Prospective Member of CO'16 - Pros and Cons of NYU?

<p>Hi everyone. I got accepted Monday morning and was not really expecting it, but now that I'm in, my college selection has been complicated. Could you list some of the pros and cons of NYU based on your own experiences?</p>

<p>Congratulations! What school did you get into?</p>

<p>Got into Liberal Studies!</p>

<p>A lot of it depends on what you’re looking for from a school.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>doesn’t have a traditional campus - so it’s up to you whether or not you want a campus with trees and grass, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Has one of the largest study abroad programs of any University </p></li>
<li><p>Inn’t the best for financial aid, unfortunately </p></li>
<li><p>Excellent location in the Village </p></li>
<li><p>Provides an excellent education in almost every area of study </p></li>
<li><p>Typically described as a college for more independent students who can handle things on their own; the environment at NYU is very different from the environment at other schools</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Mostly, it comes down to what your personal preferences are and, without knowing those, we won’t be able to help you all that much.</p>

<p>Also accepted to NYU LSP and…Hunter is giving me a full ride on a special scholarship. What should I do? NYU is a lot of money…:(</p>

<p>Hunter. NYU you will be mortgaging your life for.</p>

<p>Hunter, definitely. Take the full ride. You will not regret it!</p>

<p>@stalmadge5194, just wondering, but wat r ur stats? (:</p>

<p>Well UTK’s campus is not exactly the most scenic either so the campus isn’t a huge factor for me. As long as I’m in a reasonably friendly school environment (obviously the city is a somewhat different story), I don’t really care what it looks like. </p>

<p>Here’s my basic resume (copying from a different post of mine):</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian
Unweighted GPA: 3.928
Best Composite ACT: 30
Best Composite SAT: 1900
School Type: Magnet School
School Size: About 240
Class Size: About 50
Class Rank: Our school eliminated class rank besides the top 10, and we don’t find out until the spring, but I would gauge that I’m in the top 15-20%.</p>

<p>25 Honors/AP/Dual Enrollment Classes out of all 32 classes that I’ve taken.
-Made a 4 on the AP European History Exam (Junior Year)
-Taking AP Literature right now and expect a 4 or 5
President of Government Club (held since Junior Year)
Floor Leader of Government Club (Sophomore Year)
Founder and President of The Flock (Student Cheer Organization)
Represented my school at Boys State (1 of 2 people)
-Elected State Representative at Boys State (Summer 2011)
Participated in both Model United Nations and Youth Legislature for 4 years
-Outstanding Delegate at Model UN from 2009-2011
-Alternate to CONA (Conference on National Affairs)
National Honor Society (Since Junior Year)
Theatre Department (Freshman and Sophomore Year)
-Won Outstanding Male Performance for both productions I acted in.
Yearbook Editor (Senior Year)
Forensics (Sophomore Year)
Soccer Team (Freshman, Junior, and Senior Year)
Track Team (Sophomore Year)</p>

<p>Volunteered for Set Construction for the Theatre Department (all of high school)
Volunteered at my local public library (Junior and Senior Year)
Volunteered on an Eagle Scout Project (Freshman Year)
Total hours: 40</p>

<p>I held a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant from June 2010-June 2011 and was let go because the restaurant closed down.
From July 2011-October 2011, I worked for an online business by doing inventory and helping market the company’s products on Amazon.com as well as their own website. It was a temporary position, and I was let go when all of the products had been uploaded.</p>

<p>Senior Schedule</p>

<p>1st Semester (AP Literature, Creative Writing, Latin I Honors, Ecology Honors) (Got all A’s in these classes)</p>

<p>2nd Semester (AP Literature, Dual Enrollment Statistics, Dual Enrollment Psychology, Chinese I Honors)</p>

<p>Other random things:</p>

<p>1) I was voted Most Talented in my grade. (Played guitar for 11 years; trying to start a band and have a Youtube channel for my music)
2) I’m my school’s student announcer for a daily news segment that we air on TV.
3) I got 3rd place in a local short story competition.</p>