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<li>which dorms are the best?</li>
<li>which dorms are the worst?</li>
<li>can you give me pros and cons of some of them?</li>
<li>is a triple a good idea? i'm only asking this b/c i'm a girl, and it seems that over the past year, an odd number of girls being friends didn't work out well. but the lost cost option is appealing</li>
<li>what exactly is the low cost option?</li>
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<p>do a search. there have been a billion threads written about dorms. a lot of those posters aren’t here anymore, so you might as well do a search.</p>
<p>Here is a link to the Washington Square News (campus newspaper) 2010 Housing Guide. If you navigate back to the WSN home page after checking out the survey you can see a montage of dorm pictures as well.</p>
<p>[NYU’s</a> Daily Student Newspaper | nyunews.com](<a href=“Washington Square News”>Washington Square News)</p>
<p>Also, here is a link to the 2010-2011 proposed undergraduate housing rates. The low cost options are listed in red in the far right column:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/resLifeHousServ/documents/2010_2011UHousingrates.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/resLifeHousServ/documents/2010_2011UHousingrates.pdf</a></p>
<p>Hmmmm. The Washington Square News website is down at the moment. You might want to try that link later, or Google “Washington Square News”.</p>
<p>Thanks for the links.</p>
<p>wow, thak you CASmom!</p>
<p>You’re welcome. Please don’t be discouraged over the next couple of weeks if you don’t get fast responses, or any response at all, to some of your questions. Most NYU students are up to their eyeballs in papers, projects, and studying for finals right now. I know that this is a very exciting time in your lives and that you are brimming with questions, but you need to realize that most of the students who answer questions on this forum are super busy right now. Some of us parents are trying to help when we can but, bottom line, there is no better source for answers than NYU students themselves. So be patient, and don’t take it personally if you don’t get a fast response.</p>
<p>thanks casmom! but do you happen to know if the low cost triple rooms are bad? like is it bunked? and is it super tiny? thank you!</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I have little insight on the topic of low cost triples. My daughter was in a triple in Goddard but it was not categorized as a low cost triple, probably because it was huge, at least as dorm rooms go. I do know that there are reasons why they are lower cost— either no AC, small room size, 3 people in a room meant for 2, or some combination of these factors. I recall from previous threads that bunking can create more usable floor space but I don’t know if any of the rooms are so small that bunking is the only option. If you check back through the archives you will find various threads that deal with low cost triples. I would start by searching on “Rubin”, “Brittany”, and “Hayden”, plus “low cost”, “triple”, LCT, and variations thereof. You will also likely find comments on the LCT options in some of the more general dorm threads. The best source for info, however, is the students who have lived/are living in low cost triples. If you don’t get a lot of responses, try again after finals.</p>
<p>Another potential source of info on low cost triples is NYU Live Journal. Here is the main link: [NYU</a> People](<a href=“http://community.livejournal.com/nyu/]NYU”>http://community.livejournal.com/nyu/)</p>
<p>If you use the search function and specify things like the dorm name + low cost triple, NYU + dorm + low cost, or whatever, you might get useful insights. Here is the result of a search on “Rubin” + “low cost triple” : [“rubin</a> + low cost triple” LJ Search](<a href=“LJ search”>LJ search)</p>
<p>Here’s a thread on Rubin low cost triples from the NYU Housing livejournal:</p>
<p>[nyuhousing:</a> Hey guys, quick question:I’ve been looki](<a href=“http://community.livejournal.com/nyuhousing/164213.html]nyuhousing:”>Hey guys, quick question: I've been looking into housing options and…: nyuhousing — LiveJournal)</p>
<p>My daughter lived in one last year and it was fine. It saved us a lot of money. If you bring some extra fans, you can make it through the few months of heat. The ceilings are high and the rooms have character; it was a hotel way back when. </p>
<p>I’m very partial to Rubin, I lived there six semesters back when I was a student.</p>
<p>How do I calculate cost of the housing per month? Should I divide the total amount, e.g. 9212 by 9(number of months I’ll be actually staying at dorm)? Or if not 9 months, for how long am I required to stay at NYU? I am international student and I’l be back home in summer.</p>
<p>Olzhas,</p>
<p>The rooming fees cited by dorm and type of room is for the academic year (should be around 9 months with move in end of August and move out mid May?). So you can say take $6000 + for a Rubin low cost triple and divide that by 9 to get your monthly room cost. Or if it is say Founders double at around $12,000, divide that by 9 months to get the monthly cost. So you can see that the low cost triples are substantially cheaper than the doubles (and even cheaper compared to the single room rates).</p>
<p>thanks, evolving
What if I apply for Brittany or Rubin for example and I can afford only $9350 room but I was assignned a $11896 room. What should I do? Can i decline and choose $9350 option?</p>
<p>Olzhas,</p>
<p>Look at the following link for the dorm room rates by the semester and by the academic year:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/resLifeHousServ/documents/2010_2011UHousingrates.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/resLifeHousServ/documents/2010_2011UHousingrates.pdf</a></p>
<p>I would make the 1st and 2nd choices the dorm rooms (Brittany and Rubin) at your target price in the $9000 range, then perhaps put in the low cost triple at the lowest fee in the $6000s. Then you can be guaranteed of getting a room at or under your target price.</p>
<p>However, if the LCT is not your preference at all, then perhaps just put down 2 choices (since I only see Rubin and Brittany at your price target), and make sure to add a note to the housing office that you do not want a triple and that you need to get a double in the $9000 (for academic year) target fee.</p>
<p>Then if there is still a problem after assignment, you can immediately call to negotiate something with Housing, or better yet. communicate actively with them when you apply via a written note, email, and/ or phone call.</p>
<p>I called Housing Office on behalf of my son and the person I spoke to seemed receptive to working with my son (with some changes).</p>
<p>much thanks evolving. It’s nice you can choose up to 3 options when applying for a dorm.</p>