Get the inside scoop on jobs and careers with Vault career guides. New York University Buzz Book is your complete resource to jobs, careers, interviews and recruiting.
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New York University Buzz Book Get the inside scoop on jobs and careers with Vault career guides. New York University Buzz Book is your complete resource to jobs, careers, interviews and recruiting. |
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New York University Buzz Book Welcome to the first edition of Vault's New York University Buzz Book. In this new and unique guide, we publish extended excerpts and sample admissions essays from surveys of students and alumni from NYU to bring you the inside scoop on its undergraduate program. The survey comments cover the following areas:
The guide is intended to serve as a complement to other references to colleges and universities currently available that utilize school-reported data. Unlike those guides, Vault's Buzz Books (which also include the College Buzz Book, Business School Buzz Book and Law School Buzz Book) are composed almost entirely of information provided directly to Vault from students and alumni. (We asked NYU to comment on the surveys after they were collected.)
We received comments from NYU, which we have included comments next to appropriate survey sections, offset with a different font and indented to be easily recognizable as school-provided comments. Corrections within the body of the comments are enclosed in brackets.
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Admissions: Students Speak
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 1/2003-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: July 2004
Admissions to NYU keeps on getting tougher, but it's certainly not an impossible task. NYU applicants within the U.S. are expected to take the SAT (SAT Subject Tests strongly encouraged) and/or the ACT, depending on geographic location. The student body is incredibly diverse in every sense of the word--NYU seems to be less interested in getting the top 10 percent of each high school class than getting a collection of talented and active young people who have done interesting things with their time during high school. Interviews are not required--I've never met anyone who needed or even went to one--more emphasis is placed on the admissions essays. The best advice I can give on the essays is to be genuine and use spell check. Pretentious, stuffy essays full of five-syllable words might work all over the place but quirky, sincere efforts that will catch the interest of the admissions staff are more likely to help you in the end.
Academics: Students Speak
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2000-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: February 2004
The academic classes are AMAZING. I have taken over 35 courses at NYU, and only three of them were disappointments. The professors are phenomenal. They are all experts in their fields, and they know each of the students' names. The workload is heavy in almost any class that you enroll. Grading is fair. There are many popular classes; however, since the classroom sizes are small, students must register as early as their registration date allows them to. There are too many great courses to miss out on--take advantage of them your senior year.
Employment Prospects: Students Speak
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2003-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: May 2005
Employers regard NYU students highly and there is a good network between alumni and students for obtaining jobs. The Wasserman Center for Career Development is wonderful, with a detailed job database, job placement, job fairs and job assistance.
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2001-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: February 2005
NYU has a great career office. However, the best resource for an NYU student is being in New York. For a business student, it is nearly impossible not to find a high-quality internship during your time here. The breadth of undergrad intern possibilities makes finding full-time employment much easier when compared to other non-Ivy private institutions.
Quality of Life: Students Speak
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2000-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: January 2004
Although some say that NYU does not have a campus, your college setting is in the center of Greenwich Village with an untraditional campus built around it. The quality of life at NYU depends on if you have NYU housing, get your own apartment or if you commute from home. While some students may decide to get involved with extracurricular activities and clubs, others attend class and then have other obligations outside of the college setting. In this aspect, a university that does not have a traditional college campus can separate the university and its students. Because NYU is not the traditional college experience but rather is placed in a real-world setting on your first day of college, it is up to the student to take advantage of all that the university has to offer.
Social Life: Students Speak
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2000-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: January 2004
The social life at NYU exists outside of campus. There are an amazing number of bars flanking the campus area, as the main buildings and residence halls are all located in the Village or Union Square area. There are nearby restaurants covering cuisine from all over the globe, and the subway is so close that it's easy to go to any other part of the island. If you're staying on campus, there are fraternities and sororities at NYU, but they are few and far between and are located inside residence halls. There are Greek parties, both in dorms and at local bars; however, the majority of NYU students take advantage of the City rather than staying on campus to party.
