<p>I’m CAS freshman and am going to NYU this summer.
In China, people do not provide their emergency contacts when applying for housing.</p>
<p>For the first time, i need to provide one.
I don’t really have anyone familiar in NYC.
Most of my classmates are going abroad after me and it’s impossible for them to get a U.S. phone number now.
If I wrote down my parents’ or sister’s number, it might be nonsense, as they live in China, thousands of miles away from NYC. </p>
<p>Who do you guys write down?
Do you have any suggestions?</p>
<p>I wrote my dad’s number with area code and stuff, no biggie (I guess).</p>
<p>Your parents’ number is fine, NYU can afford international calls 
The emergency number is there for making medical decisions or if you go missing - do you want one of your classmates handling that?</p>
<p>Yeah emergency contact number can be anyone. For example, if you were hospitalized (not to scare you or anything) then you would want your parents to know.</p>
<p>That is my concern as well 'coz at the moment my child of course doesn’t have a US mobile no., so I put in my international number for now.
Here’s the email reply about my enquiry on contact details —</p>
<p>“When accessing the student information system there is a requirement that all students have a telephone number (preferably that of a mobile phone) on record so that the University could contact the student in the event of an emergency. In addition, the student must also provide the name and contact information of their emergency contact. In order to access the Student Information System this information must be on the student’s record. Please note, however, that it is possible to update the information at any time after it has been initially entered by the student.”</p>
<p>Albert J. Gentile
Associate Registrar, New York University
Office of the University Registrar
726 Broadway, 8th Floor, New York NY 10003
Office: (212) 998-4805 | Fax: (212) 995-4090
<a href=“mailto:albert.gentile@nyu.edu”>albert.gentile@nyu.edu</a></p>