<p>Are they friendly? Outgoing? Generally hard-working? Are they somewhat mature? Is it easy to make friends?</p>
<p>At the admitted students day, I saw some Stern kids walking around in their crisp but boring business suits, and I guess I got some bad vibes from them. It made me afraid that since NYU's such a great (and expensive) school, most of the kids who go there are pretentious jerks.</p>
<p>Hey don’t be hating on us Sternies ;)</p>
<p>It varies from school to school, as you said the sterotype of sternies is that they always work and don’t play. Not always true but most of the people who get into Stern are those kind of people.</p>
<p>Tisch - People are very friendly but sometimes crazy…hey don’t bash me on this, my friend from Tisch said this.</p>
<p>CAS - Very diverse group of people so you cannot say.</p>
<p>You are just gonna have to visit to see for yourself.</p>
<p>Ah, sorry, I don’t mean to. I actually know some people who got into Stern (though they kind of are all work and no play…)</p>
<p>But I did see the school, and the representatives seemed nice. But of course THEY’RE going to be nice. Tour guides are basically selling their school to prospective students, so NYU’s not going to get the cynics to lead the tours, lol. </p>
<p>I just don’t want to be among people who think they’re all high and mighty and consider everyone else lowly common people or something, lol.</p>
<p>We saw a very diverse group of kids in the Hayden Dining Hall. And fwiw, my D is friendly and unpretentious and she’s going!</p>
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<p>My son attended both the Scholars w/e in March and the April New Admitted Students Reception (CAS). He also communicates with a current Freshman at NYU. He left both the above-mentioned events stating the NYU students he met have been friendliest of all the students he met during college stays and visits. Quite a statement. This is my son who is really independent, well travelled, with lots of social experiences (sleepaway camps since elementary school days). He also visited many colleges with us, including 3 Ivys, Oxford, UBC, UCs, USC, Univ of Vermont, SUNYSB, CUNY Hunter and CUNY Macaulay. Sonny also spent 2 summers in programs based at Columbia, GW and Stanford. I had not previously heard him praise any other school as being “so friendly.”</p>
<p>As parents, my hubby and I found the students and parents we met during the Scholars w/e to be very personable, down to earth, though obviously very accomplished and successful (true of both the students and parents).</p>
<p>I am very pleased with the vibes sonny is sensing from NYU. (Whew, Wow, 
). It makes our investment all the more worthwhile to know sonny will likely be very happy there socially (as well as academically, we hope).</p>
<p>I’m kind of scared, expecting the enviroment at Stern. Im a definite for NYU but as a high school student, my learning enviroment was far from competative. We all did work but if people needed help, someone was always there to help out. Im big on grades but I’d rather have the 3.7 and have fun than have no life with the 4.0. Anyways, I’ve been pretty turned off by some of the incoming Sternies I’ve met on FB. Granted I have only met a few, but of those kids, many seemed to have an Elitist atitude. Not only that, one kid refused to friend me because “we would eventually be competition”. Like really? some people need to freaking relax. </p>
<p>By the way, do Sternies really go to class in business suits? I’m like a preppy guy who likes to dress nice but suits to class seems a little overboard.</p>
<p>Can any current Sternies out there provide some input… thanks in advance</p>
<p>^ It sounds like you’re going a little overboard… or is that really the truth?
I already know Stern will be very competitive, but is there really a lot of rich students with “elitist” attitudes?
But will they really affect me any way? probably not.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they do wear business suits, but I don’t think you HAVE to…I think it’s just a thing Stern kids do.</p>
<p>But seriously, that kid’s crazy. Geez. I wonder if he plans on making any friends…</p>
<p>Are there a lot of people at NYU who go insane over grades and are ridiculously competitive?</p>
<p>The fact that so many people are afraid of this kind of thing shows that there’ll be at least some normal people there.
I’m going to be in CAS, never been there yet (kind of crazy, I know). I enjoy testimonials.</p>
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My boyfriend is a Sternie (abroad now) and he never went to class in a suit - only if he had presentations, or in Spring '09 when he had an internship and it made no sense to change between class and his internship.
To be blunt, these types are found primarily in Stern or CAS’s Science depts (because of how competitive grad/professional schools are). You will find these types everywhere, but significantly less in non-Stern or non-science programs. The kids in Tisch and Gallatin seem really chill and outgoing, especially. </p>
<p>NYU is pretty diverse, you’ll find all kinds here.</p>
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<p>I too am somewhat worried about the atmosphere at Stern - mostly from what I hear on these forums. When I visited a few days back, there didn’t seem to be anything wrong at all - the volunteers seemed pretty nice (at least the ones I talked to…). I even had someone from Stern who I knew show me around, and she said she loved Stern so far (I’m pretty sure she truly meant it). But then, I go fishing around the CC forums and I see stuff like (paraphrasing of course) “oh, Stern is super competitive. They are all these arrogant tools who got rejected from Wharton and are trying to make up for it by being uber competitive at Stern. 90% of NYU hates Sternies, etc. etc.”</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I have a choice. I have to decide between engineering at CMU and business at Stern, and while I would be extremely interested in going business at Stern, the things I hear about the atmosphere are not exactly encouraging. What I would like to know is… to what extent is the competitive atmosphere at Stern evident in everyday college life and classes, and whether it would be enough to deter a generally “friendly” guy like myself. I understand that if the situation is really out of hand, I could just make friends with the people I want to be friends with, and ignore the others, but exactly what do (a certain few, perhaps) Sternies do to make themselves deserving of such a bad title?</p>
<p>For a fact, Stern students have a higher ratio of Asians than the other colleges. You could take that to mean that the higher Asian ratio implies a more grade-centric, all-work-no-play sort of lifestyle. I would venture to say that Stern kids are very driven: they work hard, and they play hard. Tisch kids, by nature of their chosen path, tend to be more open-minded, outrageous, etc. CAS kids vary: there are way too many to pin a particular stereotype. I have this vague impression of Steinhardt kids being a little more relaxed and easy-going.</p>
<p>All these are just general impressions; remember that there are thousands of people per school.</p>
<p>I’m a current freshman at Stern and I have to tell you that I absolutely love it here so far. Many of the people who post about Stern students being these suit-wearing super competitive, cut-throat students don’t actually go to Stern. For the most part, the people I’ve met have been incredibly nice (and the only reason Stern students wear suits is because they’ve got to go to their jobs or internships after class). You’ll be put into a Cohort of around 50 people upon entering Stern, and I promise that you’ll find some of your best friends in this community. I’m actually living with 3 girls from my Cohort next year - you’d think being all Sternies we’d hate each other, being so “uber-competitive” but it’s a kind of mutual respect you develop for one another; for their intelligence, quirkiness and humor. The truth is, you’ll find all kinds of people in every school. And in a good school, you’re going to stumble upon those who are cut-throat and anti-social, and Stern is a good school. I think with maturity comes a sense of respect instead of jealousy when your friend or classmate does well. The professors you’ll meet here are amazing as well. They really love what they’re doing and they’re GOOD at what they do. Really good. In the end, Stern is what YOU make it - what you want it to be.</p>
<p>A lot of Sternies are super rich. In one of my classes, one kid gave out free ipods for his presentation. But yeah, Stern is very competitive. A GPA of 3.0 in Stern is equivalent to a 4.0 in any state college like UT or UF. The Stern curve really screws everyone over. In the end, only around 20% of the students can get As.</p>
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I’ve heard it’s actually worse than that in some Stern classes…but maybe my boyfriend was exaggerating hahah. He’s a Finance major, one of Stern’s harder programs, so idk, maybe it goes by major?</p>
<p>That curve doesn’t sound too harsh. In most of my classes, 1/5 of the class definitely doesn’t get A’s. In science classes they often set the average to a C+ so half the class gets that or below :/</p>
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<p>This is exactly why I’m choosing Ross over Stern.</p>
<p>you don’t like asians?</p>
<p>michigan also have many asians, i gurantee. theres asians everywhere</p>
<p>all top business schools are overrun by asians.</p>
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<p>It’s not that I don’t like Asians, it’s that they know how to work really, really hard. Especially when you put them in a school where a vast majority of students are just like them; it’s a catalyst for competition.</p>
<p>Besides, I also prefer to have Michigan’s campus as opposed to New York City, and I’m not that set on pursuing finance. Still, the primary reason I’m not going to Stern is the Asian population.</p>
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<p>I did not notice this when I visited Michigan. Everyone I met at Ross was friendly, and it was more diverse by far than my Stern visit. They talked about how they were more group-oriented than competitive. </p>
<p>When I visited Stern, all I heard was pretty much Mandarin flying through the lobby. Kids were literally clamoring to talk with the speakers after the presentations. I do not believe this is an environment in which I can thrive.</p>