<p>Anyone been to the admitted students days on campus this weekend?
Share any stories, pros/cons about the school, if you’re attending, what it was like, etc.!!
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<p>Just went to one today! </p>
<p>I was skeptical because of the price, so I was kind of determined not to like it, but I couldn’t help it. NYU is AMAZING. The campus isn’t traditional, but I could still see myself going there. </p>
<p>I got into LSP, and I was SO disappointed. But after awhile I got over it and actually began to like it, so I decided to go to the Admitted Students day. Upon arrival at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, we went upstairs for refreshments (coffee and cookies), and later we went downstairs to listen to some people talk about the program and such. One of the teachers, Philip Kain, was pretty funny. He was able to tell us that NYU is a place where you create knowledge instead of just memorizing information in a way that was both captivating and enjoyable. Then he said that he was going to inform us of a death…the death of the five paragraph essay, haha 
He seems like the kind of professor I would like. The students that spoke seemed to really like the program, and one girl talked about all the internships she’s done which shows just one of the advantages of going to school in the city.</p>
<p>The Liberal Studies Program isn’t so bad. You only get to take one elective a semester freshman year and three sophomore year, but once you get into junior year, you’re pretty much free of all your required courses. Plus, since class sizes are so small, you really get to know your professors instead of being lost in the crowd.</p>
<p>But enough of my LSP preaching. After the info session, we went upstairs. There were current students all over the place who were very helpful and friendly. I learned about some of the clubs they have there, one being the Sweet Side of Life, which usurped the formerly popular Milk and Cookies Club. People in the Sweet Side of Life all gather to eat desserts. It’s a pretty popular club, haha. One of the tour guides also spoke about a club called Five Minute Abs. People in this club work on their abs for five minutes then eat pizza. This made me really love NYU because it shows that students who go there aren’t a bunch of serious-minded geniuses who never have fun and study constantly, even though it’s a top school. Schools that have dessert-eating and ab-creating clubs obviously have some pretty awesome people attending. </p>
<p>Probably my favorite part of NYU is the Bobst Library. It’s just amazing. There are 12 floors of books and movies and music and two below available for like group projects and such. The librarians are really helpful. The tour guide said that if you have to write a research paper and don’t know where to start, you can email the librarians and they’ll help you. There’s also this new thing called Text a Librarian or something. It’s if you get lost in the library (and after seeing it, it’s totally possible).</p>
<p>The school is also very safe. You need an NYU ID card to get into any building, and to get into the dorms you need an NYU ID and you have to key in your birthday. There are security guards in every building at the front desk. Also, there’s this pretty cool program that further enhances campus safety. If you’re out late at night and you don’t want to walk to your dorm alone, you can call this number that’s on the back of your ID card and a van will come pick you up from any NYU building and drop you off at any NYU building. There are also “safe buildings” or something (I forget what they’re called exactly). If you’re ever walking down the street and feel unsafe, you can go into one of these safe buildings, which are marked with a torch, and tell the people inside. You’ll get a glass of water to calm down and authorities will be called in and everything. The tour guide said she never heard of that happening to anyone though. </p>
<p>The only bad thing about NYU is the price. Everything else is amazing. NYU really has pretty much everything. There are over 400 clubs, so everyone can find his or her niche in the school. NYU has the most incredible study abroad programs since they have schools on five continents. NYU students get discounts to Broadway plays (students can get tickets that normally sell for $100 for just $20!). Plus they have a great performing arts center. The tour guide said Alicia Keys was at NYU a few weeks ago for the Tisch students. All in all, it’s a great school, no matter what program you get into. If you don’t mind the non-traditional campus and the price, NYU is perfect.</p>
<p>I’m still not sure if I’m going because of the price. I’m going to see another school next weekend and it has a traditional campus, so it won’t be hard to choose between them. If money wasn’t an issue, I would definitely go to NYU.</p>
<p>Cloudy: Wow. What an informative, well-written narrative of your visit. If you do choose NYU I’m sure you’ll do well. Thanks for sharing.</p>
<p>Wow cloudy I feel like you can be a tour guide haha, great post!! I was there as well and learned a lot about the community. The professors and faculty were all helpful and I even spoke to the director of Multicultural Education and I’m not even matriculated! It’s an awesome school with a ridiculous amount of opportunities. The campus is very unique it’s definitely not for everyone. The Dean recommended that we truly explore the place because it only appeals to a certain individual. There are so many things to do and it’s awesome. But like cloudy said, the price is the main drawback :(</p>
<p>There was individual counseling for the student’s financial aid and I tried my hardest to try to squeeze some more money out of NYU but they said they were firm in their fin aid…So yeah little to no luck when appealing. :(</p>
<p>Thank you, CASmom and sunday1x!</p>
<p>I’m actually hoping to be a tour guide at whatever school I end up going to! I think it’s a great way to get involved and to show school pride. And it just seems like a fun job :D</p>
<p>I was thinking of going over to the FA office too, but I figured it would be useless, and now I know that I was right. Guess I’ll just have to deal with the debt if I end up going :/</p>
<p>@Cloudyafternoons: Thanks for the very detailed response! Sounds like a great visit.
Anyone else have any interesting good/bad stories?:)</p>
<p>I feel like since I applied ED they were more flexible on giving appeals for fin.aid… just a thought.</p>
<p>But thanks for that! I live in Indiana and there was no way I could make it in such short notice.</p>