<p>I come from a midwest suburb and although my high school is one of the biggest in the state, I have no experience of living in a city. In fact I can count on my two hands the number of times I visited the nearest Metro area in the last 17 years. Not that I hate city life I just found so much to do in my suburb and nearby small towns where most of my friends and relatives live. I love NYC though, at least as a visitor.</p>
<p>I have to make up my mind in the next week of so and choose between Stern and my State School which is quite good although not in the same league as Stern. (I will not be joining the couple of other schools where I was accepted). </p>
<p>I visited Stern last fall and absolutely loved it. But I am wondering how hard it will be for a small town person to get used to the city life. Can any of the current Stern students with similar situation help me by sharing their experience please? </p>
<p>There isn’t a soul I know in NYC, leave alone NYU or Stern. Yet I am strangely attracted to Stern and NYC.</p>
<p>you will adjust. that’s life. it’s always changing. it’s like saying you never been in college and how hard it would be you if you go to college to adjust.</p>
<p>To be honest, being a Stern student and living in the city is no different from being any other NYU student and living in the city. I’m a current Stern freshman from around Los Angeles, so I guess I’m more used to ‘city-living’ than you are, but, I must admit, it still took me a while to adjust. There were times when I loved the freedom, but there are also times when you just might feel alone in this big city. As for me, I’ve just been busy with extra-curricular activities and schoolwork to go sight-seeing, but I know there are plenty of people who love to go exploring with their friends on weekends to the park or to the Brooklyn Bridge. Taking cabs and the subway is something you’ll definitely have to get used to and something that’s actually pretty important to figure out. No matter where you’re from (unless you’re from Manhattan), you’ll have to take time to adjust to living in the city without your parents.</p>