<p>what are pro and con in NYU?
Also, does living in New York expansive and is financial system in NYU good?
I want to hear from the current students</p>
<p>Well I'm not a current student but I will move in next week :)</p>
<p>Pros: Resources that the location has to offer, there are helpful staff members in some departments/offices that can give good advice. It seems that peer-to-peer advising is also strong but I don't know if that's the norm at other big universities (also I haven't confirmed this firsthand)</p>
<p>Cons: Cost is #1-9 in the list of cons. Real money is for the very best (Ivy-driven) and/or destitute (compared to other students) but even that isn't a guarantee. It is a huge university so you had better learn to deal with bureaucracy. Lack of physical campus, if you're into that.</p>
<p>pros - exciting, always something to do, 24 hour city, great surroundings, interesting people and things, NYC!, and my program which is great</p>
<p>cons - lonely sometimes, feel insignificant in a big system, EXPENSIVE!, stressful and busy all the time, get tired a lot, get distracted a lot</p>
<p>living in New York is not that expensive really (though depending where you compare it to) but the finanical system is NOT good at all and tuition is VERY expensive.</p>
<p>Okay, financial aid is really bad but the people in financial aid usually know what they're doing and are very willing to help you out if you're in a bind. </p>
<p>I agree the cons are that you're always tired and always stressed out. I never felt lonely though. If you have a group of friends, you won't be lonely.</p>
<p>The pros are kind of obvious I think.</p>
<p>Has anyone actually went back and asked for more (and actually got more) from NYU's financial aid office?</p>
<p>I think I felt lonely coz I was very far from home (international) and not used to being away from it for long periods. It's true that financial aid people are usually helpful and knowledgeable, but sometimes there's literally nothing they can do for you if it's not possible within the system. You do find some who are willing to go out of their way for you though. Depending how you treat them i think!</p>
<p>Many people have said they feel this way, but what's wrong with feeling insignificant? Does going to a smaller school make students feel more important? Or by insignificant is it just meaning lonely?</p>
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Real money is for the very best (Ivy-driven) and/or destitute (compared to other students) but even that isn't a guarantee.
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<p>What? That's one of the most ignorant statements I've heard in a long time.</p>
<p>It pretty much sums up the experiences of all the students I've met at NYU. National Merit Scholars got money, people who were accepted at Ivy Leagues got money, as did classmates who have very little EFC's. I've never met someone with average/above-average-but-not-"rich" who got a substantial package from NYU (by substantial I don't mean loans, I mean scholarships/grants). I'm sure the financial aid dept can be helpful but it's not known for doling out cash.</p>
<p>aoibheal, lonely and insignificant are different, though they can lead to each other.</p>
<p>there's nothing wrong with it. just in my small high school i had a certain amount of power - i was able to bend deadlines a bit, i knew everyone and everyone knew me, etc. if i disappeared off the face of the earth a lot of people would notice. at NYU if a deadline isn't met, that's the end, period. i have my groups of people and teachers i'm close with but that probably makes up like 5% or less of the school. if i disappeared off the face of the earth NYU wouldn't notice til i didn't pay my next bill. and then it would only be some worker at the office of the bursar who would send out an automated email telling me to pay up....you get the idea. i don't have a huge problem with it, in some ways it's good preparation/transition for the "real world", though in other ways NYU is a thing of itself. anyway, it's a particular kind of experience that you can either thrive in or not, but only you know that. :)</p>