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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Psychology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright Let me start off by saying I love NYU. It is by no means without fault, but anyone would be hard pressed to find a school that is absolutely perfect. I've been reading a lot of negative comments about NYU, and while yes, some of that stuff is true, people are forgetting one important fact: NYU is located in one of the best neighborhoods in the best city in the country. How can you complain when you wake up to NYC everyday? Yes, I do get tired of busy, crowded, sometimes dirty city life, but in the end, everything you could possible want and more is located IN THIS CITY. As an undergraduate, its perfect because now is the time to explore and go on adventures. I have seen SO MANY amazing things by living in this city, and I have NYU to thank for that. On the other hand, the social scene here can be annoying and confusing sometimes. Its true that there are practically no straight guys at this school, which can be very disheartening. But once I got over that, I was fine. I made some AMAZING friends here, friends I'll know for a lifetime. Overall, I would rate NYU an 8.5 out of 10, which is pretty good in my book. Education Quality: A+, Campus Maintenance: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 11 2009 3rd Year Female -- Class 2010    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=60956&uid=974'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I couldn't agree more with most of the negative comments on this website, although I think some may be over doing it a little bit. Like everyone else has said, you either love NYU or absolutely hate it. I fell into the latter category. Trust me, I wish that I had loved NYU more then anything--my family is very well connected in nearly all aspects of the univeristy and I got more priviliges then most students. My connections helped me get the dorm and classes that I wanted and if I ever had a problem I always had access to the very top administrators, including the Dean of Students and John Sexton(the president) himself. The entire university was literally at my fingertips and I STILL had a miserable time. Even with all of these priviliges, NYU sucked beyond beleif. The academics were a complete bust. Kids only care about getting A's, they could care LESS about the actual academic quality and learning experience. People cheat, steal, and take the easiest classes justto up their GPA. I'm sure this sort of thing happens at every university, but at NYU it was RAMPANT. No one cared about learning, including the so called "world renowed" professors (who, by the way are impossible to access after class and are most of the time very lazy and only concentrated on their own research/academic persuits). Even though I was in some of the proclaimed "best" classes in CAS the professors were more often then not, horrible. Grade inflation is out of fucking control. No one actually learns or is challenged. Make no mistake: NYU is NOT an intellectually stimulating environment in any way, shape, or form. Everyone is only concerned about getting a degree for the "brand name" rep that NYU has. Most of my qualms are with the social aspects of NYU though. I could deal with uninteresting academic environemt, but I simply could not tolerate the people at NYU. They are superficial beyond belief. They are either wannabe NYC socialites or they actually ARE socialites (and therefore, are extremely elietist and will never, ever want to talk to you). People are obsessed with style and ridiculous fashion trends. Girls will show up to 8AM classes in 5 inch $700 shoes and give you dirty looks if you are wearing sweatpants (I speak from personal experience here). If you are of modest means or hate being around spoiled rich (white) children, this is NOT not not the school for you. If you want to be around people who have something to offer to the world besides material wealth and shallow, brainless bimbo personalities, steer clear of NYU. Seriously. Guys are few and far between, and good decent, DATEABLE guys practically don't exist. Most of the straight boys are douche bags who would be complete losers at any other school, but since they are the minority they are treated like Gods. They are picky and extremely critical which makes most girls very self concious and lowers their self esteem. I can't tell you how many beautiful girls I knew who had eating disorders or cried constantly about how there must be something wrong with them because boys wouldn't pay them any attention. It creates a sickening and overly catty environment, which I simply couldn't take. The large population of gay boys doesnt help either--they are equally as critical and judgemental of women as the straight guys. Ugh, it makes my skin crawl just thinking about it!!! If you don't make friends with the people you live with, kiss your social life goodbye. If you love bars/clubs and that whole scene then you will probably love NYU, but realize that the hot clubs are very selective and SUPER expensive, and the bars are all a 20+ scene. I almost got date raped at a bar once (thankfully my friend saw the guy slip something), but it scared me a lot. NYU=real world situations, bottom line. If you can handle it, good for you--but right now I'm ready to be withdrawn from reality for a while. As far as I'm concerned college is a unique time to be part of a community of motivated intellectuals. I have the rest of my life to deal with the real world, and I just want to experience real college for all that it is. That's why I'm transferring to another school next fall. I'm willing to sacrifice all of my connections and oppertunitties to find real happiness at fulfillment at another school that values its students more (and has a better social life haha) Surrounding City: A+, Useful Schoolwork: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 11 2009 2nd Year Female -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=60954&uid=974'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright TRANSFERING TO WESLEYAN!!! thank god :) NYU was nothing but emotionally draining and academically disappointing. I can't WAIT to be on a campus with real, down to earth people and finally feel like I'm part of some sort of community. Good riddance...you couldn't PAY me to go back!! Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 03 2009 2nd Year Female -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=60764&uid=974'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... 63    Next

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