<p>I have never been so unhappy in my entire life than I am at this school. I'm tired of the crappy facilities, the cold administration, the annoying/immature student body, the outrageous prices (for everything!), horrible campus food, etc. Most importantly, I'm tired of not learning anything. The academics are unchallenging and consist mostly of busywork. I cannot WAIT to get out of this place. I love New York City, but NYU is a disgrace. Transferring out next semester!!!</p>
<p>Well I don’t go to NYU, it is one of my top choices, but I’ve heard mostly good things. What’s your major?</p>
<p>I’m sure what you are experiencing is very real, I’m sorry you’re not having a good time at college! </p>
<p>I just read some of your other posts, and it sounds like you are definitely having a hard time, but maybe you should wait it out another semester and give yourself winter break to calm down and evaluate. Since you started having these issues very early on, you might be making it bigger than it is in your mind and keeping yourself from enjoying the aspects that you really can enjoy. </p>
<p>I’m not trying to discredit you or anything, but sometimes that happens to us when we have strong feelings in the beginning. The job I had now, for example, I absolutely hated on day one. There were a lot of things that fed into that but I was unhappy there for about three months until I came back from vacation and realized that I was just judging everything as I experienced in the first few days. Maybe in your case, first weeks or month. </p>
<p>Even though you’re rightfully mad about paying $60k for what you don’t think is worth it in the slightest, try to look at things objectively for a little bit. And don’t forget to consider the positives as well. It can’t be all bad. Or else you wouldn’t have chosen NYU :). </p>
<p>You’ll have new classes next semester, new professors, and maybe you can get a room change and make some new friends in a different dorm. The prices… can’t change those cause it’s NYC, but it’s NYC. Food isn’t great at most colleges either, unfortunately. I go to visit my friends at CU Boulder most every weekend, and their cafeterias are top rated. But even I only eat it once in a while and it’s getting old. </p>
<p>I don’t know much about the facilities either, but I’ve seen Bobst, Founders, and a few classrooms and they ain’t too shabby. NYU especially seems to have some of the nicest and biggest dorms for what they charge. Or at least Founders does.</p>
<p>Try to consider things proportional to what other kind of reality you would be living in NYC. Could you afford great food? Probably not. A nice apartment? Meh. New Yorkers aren’t notoriously nice and helpful either. </p>
<p>Try to stick it out another semester, you might surprise yourself. I think it would be much more difficult to be a second semester transfer to another university where everyone has already made strong ties with others and is adjusted.</p>
<p>Choosing a college is serious business. Its imperative that a student/parents select a school with eyes wide open about what it offers and the cultural environment on campus. Sometimes, however, mistakes are made and students transfer. On the other hand, its also very common for the honeymoon bloom to come off the rose fairly early and its really common this time of year, as exams loom and papers are due. So, for this student, they must assess the nature of the problem, be realistic about “greener pastures” and do a thorough self examination of where the problems are. Sometimes things improve over time and you meet new people in new courses and have better professors etc. </p>
<p>NYU is not for everyone. Its the quintessential urban school. Its very large. Yes, its bureaucratic and it doesnt have much school spirit in the traditional sense of the word. </p>
<p>There are other choices in the New York Metropolitan area: Fordham (Rose Hill or Lincoln Center) would be a top choice. St. Johns. Seton Hall. Sarah Lawrence. Hofstra. Vassar (up river two hours in Poughkeepsie), Manhattan College. Columbia if you can get in. Barnard. Rutgers. Drew. Marist. Hunter College. Baruch. CUNY. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Yeah, one of my really cool instructors went to NYU and wanted to get the hell out. I’ll ask him why.</p>
<p>Many students feel miserable right before finals. I wonder if you will feel better in a few weeks, when finals are done and you have some time to recharge at home.</p>
<p>Maybe it is “let down syndrome”. NYU seems to be an unusually common “dream school” among high school students in these forums; perhaps those who find it to be less than they dreamed about get really disappointed (especially considering the cost and poor financial aid).</p>
<p>I see from previous posts that you applied ED to NYU. It’s sad to see a student hate his/her ED school once attending. </p>
<p>*NYU only offered me $7,500 in scholarship money for the year, so that means that I have to pay around $52,000 a year to go there. This is for an undergraduate degree. I’m only in my first semester here and **I’ve already spent half the money in my college savings to be able to afford it. **I’m seriously considering a transfer to a smaller private college, which happens to be half the cost of what I’m paying now. I’m in CAS, but I really want to go for business now…and I don’t think I could get into Stern, even as an internal transfer. </p>
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<p>You do need to transfer out at the end of this semester, but considering what you wrote above, where can you AFFORD to attend. You say that you spent half your entire college fund on ONE semester at NYU. Even if you had liked NYU, how were you going to pay for the next 3 years???</p>
<p>It sounds like you have about $50k left in your college fund. How are you going to pay for the next 7 semesters?</p>
<p>I think that part of what ucbalumnus is saying is true. I have talked to others here who applied with the same “dream school” mentality.</p>
<p>NYU would not be my choice of school at all. Everything I love about college, such as the community, campus life, friendly/ open environment, accessible faculty, nice facilities, etc are all missing. I just don’t see the appeal at all. I’m sure some people like it but, personally, yuck.</p>
<p>admitone - Sadly, you’re right…NYU does lack all of those things.</p>
<p>great choice for grad school…undergrad, not so much.</p>