<p>Why does PR make NYU out to be such a horrible place? It is gives it a really low quality of life rating. It also has it listed for least happiest students. Is this stereotype somewhat accurate?? Why is it so?? I'm not going to lie, I kind of find it worrisome. </p>
<p>p.s. Please do not attack me with a vengeance for mentioning the princeton review ratings; I know that their word is not solid gold.</p>
<p>“According to a survey by The Princeton Review that asked 122,000 students at 371 top colleges to rate their schools on dozens of topics and report on their campus experiences. . .”</p>
<p>WHICH students did they interview? I have no doubt that they picked a very small sample of students. That works out to about 328 students a school. Did they interview the freshmen? The seniors? Joe Bobcat off the street? The press release goes on to say that they were all online surveys; how did people find out about them? </p>
<p>NYU is a school where the campus visit is an absolute MUST. What might seem bleak to some students can be seen as pretty awesome by someone else. I personally like the lack of campus, integration into Manhattan and the unique student body. </p>
<p>To review just the school itself seems stupid because so much of the NYU experience is wrapped up in Greenwich Village and NYC itself. We’re not like Columbia because we don’t have our own little campus with huge gates and landscaped lawns. We’re not even like our next door neighbor, Cooper Union. We’re something entirely different and PR’s rankings don’t reflect that at all. Yes, we have homeless people sitting on street corners and constant construction and movies shooting on our campus, but students thrive anyway. I have no qualms about spending an additional three years here to get my MA degree and I’m proud to be Violet.</p>
<p>I just visited NYU with my son. I used to hang out in the village as a teen, but he is from the boonies.</p>
<p>We went to Bleeker St Records and shared a beer with the staff, ate well, had a cupcake at Magnolia, and he was hooked.</p>
<p>Will he go there, no idea, but a visit is a must cause there is no way to tell…</p>
<p>Princeton Review has hated NYU ever since the administration decided to stop pandering to PR as much as other schools do. This is why there are copies of “The Best Colleges in America” that don’t even list NYU.</p>
<p>And the surveys are self-selected, and since it’s the angry people who tend to make the most noise, I wouldn’t be surprised if the results are entirely skewed against NYU.</p>
<p>I can imagine why some ppl hate NYU after I visited it but living in the city is awesome!!! :P</p>
<p>The PR rankings are complete nonsense. Anything that doesn’t have NYU towards the top of quality of life is not credible. A lot of students do gripe about dumb things, which probably accounts for the “least happy students” deal.</p>
<p>Princeton Review very much respects NYU. From 2004 to 2007, NYU was ranked by the Princeton Review as America’s #1 “dream school.”</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Yea i was wondering about that</p>
<p>Well, people glamorize the idea of living in NYC, but when they get there, they actually end up hating it. I did exactly the opposite. I applied on a whim, shrugged when I got my acceptance, and only started liking NYU after I visited with only a couple days till the deposit deadline.</p>
<p>I think NYU’s status as a “dream school” is partially the reason why it gets low ratings from some students, however paradoxical that is. People have unrealistic expectations, and that sets them up for disaster.</p>
<p>The “dream school” thing is a survey of high school students, independent of what the colleges and their students actually contribute to the PR rankings.</p>
<p>Of course, this would all be moot if people just visited the school and did some research before deciding to apply and/or attending.</p>
<p>NYU is a good school, but they def. need to mention how unhelpful are the people in their departments.</p>
<p>Yeah I notice NYU was ranked as most unhappiest students, worst financial aid, I was really surprise. I couldn’t imagen how the students could become unhappy within New York City, but ofcourse it’s not your typical college campus.</p>