NotMamaRose

Thanks, NOCCA Junior. I guess getting housing (if one is lucky!) near CAP21 also means being farther away from wherever you guys take your liberal arts courses (CAS)? Right?

NOCCA Junior

That would be correct...but it's probably better to be somewhere that's closer to studio 3 times a week than 2 times a week for the liberal arts...CAP is actually only a little more closer than Washington Square anyway (for U-Hall....for Third North, it's definitely sort of equidistant). From U-Hall, CAP is the distance of roughly two avenues and 4 streets. From Third North, CAP is about 7 streets and two avenues. From U-Hall, Washington Square is an avenue and 14 streets, and from Third North it's about an avenue and 17 streets distance (it's a little more complicated calculating the distance from Third North). But also keep in mind that an avenue is about two/two and a half streets long. Sooo...if you can figure out what's faster from there. You can also go to HopStop.com - Subway Directions and Bus Directions for New York City (NYC) and type in all the street names to find exact distances and what your daughter would find more suitable for her, if all that was a little complicated (which it probably was, sorry ehhh...).

bettyboop

NJ, are any of the dorms single rooms? Coed? How's the food?

superpengwin2

So I just got accepted as an internal transfer into Film/TV!
I have to take summer classes, though, and I was wondering: which is most stressful for kids? Sight and Sound: film, S&S: studio, or S&S: documentary?

NOCCA Junior

To bettyboop:
For freshmen, single rooms are very limited and very random...so the vast majority of freshmen, unless they're really lucky and placed in a single room, can expect to be in a double with one person sharing one bathroom (like me lalala) or a suite, sharing a bathroom with three or four other people, and having one-two roommates (this depends on the dorm). All dorms are coed, but the doubles/suites have their own bathrooms so it's good...girls and boys are separate in their own rooms, of course. The food is really good for dorm food (my favorites are Kimmel Market Place and Hayden), but it does get repetitive at times. Meal plans are required for freshman traditional style dorms, but for freshman apartment style (Third North and U-Hall) and upperclassmen dorms (which are all apartment style), no meal plan is required...I'm not getting a meal plan next year because it saves loads if you can buy groceries and cook...and I get down with my Creole food :-).

To superpenguin:
I have NO idea haha, but I actually have several film friends so I can find out for you. CONGRATS though...internal transfers are hard and you should feel very proud. I hope you have a fab year hon!

rlepa

I know you're a CAP21 student, but what housing suggestion would you have for an Atlantic student?

NOCCA Junior

For an Atlantic student, it would be more practical distance wise to live in one of the Union Square dorms (University Hall and Third North for freshmen). It's going to be a little far from any of the dorms, but the studio is closer to Union Square than it is to Washington Square.

Danyo

Hi again! I have another quick question if you don't mind me asking...

Since I'll be going into the film and television program, would you recommend Brittany? I've been narrowing down my list of housing options for a while, and Brittany as of now seems the most appealing.

If so, what's your personal input on Brittany? If not, which other dorms/apartments would you recommend personally?

bettyboop

NJ, I'm sure Asaka addressed this with you...but, why is NYU not able to give better financial aid packages? I appealed and haven't heard yet. All these other schools are throwing money at A. I guess NYU's package is pretty good but their tuition is so much more than most. BB

bettyboop

Also, is work study even worth considering given the Cap 21 work load? I've rejected the idea so far thinking it would be just too much.

NOCCA Junior

To Danyo:
Brittany is close enough to the Tisch building, like all of the Washington Square area dorms, to be extremely convenient for classes...since film majors take their studio classes at the Tisch building on 721 Broadway (if I'm not mistaken), you should distance wise probably pick a Washington Square dorm, and Brittany is like a 5-7 minute walk from the Tisch building.

Brittany's rooms are really big, definitely the biggest of all the freshman dorms. The one downside is, like Rubin, there's no air conditioning. But since it's cheaper, that's a plus. Also, even though I live in Hayden, I heard that no air conditioning during the few summer months is fine...get a fan and you'll be good. So, overall, Brittany is a good choice for you...if you like Brittany, you might also try Rubin (which is down the street from Brittany on 5th Ave), though the rooms are smaller.

To bettyboop:
NYU is not able to give better financial aid packages because NYU's endowment just isn't enough to meet everyone's full need. I hear from people it's also because NYU spends a lot of money on expansion and stuff like that, but it's hearsay and we'll honestly never REALLY know. The only thing set in stone is that NYU, even though it has a little over 1 billion dollars in endowment, has about 38,000 students (this is undergrad and grad combined, not counting non-credit students), and about 19,000 undergraduates. That money spreads really thin, really quickly. NYU never promises to meet full need. This is why, even for people like me (and you KNOW how poor I am haha), waiting for my NYU financial aid package was just as stressful as waiting for an acceptance letter. I'm still hoping that my EFC doesn't go up too too much over the next four years or I know that my financial aid will be reduced by NYU, even though I need every bit of it. In essence, given you guys' situation and everything, your financial aid package is actually REALLY good for NYU, despite what it looks like. As you may already know based on your conversations with her, my single mom has 4 children and doesn't make a lot of money at all, and even though I got a LOT of money from NYU, it still wasn't a "full ride." But if NYU didn't give me the financial aid package I was looking for, my butt would have been at Northwestern (in Chicago), Ithaca, or Syracuse, where I got either all full rides or close to. NYU is my dream, but realistically, as a performing artist, I know I won't be making enough money to pay off any more than about 20K in debt after I graduate. But some people do take out a lot of loans...it's just a matter of personal preference. A lot of people at NYU, though, can either pay full tuition or at least half, in my experience...I know a LOT of people who don't even know what FAFSA is because they didn't need to apply for financial aid. There's a huge gap between me and a lot of my friends money wise here, but I'm able to do things with them and stuff because of the scholarship/grant money I got from NYU.

Work-study considering studio work load can be a bit strenuous, but it's definitely doable. Right now, I do America Reads (which pays $10 an hour) for my work study...though the high school that I tutor at is in a semi-sketch neighborhood in the Lower East Side, it's really safe and I've never encountered any problems, nor have the hundreds of other tutors in the program. Asaka could easily work at least 7 hours a week. She might not make all her work-study in a year (I also worked over Winter and Spring Breaks, and in addition will work a little of May to work off my $4000 in work-study), but she'll get enough for a little spending/tuition money, and will make about half of it in the course of the year. I seriously would recommend her checking out America Reads or JumpStart...they're both tutoring programs (America Reads is more flexible, I can give you more information about both if you want), and it's probably the highest paying work-study jobs you can immediately and automatically get on campus as a brand-new freshman. It's a little more work, but three and a half hours a day two days a week (on her non-studio days) won't be too too hard, I don't think. But she should try to use some of her work-study...if she doesn't, I heard that NYU either reduces it or takes it away due to lack of use in future years.

bettyboop

Nj, that was really helpful! I thought work study was out because any of it would be just too much. If she sees it's too much to handle and affects her grades can she get out of it and pay that portion off another way? The movie and residuals have covered Freshman year misc spending.
That brings up another question...How much of Cap training is devoted to film acting/auditioning? Film and commericals will pay lots of bills.
I thought G had 2 kids??? I hope she's doing well. Tell her hello!
You know when Asaka gets to NYU it just means more pralines and good food for y'all!

NOCCA Junior

Haha yes, Mother indeed has 4 little angels. I'll tell her you say hiii!!

CAP really doesn't have film classes (I've never heard of any CAP kids in the higher levels taking it, and it's not anywhere on the curriculum). If Asaka wants to, she can go to Stonestreet for advanced studio senior or junior year (after she completes her two years of Primary training at CAP freshman and sophomore year), but she'd have to give up a semester at CAP for a full year at Stonestreet (the full CAP curriculum stretches for the equivalent of 7 semesters, or three and a half years). Stonestreet is the film acting studio at Tisch, and even though she doesn't have to do two semesters (she can only do one, if she so chooses), the agents and collaborations really start second semester at Stonestreet. It's always good to have on-camera experience. I'm still struggling on whether or not I want to do film acting or musical theatre...but I might as well be prepared for both, so I'm probably doing Stonestreet senior year after my years at CAP. But yeah...film does pay a lot more haha I totes know what you mean.

About work-study: Work-study works out like any other job. If she did get a work-study job, she'd be getting a check at least every two weeks and it can go to whatever she wants it to go to. Her check would, like any other job, be based on how many hours she works, so if she wants to quit if it gets too strenuous, then it's ok, she doesn't have to pay anything back or anything like that. The difference between work-study and normal jobs is that the salary employees get from work-study is subsidized by the government, so employers pay less for work study workers. Also, anything earned from work-study does not have to be put on student's earnings for FAFSA, which keeps the EFC lower. Which is goood.

Pleeeeease send Asaka up with a parting gift of pralines so I can steal some, haha. Mom sends some up occasionally but it's not enough for my fix, lol.

bettyboop

Interesting. I never heard of Stonestreet. I'm only familiar with the three Asaka auditioned for. It's definitely an option because musicals are gggrrreeeaaattt...but, film pays more bills. Is Stonestreet as hard to get into as Cap?
Oh, which housing complex would you recommend?
Thnx, bb

NOCCA Junior

For most advanced studio transfer tracks, an audition is required...luckily for Asaka and myself, no audition is required for Stonestreet. It strictly for learning the art of film acting. Here's the link for Tisch advanced studios, and you can read about Stonestreet there:Advanced Studios: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU

For housing recommendations for CAP:
For distance purposes, Third North and University Hall, the two Union Square area freshman apartment-style dorms, are closest. U-Hall is cleaner and nicer (it was built new about three or four years ago), in my opinion, but I've heard Third North is more social. If I were going to pick a dorm for CAP, however, I would seriously consider U-Hall...it's a bit closer than Third North, she has a gym that she can go to next door (at Palladium, an upperclassmen dorm), and she'd have more access to grocery stores, etc. in case she wanted things to shop for. In addition, she'd be literally right next door to me, since I'm going to be living at Palladium next year :-). But the Washington Square dorms are nice and close to her liberal arts classes (which are only two days a week, as opposed to CAP being three days a week). You might find that rooming at Rubin and Brittany a bit cheaper than U-Hall or Third North, depending on whether or not Asaka is getting a meal plan next year. You should also calculate rates for housing and meal plans as part of looking for dorms. For traditional Washington Square dorms, a 10-meal a week meal plan is required, but it isn't for apartment style Third North and U-Hall (in which case traditional would be more expensive than apartment without a meal plan). But also keep in mind that she may want to get a meal plan even if she lives in apartment style, and if that happens, total cost for room and board would go up to around $15-16K a year. Go to this site NYU > Department of Housing, and look at the rates for both the room (freshmen live in Brittany, Rubin, Goddard, Hayden, Weinstein don't pick Weinstein if you don't want to go crazy living in a cinder block, Third North, and U-Hall), and the meal plan rates (they vary) and see whether or not that makes a difference. Prices do vary.