<p>Hey, hm, i guess i'll put my two cents on this topic. honestly, the first month i LOVED nyu, it was absolutely amazing, and i do in fact have tons of friends here (they're all still trying to convince me to stay), so it's not a problem with that. Basically, the first month everyone is chill with everyone else, and ppl love to meet each other, and everything is chill. but after that, it seems that everyone gets into their own little cliques, and these cliques are SO prevalent (it's like high school all over again), and sometimes you just don't fit in a clique or can't handle the drama and what not, sometimes you just want to chill and have fun without worrying about it so much. To move on from that, parties are a real hassle here, nyu is definitely not a party school, although dorm/apartment parties are there, RAs are pretty strict and the parties are not anything like a real college party (my roomate and i have gone to several colleges in jersey/boston/penn and damn dude, lotta college kids in areas with frats and school spirited places know how to party hard). furthermore, it really is hard to find some good stuff to do without spending a lot of money in new york city (especially if you're a guy), clubs usually cost $20, f*kin water bottle could cost u $3. now, that's the main 'party' and social issue i personally have, but more importantly in my opinion is the academic part. i feel as if CAS is ovewhelmingly overshadowed by Tisch and Stern, yes nyu is the number one dream school, but why you may ask? because of tisch and stern. nyc has broadway, it has a vibrant culture, it has wall street and tons of business internship opportunities, but that's all tisch and stern (where the primary funding goes as well). I want a school that focuses more on the sciences and has the types of opportunites nyu offers to its business and drama majors to science majors. as of for the 'campus college experience,' i was really surprised that i feel kinda lost when there is no real home or holistic view of the campus that'll make you be like, yea that's my college, it's beautiful ain't it?. instead you see people dying on the streets next to ur school building, i mean i definitely love the city and i live nearby, but i always went temporarily and around timesquare where there is so much stuff goin on, but like downtown is not as boom-y. See, the other thing you have to know is that i only had three choices in the end, tufts (extremely underfunded, dull campus), carnegie mellon (nerd paradise, lotta my older friends don't like it there), and nyu (not my first choice, but i thought i'd be fine if that's where i would end up). you'll also notice that there is very little school spirit here, it's much more independent-ish and 'do ur own thing.' see, i've been going to clubs since i was a freshman in hs, and it's really not as big as ppl play it to be, i feel like nyc is best for highschoolers in jersey that come here to have fun during the night or maybe even the day, for tourists, for people in their mid twenties who work in the city (usually business oreinted) and who have those nice apartments you see on t.v and are livin smoothly, or for people that are in a close-knit separated campus with the college experience yet still in nyc (columbia). when you look at the ppl in ur floor or around 'campus', to me it's just a lot of artsy individuals who were extremely low-key kids in hs who now have a safe haven to express themselves as much as they want (lgbts, asians, etc). i guess last but definitely not least, nyu is statistically one of the most expensive schools in the nation (dorm cost, tuition, general expenses), and as most of you already know, we have the #1 students with dissatisfied financial aid (i was definitely lucky to get almost a half-scholarship, but most ppl here don't get anything close). I am not saying that everyone here has rich parents and is 'stuck up,' i'm actually saying that most of us are taking loans on our own with parents cosigning making this burden of more than 150k after 4 years a HUGE problem. actually there is one more slight issue, ppl may say it's kinda shallow, but hey i'm being realistic: women. Yes, it's true, we have like a 60-40 girl to guy ratio, and like half the guys are gay, but guys, i think i've seen about 10-15 hot girls in my entire freshman class, i'm pretty sure there were more cuter girls my senior year of hs. and as for indian girls specifically, god, please, spare me (if ur lookin for the college where u may end up marrying someone, this ain't it in my opinion). there is no like random hookin up at the frat house or anything like that. okay so, that's that, NOW PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ME WRONG WAY, i am NOT bashing nyu or new york city, it does offer an excellent education and the workload is quite reasonable, and it really depends on what kinda person YOU are and how you handle yourself. phew lol, again, i may even stay here all four years if some random motivation comes my way before i make a decision to transfer, god knows, but yeaa, just gonna go with the flow =).</p>