Finally!!!! (Actually about housing) - Page 4

rainb0wteardr0px · 01-01-2008, 02:02 PM

Can someone give more details on Goddard? I know it's above Starbucks and I find that really cool =) Thanks.

NOCCA Junior · 01-01-2008, 02:20 PM

Hmm...Goddard. The whole of Goddard is an Explorations/Residential College dorm. It's really small, about 212 students. Goddard people are really close, even taking Writing the Essay classes together and doing things like community service, floor activities, and stuff like that. A lot of people even study in the elevators together. It's a very tight-knit community. If you really are afraid of being in the middle of the city and you're looking for more of a traditional campus-feel community, then Goddard might be a good match for you. But, I don't know...a lot of people I meet from Goddard are weird-esque. Really nice, mind you (except one, he was a jerk) but...ok, I shouldn't say weird, but...interesting. But yes, it is right above Starbucks, which is pretty cool, not to mention it's basically in NYU central haha, where most of your classes will be if you're in CAS, Steinhardt, or Stern. You also can only apply to Goddard through a special Residential College application, it won't appear on the housing lottery sheet. But just to let you know, Hayden is directly across the park from Goddard on Washington Square West (Goddard's on Washington Square East), and it's fab (I live there). :-)

rainb0wteardr0px · 01-01-2008, 02:45 PM

Thanks for your replies! I noticed that you also replied to my other posts =)

I'm a native New Yorker and I hate the fact that I don't live in a very close community. I have friends and I'm only close to a few of them. But I don't like how my close friends are not close friends with each other. I wanted to go to a college in suburbs but for some reason, while attending NYU Precollege in the summer, I felt at home. It's weird.

What do you mean by "weird-esque"? I won't be offended by whatever you say lol

NOCCA Junior · 01-01-2008, 05:01 PM

Well, if you are looking for a close-knit community, then I guarantee you that you will find it at Goddard, maybe even too much so at points, haha. By weird-esque, I mean that people at Goddard just appear different than everyone else at NYU. Most NYU students are very independent minded...you kind of have to be, to be a student here. Goddard students, are, of course, as independent minded as everyone else. But I don't know how to describe it...haha...just every Goddard student I've met, the rare times I do see them, are just independent in a different sort of way, NOT in a bad way, just different. Goddard, I think, is a good balance between city life and independent NYU and a community to really call home. Honestly, it might just be the place for you, seriously...it's not a bad place at all despite the negative seeming tone of my posts lol. If you can, you should get personal experiences from people that either live at Goddard now or have lived there in the past to get an even better view of Goddard.

JennyD123 · 01-24-2008, 03:12 AM

I lived there Freshman year! I would agree with the weird-esque comment, in the best way, haha. I mean, think about the kind of people who are going to fill in an application out of choice to be on a floor that is semi-educational in their free time. I was on the theater floor, a floor full of theater geeks, it was wonderful! We became very close like a family. (not in a creepy way, in a lovely way. We had a great RA and did awesome programs. and we were a bunch of nice people). Our floor was actually the closest of them all. Some of the others didn't get on as well. To sum up the Goddard atmosphere in comparison to most other halls - I would visit friends across the square in Hayden for a party in a dorm room where people would be smoking and drinking, and then come back home to Goddard and sit in the hallway chatting til 4 or 5 am with people up doing their homework or watch a movie in someone's room. The people I met at Goddard are some of the nicest sweetet, most down to earth and honest and fun people I've met at NYU. I'm a theater major, so they were totally different than most people I know in my theater program, and it was a great balance. If you have any other questions about Goddard, let me know!

JennyD123 · 01-24-2008, 03:17 AM

also, someone back there asked about carpets. goddard is, I think Hayden is, I think Rubin is. Uhall, Weinstein and 3rd North are not I believe. Can't remember the others.

NOCCA Junior · 01-24-2008, 08:58 PM

Yeah, JennyD def has the lowdown on Goddard.

richmerino · 01-25-2008, 01:43 PM

can anyone find an opinion post on Rubin?

MomOf3Stars · 01-28-2008, 05:19 AM

I was wondering, what kind of small appliances are allowed in the NYU dorms? Are you required to rent the fridge microwave or can you bring your own?

julia_curieux · 01-28-2008, 12:17 PM

I think you can bring your own, but you have the option to rent.

kickassgurl8189 · 01-29-2008, 06:28 PM

You can bring your own or rent it through the school if you wish...you're not at all required. If you get an apartment-style dorm though, the kitchen comes with a refrigerator but not a microwave I believe.

I'm living in Weinstein this year so if anyone has questions...you can message me!

MomOf3Stars · 01-30-2008, 06:34 AM

What about coffee pots? I was thinking about getting D a small espresso machine to save $$.

Another question, what dorm would you guys recommend for Steinhardt Music majors?

climeahila · 01-30-2008, 12:27 PM

okay i have no clue what to do about dorms... this is my situation
I've lived in the city until i was 15 on mercer street (litterally like 4 blocks from nyu) now when i moved to israel we didn't sell our apartment --> so i have my own apartment free of rent and like its very spacious... and i'm thinking about living there but i've been told that living in the dorms is a much better way of making friends and socializing and whatever. so what i was really wondering if it made much a difference? i mean those who go to nyu.. do the commuting students have less friends? cause like the apartment i have is pretty much a studio loft and it would be really silly for me to pay 10g to live in a tiny room with someone else...

scorp_ion · 01-30-2008, 02:15 PM

I'm not at nyu yet (still a senior), but I would think that the main problem with commuting is having to go home early and not having the chance to hang out with friends. Considering how you would be pretty much living alone, and would live close enough to go home at 4am and not have anyone care, I think that it would be pretty much the same. The only problem is that you may miss out on the spontaneous activities that people may decide to do, but it would just be like you living in a separate dorm and all your friends living in a dorm 4 blocks away. I hope that made sense

tunit2190 · 02-02-2008, 08:14 PM

i going to enter this fall as freshman...i'm looking for a single room actually, but i don't mind like sharing living rooming/dinning room with other ppl, which dorms can offer this? thanks in advance!