Questions for those currently attending NYU

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<p>My ap english class is currently doing a ‘college search’ project where we research schools that would be a good match for us. One of the requirements is to contact students from the schools in order to gain inside information. I’m really interested in NYU and if anyone can answer the following questions, that would be great.</p>

<p>Just some additional information: I’m planning on majoring in psychology and then going on the pre-med route.</p>

<li><p>How well does the school (professors, counselors, etc.) prepare you for further education and/or your desired profession and how much guidance do you receive?</p></li>
<li><p>What are some of the benefits and/or inconveniences of the fact that NYU does not have a real campus?</p></li>
<li><p>I understand that unlike some other schools, athletics isn’t a big part of NYU. What are some of the activities, events, etc. that are big on campus?</p></li>
<li><p>How much does the school help with acquiring internships and jobs?</p></li>
<li><p>What would you say is your favorite aspect of NYU? Least favorite?</p></li>
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<p>Any additional information would be appreciated, such as things you wish you found out about before you applied, etc. Also, any information from students who are majoring in psychology or planning on going the pre-med route is appreciated as well. Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I'll ask this too</p>

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<li><p>I hear the premed advisors are great at NYU, so it might be all right for you. However, there's not a lot of handholding - you have to be the one to contact people and ask questions, but if you do, they're generally willing to help.</p></li>
<li><p>I actually visited my friends up at Boston and was like, 'well, I kind of wish we'd had a lawn and stuff to hang out on' - traditional colleges are such closed entities that you really feel like you're part of something. I don't think you get any advantages from not having a campus, but you do benefit from having NYC as your 'campus'. In general, I think I'm more independent, more worldly, more cultured, and better prepared for real life because I went to NYU. </p></li>
<li><p>I don't think there are any really big activities, since the undergrad class is so huge there's just nothing a majority of people could do. I believe there are premed & psych clubs.</p></li>
<li><p>NYU does not do coops, but Career Services bring a lot of firms on campus for recruiting and will help with resume writing, interview skills, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>My favorite part was the international focus. Study abroad at NYU seems so much easier than at most other schools, so much so that I generally assume people have gone or are planning on studying abroad somewhere. More specifically, Stern had a bunch of other opportunities for me to travel, so I really liked that. I also didn't want or need much handholding, but I liked that NYU generally had the resources I needed when I did. </p></li>
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<p>Least favorite part... because NYU is such a 'new' school (in the sense that it's only recently become a well-known, national university) there are a lot of growing pains. People are coming in with one set of expectations, but for the university to really get to a higher level, things get changed around and people get annoyed (see housing). I mean, once those policies are in place for a few years, people won't think twice about them because they've 'always been that way', but that's not the case yet.</p>

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<li>How well does the school (professors, counselors, etc.) prepare you for further education and/or your desired profession and how much guidance do you receive?</li>
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<p>--Stern counselors are pretty good. You don't have a constant one so its less personal. Same goes for CAS. Gallatin advisors are great, you get matched with one with similar interests as you. You really don't need much guidance if you know what subject area you want to study. The guidance comes in when you schedule your classes in terms of recommending professors, classes, when to take certain classes, when not to. And how to get into certain classes. Stern does a great job networking you and professors are good too.</p>

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<li>What are some of the benefits and/or inconveniences of the fact that NYU does not have a real campus?</li>
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<p>--If by real campus you dont mean grassy area's- it's fine. Most students here grew up in the suburbs anyway. As for the 'campus' there are a bunch of small streets around NYU buildings that during the morning-late afternoon (monday-friday) will be packed with ONLY nyu students. At night those streets are dead as there is not much but nyu buldings on a set number of blocks. the school isn's as sprawled out in manhatten as people make it out to be and there is more of a campus than people make it out to be. there are even bars which are full of NYU kids, always. cough blarney's cove cough. I don't really see a 'benefit' to this situation. It's just untraditional. A downfall would be the fact that it's hard to get a game of soccer going, and since NYU is in the middle of greenwich villiage there are local people around (though i dont see this as a shortcomming they tend to be hippies you can laugh at that hang out in washignton square)</p>

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<li>I understand that unlike some other schools, athletics isn't a big part of NYU. What are some of the activities, events, etc. that are big on campus?</li>
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<p>--The womens basketball team is pretty good now, there have been some packed games. There's a thing called straberry fest which can be o.k. and there's a mystery concert in the beggining of every year, but the bands get leaked out before the mystery is revealed. </p>

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<li><p>How much does the school help with acquiring internships and jobs?
Stern- ALOT</p></li>
<li><p>What would you say is your favorite aspect of NYU? Least favorite?</p></li>
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<p>--proximity to all you can eat sushi bars, museams, regular bars, restaurants, its manhatten...I mean, what kind of question is that</p>

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<p>That was really helpful. Thanks sooo much.</p>

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<p>Though I will add that a lot of my friends have soccer games on the weekend up in Central Park, but they just get a bunch of their friends to go. There's kind of not enough room in Washington Square for one.</p>