How is life really at NYU

SJ2727
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:48:15 +0000

Adding a couple of comments - my D is currently in her 3rd year at NYU. If you want a traditional campus/sports college, NYU is not that. My D did not want that - she loved the schools (NYU, GWU, BU etc) that are integrated into cities. And she loves living in the heart of Greenwich village.

Not quite sure where the idea of it being “antisocial” comes from - obviously, covid has affected the experience of the past couple of years quite significantly, and for kids arriving at college since fall 2020 it will have been difficult as a result. But it’s my understanding that most of how you meet people on campus at any college is through dorms and in classes, and that has been my D’s experience too. Yes during covid it ended up being largely the people she had already made friends with (she was there for 1.5 semesters before the covid lockdowns/restrictions) - but as restrictions have been relaxed social life is picking up and she’s meeting new people this semester again. If you are worried about the social aspect, definitely stay in a dorm - and importantly, partake of the programming. The dorms try hard to organize events where people can both meet each other and get to know NYC. Kids need to take part in these. All that said, again, if what your kid wants is a traditional campus, this is not it.

Stern is obviously a top business program, and I’m sure you already know it has single digit admit rates but yes - if your D is admitted definitely visit - they have an admitted students weekend in April, hopefully that will be back in person this year. This is the one weekend that kids can tour dorms, and there are various info sessions etc.

As for political - the university is clearly liberal (MLK week, celebrates pride week, etc etc) but again this is not different from many other colleges, and there are certainly students of all paths of life (young republicans, conservative Christian churches etc) represented on campus. You can be as involved as you want, or remain totally uninvolved if you want that.