NYU ABSN Spring 2013

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Hello, I'm a long time AN reader, first time poster. I haven't seen any discussion about spring 2013 entry, so I thought I would start.

When are you guys going to apply? august or sept?

I got in too! Is there a fb page or anything so we can all "meet"?

I've looked for an fb group, but I don't think one's been made for Spring 2013 yet. If anyone wants to make a group, and share it with the rest of us that'd be awesome. I think a fb group would be better than a page, b/c we can post in groups and share links/whatever?

I can make one when I get home in a bit :) that would be helpful to have! Anyone else a little overwhelmed with wondering how you're going to pay for tuition and where to live? I am... But my excitement and happiness is def stronger!!!

While I have not been accepted yet (fingers crossed!!), I have lived in the city for three years as a grad student. I would be happy to give anyone advice on where to live, etc. I'm especially familiar with Brooklyn- there are a ton of neighborhoods that are SUPER convenient to NYU and are significantly cheaper. If I can be of any help let me know!

Me too, I lived on the UES for 4 yrs but am excited about living in the village possibly. I'm considering nyu housing, well see what happens

When you log in, does it say "accepted" anywhere under Application Status?

It says "admissions offer" .

Out of curiosity, do they also send denial letters? Or do students who aren't accepted just not get an admissions offer (i.e. no status update)? Or are denials sent out last in December? This system of sending out acceptances in batches is new to me.

Also, FYI to all. I just got of the phone with a super helpful admissions rep- she said that they don't have a timeline for releasing regular decision applicant's admissions offers. She said the storm really set them back and that they were still going through priority applicants applications at this time. She also said the latest decisions would go out is mid-December. :)

They send the first few batches of admission offers first. Then they send their obvious admission denials pretty soon after.

Everyone is placed into tiered levels of: highly qualified, qualified, semi-qualified (some of these are waitlisted), reject.

Highly qualified applicants who applied for the regular deadline will usually get an admission decision/offer before semi-qualified people who applied for the priority earlier deadline also..... This is because the college will wait for the highly qualified or qualified admits to reject their offers, so they can send out more offers to the next tier of applicants.

Good luck!!

p.s. I hope this doesn't offend anyone, just wanted to give you a behind the scenes look at how admissions really works.

@ knh39

I live in Long Island and I take LIRR to get to NYC, which is about an hour worth of travel. The on-campus housing rates are pretty astounding! So expensive! You think it's ok for me to commute from Long Island everyday with all the classes that I'm gonna be taking? :/

@ knh39

I live in Long Island and I take LIRR to get to NYC, which is about an hour worth of travel. The on-campus housing rates are pretty astounding! So expensive! You think it's ok for me to commute from Long Island everyday with all the classes that I'm gonna be taking? :/

Well, I think that really depends on three things:

a) your travel options

b) your present living/financial situation

and c) your tolerance for traveling.

I also grew up on Long Island, so I'm quite familiar with the LIRR and its joys lol. I presently live in Brooklyn (Fort Greene) I'll relate your question to my own living situation and hopefully it will help!

Where I live in Brooklyn I'm about a 30 minute subway trip to NYU door to door (I'm actually rather close to Manhattan, but live off the G train which has no direct access to Manhattan, thus extending my trip a little bit). The way I see it these are my access options:

Train (with transfers)- 35 mins

Bus (to train)- 30 mins

Cab/Car- 10 mins with no traffic, around 30 with

Bike- 25 mins

Walking/Running- about an hour (I'm slow lol)

So if the MTA decides to go all haywire for any reason, I still have 3 non-MTA options that get me to NYU in under an hour. Take a look at the LIRR schedule for your branch. Do trains run frequently enough that you have multiple options for when to come in/leave the city? (in case you have an early/late meeting, clinical, etc). I grew up off the Montauk Branch and trains weren't super frequent, plus transferring in Jamaica= no fun. If the MTA whacks out do you have an alternative to get in? A bus line? A car?

Aside from that, your living situation. I presently live in an awesome rent-stabilized one bed that I pay $1295 a month for with heat and hot water included (WAY WAY WAY under market rent for my neighborhood). If I get in and have to quit my job for 15 months I'll likely sublet my place and move a little deeper into Brooklyn with some roommates to save money. There are plenty of Brooklyn neighborhoods that are convenient to NYU (via the R for example). I know I can find a room somewhere for $500-$900 a month depending on how nice of a place I want and how many roommates I'm comfortable living with. $800 a month in savings? Worth extending my commute by 10 minutes or so to me. Do you live at home? Or are your living expenses really reasonable?

Third, what is your tolerance for public transit? Mine is limited lol. I currently work in Yorkville (Hospital for Special Surgery), and my door to door commute is an hour in the AM and an hour and a half in the PM (with traffic, ugh). That's because my AM commute is early, before rush hour really gets going and my PM commute is at the lovely traveling hour of 5 pm. I make the best of it though- I usually get on when the train is pretty empty so I just grab a window seat and read the whole time. In that sense the train ride can be a good thing- an opportunity to force yourself to sit there and study. But if you get on at a station where the train is usually crowded by the time it gets to you that changes things.

So in summary, if you live pretty cheap where you are, have an alternative to the LIRR in case the MTA sketches out and can tolerate some pretty hefty reading time on the train, I would stay there. That said, the experience of living in the city is really great and if it something that interests you at all (and wouldn't be too hard to manage financially, etc) I would go for it. But I would skip the dorms and go the roommate route personally.

Hope that helped a little :)

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