New York University

If you want to go here, your head needs to be in the game. You can either be a crazy party person and drink and smoke all the time.. But that's not what this school is for. This school will get you a job, IF you do the work while you're here. So if you're planning on slacking off, and if the most important thing to you about college is partying or friends, it's just not going to cut it. It took me a good semester to realize it, but once you step in here, you are basically starting your career, WHICH if you are serious about it and want to make good money in the future, you will take advantage of.

1st Year Female -- Class 2018

Education Quality: A+, Perceived Campus Safety: B+

NYU is a mixed bag, just like New York: there's something for everyone. If you want to start a club with one-legged lesbian nuns, you'll probably get at least three members.

It's a great school for students who take initiative and go after what they want, don't need to be coddled, and who don't expect to make more than a few really good friends. City life can be intense, but it opens a lot of doors in terms of what the city has to offer, and to develop professional networks and gain internship experience.

The size of the school DOES matter. You have a lot of choice in terms of classes and there are a lot of great professors, but you have to fight for what you want sometimes. There is very little 'school spirit' or campus community, and many students feel alienated and atomized in such an anonymous, overwhelming 'campus' setting. More than any other school I know of, NYU is a Corporate University, although this has not necessarily lessened academic integrity so far.Expensive. Everything's expensive.

4th Year Male -- Class 2008

Surrounding City: A+, Individual Value: C

The level of difficulty definitely depends on your major. Pre-med, neural science will kick your ass whereas English or Philosophy are more relaxed (fantastic professors I hear....).

2nd Year Female -- Class 2011

Innovation: A, Collaboration/Competitive: D+