<p>NYU - PART II</p>
<p>I just replied to an email, but I thought I’d add this to my earlier post; in terms of “how was move-in day”, and if “NYU felt overwhelmingly big”:</p>
<p>1) Move-in day was surprisingly well organized. We were prepared for the worst, and anticipated bad parking situations etc. Our D had signed up on- line for “the early slot”, which worked well for us since she brought a lot of stuff, and we had added to her pile with some more trips to the local Bed Bath & Beyond. Lots of current students on hand to help out, and the RA of her floor was super nice and welcomed everyone as they made it to their apartments.</p>
<p>2) NYU did a really good job of making everyone feel ‘welcome’ with their welcome picnic at Gould Plaza, and purple handouts galore. The whole Washington Square area felt like a college campus, with students running around everywhere, and parents talking to each other like old friends, even if we had just met. The one thing we did not have was a parent meeting for Tisch or CAP per se. This might have been a nice touch. On the other hand, we knew that it was not on the schedule, and so there was no surprise. The kids on the other hand had a super exciting orientation week schedule, that started the evening of move in day with a Tisch party, followed by days filled with entertainment, free classes, scavenger hunts, mixers, info meetings, both for Studio (in D’s case CAP), Tisch, and NYU. It was a great way to meet tons of people. The Studios at Tisch really feels like a a group of families that are part of a relatively small school (the size of my D’s HS ;)) in a bigger school’s body, and so you have a small school feel in a larger school setting (I hope that made sense) :D.</p>