NYU Langone Spring 2009

I received both my BS and MS degree from NYU. Personally, I disagree with the way NYU treats lots of their applicants and even current students. NYU began to believe that they will shoot up to the elite tier in both undergrad and grad level for awhile but it hasn't happened.

Although their MBA program is rising through the rankings, I highly doubt it will reach where it aspires to be. Having said that, I feel like NYU is being snotty, especially to their potential applicants. There are other schools (such as Kellogg - elite program for a long time) that seriously show care to each student and make them feel valuable.

Another factor that NYU does this to their part time candidates is the fact that it is the only top part time program in NYC area. Since Columbia doesn't have PT program, and other schools like Fordham, St. Johns, Baruch and Pace aren't even close in terms of quality of education, NYU is pretty much doing whatever they want to.

The recommendation that I got from people in the past that were admitted off the waitlist was that I had to do something to distinguish myself from the rest of the waitlist applicants. Logically, if my application was strong enough the first time then I would've been admitted otherwise I'm just praying for others to give up their spots. So I thought of it not so much as getting a higher GMAT score ( which I did ) but that I was willing to spend the time, money and effort to show them how committed I am to succeeding in the program. NYU is what some would call a "Show me you love me" school.

This post was really helpful...what did you do to "show them" while you were waitlisted?

Any DB Updates at all? I've been on the waitlist for over a month, and can't like my odds with the last count. Are there any other waitlisters out there? Echo...? Does anyone know what is taking them so long to either ding or accept?

So to all fellow PT admited students, I had a a question.

I did not realize that NYU approves a student loan only one semester at a time. Being an international student and not a US resident that is just horrible for me, becuase that means once I run out of the approved budget, I will have to reapply.

Anyone else in the same boat?
Please could you some send me a note on how you are dealing with tuition payments through a loan.

Thank you

Actually I don't understand your email completely. I applied to Citibank but no response yet.

Why are you saying "NYU approves a student loan"? it's loan not from NYU but from Citibank
Why are you saying "once I run out of the approved budget, I will have to reapply"?

DB 299 as of 10:45pm 12/16

Wow, 299. So here are two questions for anyone that might know:

a) What happens to Waitlisters once they hit 300? Do they ding everyone else, or do they keep the list going in case any of the accepted bow out?

b) Has NYU strayed from their # in the past? Are they likely to go beyond 300 for any reason? (Down economy, endowments might be less than usual...)

...is this it?

Congratulations to everyone who got into Stern.

I am a Fall 08 PT admit. Just got through my first semester. I am happy to answer any question that you may have.

I also want to post a shameless advertisement for everyone who's been admitted. I am trying to sell my books (Leadership in Management & Accounting). If you're interested, please let me know.

thanks. If we take 6 credits, how many extra hours do we need to use for study at home?

Citibank approves one semester at a time. I just got approved for Spring. In Spring you reapply for Summer and so and so forth. After one year that is in your second year you can apply for spring and fall together

I guess I didn't realize that. It wasn't clear to me from their website.

Also, does anyone know if as a PT student w/o tution support from company if recruiting/ career fair options are available to students ?

It depends on the class you are taking. My experience is that so far the workload has been manageable. As far as hours outside of class, I'd say it ranges from 0 hours during some weeks to 10 hours during exam/paper due weeks.

But I have heard about other classes that require much more than that (ex. Operations).

Does anybody know where we are supposed to send the "langone program New Student Photo and Directory Authorization" form? I assume that we wouldnt send it to the Bursar's office? Do we send it to the address on the top left corner of the photo and directory authorization form?

Is it even worth asking for the latest DB count?

DB=301@8:00AM

Just finished up my first semester at Stern - I think I spent a little over $200 on books, but that's with digging around online for bargains for that huge Accounting text. Speaking of which, I also wanted to insert my shameless plug if any of you are starting this Spring and needs the text for Accounting - send me a PM if you're interested

And congrats to all who were admitted!