<p>I stopped reading the comments at around page 4 so I don’t know where the conversation went after m just started being kind of delusional with his comments. but yea let me just make a few points about recitations and also NYU professors as an alum of NYU…</p>
<p>so my first point about recitations is that recitations by definition are classes that are taught by TAs or teaching assistants, teaching assistants who are graduate students in the department of the class being taught. and recitation classes supplement the main classes to help the students understand the material better by requiring them to spend an additional 1 and half hours during the week in addition to the time spent in the two classes during the week to engage in discussion with other students and a teaching assistant… personally, I never took a course that was not taught by a professor with the exception to one introductory English lit course. so there you go… </p>
<p>and listen, NYU is just like any other college in regards to the ratio of classes that are taught by professors. it’s no different at all. but the students have the benefit of taking courses that are taught by - as some people said in this thread - “leaders in the field.” that’s all to say that in terms of the experience which is really what is the topic of this thread - in the end, it’s the same exact experience as other colleges… but again - there are really good professors at NYU - i guess like the best according to what the rankings have said and according to people who know like good philosophers and stuff. </p>