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If your parents make more then 6 figures per year, if you love rubbing your wealth in other peoples faces, if you are stuck up and snobby, love to go clubbing at redicuously exclusive venues, own a pair of $600 jeans, have an eating disorder, wear Chanel shoes to class, want to be like Sex in the City even though you're only 18, and do hard drugs then NYU is the place for you!
If you love art, acting, hipster-esque stuff..if you are super alternative, "different" then everyone else, society's biggest reject, a flaming homosexual, etc. then by all means, come on over to NYU!!
If you, for god knows what reason, enjoy city living and want to live in new york city more then anything in the entire world, hate frats, quads, grass, nature, straight men, parties, and sports then start that application to NYU now!If you like spending 60K to learn absolutely nothing and be ignored endlessly by arrogant faculty members and a completely disorganized and entirely dysfunctional beurocracy then by all means head the fuck over to nyu.
view full review→Nov 26 2008
1st Year Male -- Class 2012
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“You either love nyu or hate it--there isQuite BrightAnthropology
You either love nyu or hate it--there is pretty much no middle ground. As a sophmore i can only say one thing: stay the hell away from this school. nyu lures in its students with propaganda about the wonders of the city, the fabulous nyu community, and perhaps most deceptive of all the amazing academics. I actually don't even know where to start.
Socially, the nyu community is obviously non existent and i mean that. I mean there is absolutely no no no unity here. If you're independent and willing to forsake your undergrad experience for the city then by all means, come here. Anyone and everyone else should stay faaarrr far away from NYU at all costs. I would suggest this school to the artsy type and the super super rich girl type. Both pretty much reign supreme in the social scene, and it's obnoxious. I cant even begin to articulate how shitty the social life has been here or how stuck up the students are.
The school wouldn't be soo bad if the academics weren't such a fucking joke. I'd be willing to stay here and put up with the shitty social scene, but the academics are by far the least intellectually stimulating thing I have ever endured. I'm in CAS and I want to leave as soon as possible. There are way too many requirements and I'm not even able to take things that I like. Basically, nyu is a shithole that should be avoided at all costs for anyone with half a brain who wants a decent social life and wants to be surrounded by normal, sociable, accepting, friendly people. Sadly, I kind of get why nyu has the #2 highest suicide rate in the country now...this place is just too damn depressing
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1st Year Female -- Class 2011
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“The school is extremely expensive and not aFine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc
The school is extremely expensive and not a good value, IMO. The academic reputation of the undergrad program is not that great - the awesome grad programs are what gives NYU its intellectual cachet. Classes are too large, space is limited, it's a dog-eat-dog world.
There's also just soooo many programs, classes and students - its entirely overwhelming for an 18 year old who just moved away from home on the other side of the country. That said, you'll never get pigeonholed into something you don't want to do. NYU has an immense variety of programs.
I was in the film school. I totally regret getting a BFA. Thankfully, I double-majored in politics and used that to get an awesome job in political consulting & market research. The vast majority of people I know from my days in the film school are unemployed or barely scraping by in "the industry." Those who landed decent paying gigs seemed to all have family connections in Hollywood already. The art school's career counseling programs really blow. I know so many out-of-work theater, film and fine art graduates. Unless you breathe, sleep and eat the arts and are extremely self-motivated to network and get your name out there, please consider another field of study. The tens of thousands of dollars in loans are just not worth it.
I really haven't done anything in film since I graduated. I'm now applying for grad schools and focusing on international relations programs, with a heavy focus on international economics. Since I did double-major in politics, my current pursuits are directly related to one of my fields of study at NYU.But if I had to do it all over again, I would have gone to a much smaller school. I was the first in my family to go to college, I came from a public school that never sent kids to "decent" universities and was from the West Coast. I just didn't know about all my options. If I had known about places like Brown, Cornell or Dartmouth I would have definitely pursued studies at those schools. I love NYC and the NYU campus, but it would have been a much better place for grad school.
view full review→Nov 25 2008
Alumnus Male -- Class 2000
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