<p>Here has been my experience with the admissions office so far:</p>
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<li><p>I sent in my official SAT Scores in SEPTEMBER, and then, when the still didn't have them in March, sent them by email, through my school (by fax), and as an attached screen shot. Only in late late March did they finally "receive" them.</p></li>
<li><p>Although email decisions came out in March, I still don't have my admissions packet, and I live close by (New England).</p></li>
<li><p>The "student ambassadors" at the admissions office told me that the packets were sent out at the beginning of last week, and told me mine was just be a little late in the mail. Most mail from NYC reaches my house in 1-2 days, not 1-2 WEEKS!</p></li>
<li><p>Despite the fact I can't get my admissions packet, they sent me the exact same prospy brochure they did a year ago.</p></li>
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<p>I love NYU (that's why I applied), but I'm beginning to wonder if the administration at NYU is inefficient, and if I will have to put up with this type of stuff for the next 4 years if I go to NYU. I applied to some schools that are even larger than NYU, and I've had less snafus with them. </p>
<p>So my question is, is my experience the exception or the norm?</p>
<p>Although I didn’t have any of the problems you had, I can understand why you think the NYU administration might be incompetent. </p>
<p>The simple answer is that NYU received over 42,000 applications this year and typically gets about 5,000 students who decide too attend. This is a pretty big number of people to field, so mistakes are bound along the way. I do understand your frustration though. I’ve called into the student ambassadors office and half the time they just immediately try and re-direct you to another office or don’t have a clear answer for you.</p>
<p>Rest assured though, this is only the undergraduate admissions office and you won’t have to deal with them while you are there. NYU is trying to transition to e-mail communication also, so there won’t be these types of incidents. The only time I’ve heard of the administration not being completely fluid is when it comes time to post and send you grades for mid-term and final exam time as they don’t always come at the specified time, but they eventually come :)</p>
<p>If you think admission is the end of your contact with the Office of Undergrad Admissions, think again. =S</p>
<p>Really? Most people I talk to who go to NYU don’t really say anything about having a lot of contact with the undergrad admissions office.</p>
<p>Lol, they notified me that they hadn’t received my high school transcript about 2 months AFTER I got there. They must be busy as hell and I guess mistakes happen, though it does frustrate you as a student.</p>
<p>Exactly. They will be on your ass all the time, all the offices interact with each other so you’ll get emails (rarely calls) from the offices of Undergrad Admissions, Registrar’s, Bursar’s, Financial Aid, Undergrad Advising, etc. etc. over the years.</p>
<p>The only difference is that you aren’t terrified to open their emails anymore, you’re terrified of opening the ones from the Bursar. Oof.</p>
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<p>Honestly: YES. The Academics are great and I like this school, but good grief various departments need to communicate with each other.</p>
<p>I’ve had Human Resources/Payroll fail to give me the correct amount for my paycheck over and over, Bursar’s Office forget to process my tuition, Registrar’s Office randomly drop me from classes because Bursar’s Office made a mistake, had CAS Advising outright tell me wrong information, had different people from Office of Housing & Residential Life tell me completely opposite information in the same day.</p>
<p>I’ve had 2 Fed Work Study jobs as an Office Assistant, one in Office of Student Affairs, one in the Office of Housing & ResLife and honestly, if you think some of these folks seem incompetent on the phone…it’s possibly because IRL they’re shopping online or looking up recipes for dinner on the internet. Seen it happen.</p>
<p>PS - some people here are very competent and efficient, but I am talking about a noticeable minority.</p>
<p>Haha, yes!! Textbook example of life here. Ugh. Can’t count how many times i’ve called one office, waited too long to speak to someone, get answered abruptly, rush out my explanation, get transferred to another office, repeat the wait, talk to someone, and get transferred back. Awesome.</p>