rooming at nyu

shazzee13 · 03-27-2007, 02:40 PM

I need help. I htought that only having five or so dorms to choose from would be easy but soon im going to have to make my decision about where I want to live and i have no idea...In a perfect world, I'd wanna be close to washington sq. air conditioned and good food..
i was thinking hayden, britteny, rubin..i still havent crossed of weinstein though...anyone have any advice??
thank you

DublinDoogey · 03-28-2007, 12:03 PM

I don't know if you're interested in University Hall at all, but I stayed there the other night and it was nice. I liked the apartment style set-up, even though the dorms are about 10-15 to a lot of the buildings.

shazzee13 · 03-28-2007, 03:58 PM

yeaaa i heard it was great but i wanna be on washington sq. i def wanna be close for wen it gets really cold out

DostoevskyCA · 03-29-2007, 01:48 PM

what dorms are closest to Washington Square? And what schools aren't?
Perks of each dorms? and negatives?
How many people are to a room?
...haha where can I find this information? I am horrible at gleaning through college websites for information...
Thank you so much for your help!

mags22 · 03-29-2007, 10:46 PM

i know for some schools you can pick your roomate or meet someone through facebook and chose your roomate that way - how does nyu work for roomates? random picks or your choice?

futurenyustudent · 03-30-2007, 12:06 AM

Hayden's ON washington square.

HousePetMarla · 03-30-2007, 01:55 PM

I personally at this point am choosing Brittany. It's only five minutes away from the square and i was told it has larger rooms than most.

I also heard it has a ghost lol.

Anyone have any input?

Mackie45 · 03-30-2007, 07:57 PM

what is the best low-cost dorm? Of course the answer will ne subjective but still..

dawn1029 · 03-30-2007, 08:02 PM

Marla, so you like Brittany because it has a ghost? lol

ohhhradio · 03-31-2007, 01:13 AM

HousePetMarla, I heard the ghost thing too. Isn't Britney the one that has the A and B rooms though? -- Students have to walk through the B rooms to get to the A?

HousePetMarla · 03-31-2007, 09:44 AM

no, thats not the reason why it was just a fun little fact lol.

i dont know what the A and B rooms mean though.

JennyD123 · 03-31-2007, 10:25 PM

Okay, from my experience as a freshman this year.
Hayden - on Washington Sq, air conditioned, has a dining hall but it's not always open, very social (mostly in a partyish sort of way), rooms are a good size but some are a bit old/in bad condition
Weinstein - near Washington Sq, air conditioned, has the 2 main dining halls, has a kosher section and lots of Jewish events, quite social i think but people don't tend to really bond with their floors, the rooms are quite small and are cinderblock which bothers some people
Goddard (where I live) - on Washington Sq, air conditioned, no dining halls but above starbucks and 2 min walk from weinstein/hayden/kimmel dining halls, very social but not necessarily in a partyish way people tend to really bond with everyone on their floors and hang out in the hallways all the time, every floor is an explorations floor which means a theme that has activities you do together (eg my one was seeing shows/theatre), the rooms vary in size but mine probably the smallest and is absolutely fine and they are in good condition, very small and communityish compared to the other halls
Uhall - very dormish and new, appartment style with good size clean rooms, air conditioned, no dining hall but 1 min from palladium dining hall and above dunkin donuts and a good pizza place, kind of social but people tend to keep to themselves within a floor because they hang out in the common room of the appartment rather than the hallway, on union square which is 15 mins from wash sq but perfect for many drama students cos its closer to most studios
3rd north - appartment style, air conditioned, about 15 mins from wash sq and union sq, kind of like the not as clean or new version of u hall with the rooms varying a bit in size and some having single rooms but you can't ask for them, cool people seem to live there, has a dining hall, the biggest dorm on campus
rubin - NOT air conditioned which is a problem for a few weeks at the begining of semester, but it has a really good atmosphere about it cool people seem to live there and i think it's quite social and floors bond a lot, has a dining hall, does low cost housing, has a black box theatre and a big room with a huge TV but they're difficult to hire, about 5-10mins from wash sq.
brittany - the only one i haven't been to, all i can say is it doesn't have a/c and is about 5/10 mins from wash sq.

JennyD123 · 03-31-2007, 10:29 PM

oh also. all of them are 2 people to a bedroom, with some exceptions who are lucky and get a single within a suite. in uhall and third north there will be 2 bedrooms in each appartment, and in some rooms in the others there are 2 bedrooms in each rooms - in this case there's usually a little corridor but no common room.
you can put in a roomate request if you meet someone in person or on facebook or whatever, there's a space for it on your form. if you do that you both have to make sure your forms are filled out identically. otherwise they assign you randomly.

ms_jaha · 04-01-2007, 09:03 PM

Hi there!

I have a question about housing at NYU. I heard that housing is only guaranteed for the first year, and every year after that it isn't. Since I'm from out-of-state, not having a dorm for three out of four years kind of worries me, so I was just wondering if anyone could clarify the housing situation for out-of-state students at NYU.

Thanks!

Mackie45 · 04-02-2007, 10:44 AM

I think it's gauranteed for all four years as an undergraduate as long as you meet the deadlines.