<p>i just got back from university day n i was kinda disappointed with the people i saw.. i felt like i was the poorest one there.. every single girl had a louis viutton or coach bag and was head to toe juicy couture.. im used to this cause im from long island.. but idk.. i expected nyu to be less... uh materialistic i guess.. hmm.. w/e im already enrolled. i was kinda hoping to escape the long island girls but i guess not :(</p>
<p>Hey, I just came back also. Don't worry. I would also say I'm pretty poor but still am considering NYU. But the thing is I'm from a wealthy suburban area where people are like that, too. I'm so used to that atmosphere. Then again, I'm sure you will find people you will like. There will most likely be people from all different backgrounds. The only thing that works against me is paying for the college, and right now that is a big factor in my decision. I don't think the people matter too much as long as you find a group of people you feel good with, and I guarantee some people will be there for you.</p>
<p>I didn't get a chance to go to university day. Did I miss anything important or was everything you saw nothing special?</p>
<p>ur right.. i guess since i found good friends amongst all the evil long island girls i should be able to find good people at nyu..</p>
<p>umm at university day it was just like u signed in.. and they gave u a damn ugly tote bag. lol anyway.. i was there for CAS and every school had a different sheet of things to do.. i took a campus tour, a dorm tour of hayden, went to some financial aid thing, and then went to some student life information fair thing at kimmel.. it wasn't that exciting lol.. the best part was walking through washington square park and seeing a billion people milling about..</p>
<p>damnt, i want an ugly tote bag....</p>
<p>You can have mine if you want. I took two of them. I know it's bad, but since they were all there to take for free......</p>
<p>There was also food like cookies, bagels, and muffins. I mainly went to talk about financial aid, since they talked to families individually. All they really said was I how I could get this loan or that. I guess it's better than nothing. I actually never knew that one of the banks (I forget which) covers full cost, and you can pay them back at about 4% interest within 10 years. Other ones you can pay back in 25 years. That's really all I did there. No tours or anything.</p>
<p>i got a free hat actually 2</p>
<p>Nearperfect, didn't you get one of the bookstore pens and staplers upstairs in Kimmel? (the sheet of things to do, by the way was the same for every school, except the first session where you learned about the courses and majors in your school. After that all the schedules were the same) </p>
<p>We had just the opposite reaction to the black cotton tote bag. On Saturday we were up at Bard and both said we needed a bag to carry all the damn handouts and info sheets they gave out. So we thought it was pretty cool and actually pretty on top of things for NYU to hand out those bags. </p>
<p>BTW, the food at Kimmel was a lot better than the food at other admitted student receptions we've gone to. And no other school allowed you to check out the rooms in any Freshman dorm. Or for that matter, gave you a chance for indivicualized conversation with a Financial Aid rep.</p>
<p>As for the girls, the thing we noticed at NYU, more so than any other school we've been to, was that EVERYONE was dressed up ('cept us). Far more natty looking than any other school we've been to yet. And most students had both parents and quite a few younger siblings. Lots of fathers in sport coats and fancy golf shirts. </p>
<p>I figured it was all the parents from outside NYC who wanted to be sure their son or daughter would be safe in the evil big City, and kids dressing so as to reassure Mom and Dad they wouldn't turn to the Dark Side even if they moved into the heart of Greenwich Village. Remember too, that you were seeing people going to Stern and Steinhardt who were more likely to dress "respectably". </p>
<p>The only real negative was that it was such a beautiful day and it made us realize NYU students don't really have a grassy, comfortable Quad or campus where they can hang out to read or study outside. Most of the grassy parts of Wash Square Park were fenced off, and you had to share what there was and the benches with local Village residents and teenyboppers in from New Jersey.</p>
<p>"The only real negative was that it was such a beautiful day and it made us realize NYU students don't really have a grassy, comfortable Quad or campus where they can hang out to read or study outside. Most of the grassy parts of Wash Square Park were fenced off, and you had to share what there was and the benches with local Village residents and teenyboppers in from New Jersey."</p>
<p>mhc48,
that's the beauty of the city, that NYU is right in the middle of it, and that we won't be secluded off in a circle of trees where we won't get any realworld experience because everyone there will be there for the college. meeting diverse people is part of the NYC experience. as for the lack of a quad, i feel as though washington square park & union square park are two perfectly fine places to sit and read or relax...people were sitting on the grass on blankets, and most of the benches & the fountain looked fine too...i guess the only thing would be studying outside, that does seem nearly impossible, but it IS new york city, what do you expect?</p>
<p>-katrina-</p>
<p>"i just got back from university day n i was kinda disappointed with the people i saw.. i felt like i was the poorest one there.. every single girl had a louis viutton or coach bag and was head to toe juicy couture.. im used to this cause im from long island.. but idk.. i expected nyu to be less... uh materialistic i guess.. hmm.. w/e im already enrolled. i was kinda hoping to escape the long island girls but i guess not "</p>
<p>also, nearperfect,
i didn't really see too much of that where i was, but don't sweat it, i doubt that EVERY girl is like that, and i'm sure you [and i, since i am DEFINITELY not all "juicy"ed out, lol] will find our group of people like us and probably spend a good amount of time wondering why those girls are like that [and vice versa], but it's all part of life :D</p>
<p>-katrina-</p>
<p>so what if your the poorest one there, that means you'll have plenty of people to leech money off of.</p>
<p>LOL, remember University Day was for those who could attend. The people there were probably those who could afford to fly in on such late notice and go. (I know I couldn't, ;-)</p>
<p>The people to look at were not all the newly accepted students, in with their parents, freshly scrubbed, not knowing what would be going on, and wanting (for the most part) to make a good impression.</p>
<p>All that will change when they're living at NYU.</p>
<p>More relevant, did you go to the Dorms and see how the students there were dressed? Mostly casual. The overall style of NYU is casual: Village casual (at least CAS, Tisch and most students in most schools who live near the Square. This won't necessarily be so for those who commute from home in LI or NJ; or who live on Park or 5th Ave or go to Stern. </p>
<p>And that is one of the beauties of NYU: the lack of sartorial conformity or instantly indentifiable stratification, and group dressing which you will see at almost any other rurual, suburban or LAC campus.</p>
<p>im going to stern, but is it really that bad with everyone getting "dressed up" for classes and such in stern?</p>
<p>"expected nyu to be less... uh materialistic i guess"</p>
<p>Huh? HOW did you possibly expect this if you're going to one of the most expensive private schools located in one of the most materialistic cities in the world?</p>
<p>"The overall style of NYU is casual"</p>
<p>I don't think you can characterize an overall style for NYU..its way too big and too diverse. You'll have plenty of preppies, weirdo artists, and of course normal college kids. Yes, Stern kids are more likely to wear suits, CAS kids are more likely to a wear a simple polo and khakis, and Tisch kids are more likely to have green hair, but it all cuts across school lines, so simple characterizations aren't going to work. I'd say NYU has some of the most well dressed college kids in the country...after all, the school is located in one the most stylish parts of New York City, so it comes with the turf.</p>
<p>coffeecake has a great point. i couldnt afford sunday at the square on such short notice.</p>
<p>Heck no, it was nearperfect who seemed dismayed at people dressing up: displaying wealth or their pretensions to wealth. Perhaps what she doesn't realize yet is just how much of an advantage that diversity - in dress, materialism, outlook and goals - of NYU is over the legions of lookalike, thinkalike, dressalike students at some other schools.</p>
<p>I guess I was thinking along the same lines as mhc48:</p>
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<p>I was definitely focusing on the current students and what they had to say.</p>
<p>As for me, I went in jeans and I felt fine! One of the greatest things about the city is that it is truly diverse in every sense of the word, in short, everything goes!</p>
<p>do people at stern really dress up to go to classes? that is so wierd. anyway, i hope there will be other stern students who are neither rich nor (totally) money-hungry...</p>