New York University

There’s no denying that I had some great experiences while at NYU, and that I owe part of my successes after graduation to them.
I attended NYU for undergrad, when tuition was «only» $ 40,000/year* and John Sexton was president.
I loved NYU because their location in Manhattan was awesome– deep in the heart of Greenwich Village. My freshman year, I lived in Rubin which meant I was able to have a 5^th Avenue address for 8 months or so. :)
I enjoyed my program as well. I pursued a degree in Sociology, with a double minor in Italian and Political Science. I had some great professors along the way. For one semester, I even studied abroad at NYU’s beautiful campus in Florence, Italy. By the time I went there, I think it was in University hands for at least a decade, but don’t quote me on that.
Most of all, the people in my class were amazing and moved on to be very successful. I still keep in touch with a lot of the friends that I made there. Hell, my husband and I even met there (technically we first met on our first class ever during our freshman year, but we really only got to know each other during our senior year.)
I also have to give credit to NYU for helping me get a job right after graduation. I was lucky because I entered the workforce right before the 2008 financial crisis. But I’m pretty sure having «NYU» on my resume helped me get callbacks. Same with when I moved to Singapore.
Despite all the great memories, I’m a bit torn on what the University looks like today. You might’ve seen some press about their controversial expansion– «NYU 2031» as they call it– where they expand outside the core Washington Square location and build up to 2 million square feet of housing, classrooms, and offices in the Village. It sounds nice and all, but in the end, it changes the neighbourhood (usually for the worse) and unfortunately, it’s always the students** who end up paying for this costly construction. And NYU is very notorious for giving out really shitty financial aid packages.
Additionally, NYU is expanding globally, with fancy campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai. To me, this screams «NYU = corporate» and I’m of the view that such global expansion dilutes the brand.
Lastly, I’m not too happy with the alumni association here in Singapore. There are many alumni based here, and considering NYU’s greed, it would behoove them to tap into this market for donations, considering the amount of wealth that these alumni have. However, the association doesn’t hold consistent meet-​ups (admittedly it’s getting better in 2016, though in 2015 it was bad) and despite me reaching out, voicing my concerns, and offering my expertise to help, I’ve only been told that «they’ll relay my feedback to the ‘committee’» and nothing comes of it.
I’m surprised that as an alumna, they don’t see my skills as relevant and would rather keep doing things their way. I feel like they don’t support me, and if they’re not willing to support their own, well, I won’t be interested in supporting them in return.
It doesn’t look like the NYU 2031 expansion plans will be going away, so I can only hope that future generations who decide on NYU will still get the education that they need, will be able to (miraculously?) pay off their student loans, and that the University doesn’t ruin its reputation in my lifetime.
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*You can bet your ass my parents are laughing at the return on their investment, considering 2015 tuition was quoted at $ 66,640 a year.
**Don’t get me started on how NYU apparently has more «sugar babies» than any other college in the US!

NYU is not exactly a school, although it is that and has many motivated and excellent faculty members and students; but NYU is, to a larger extent, a franchise. It occupies a strange space between a school with standards, curricula etc and an international investment tool.
I just returned from their Abu Dhabi outpost where I presented at a conference. My field is not political or controversial, and that’s a good thing too since AD is a very polite society where people fall into their respective social strata (Emirati natives at top, Africans at bottom), collect their cash and ask no questions. NYU seems eminently suited to this but they are still willing to push the envelope (showing Matewan– a labor rights flick– to students is almost as risqué in those parts as wearing a «Mohammed sucks» shirt). In the long run, the school will have to decide where it’s heart lies, but right now they are maintaining an interesting balancing act.

According to the staff, they are ‘subject to make changes to educational programs without any notice.’
But surely you are safe from them discontinuing a certificate program after you are more than halfway through the courses and out a year and a half’s worth of work and thousands of dollars, leaving you with nothing in return?
Nope. They can discontinue it and give you nothing — no certificate, no refund, and a complete waste of time taking useless classes from people who shouldn’t be teaching.
I would have been better off getting a certificate at a community college.

I came here with my coworker to grab some info on graduate programs. The campus is HUGE!
Trying to figure out where to go on a rainy, cold day, we finally found the correct building. The staff there were awesome, informative and helped us with all of our needs.
I felt so old walking the campus with teeny boppers rushing to class, but I am very happy I came to check things out and yup, online courses are so up my alley. :)
This review is mainly for the Advisors who helped us both during our visit.

With everything I said about scary tuition fees still remains true, I start to appreciate the education a little more now. I graduated from NYU (Tisch) 2 years ago, and clearly my education has set me apart from many who have studied similar courses. Having required general studies for Art majors is the best thing that can ever happen to undergraduates at Tisch.
But hey, almost all of my grateful peers are struggling to pay their loans now. The tuition is way too damn high!

For those looking to attend NYU’s School of Continuing Education to obtain a Certificate in Digital Cinematography, don’t waste your time or money. It’s really a money trap. I attended the four week intensive the summer of 2014 and was very disappointed that I invested $ 4,000 + four weeks of not working into an education that that seemed more like a scam than any school serious about educating its students. I wasn’t the only one, the entire class felt the same way.
By-​the-​way, this criticism is at the school and not the professors who taught the class. I felt they tried their best with what they were given by school, which wasn’t a lot.
Here’s why:
– NYU School of Continuing Education is not the famous film school at Tisch School of the Arts, its a separate school altogether. I knew this going in but many of the students did not, especially the foreign students who made up ¾ of the class. That said, the school administrators have very little knowledge of how to run a cinematography program and didn’t care to research. For instance, they advertise in their class description that the program will teach students «Digital Cinematography» but the students learn on DSLR cameras. Big difference.
Also, the classroom/​studio is an office space, like what you’d find at an accounting firm. One side of the room had a full row of windows, so when we projected films or class assignments, the room was never dark. There was no way to darken the room. How does a cinematography class not support proper projection… This is whole purpose of the craft.
There isn’t enough workspace for all 20 – 25 students who attended the class. Because there were so many students and so little space, we broke into groups to work on an assignment, so groups had to find empty office space rooms to work in. While in the empty rooms, we’d be hounded and then kicked-​out by the building manager, who was strict that all student must work in one room in the building, even when there just wasn’t enough space. It was a problem and very disruptive. Why didn’t NYU School of Continuing Ed figure solve this problem before the class started and why didn’t they find a solution during the four weeks? The ineptitude of the administrators was so out of place.
The foreign students had it the worst. The original dates we registered for changed by one whole week only a few days before the class was to begin. This really screwed up many of the foreign students financial situations because they had to stay an extra week that they didn’t plan for, which meant extending living arrangements (which is very expensive in NYC), changing flights, paying change fees, ect. It was brutal on some people. And all the effort for a super sub par education.
The whole situation was poor dealings. The only one who truly benefits is NYU School of Continuing Education as they wreck in the cash.
BETTER OPTIONS
After taking the intensive at NYU School of Continuing Education, I obviously needed more. So, I enrolled in The School of Visuals Arts continuing education courses for Cinematography. This school is lesser known than NYU, but I found my education to be so much more thorough. These courses were excellent. They have two working studios, digital cameras, movie lights, full grip, a casting department and everything you need to practice cinematography.
I would also look into Maine Media Lab for a much better alternative to NYU’s terrible program.

Steinhardt:
Composed of mostly rich, white narcissistic students (if you are offended by this statement, you’re probably one of them)
Predominantly lackluster professors, with an occasional good professor thrown into the mix.
The quality of education I received here was not worth the debt…
Overrated at best

Coming from a graduate who studied in the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, I must say that a lot of what makes NYU great is that it’s in New York City. The opportunities for students studying any field to go out into New York City and practice their craft is only matched by schools like the University of Chicago and the University of California at Los Angeles. Make no mistake about it, it’s expensive as fuck to attend New York University. And most people attending are taking out hefty loans and not getting many scholarships. However, there’s a name recognition and quality that NYU inheritedly has that I don’t know you can put a price on. In other words, saying that you’ve studied and graduated from NYU just opens doors that I would argue could have never been opened otherwise. I loved my time there, hanging out at the crowded Starbucks across from Washington Square Park, spending countless hours writing in the Bobst Library, finishing a semester and then going to Swift for drinks afterward. One bit of advice for NYU though: they’ve got to do something better with the Coles Sports Center.

I can finally post this review after completing my undergraduate studies at NYU this May.
In short, the NYU college experience is what one makes of it. My experience was a whirlwind of classes, clubs, internships, social outings, all-​nighters, breakups, makeups, feeling crappy, feeling flawless, disillusionment, and existential considerations and revelations, but after three years, I graduated thankful that I matriculated and stayed at this school.
There are amazing internship opportunities, volunteer programs, intelligent professors who are the top of their fields (Peter Rajsingh, Christine Harrington, and Ted Magder come to mind), and a vibrant social scene, but only if you choose to seek them. That said, bringing your A-​game everyday is hard, and if you ever feel like you’re about to become extinct in the concrete jungle, look for help from people who will gladly come forward to provide it – friends, family, faculty, and even the Wellness Center.
Yes, the school costs too damn much, and you should not attend if you do not receive any financial aid, are the sole provider for your family, who is racking up insane medical bills, and oh, by the way, have loan sharks dogging your every step. I was a scholarship student, so my own analysis is skewed, but I wanted to make sure my family’s investment was not for a gamble, it was for a certainty, and at the end of the day, I felt like I tried my best to make that happen.
Random tips/​thoughts:
1. Use your NYU print grant of $ 50/​semester. If you don’t need it, ask around. Chances are some poor fellow who is absolutely swamped with readings really needs to print 250 pages about the history of the mobile phone (oh, freshman year).
2. Work as an RA (or summer RA) to save money on housing, interact with great faculty members who live in residence halls and the residence life staff, practice leadership skills, serve the community, and have the juiciest gossip. B keeps receiving packages from Fleshlight? Scandalous! S asked for FIVE rolls of toilet paper? No way! xoxo Gossip Squirrel
3. Continuing on that note, work-​study jobs are a good way to make money as a student because they pay at or above minimum wage while allowing for time to do homework on the job. They also work well as a first job on a resume, as the experience gained from working in an office environment imparts valuable transferable skills for future jobs.
3. Free food is readily available – prowl the floors of Kimmel after 7pm or Stern during common hour, or hang around the dining halls to solicit students with extra meal swipes.
4. Take advantage of Ticket Central to score great deals for Broadway musicals, plays, concerts, as well as discounted movie theater tickets.
5. Friend requesting Joan Torch is worth it.
6. You are NOTHING without your NYU ID.
7. Going to Chinatown for dim sum adventures? Save $ 2.50 and take the NYU bus! Same applies for parts of Brooklyn, the West Village, and Murray Hill.
8. If you live in housing, take a stroll around the laundry room and check if there is a free washer or dryer available. Machine problem or human error, who knows? The only thing that is certain is your load coming out extra soft, warm, and snuggly because it was free!
9. Apply for the Wasserman Internship Grant.
10. Never lose sight of why you came here :)

I took a class through the School of Professional and Continuing Studies. The teacher (Spanish II) was excellent and highly recommended, Profesora Lamboy. I’ve had 4 – 5 Spanish instructors in schools around the city, and she was the best by far: encouraging, giving equal attention to all students while being accommodating to their varying levels of proficiency, funny and engaging while not dominating the lesson time with monologues as other instructors might.
The registration process on the other hand was a nightmare. I signed up for the class with a tuition waiver since I had served as a preceptor for an MPH student. The staff person at the registrar accepted the waiver. However, I continued to receive a balance for the tuition that eventually went to a debt collector. Despite communicating with five different NYU staff in various departments/​offices for several months after the class ended, with almost no follow up to my requests/​questions, the issue has barely been resolved. After this, I have no desire to take an NYU class again.

I’m biased as a former student in the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Some of my best memories were here. I loved my undergraduate experience, but while at NYU, I couldn’t help but wonder (many times) how much more I would have loved being here in New York City as a wide-​eyed 18 year old.
I arrived as a graduate student at NYU a week before ⁹⁄₁₁ happened. A lot of people took the semester off, which NYU generously facilitated, even with the students who took the gifted $ 500 because their housing was close to ground zero and they couldn’t get back to their rooms for clothes, study supplies, books, etc.
The school doesn’t have a centralized campus like Columbia. Washington Square Park is probably as close as it gets to that. It’s simply a cluster of buildings (maybe a square or two (like in front of the library) with the purple flag with the picture of the torch adorning the entrance to let people know that it’s an NYU building. I liked that it was this way, because I considered New York City to be NYU’s campus. It truly, truly is and coming to NYU means you’re coming to New York.
There is a student bubble but, unlike most colleges and universities, it’s fairly easy to escape the bubble. I never once felt that whole Towns Vs Gowns thing.
The school is large. It’s prestigious. The CON is being overwhelmed which is a small, small price to pay for having Hilary Clinton come to speak during Women’s History Month or studying in the library and getting interrupted because everyone is running to the main foyer to see Nelson Mandella walk in to speak or VS Naipaul doing a reading the week after he wins the Nobel Prize for literature or Al Gore speaking on global warming. You get the point.
The school does favor left leanings and there are a good number of students and faculty who are far, far to the left, so if you’re to the right or far to the right, this may not be a comfortable place, unless you’re all about being around other people who think differently from you, promote tolerance, celebrate diversity and lean/​look forward to new, free modes of thought.
This is a school that doesn’t hand-​hold so if you know what you want and you’re self-​driven and take personal responsibility for your own education, you’ll be in good company here.
Random story: Jacques Derrida was a professor there while I was a student. When I saw him in front of the library talking to a student, I had my celebrity-​freak-​out moment and just stared at him. It happened in slow-​mo. He looked up at me and I thought he was going to say something, something brilliant, something that would change my life forever. He then looked at the student he was talking to and said, «Let’s go over there and talk.» Still, I was happy with that moment. I forced Derrida to cross the street and continue his conversation. Okay, I’m done being a geek. By the way, did I tell you about the time I forced Derrida to cross the street? So cool, so cool. .. .

I love reading these reviews of NYU by people who have never actually attended. If you’re doing your college search these posts are probably not your best source. They’re written by people who had attended unrelated events on the NYU campus or whose relative had gone to school here.
Well, I am currently a graduate student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences so my review will be biased towards the graduate experience. And I am studying computer science, so I can only refer to my experiences with that. And I am a native New Yorker, so my perspective will be very local. So, okay, my review will probably be only slightly more useful than the other ones here.
The university has added a couple of new buildings in recent years – the Kimmel Center, which houses a cafeteria, lounge areas, computers, classrooms, and event spaces on the upper floors, and the Catholic Center, which houses a church and many classrooms. The new buildings are modern and comfortable. Columbia University is busy trying to catch up over on 125^th St. and Broadway.
The science departments at NYU are generally pretty good. A few depts like math are contenders with the ivies; this is an academically strong school. In an effort to become a well-​rounded university NYU has acquired Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, which has become its new engineering school. So far, it’s looking like NYU and Columbia are striving neck to neck to become the pre-​eminent university in NYC. However, no one would ever kid themselves about Polytech – it is not in the same league as Columbia Engineering.
However, the best thing about NYU that Columbia will never have is location. You have the run of the Village – East for theater performances and good restaurants, West for the upscale and gay vibe and good restaurants. Columbia will never, ever have that. Washington Square Park with its buskers, random artists, and bohemian vibe, as well as the little version of the Arc de Triomphe – Columbia will never, ever have that.
As for the downsides… the administration really doesn’t care much about students. It’s a big university machine, where students come in and have to figure out how to work the system (everything from navigating Albert – the student services online portal – to navigating your major) – everything is up to you. There is relatively little support. For undergrads this can be frustrating, but for students that know how to take the intitative and be aggressive about getting what they want the school is a diamond mine waiting for your pickaxe. I hate the idea of big state schools somewhere in middle America where everyone goes to homecomings and football games. NYU is the absolute antithesis of the American college culture.
Students are politically active here. Almost idiotically so. I saw a flyer pinned on a bulletin board in the library urging students to assemble and protest the fact that one of the gyms is being torn down with no plans for replacement for several years. The protest was against the recent tuition hike and concurrent reduction in gym facilities. While inconvenient I don’t understand what the issue is. Millions of former students’ money went to pay for the new campus buildings we enjoy now. They never got to use it or enjoy it after their tuition hikes. People, this is a business first and a school second. If that offends go to a good state school and get an equally good education for less money.
Another downside to NYU are the celebrities it attracts, like some of those Disney-​affiliated ones that show up in tabloids. But if you come here you’ll probably be lucky enough to avoid those annoying celebrities since the school has more than 40,000 students. That is more time to focus on the important things, like sunbathing between classes on the grassy knolls of Washington Square Park.

I have such fond memories of NYU. I did not attend, but My Mom earned her graduate degree in education at night here. Often I went to class with her as a small child and slept in the back of class… child care remains at a premium in the city.
She graduated Cum Laude and loves to tell people about her experience at her beloved NYU.
On full scholarship she studied at night and became a New York City public school teacher by day and CUNY adjunct professor at night.
Perhaps things have changed, but I felt quite welcome on campus and the three years spent here are some of the happiest and most memorable Mom speaks of. NYU, the West Village, and Mamoun’s (that is what we could afford) on Bleeker will always have a spot within my heart.

NYU SCPS is a great school! They offer so many courses. Great location — especially the campus on 12^th street. You can’t beat it!

I have been just started taking one of my classes at this building and I must say that NYU has built a beautifully modern looking building. The interior is a work of art and the classrooms are fitted with the latest technology.

Ambitious university full of corporate greed that seeks to build an empire around the world: Shanghai, Abu Dhabi and sites around the world by charging high tuition rates and offering low financial aid to talented students who need it most.
Essentially, NYU is an elitist school with ambitious, greedy corporate intentions first and educating privileged and wealthy students second.
To mention some of the good things, there are some good individuals with good intentions, including some professors who genuinely care about the education of the students.

After skimming though all the NYU h8, I felt compelled to write a review of my alma mater. Sure NYU costs a lot, and sure and it may not be the most mothering of colleges out there, but for those who are assertive and forthright, NYU can provide you with damn good education whether it be in philosophy of law, linguistic semantics, or the enigmas of hipsterdom (or all three at once). When I was there (class of 2010) I always picked the best rated professors and they always happened to be the most intellectually challenging classes as well (ahem, Prof. Rajsingh — he’s so awesome I’m mentioning him in an effing Unilocal review.) Your NYU education is what YOU make of it.
Writing the Essay (or Writing Workshop… whatever it’s called these days) might be kinda shady to some, but it really did improve my ability to think and write in a format other than the five paragraph essay that most high school students are taught. Writing isn’t that formulaic and NYU knows that.
Yes, I am in debt, but my debt will be paid off eventually. If if weren’t for NYU, I wouldn’t have made my super artsy friends who blew my mind with what they were doing in their super artsy classes (like create a sculpture that holds water AND shows movement?! wft?!?). I grew up and toughened up faster than my friends who went to more traditional colleges because I lived in NYC and because I had to fight my way through 4 years of that infamous NYU bureaucracy — what separates the true violets (or bobcats now?) from the less formidable, weakling flowers (like pansies). If you want to be coddled through college, go somewhere else, ’cause NYU don’t want ‘chu.

NYU don’t care about students period. They are sooo rude! I spoke to a few representatives at NYU and all were rude to me. I called NYU to speak to a VA rep because I am getting out of Active Duty in the Air Force and wanted to continue my education in Psychiatry. The representative I spoke to (Clara) was very mean, rude, so impatient and kept talking back to me with a bad attitude. I was just surprised by her attitude, I just had a few questions about the program, how to apply and about the benefits. She was frustrated by all the questions and I just said thank you and hung up and decided not to enroll in NYU. Why should I enroll to a school where they don’t want to answer questions, they don’t want to help you and are too impatient? Anyway right now I am looking into other universities…

A greedy octopus in The Village

I’m currently taking classes at NYU SCPS and I’ve had nothing but good experiences. The professors are great and my fellow students are an interesting, varied lot.
Why 3 stars?
Because NYU has totally decimated the neighborhood. It has taken an historic area known for its edgy energy and turned it into some kind of playground for out of town college kids. Guess what NYU undergrads, you aren’t in NY. You are in a facsimile and probably not even that anymore. I agree with prior posters who state that NYU is a real estate hog. I’ve never seen an area go so white bread so fast. Every other building is NYU.

I’m currently enrolled in NYU’s Stern School of Business, Part Time program.
I absolutely love it.
–The faculty is excellent. They are all experienced professors, but also come with plenty of real world experience so they can call on that and not just traditional text book material.
–A very diverse student body, with lots of different backgrounds and work experiences. This makes for very interesting class discussions and lively debates.
–The course offerings are top notch. Stern offered a discipline — Entertainment, Media, and Technology — that no other school offered. Though, I think they are most famous for their Finance offerings.
–Many opportunities for DBi — Doing Business in — which are 1 – 2 week trips to foreign countries to study a particular subject, for credit.
–Beautiful campus on Washington Square Park.
–Not gonna lie, it’s expensive. But worth it. When I looked at the job placement and starting salary for NYU grads, the cost of the school was well justified.

I have been coming to NYU the last several years attending numerous business events and seminars. NYU is always bustling in energy. The programs are always First Class and the professors, staff and students that I have met have always been inviting and intellectually facsinating to meet.
After attending an NYU program, you can enjoy a beautiul walk through SOHO, the Village or Union Square.
Lastly, my son is attending and wrestling at NYU. The coaches and wrestlers are awesome!

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Isn’t mindblowing to think that some person. or even some computer chose which dorm you were going to live in and who you were going to live with? Even the people assigned to the building as a whole! That total random thing/​person basically shaped everything I did there, who I was friends with etc.
So many landmark moments of my life and overall experience in NYC were totally based on the people I associated with in Hayden Hall and have become lifelong friends with.
It’s crazy to even think how drastically different my life would be if I didn’t know these people. Thanks to the person/​people/​computer that randomly picks who lives where.

You get what you pay for– you’ll just be paying for it for a very, very long time. I went here to study education and came out with a Bachelors in Communication Disorders in ’05. Honestly, it was worth every penny because I had a dual degree and the TSSLD (certification to practice as a speech pathologist in NYC for 5 years while getting your masters). Most programs DO NOT offer this option. NYU makes sure you do it.
Counseling in my program was fair to good. Core curriculum classes in communication disorders were a mix of undergrad and grads taking prereqs. Expectations were high and the professors pushed you. Prepared you to apply for a masters in either Audiology or Speech-​Language Pathology. I remember sitting in class one day and being shocked at how much I knew about something I had never really thought about before coming to college. It all just came together.
As for the extra coursework (ie. Map classes. if they are still called that) I really enjoyed most of it. Russian history, French Film (taught by a French teacher who showed us mostly Orson Welles movies), Intro to Printmaking, etc. were all good experiences. The stupid writing course that was required was pretty awful, but I think I had the worst TA ever and he must be gone by now. If he doesn’t have his phD yet, or whatever he was getting, I’m sure he’s in trouble. I attended the movie portion of my boyfriend’s Hitchcock class in Canter. it was awesome and the professor was actually very cool. Plus he totally owned his stuttering, which any future SLP is very happy to see.
NYU has access to the entire city and they let you know it. Kimmel Center was built while I was there and I enjoyed it to the fullest. Program Board was an awesome place to make friends and set up great events for music, film, lectures, etc. The people I met in that club are some of my closest friends to this day. So if you are struggling try that, seriously! Bobst Library was amazing and I still had friends borrowing books for me there after I graduated. I think they let you visit only 3 times as an Alumni. but yeah, that doesn’t suffice if you are going to borrow all of your books for grad school there. I hardly bought any books in college because Bobst always had them and I’d just check them out.
This is a good place to go if you don’t care about a college campus and like to laugh about school spirit. Violets? Come on! Thank you for putting all of the sororities and frats hidden away on several floors of one of your massive buildings. I never had to see them! Washington Sq. Park is yours but you share it with the rest of NYC– and that’s probably what makes this place great. Be sure to jump in the fountain at graduation. Try not to get mad at the Sternies who create dollar signs out of tape on top of their graduation caps.