<p>I would highly recommend for anyone to visit NYU before choosing it. I think there is a lot of culture shock when a kid moves to Manhattan from another part of the country or world. (And it works the other way too. I know kids from the tri-state area who had a very hard time adjusting at schools on the West Coast or in the South. We are wired differently! lol)</p>
<p>Unfortunately sometimes kids attend NYU because of the “name brand” and the extensive alumni list without really knowing what the school is like. But this can be a disaster. It is not the typical USA college. And it is certainly not right for everyone. For my child it was the obvious choice. We did not find another BFA program as flexible or that allows as much academics. And the constant collaboration with the film students has been an added bonus.</p>
<p>The kids I’ve met at NYU are bright, artistic, inquisitive, tolerant, worldly, edgy and atypical.
Happy and shiny… not so much. 
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