New York University

If you have a learning disability don't even think about NYU. This school will advertise a state of the art learning center that will be happy to help you, yet this is a lie. Just a few years ago NYU transferred the Moses Center under the health department which made massive cutbacks. It is now questionable if they even meet the minimum requirements for what a college is supposed to have. The school in no way cares about an individual and makes little light to hide the fact that you are simply money to them. The staff at the center for disabilities is impossible to get in touch with (even your personal adviser) and they often make crucial mistakes including forgetting to tell you, you have had a note taker for over a semester for your classes. Don't expect them to be of any help but rather to make your life a little more difficult. It is also well known that President Sexton has put most of the money for the school into the abroad campuses as part of his plan to diversify the college (which is a great idea, if he hadn't cut the faculty budget thus making it impossible to even hire new faculty in New York...)I am fairly certain that this school is mired in so much bureaucracy that the DMV would do a better job teaching me. Don't go here!

2nd Year Male -- Class 2014

Surrounding City: A+, Individual Value: F

NYU turned out to be a huge disappointment. I'm only a freshman and I cannot WAIT to transfer next semester. Never in my life have I encountered such unfriendly, arrogant people. Most of the students here think they are "real New Yorkers" and act as though they are better than everyone else. They all have this stupid, arrogant look on their faces and walk around like they own the place. Dorm life is just as bad, if not worse. Everyone on my floor is obnoxious and very immature. Their weekend "fun" consists of getting drunk in someone's dorm room. It is very hard to find quiet time/focus on schoolwork here.

Not only is the administration extremely disorganized, but they are also cold and unhelpful...probably one of the rudest I've ever encountered. For the price I'm paying to go here, I sure don't expect to be treated like dirt by rude faculty.

The academics are absolutely horrendous. I'm a month and a half into my first semester, and so far I haven't learned ANYTHING that I would be able to apply to a future career. All of my classes are pointless, and the professors are mediocre/unhelpful. I really feel as though I'm wasting my time and money. Also, some of my professors teach their lectures in a sexual manner, which in my opinion is extremely weird. In fact, there's NYU for you: weird professors/lectures are common occurrences here. Literally anything goes. If you are a conservative, please don't come here. This school is liberal beyond belief.

I'm just really tired of all the unhappy, depressing people here. When I went home this past weekend, it was wonderful because everyone there was happy, and I didn't feel the anxiety that I seem to feel here. Also, everything was half the cost.I could go on and on about the ridiculousness of this place, but I'm just too disgusted to write anymore. My advice is to not come here. It is NOT worth $60,000 per year (or more, since they raise the tuition about $3,000-$4,000 annually). I'm so happy that I'm transferring next semester. Don't get me wrong-I love NYC, and I plan on living and working here in a few years. But I don't love NYU, where I'll rake up huge debt with nothing to show for it. Please, save your money and go somewhere where you'll receive a better education.

1st Year Female -- Class 2015

Surrounding City: A+, Education Quality: F

Since my freshman year of high school my absolute DREAM was to attend NYU. After working so hard and doing everything I could to succeed in middle school, I finally was accepted to the university my senior year. I was so excited to begin an amazing college journey, and meet some truly amazing people.

I loved my first few weeks at NYU. Being away from home, meeting new friends and being in the heart of the city was something so new and fresh to me. But after about a month of living as a city dweller, the glitz and glam of the big apple wear off pretty fast. After welcome week, everyone has their group of friends. I made really great friends that lived in my dorm and we had some great times, but it was so hard to meet other people unless you joined a club or did a sport. Which of course, I did and made great friends that way as well. But I was probably the only one in my group of ten friends that had friends in other groups and actually did something.

Sure, NYU is a great school and the chances of you succeeding after graduation are very likely, but the academics at this school are not all too great from what they are hyped up to be. NYU is such a name school because so many famous and rich people go to school there, but all my classes had over 100+ in them, profs did not know your name, and you wasted so much time in recitations that it was just silly. The classes don't get small until your junior year. All of my friends had this problem. I think the only class my where a teacher knew my name was my 16 person writing class...the smallest class I probably would have ever had at NYU. If you keep up with the readings and go to class you will succeed at NYU no doubt about it.

The reason I hated NYU so much was for the social life. Hence the reason I am transferring and will begin my sophomore year someone else :). When people found out I was transferring they always asked why. My response: "It's not a college. Its so Boring."

"BORING?!?!?! HOW CAN NYC BE BORING" everyone would shout at me. Oh...come stay with me for a weekend and you will see. Inarguably the student body is filled with very intelligent and talented people. But THESE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN. I'm not a raging alcoholic, but the environment of NYC is so stressful that I like to let loose once or twice on the weekend and have some fun. "FUN" at nyu is sitting in a dorm room with 10 people (MAX) and drinking pride and clark (cheap vodka) and rotting your life away inside a dorm. Probably the most pathetic excuse for a party ever. If you want Frats, house parties or any type of party with more than 10 people you know...or 10 people in general...DO NOT COME HERE. Sure there are clubs and bars galore in NYC...but as a college student a) fake ids are so expensive. b) cover fees are ridiculous. c) drinks are even more money and d) you go out with a small group of friends and never get to meet anyone from NYU. Essentially you just travel in your small group of friends all year.

In my year at NYU I got to know some upperclassman who had apartments and those parties were a little better than dorm parties, but still they sucked. Atleast we didn't have to worry about RA's. But its not worth waiting till your junior/senior year just so you can travel all over the city to go to an apt party with 15 people...and these apartments are all over...no one can afford anything by the college so have fun trying to get to brooklyn on the weekends. Sketch. sketch. sketch.

I was so upset my first semester because all I would see where my friends at their schools going to football games, huge parties, meeting millions of people and that was not the experience I had at all at NYU. During my second semester, I just gave up all hope for the NYU social life and just realized that it wasn't going to get any better, so I tried my best to make the most out of the situation.

This post is pretty negative, but I just want to send my warnings. NYU is overrated by far. Go to a cheap state school, and I'm sure you'll turn out just as fine.

If you don't like to drink, or have an endless cash-flow and have the ability to go to broadway shows, concerts, museums, and other cool things in the city, then NYU is for you. I made tons of friends who were completely happy having a small group of friends, and doing city type things. But if you are someone who likes big parties, nice people (oh because like 95% of the kids that go there are stuck up assholes who think they are so amazing and hip), and school spirit then DO NOT COME HERE. You will jump off bobst 10th floor. And IF YOU ARE STRAIGHT please do not come here. You will be even more depressed with the prude girls and over whelming amount of gay kids. I am gay myself, but I am a chill homo who doesn't advertise it around the world and who likes sports and other cool things. The homes at NYU are ridiculous and think they are the $hit.

The NYU dorms are actually pretty nice and the food is AMAZING. But the dorms are scattered everywhere across lower manhattan. I had friends who lived in china town.........some took subways to class.

Some people may be obsessed with the NYC lifestyle and think its all they want...but here's what you have to remember. NYC...like any city in america...will always be there for you waiting. Your college experience filled with school spirit, fun parties, football games, great teachers, huge groups of friends and small classes will not. You only live once...have fun before you enter the hell of the real world. And NYU (as advertised everywhere) is the real world. peace out.

1st Year Male -- Class 2014

Surrounding City: A+, Education Quality: F