<p>Why do you wanna go to NYU? What school did you apply to? THIS IS NOT A CHANCE THREAD PEOPLE! It's a general talk thread... where you can let your inner New Yorker flow... =P
So start!</p>
<p>I applied to CAS as a politics/intended international relations major. I visited last year and fell in love with NYC immediately. The city itself makes you feel like a new person, there’s so much to do (which I didn’t find as expensive as people say) and a lot of opportunities to volunteer too.</p>
<p>In terms of the school, location was a prime factor because it’s one of my dreams to work/intern at the UN. I’m also really excited about their flexibility with abroad programs. A lot of other schools I applied to only let you go abroad once or twice, but NYU told me I can go up to four times. </p>
<p>I like that it’s not a regular college. I go to a really clique-y private school in Cali and the whole school-spirit-football-games-parties thing isn’t my scene. </p>
<p>plus it just sounds like such a fun school! I realllly hope I get inn</p>
<p>I’m in Pakistan. And frankly…i just wanna GET AWAY! My family here’s a bit well off… financially… and im like annoyed by all the security and servants…seriously…it does happen…
But yeah… i wanna see what i can be outside of this…cuz its not like im unsatisfied with my life… its that i need something new… my aunt lives in Cali and my family’s like go there… youre too young…im seventeen, i skipped a grade… but i want to go to NYC! SOOO BAD! Not just NYC… NYU! I applied as undecided to CAS… i was gonna go for Stern… but not with my scores… My grades are good…But its like the College Board hates me or something =P NYU! I hope i get in!</p>
<p>Applied to Tisch.</p>
<p>I love theatre, I love NYU, I love New York, I love pretty much everything. :)</p>
<p>I applied because I want to be in one of the biggest culture centers of the world. I feel that the education would be completely different from any college around me. I also want to get out of my little town and see new things and experience new things, which I know I can’t get where I am at. I would also like to do something involving publishing or communications and I think that being in NYU would allow me many more opportunities to pursue that. Hopefully that is enough drive and dream to let myself go there if I get accepted, thus going into that debt.</p>
<p>Who here is worried about the bad stuff?
Debt?
Drugs?
Peer Pressure?
Crime or something?
Who here is worried about that stuff?
To tell y’all the truth… Im just worried about drugs…mainly because of peer pressure…=P not so good with it. I know. Pathetic =P
And my school counsellour, she’s from NYC… and shes Paki… and her brother was a victim of a hate crime… he had to fly back to Pakistan for surgery. He had metal wires in his face and everything. It was really sad. But hell if that discourages me. You have to take the good WITH the bad =D</p>
<p>I worry about debt a lot. But with my major and job… I figure this will not be a huge problem.</p>
<p>A. I was born in NYC and want to move back
B. NYU = great education
C. NYC = great opportunities
D. Love the city, love diversity, love cultural immerse-ment,<br>
E. Visited the school and it was the only one that felt 100% perfect</p>
<p>F. Not an actual reason, bot the school colors are my favorite colors.
G. Broadway is right there!</p>
<p>Hopefully I get in, and hopefully I get enough outside scholarships and avoid the ginormous debt that NYU alums/students complain about</p>
<p>@sherryy</p>
<p>about drugs just make sure you choose the smart friends. but the drug population wont be a majority since nyu is a school that actually cares about education.</p>
<p>about hate crimes, you are right, you cant let that discourage you at all, if anything you should go there and fight for change and im sure you have pretty much the whole school behind you on this one :)</p>
<p>@risingmoon
Reason F TOTALLY works…I love the Purple and White too!!! =DDDD
AND Broadway! ****! I would LOVE to see Wicked! =)!</p>
<p>@NYUwouldBeNice
You gotta be strong…=D
I hope I am!</p>
<p>@sherryy
I’m worried about all that stuff too, drugs especially (…and excessive drinking, but every school has that; so what can I do?). It’s not that I give into peer pressure–I don’t–but it just makes me extremely uncomfortable. But like NYUwouldBeNice said, I just have to surround myself with smart friends. So, if we both wind up at NYU next year, we should be friends! =]</p>
<p>Ugh, crimes worry me as well. My mother’s friend who lives win Queens, her son was attacked by a group of guys as he was walking in a parking lot. He was messing with his cell phone so I guess that attracted them. Also, someone I know of at NYU was attacked near his apartment in Brooklyn. Once again, he was messing with his iPhone as he was getting off the subway in the evening. But those guys were caught and arrested.
…and then there’s hate crimes. They worry me somewhat, but not too much, I’m African American and Native American myself.</p>
<p>Both of those cases happened far from campus. Even then, safety in the city and any of its boroughs largely depends on being smart. Fiddling around with expensive objects late at night by yourself just isn’t smart. If it’s really late then take a cab or walk with a group of friends. Not really sure how hate crimes would worry you, considering you would be living in one of the most diverse areas in the world, and that includes categories outside of race.</p>
<p>I think judging from this thread there are a lot of us who won’t be into the drug scene, so we should be fine :)</p>
<p>Ahhhh I would love to attend NYU, would love to benefit from the opportunities that an education in New York offers, would love to spend the following years of my life living in New York. NYU and New York feel like the natural next steps for me, both academically and socially. </p>
<p>But then there’s the money. </p>
<p>I’m starting to come to terms that if I receive a letter of acceptance this spring, I will have to turn NYU down because of money. </p>
<p>Which really sucks.</p>
<p>I’m here for the partying and the girls.</p>
<p>F*** YEAHHHHHHH</p>
<p>rmmutt, I completely understand where you are coming from. I am starting to come to terms with that as well. But if I do go I know that I won’t be into the whole drug scene either. (crosses fingers) heres to hoping…</p>
<p>Go crazy applying to outside scholarships. There are plenty left that haven’t passed their lines yet.</p>
<p>Okay… My parents dont want me to go! Im 17 (skipped a grade) so theyre uber cautious! so tell me! suggestions! how to convince them! Im a muslim! which means much more scary stuff =P but cmon! its NYC! I WANNA GO!!</p>
<p>I’m 17 too and will still be when I start college, but I didn’t skip a grade. My mom is iffy about sending me to NYC as well, but I think she’ll actually let me if I get in. She wants me to go to Northeastern though, which I got into EA. I love NEU school too, but NYU is, well, NYU.</p>