<p>I'm not sure if anyone here could answer my questions, since I'm not going to be an incoming freshman, but any comments would be appreciated:)</p>
<p>I'm looking to try to transfer to NYU my junior year, which would be fall 2009. How integrated into the community are the transfer students? I'm very aprehensive about having a difficult time making friends as a transfer, esp considering I would probably be in a not-so-hot dorm location as well. In any of you current students' experiences, how have you seen transfers (specifically juniors) fit into the community? Is it really difficult to meet people? I had no trouble at all meeting people at my current school, but I did enter as a freshie and live in a Explorations-like dorm, so there are lots of people with my interests floating around.</p>
<p>Also, in terms of actually being admitted for transfer, does anyone know how much being an R.A. (resident assistant) is taken into account in the admissions process? I'm going to be an R.A. next year as a sophomore, which is pretty prestigous here.. we are not allowed to have any other major leadership positions because of how time consuming the job is. I'm hoping this position will help me in trying to be admitted? I know this is a bit of a unique situation, as most R.A.'s are absolutedly in love with this school, but maybe someone has come across a situation such as mine?</p>
<p>haha well yeah, but that doesn't mean you don't interact with other students, there's dorms and classes. No campus doesn't mean people are unfriendly.
anyway I was just wondering b/c xflash made it sound like he's a current student who found that it was really hard to make friends at nyu. That just worries me a little bit, because I will be a commuter and so I thought it would be harder to make friends just because of that aspect.</p>
<p>Well, comparing to HS, I have a lot less friends here at NYU. By friends, I don't mean people I know. I have more than 200+ NYU friends on facebook, but so what? I don't really like a lot of people here primarily because they are superficial, pretentious and stuck up. I came from a nice suburb town with really honest and down to earth people who actually had interests other than sex and alcohol. I don't know. I guess it's really up to you and what kind of people you meet at NYU.</p>
<p>I think someone else on this forum advised freshman to seize orientation+ welcome week opportunity and "force" yourself to introduce to as many people as possibly just so you can expand your friendship network. </p>
<p>I'm pretty sure everyone will meet people they like here, but comparing to other schools, I'd say NYU is harder to make friends.</p>
<p>"I came from a nice suburb town with really honest and down to earth people who actually had interests other than sex and alcohol."
Sounds boring as hell. Maybe you should have gone to a liberal arts college.</p>
<p>yeah, because anyone who has interests other than sex and alcohol is 'boring'. If you wanted to make NYU sound good, you could have said that students there actually care about things other than sex and alcohol, but way to make yourself look like one of the superficial people xflash was talking about.</p>
<p>My friends say it's a crapshoot with who you befriend...they've met alot of kids who think they're God's gift on Earth just because their parents could afford them to go to NYU, who think that since they're in the "dreamiest school in the country (4x!)" they're automatically better than other colleges, that since they live in one of the most happenin' neighborhoods in the country that means they're just as interesting... God, I hope my roommate isn't like that =/ but I will hand it to NYU, it's really an eclectic group so who knows? You could get lucky and find your own niche of friends.</p>
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<p>Now, now, don't put words in my mouth.
"nice suburb town" and "down to earth" just made me think of those reefer, PC, tree-humping bourgeois-bohemian types.</p>
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<p>I didn't: it's actually terrible in too many respects to list.</p>
<p>However, its location and its few truly exceptional strengths are sufficient to persuade far too many people to attend.</p>
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<p>Hey, haven't seen you around in a while--what's up? Thinking about NYU? =)</p>
<p>haha ok :)
so what do you think is so terrible about nyu?
I have to make up my mind in the next two weeks or so and send in my deposit. no matter what school I go to, there will be problems there I know, but I'm leaning towards nyu right now.</p>
<p>There's always something great and terrible in every school. But you probably will not know how good or bad it is until you are actually a student there. After all, no one said life is trouble-free. Just pick your best fit/match to your interests. Likewise if you can picture yourself as a student at a specific school, go there.</p>