<p>kinda random but, i heard that the parties during welcome week are pretty crazy. is that true?</p>
<p>^ They ****ing better be!</p>
<p>Would appreciate if somebody can tell me when do the Sternies, as a rule finish with their December exams and when the school closes for Winter and reopens in January, tentative dates please.</p>
<p>[NYU</a> > University Registrar > Calendars > Academic Calendar](<a href=“Academic Calendar”>Academic Calendar)
This answers part of your question.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>For those who want to beat the crowd in terms of moving in earlier, the only way to do that as a freshman or transfer student is if you apply to Project Outreach and get accepted. Then you do community service and get to bond with some neat people before school/ Welcome Week officially starts.</p>
<p>I do not see this year’s info page yet, but the link below is info about the program from last year.</p>
<p>I know they still have the program this year because S is returning to be a supervisor this year.</p>
<p>[Project</a> OutReach](<a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/nyu-service/local-national-service/ProjectOutReach.html]Project”>http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/nyu-service/local-national-service/ProjectOutReach.html)</p>
<p>Anialways, Regarding Post #33, I think it is more important to find a “serious”/ studious roommate who is considerate in keeping to reasonable hours and allowing for study time. If your D is of that ilk (and with the academic pressures at Stern).</p>
<p>Also, check for compatible interests. For instance, my son loves music and found a roommate (with a very different major) who also loves music. They can share their mutual interest in music in their time away from studies. So far, the relationship has worked out well and they will share the same suite in the Sophomore year. </p>
<p>The common EC interest allows them to share time together with people from different majors and from different schools at NYU.</p>
<p>Separate issue: Following up on Posts 37-40, do make hotel reservations fro yourself and/ or family members if you plan on staying in the NYC close to or during Welcome week. Hotel rooms run out or prices are jacked up quite a bit the closer you get to the end of August.</p>
<p>Hey evolving what you say is very true. Also if you have been following other posts, I believe hellodocks has been able to address it very succinctly and put a lot of clarity on our debate at home on the topic of roommate.</p>
<p>The thing is we know that we can only plan and strategise sitting so far away and once we drop her at school and leave her on her own she will have to deal with the ground realities which will not always be the same as you plan and and so one will need to improvise and make the best of what one has. I am sure she will do well but it is always better to informed and armed…</p>
<p>Hehe, anialways, You are a person I can identify with because I also like to do my research and planning ahead of time. My family sometimes cannot understand my “over-planning” but many times it avoids all kinds of aggravations, negative surprises and set-backs. </p>
<p>Remember to have your D (or yourself) check in here or PM some of us regulars on NYU CC for any assistance. We can help with some of the “ground realities” here, though I am sure there will be things she will have to tackle and deal with as they come up. But she does not have to be alone! Also, I am sure she will make friends to have help in dealing with life in the big apple and at NYU. :)</p>
<p>Evolving thank you for the compliment, although i have a reputation of an easy going person in the family and my husband is the one who is meticulous and a perfectionist. </p>
<p>In fact all this while the plan was that i would accompany my daughter and get her settled in on my own and he would join us at a later date. But knowing him for over 22 years i knew that he would drop everything to make sure his daughter is settled in and he has taken care of each and every detail possible, and lo and behold when we got to the step of booking the flight and hotel he let us know that he will be going with us .</p>
<p>So i am sure all this fun is on in all the families that are preparing to drop their children, i think we are visible because we are so regular on this forum. But it sure is nice to know that mothers are the same all over the world.</p>
<p>And a big thank you once again for extending moral support, can’t tell you how warm and glad that feeling is. So yup…</p>
<p>Well, anialways,</p>
<p>That is wonderful. It will be a family “vacation” (or second honeymoon for you and your husband). That is great. If you have seen my list of restaurants in another thread (“Why NYU?”), do try some of the restaurants and enjoy.</p>
<p>I said what I did about you because of your participation and questions here. :)</p>
<p>Thanks a ton evolving </p>
<p>I will never forget what you wrote to me the first time i posted on CC all nervous about midterm report. And your lovely response was one of the reasons i stayed here and got hooked as well. Do appreciate it and hope to meet you.</p>
<p>My daughter received an email invite to consider applying to NYU’s Goddard Residential College, as she considers housing options for her initial year. Just wondering if everybody gets one?</p>
<p>^ I did too, but I’m not applying.</p>
<p>Since I have family members living in NYC, do I HAVE to stay at the dorms provided? I know there’s a $335 fee for orientation. Also, would it do much good to pay the $40 early fee? Meaning, will you be able to sign up for classes earlier than the people that are coming in during the normal time?</p>
<p>wzhang, I am fairly certain I read that students are expected to stay overnight for the totality of the orientation experience. If you have financial hardship, you should talk to the FA office, but try not miss out on this as it is in its entirety.</p>
<p>I guess you are referring to paying $40 more to stay in the dorm one day earlier? There is no need for that because meeting with your advisor and registration do not start until early the second day or later in the first day of the official start of the orientation session. You will not meet your advisor earlier than others by checking in a day earlier.</p>
<p>Thanks, evolving!
I think I’m just going to go during the move-in week. It’s the most convenient for me and I just don’t have $335 to spend. From what I heard, the orientation in August you don’t need to pay because the students are already settled into the dorms.</p>
<p>wzhang,</p>
<p>Everyone has different needs and some do not make it to the summer sessions. Just contact NYU Advising and ask to speak to an advisor from your school at NYU about class registration since you will miss this portion by not attending the summer orientation.</p>
<p>NYU CAS Advisement: 212-998-8130 (I think you are CAS since you mentioned the $335 fee for summer orientation.)</p>
<p>For advisors to other schools, look at this link:</p>
<p><a href=“Undergraduate Advisement”>Undergraduate Advisement;
<p>evolving, I couldn’t help but notice that you mentioned project outreach earlier. I was wondering if you knew how competitive this program is? I would love to be a part of it and will most likely apply on June 1st when the application is ready. & do you know how many students they accept? Thanks!</p>
<p>birene,</p>
<p>Around 75 (to 100?) people are accepted, according to my S, who attended last summer and will return as student leader this year. I have no idea how many applications they receive each year. </p>
<p>You sound like you are really interested. Read up about the program (only last year’s info is available right now online, I think). It is about community service and an embedded outcome of the program is sense of community bonding for accepted students.</p>
<p>Just focus on why you personally want to participate in the program and how your experiences support your interest in the program. I think I stated before that for the Proj Outreach application, my son summarized his resume which had a lot of focus on community service.</p>
<p>I got one as well. In fact I think everyone has got one.</p>