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Most HelpfulMy daughter started a graduate program five years ago at New York University. She was given subsidized housing her first year through a grant. She still had to pay $800 a month rent. The program I am referring to is the Ph.D. program in Sociology. Like many programs she was given free tuition in exchange...
read full review »Attending NYU is an experience that would teach you to not only work hard for your grade, think critically but a university that is set on the most perfect location. It is located in NYC, one of the wealthiest, busiest and the best social networking city you can live in. Opportunities here are great and finding a job to an intern has been the most sufficient and easiest thing for many NYU students, because it is in t he city where they are opportunities for majority of all the people.
While I was glad for the free toilet paper that university housing gave us poor souls who couldn't afford to buy our own, I thought we deserved at least 2-ply stuff for the tuition we paid. Oh, and free beads during mardi gras in the student center. Woohoo!
The one good thing, though, was that my department chair recommended me for an internship at a publishing company that eventually gave me a scholarship. So I did feel that someone in NYU went out of their way for me.
NYU is a very good school. It is constantly improving. And it's located in a great city, with plenty of sources of entertainment and inspiration. Nevertheless, it costs way to much to attend. For most people, I believe that all of the benefits I mentioned above are not worth the high cost of tuition and housing. You can get a good liberal arts education at many other schools, including state schools. Aside from its prime location in Manhattan, NYU is not special.
I have benefited immensely from the school's career center, which is well connected with the business community in New...
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