New York University

If you keep your humour about you, NYU can prove to be an interesting university experience. Just don’t let the pretentiousness of the big city and “the village” scene make you forget that true learning is about much more than sipping lattes in a café while contemplating the designer wear as it swishes by outside.

The class requirements can be a bit excessive, but if you don't select your classes randomly you can probably find something that interests you. Classes can be huge, but I haven't yet had a professor that wasn't acessible.

Socially - a lot of people think that NYU is incredibly anti-social. I completely disagree. I have made the best friends of my life at NYU. Obviously, if you're sitting in your room you're not going to meet anyone...and what's the chance that you're going to have something (or anything!) in common with the person you randomly sat next to in your 120 person lecture class? If you're unhappy with your social life - go out and meet people. NYU has a club for everything. No matter what you're interested in, you're likely to find it. And, NYU has fraternities and sororities...maybe not everyone's cup-of-tea, but they are there (some with pretty great housing, too.) NYU is not a conventional college, but once you get involved in something you enjoy, you definately get the feeling of community. So, I wouldn't recommend NYU to people who would rather complain about what the University lacks instead of motivating & taking advantage of what the school & city can offer them.