Why do people?

<p>Why do people feel the need to apply to this school if they don't know New York City. My cousin was accepted and is attending NYU next year, but he doesn't deserve it in my opinion. He's from NJ, but really doesn't know anything about NY and definitely doesn't appreciate it. It really ****es me off to see people like him get into the school and many others rejected. He said that "All he needs to know is where Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium are, and he'll be fine". I just don't get why he, or people like him, would go to NYU when they clearly won't survive in NY.</p>

<p>Just because someone doesnt know New York doesnt mean they cannot learn. There is no requirement of "New York geography" in order to attend NYU.</p>

<p>wow. i cant believe you just said that. maybe theres more you arent telling us, but just from that post, it sounded really bad, lemme tell ya. not to mention i think you have some jealousy issues to overcome.</p>

<p>for starters, nyu is a school. it is not a city. yes, it is in a city, and yes, it would be better if you loved both the school and the city because you would benefit from it more, but some people will go there JUST because its a great education. just like some people go to really good schools in rural areas or small towns for the education, and hate the town. </p>

<p>i for one have never even been to new york. ive lived on the outskirts of houston texas my whole life and have only been in a city (chicago) for like 4 or 5 days. does that mean im not gonna survive in new york? hell no! its called "acclimation." people adjust to their environments and do just fine.</p>

<p>but i digress. i think you just need to work through the obvious issues you have with your cousin instead of disturbing this forum with them. yes, of course you are entitled to your opinion, but i wouldnt expect a lot of people to rush to your side and agree with you. new york is diverse. people come from all sorts of places. its what makes it new york.</p>

<p>Obvious both of you aren't from the NY area, because guess what....you do need to know the geography. Scrapnel...you are going to be very lost not knowing anything. Sure, nyu is a school. However, it bases everything on its surrounding city. If you don't know the city, you won't succeed there. Jealousy...pretty hard since I'm still in high school...but whatever, you will be rudely awakened and realize I'm not just being an *******. When you get to NYU, you'll see, and you'll think that crazy kid from the CC boards was right.</p>

<p>i dont want to get myself into this, but I think just because the person doesn't know NYC enough, doesnt mean they dont "deserve" to go there. On the otherhand however, I do agree you need to have a bit of sense of direction in New York to survive to an extent. Getting to know the lines of transportation, and where what is a big part. Because surprise, that IS the campus of NYU.</p>

<p>NJboy, Ive been to New York several times and while it is a competitive city, many kids arrive to NYU every year in the same situation as Scrapnel. I think your advocacy is vague and in my opinion doesnt hold much merit. You form friends/connections at NYU that show you around until you understand the city to the fullest extent. Life is about adaptation, and I think you underestimate our ability to adapt.</p>

<p>Its called bitterness. And if you yourself didn't get rejected, its called empathic bitterness.</p>

<p>Bingo, you have it exactly right. I didn't mean that people who don't know the whole city you don't deserve to come to NYU. I mean that if you are basically a tourist that happens to live on NYU's campus, don't go.</p>

<p>People adapt. And there's these things called maps. When you first move somewhere, they tend to help figure out where to go.
I'm nearly 100% positive that I'll be going to NYU next year. I've only been to the city five times, only for a day or two each time. Do I know NYC? I'll learn. It's what seventeen years living with a father in the military will do to you.
People can love the city and not live there. They'll appreciate it. If they don't adapt to life in the city, then they'll transfer out, and people who want to transfer to NYU can replace them.</p>

<p>Yes, I'm very bitter, especially because I'm in high school. You are so smart.</p>

<p>umm so what does being in high school have to do with jealousy or bitterness? its physically impossible to be jealous of someone until you hit 18? youre rendered incapable of bitterness until you set foot in a college dorm? no sense there dude.</p>

<p>and duh, i know im going to be lost! im not denying that! and if your cousin doesnt know new york, then yeah, he'll be lost too! just like anyone going to ANY new city would be lost when they first got there. hence my discussion of the word "acclimation," which you dont seem to be able to grasp. people LEARN. its part of life, and change, and going away anywhere to college. </p>

<p>and while the city is obviously a large influence on nyu, i dont think you can say it bases EVERYTHING on the surrounding city. "if you dont know the city, you wont succeed there." in the city itself? no, if you dont ACCLIMATE (ooh see, theres that word again!) to it, of course you wont. the school, nyu, itself? yeah you can succeed at nyu without knowing the city. sure as hell wont get the most out of the experience, but as long as you can get to your classes and the library you can succeed at the school. (and dont read into this, i plan on taking full advantage of the entire city and surrounding areas when i get to nyu)</p>

<p>i still dont see what your point in making this post was.</p>

<p>I think you are bitter and a bit insecure. Although you say you're only in high school, your insecurity comes from your doubt of not being accepted later in the future, but you feel you should be OVER others only through the aspect of you knowing the city better. Thats what i'm sensing.</p>

<p>You can try and prove me wrong but once again, once you actually get to a real city like NY you will see what I'm saying. I won't be suprised if you(scrapnel) transfer out after a semester.</p>

<p>anyways, through your deductive reasoning, it practically means that all high school students should just STAY and go to school where they already live. Otherwise, in any new location, with the physical inability to adapt...they'll be lost and undeserving to attend. What a concept.</p>

<p>NJBoy, are you the kind of person who joins a gang and insists that only "locals" are good enough for the city? Don't scoff at others who want to experience something new.</p>

<p><em>sigh</em> that just goes to show how stereotypical and uninformed you are.</p>

<p>i am 99% sure i will not transfer out of nyu, and if i do, i can guarantee you it wont be because of the city. you dont know me at all so if i were you, i wouldnt be so presumptuous as to assume you do simply because im from texas.</p>

<p>All of you people won't get it...sigh. There is no point telling all these people from Texas, California, and Georgia about NY life. You won't get it. You can keep trying to call me bitter, blah blah blah. You DO need to know the city to live there. This isn't a new town, or even a city like Los Angeles or Houston, this is NY. It's huge and very confusing. If you don't know it, you are going to be in trouble. But again, useless to telling people from nowhere near New York.</p>

<p>NJboy, I find it ironic that you(a high school kid from Jersey) would be the one pretending to be worldly here.</p>

<p>NJBoy200-- you keep insisting this "oh....you'll see" kind of attitude, as if the rest of us HAS NO CLUE what you're talking about because you're some sort of expert on NYC.</p>

<p>Trust me, I spent a month at Columbia this summer and I did not have a clue where anything was in NYC. By the end of the program, I ADAPTED, and voila! I could get from point A to B just fine. Adapting really doesn't take more than three weeks at most.</p>

<p>Worldly? Where the hell did I say that? I know New York City, I don't know every city in the world.</p>