oktherapy
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NYU rejected you but you got accepted by Columbia?! That's amusing. What master did you apply to?
Congratulations btw!!!
I was hoping for a perhaps thick and purple envelope, however, my heart sank when I saw the thin, pale mail from NYU. It turned out that I got accepted and being told to send them money (deposit) ASAP, lol.
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You live in jersey city?
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...anyway, no matter what you're making, you shouldn't have to compromise your safety. having to take a taxi isn't necessarily going to make you poor, but you have to balance the taxi costs with apartment costs.
as for good places to live for an nyu student, i think you have the right idea about looking in brooklyn. you might be surprised with the quality of the apartments if you really look, though. almost all bedrooms have windows, although i've stayed in one without . . but that was a special situation. ($300/mo. in greenwich village.) i'd also look in alphabet city (that's on the east side of manhattan). i know a lot of people who lived in that area and paid about $600 for sharing a 1 bedroom. (that is, each person gets their own room.) if you really want, you can get places that price in the east village, too. i'd suggest jersey city, but not if you like to go out a lot. but i think it'd be worth your while to at least look a little in manhattan, at least as a point of reference. (so you know what you'll be losing and gaining by living in brooklyn.)
Thanks for the suggestions
I'll look into the places you mentioned. I have visited friends in nyc, who all happen to live in manhattan. I have more or less an idea of how "cozy" the apts tend to get and at what price. However I'll still look at all places available, like you said, to have a point of reference.
Maybe this question sounds lame: The cost of living in manhattan should more than brooklyn right? Apart from rent, but in supplies ( ie groceries), eating out, etc.
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MPH, sparky altruism.
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i've been a student living in the nyc area for years. and unemployed, too, for several months. it's not impossible to live in new york. you just have to be willing to make compromises (not be set on living within walking distance of campus or living entirely alone) and put in the effort. actually, in some ways it might be easier to live in the nyc area than other places because transportation is good and everyone lives in apartments.
So true. NYC's public transportation gets you almost everywhere (when I was in Miami, I had to get a car).
The down side of not owning a car is when going out at night, coming back home. I need to find a place where it is safe for me to walk on the streets pass 12.
I wonder, how do new yorkers do it? haha. Taxi? I'll be broke before Thanksgiving.
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Yes, I am. Although not 100% decided. I've been meaning to post here for a while but have been too scared about reading a barrage of responses saying how impossible it is to live there as a student! What you planning on for housing?
Nah, it is not impossible to live in nyc as a student. I have two good, long time highschool friends who went there for undergrad who did just fine. If they can do it... I know I can do it, possibly better! However, they stay home most of the time... I'm more outgoing so I will need to balance my $$ carefully.
About housing, I will do apt sharing/roommates; I can't afford Chelsea, Greenwich or any of those areas near NYU. Brooklyn is where I plan to go on room-hunting. Queens I believe is too far, even in Sunnyside or Astoria. How my roommate/s will be is pretty unpredictable (and kind of scary for me). Oh and of course... trying to find a room with A WINDOW and a decent Closet at an affordable price. Haha.
What about you?
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Anyone going to NYC this fall?
last post was back in 2006...
hello? *echoes....*
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Hehe, I was just joking (although it is kind of true that I don't see much NYU postings here).
I'm gonna go to there anyways in fall. However, I will still wait faithfully to daseinplushie's post.... lol
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Any updates?
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It is just me or what? I barely see any NYU students here (or ppl that are attending for sure) lol.
I'm getting paranoid
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My father did his grad work at NYU, in English Lit. At the time he went there, it was very good. He still has several colleagues there, and always has good things to say about the program. Of course, this is second-hand information, so you should take it with about a pound of salt. Also, like anywhere else, grad programs vary wildly from department to department.
If you want, I can ask him what he's heard from colleagues about your department...I owe him an email
Certainly, programs varies from department to department. I just wonder how bad could it really be? hehehe. If you don't mind the hassle... I would definally appreciate if you could ask your father for me 8) ; it's Master of Public Health.
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I'm foreign student and will be attending NYU in fall for a master, I recognize that the university is very costy and the living expenses in the city isn't cheap as well.
A friend of my parents questioned them on why would they bother to let me go there. "NYU is famous, for being expensive... for charging a lot". From the tone and other comments, it sounded like NYU is not big deal of a school and is overrated. "NYU accepts a lot of people, so they can make money."
Now I wonder... is NYU really that bad? Would it be a stupid move for me to study there? I mean... I would definally enjoy living in nyc and I love the curriculum of the program. But those comments came from a new yorker (btw, his son attended SUNY's law school)
Any NYU student or better, grads here to answer me? Inside scoop? hehe...
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I emailed today and 10 mins after I got a reply. I got accepted!
They wrote that my decision letter was sent march 19th. However, the program administrator was kind enough to attach a pdf version of the letter with the email.
It doesn't mention any financial aid though.. I guess I didn't get it
I always thought that I was so lucky to be debt free, I guess my luck just ran out. -
Am I the only creature here who applied for MPH this year?
This altruism is killing me.
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That's what I've been doing. It's worked for everyone but UMass. They're just rude in that office. They finally sent over a mass e-mail to me and 44 other people telling us that we're on the waitlist. When I e-mailed to ask where I was positioned on the list, I received no response.
Mass e-mailing about waitlist? darn, that saved the person who is encharged of notifying a lot of time and and calories spent on key stroking.
That's quite inelegant.
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Maybe I really should send them an email. It's not like my email will change their decision anyways...
Thanks for the replies!
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Will I look too desperate if I email the program about my application? They say that by April 15th, all candidates will be notified of the committee decisions. I cant stand two and half weeks more of obsessive email checking and anxiety whenever I go pick up my mail (hoping for a thick purple envelope).
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neil: me too! hahah. I mean, heck.. if I'm rejected, just let me know right away.
Oh well... Those people are busy too.. they have life besides viewing the applications and deciding them. *shrugs*
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I applied to NYU for MPH, haven't heard from them yet. Everyday I come back home from work.. the first thing I do is check my email; I have to say that the wait is a psychological torture.
It might be worse if they decide to inform me their decision via snail mail. I'm an int. so I would have to wait extra long for the freaking letter to arrive.
Someobody shoot me... (and pliz do revive later me in case I'm accepted, haha)
Big envelope or small envelope?
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