intern doing work for GS or MS.”</p>
<p>Haha, <em>raises hand</em>. Look, I’ll be frank, NYU housing isn’t that cheap. It’s also not that expensive when you look at what you get for the neighborhoods.
If you aren’t taking classes you’re either paying $265 or $285 weekly, which is $1060 or $1140 a month. Realize that that’s lower than rent anywhere except Brooklyn, and even out there you won’t necessarily get something nice for that price, plus you factor in commute. Granted, at NYU you aren’t getting a single, but the doubles aren’t that small and since you’re out all the time, it’s never unmanageable.</p>
<p>If you can sub-let somewhere, go for that. Just realize that wherever you end up choosing, you won’t come out that ahead financially. The point is that with an internship related to your degree you’re getting work experience that will pay off later in terms of a full-time job.</p>
<p>@lorraine
I’m in Stern and I’m working in finance this summer. If you want to read a bit about my experience at school so far, look for my thread, it’s 15+ pages and I’ve answered people about housing, school spirit, life in the city, academic coursework (NYU and Stern), work experience, recruiting, anything. There’s also a lot about how I’ve changed as a person, which it sounds like you’re most interested in.</p>
<p>It IS an amazing place, none other like it. You’ll develop a hate/love relationship with it your first year because it’s so hard to adjust, but leave it, and you’ll die from separation. I’m abroad in Italy right now having what will probably be the best time of my life and at the same time I CANNOT wait to get back. No one’s ever been more excited to work 80 hours a week. =)</p>
<p>Regarding Lafayette, I got assigned there for the summer, I don’t mind the location or the walk or anything like that but my main concern is the alleged gaps at the tops of the walls! Does anybody know if they are a feature of every room? Even single ones? I thought shelling out the $360 a week for the privacy of a single room would be worth it but not if I’m essentially going to be living in a cubicle for 6 weeks! Anyone know anything about this??</p>
<p>The gaps are for ventilation. Or, to be honest, it’s so NYU can escape the tax rate for bedrooms. By having that ‘ventilation gap,’ the school bypasses listing a room as a 4-bedroom and can say it’s a 1-BR, which saves them a huge chunk of change. Some rooms’ gaps are lower, others are higher, but generally the gaps are a pain in the ass.</p>
<p>They aren’t in every room though.</p>
<p>My daughter is in Lafayette. She is in a suite with one tripple and a single. The only room with a gap is the single. Her very large tripple room does not have one.</p>
<p>Okay well thats nice to know, maybe I’ll get lucky! I haven’t been to New York before, I am traveling over from Ireland. Is the Lafayette area generally safe?</p>
<p>New York City in general is safe, especially Manhattan. Run out into certain parts of BK or BX late at night and you may not be making smart moves, but there’s not really much to be concerned about in Manhattan. Laf is just below Canal, quasi-Chinatown/FiDi.</p>
<p>The worst: the lack of respect for residents’ privacy. I have lived in Gramercy Green during the summer of 2013 for my internship in NYC. The issue with NYU housing rules is that RAs are allowed to enter the students’ suites or rooms for “maintenance” without letting the resident know in the first place. They can post a sign on the front door but is not required. I called the Office of Housing to make sure, and they confirmed it. This made me very uncomfortable as I sometimes have personal things lying in my suite that I don’t wish the RA that I’ve never met to see. Why? Because I don’t expect anyone to be coming into my suite without letting me know, that is all.</p>