<p>What other than the obvious setting makes NYU so desirable? I'm applying for math at NYU. So why New York University and nowhere else?</p>
<p>Downtown New York is awesome. Many good restaurants/nightlife activities. Side note: Personally I think NYU is what it is solely because of its location.</p>
<p>^ Let me answer your question with a question; what is it about NYU that interests you? I can think of a lot of reasons not to go there, everything from cost of tuition and attendance, bad reputation with financial aid, lack of a “true” campus, etc. but there must be reasons that you like it.</p>
<p>Are you thinking of Applied Math at NYU? Or just math?</p>
<p>Would not wish NYU on my most hated enemy. I personally think its the worst college experience in the US. All hype no value.</p>
<p>If you’re looking to be +100k in debt, there’s no better university :p</p>
<p>If I can add to the OP question, How ‘street smart’ does a kid need to be to feel comfortable at NYU? Would a shyish, sheltered girl from the west coast suburbs (psych/bio major) be on the next plane home?</p>
<p>IMHO, for some one who can afford full frieght, NYU is a good school. It has a good name in NYC, so if you want to get a part time job in a major firm before graduate, its easy to get and once you are in, to roll it into a full time is not difficult.</p>
<p>I know everyone here is targeting Top IB firm like Bain, but to an average student, NYC is still the most viable job bank and NYU is in the center of it.</p>
<p>Personally I think NYU is not the ideal college experience. I have know probably 25 grads. Like Admitone, I’ve never seen any students so ambivalent/ unhappy with any other school ever. Internships in NYC will come, you can never get college back again. Unless you are there for a very specific reason - Tisch, Stern, etc, its a sacrifice not worth making.</p>
<p>NYU is like entering the real world, but I believe there value in waiting to move to NYC until your 20s.</p>
<p>NYU2013, I’m thinking of more of applied mathematics although I do not disgard math. I know it may seem to many that NYU is definately not a good idea being located in NYC and having no campus, but I was raised in a very busy large city and I’d love to continue that experience in NYC 
Thanks for all the replies.</p>
<p>USNWR ranks NYU the #1 Applied Math department in the country. That’s a graduate ranking, but should tell you something about the faculty quality.</p>
<p>So you get a top department in your major and possibly the best urban college setting in America. Balance that against the negatives.</p>
<p>Obviously NYU is not famous for its campus life, but what about academics and opportunities offered? How good are they and of what kind? :O</p>
<p>For applied mathematics, you would be hard pressed to try to find a better school academics wise. After that, it comes down to your preference for your college experience. NYU’s campus isn’t truly distinct from the city. Yes, the campus is centrally located around Washington Square however, the NYU buildings mix with the NYC buildings. The village is an active and fun place to be - lots to do; places to eat, go out, etc. If you’re looking for a school with big sports, greek life, ‘traditional’ college, then NYU is definitely not a place for you.</p>
<p>NYU is obviously very different than traditional colleges. A lot of people bash it because it is such a non-traditional university, but I think that just like almost any college in the nation it attracts a certain population and is undesirable to a lot of others. Its critics just seem to be a bit more outspoken. I wouldn’t personally attend NYU because I do want a more traditional college campus experience, but I think it has excellent academics and I have family friends who had great experiences at NYU and are now very successful.</p>
<p>D has loved her experience in NYU on many levels. Over the years she has visited friends on traditional campuses and has always returned to NYU knowing she made the right decision. She has no desire for a secluded campus, greek life, etc. She personally feels that she has gained so much more than she has given up by being in the city and at NYU.</p>
<p>Those who “wouldn’t wish it on their worst enemy” are being a bit dramatic I would say.</p>
<p>After her graduation at Yankee Stadium in May, it will be a very sad day when she moves from her dorm in Nolita.</p>
<p>Its critics are mainly outspoken because of its well-known godawful horrible financial aid policies, which are in stark contrast to its peer institutions, “prestige”-wise - nearly all of which offer generous “full need” aid to low and middle-income students. Read the sob-story threads on the Financial Aid board when all these NYU-bound kids get their financial aid letters with nothing more than a $100,000 PLUS loan and… yeah, you’ll understand why people look down on NYU.</p>
<p>NYU is a school for rich kids. That’s not a “knock,” that’s a fact.</p>
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<p>So is true for every top private colleges in the USA. Yes, there is FA, there is Merit, but afterall, still more than 50% of the students are paying full freight. NYU is no more expensive than OOS students for UC for example, yet thousands of students criss cross the country to attend in both. Their parents may not be rich, they may saved all their lives to put their kids into schools.</p>
<p>Question for the OP,</p>
<p>Have you had a chance to visit the NYU campus and see and judge it firsthand? If you like that type of campus, can afford the tuition and they have a top program in your major, than it sounds like NYU is for you.</p>
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<p>Nope, not true. 60 percent of Harvard students are receiving some level of need-based aid, for example.</p>
<p>[Harvard</a> College Admissions § Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/financial_aid/index.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/financial_aid/index.html)</p>
<p>The fact is, because of NYU’s very stingy financial aid, it’s even more of a “rich kid’s school” than similar top private universities, virtually all of which have a stated “full-need” financial aid policy.</p>
<p>Thank you for all the responses, all of them valid and useful! I guess like with everything, each university has it’s audience. I’ve heard stories of people for whom tuition is not an issue that have chosen NYU over other top schools. Of course there’s New York City, but Columbia University also has it… so what is it in particular about NYU that attracts so many other than the academics? :S</p>