| The apartment style dorms are a little less sociable because you can't prop the doors open, so it's kind of awkward to ring people's doorbells all the time when you just wanted to poke in.
Don't discount Third North's computer lab and ITS services in the basement: free, unlimited printing and tech support, which is so useful in the beginning of the semester (also, they will rent you routers to use for the semester, which you may need if there's only one internet jack and two roommates). They also have a dining hall and small convenience store in that hall.
Also, the security guards at most of the buildings are wonderful, but the ones @ U-hall have been kind of mean the past few years, and some people don't like that, I suppose.
Isabellissa, I would love to know exactly how often you "spend nights" @ Hayden with the strict guest policies the dorms have? A person can only have 6 "overnight guests" a month (depending on which dorm and how cool the security guards are, the nights can technically start @ like 10 pm, and are considered a "night" after 4-6 hours), a guest can only stay up to 3 days in a row, and an individual is not allowed to sleep in the NYU dorms for more than 6 nights a month. Although there isn't a big database where they record these things, at the end of the month, they tally up everyone from the individual hall's sign in sheet and see if they've exceeded their limit. Then, the next month, if they have, they warn you/are more strict about that person signing in & out and actually keep track (again, depends on the guard).
It is for this reason that inviting people over to your apartment becomes difficult, unless they live in your building. I might be sounding nitpicky or ridiculous, but my boyfriend stayed over 7 times one month Freshman year, and the next month, they kept a tally of how many times he was there. It sounds insane, but NYU is strict on security. |