<p>I have a hard time choosing dorms because there are so many and I don't know enough about each, so I thought maybe some of you guys who are at NYU might be able to help. With April 1st just around the corner, I'm sure there will be more and more people who will have questions about selecting dorms.</p>
<p>So, here are my questions:
1) Which hall is within close proximity of the Department of Literature/Language?
2) I looked at the site and it says Goddard Hall is a "Residential Community". What exactly does this mean?
3) Which one's better in your opinion - traditional or apartment? (what's the difference?)
4) Closest to Broadway?</p>
<ul>
<li><p>a stream in which programming (trips to Museums, shows, discussions, events) around a certain idea is planned</p></li>
<li><p>can take Writing the Essay with people in your dorm</p></li>
<li><p>15 hours community service each semester</p></li>
<li><p>smallest dorm, 220 people approx.
-right above starbucks, across from library and Silver (for CAS classes)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>I think that Weinstein is closest to Dept. Language and Literature.</p>
<p>Goddard, and Weinstein are basically a block away from Broadway, the street. </p>
<p>I think traditional is better, b/c it’s closest to the square and you’re not hidden in your apartment. People do spend time in teh halls.</p>
<ol>
<li>weinstein’s the closest</li>
<li>the floor you live on is based on a theme. you have to participate in the activities they have (at least semi-frequently)</li>
<li>in my opinion, the traditionals. the apartment-style are all, in freshman-terms, far from campus and you can experience all of that when you’re an upperclassmen. third north and u-hall are both around union square and many sophomore dorms are similar to those two so you can check those out once you’re older. but as a freshman, i would stay in the traditional-style dorms. </li>
<li>brittany is the closest to broadway</li>
</ol>
<p>Sternies are everywhere. Although Weinstein is known for lots of Asians, so there may be more there.
Please don’t worry about what school you’re in for a dorm. It doesn’t matter. You should think about if you want trad/apt. Although keep in mind you probably wont get your first choice. Apply for Explorations if you want to be in a particular hall.</p>
<p>When you ask “Which is the closest to Broadway?” do you mean for going to shows? There is nothing really special about Broadway down in the village. You have to take a subway to get to the theater district whatever dorm you are in and it really doesn’t make much of a difference for that.</p>
<p>If you are looking for apartment style Third North and U-hall are the most requested. The union square area is the most “happening” area. Especially now that they are doing all this construction in Washington Square Park. My D is in 3rd north and has friends at U-hall. She loves it there and has a very social floor. They have really nice guards there as well and a courtyard for hanging out. Everyone goes to everyones elses dorms . You will be suprised after you know your way around how close everyone really is in the freshmen dorms. Especally if your classes are spread out. Most upperclassmen like the union square area the best. It has the best food shopping, places to hang out and eating.They also have a farmers market on weekends and street venders selling art work etc. It is also close to the 14th street subway where you can get anywhere from there. The only freshman dorm in union square is U-hall, A few blocks away is 3rd north. My D has classes near her dorm and some by Washington square. Nothing is more then a 10 minute walk away. Most of the freshmen seem to like their dorms where ever they are put, except perhaps the few that got stuck with upperclass dorms that are quite a distance away.</p>
<p>I live in Weinstein, and although it was built by a prison architect, it is great! My roomates are amazing (I am the rarity of living in a triple), and Weinstein has four dining halls: Upstein (food court with the only chick-fil-a in NYC), Downstein (the regular style buffet/cafeteria as seen in Rubin and Hayden), Java City (starbucks-like cafe) and Kosher Cafe (for those who seperate the meat from the dairy). At times, it can get pretty boring, but it’s home!</p>
<p>My son, (ED to Tisch Film last year,) is in Hayden and loves it. Lots of students from all of the schools live there- his roommate is CAS. It is very popular and, as a result, has lots of EDers since they get preference in housing choice. He also has friend at 3rd North and says it’s really nice. I thought UHall is no longer a freshman dorm, but, because there were an inordinate number of freshman on campus this year, they opened up a couple floors. Not sure about that, though. Goddard is really well located and is the dorm that we saw on our tour. My son decided, however, that Explorations weren’t for him. Also, he says Weinstein does have the best cafeteria options.</p>
<p>He loves just about everything about NYU- hope you have a similar experience! Good luck.</p>
<p>I’d just like to clear up some of the stuff about Goddard that people seem to think is true. Goddard is NOT made up of exploration floors. It was a couple of years ago but they’ve completely revamped the program. Now it’s broken up into “streams” which are dispersed through all of the floors in the building. You could be in a different stream than your roommate, for example. Also the requirements are pretty loose. You have to attend 10 dorm programs a semester, but most of them are easy and worth it. There’s a lot of free food, $2 ice skating, half priced movie tickets, etc. You don’t even have to go to stuff in your own stream, you just get preference for them. Really anything is open to you.</p>
<p>Also, one really great little feature of this dorm is that if you’re taking Writing the Essay, you get to take it in a classroom on the 2nd floor. This means a small class with people you already know from your building, a classroom that’s legitimately a minute away from your bedroom and a teacher who has an office in the building and is fully accessible. You’ll also get to know your teacher because they run some of the stream events you’d be going on. Considering how difficult and obnoxious WTE is, these things are amazing.</p>
<p>The thing about Goddard is it’s very small. If you want to have dorm parties or anything don’t come here because the floors are so small the RA’s can basically see and hear everything. Most people choose to go out anyway so it’s not a huge deal, but just be warned that nothing crazy goes on in Goddard. Also, you don’t really need 15 hours of service, you just need to participate in 2 dorm run service activities, which half of the time take less than an hour and don’t even require you to leave the dorm. </p>
<p>Just thought I’d clear that stuff up, because people who have never lived in Goddard always try to explain it and some of the information is usually incorrect. It’s a nice dorm. It’s calm, the people are interesting and you’ll get to know pretty much everyone who lives in the building. Also, it’s legitimately 3 minutes from almost every building you will have classes in. I once forgot an assignment I had due in my dorm, told the professor I needed to use the bathroom, and ran back to my room and got it without anyone noticing. It’s pretty convenient.</p>