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LinzerTorte wrote:

birdlaw117 wrote:

law_monkey wrote:This is all like a foreign language to me since I have never spent a substantial amount of time in NYC. Either I'm doing the student housing, or I will need a TOOONNN of help.

This is me too. I'll be doing student housing unless I just stumble across something amazing (and even then I'll think it's too good to be true, so I won't pull the trigger on it).

Can I hang out at your apts between classes/leave books there during the day?

I'll help you make the jump off-campus for your 2L year in exchange!

(IF I end up at NYU...)

NYU has lockers in Vanderbilt right?

does anyone know if its possible to pick your roomies/apartment-mates in student housing? or is it random? or is there a matching process?

yes there are lockers

mcweanis wrote:does anyone know if its possible to pick your roomies/apartment-mates in student housing? or is it random? or is there a matching process?

yes there are lockers

Yeah you can. There are spots on the housing app to include their name and info

Question for the New Yorkers:

Where do you find apartments? Craigslist? I've had good experiences w/ Craigslist in other cities (I'm a Bay Area native), but I've been cautioned against using it for NYC apartments.

A friend sent me an invitation to "Quentin's Friends," saying that it's better, but I haven't signed up yet since you have to pay for it after a free trial and I'm still a few months away from looking for a place. Advice?

somewhere wrote:Question for the New Yorkers:

Where do you find apartments? Craigslist? I've had good experiences w/ Craigslist in other cities (I'm a Bay Area native), but I've been cautioned against using it for NYC apartments.

A friend sent me an invitation to "Quentin's Friends," saying that it's better, but I haven't signed up yet since you have to pay for it after a free trial and I'm still a few months away from looking for a place. Advice?

If you are smart about it Craigslist is fine (its where I found my place), or if you know what neighborhood you are looking in it might be worth just biting the bullet and getting a broker.

LinzerTorte wrote:

somewhere wrote:Question for the New Yorkers:

Where do you find apartments? Craigslist? I've had good experiences w/ Craigslist in other cities (I'm a Bay Area native), but I've been cautioned against using it for NYC apartments.

A friend sent me an invitation to "Quentin's Friends," saying that it's better, but I haven't signed up yet since you have to pay for it after a free trial and I'm still a few months away from looking for a place. Advice?

If you are smart about it Craigslist is fine (its where I found my place), or if you know what neighborhood you are looking in it might be worth just biting the bullet and getting a broker.

Yeah I'd start with craigslist. Just know how to navigate the shit on there

Are there specific cut offs (GPA/LSAT) for the distribution of Dean's Scholarships? And what are the amounts available?

RJ127 wrote:Are there specific cut offs (GPA/LSAT) for the distribution of Dean's Scholarships? And what are the amounts available?

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RJ127 wrote:Are there specific cut offs (GPA/LSAT) for the distribution of Dean's Scholarships? And what are the amounts available?

It's all pretty random. And there is all diff amounts. 10k 25k 50k 70k 90k etc

thecilent wrote:

RJ127 wrote:Are there specific cut offs (GPA/LSAT) for the distribution of Dean's Scholarships? And what are the amounts available?

It's all pretty random. And there is all diff amounts. 10k 25k 50k 70k 90k etc

Does NYU negotiate at all?

Edit: Also, for those who are interested, I created an NYU/TLS FB group to help us all get to know each other a bit before school starts.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=gro ... 0540084594

RJ127 wrote:

thecilent wrote:

RJ127 wrote:Are there specific cut offs (GPA/LSAT) for the distribution of Dean's Scholarships? And what are the amounts available?

It's all pretty random. And there is all diff amounts. 10k 25k 50k 70k 90k etc

Does NYU negotiate at all?

Yeah supposedly they do. Send them peer schollies

Anyone know how long the appeal process takes?

jpk5372 wrote:Anyone know how long the appeal process takes?

Not sure, but I would let them know your deadline for getting back to other schools.

pixytree wrote:

RJ127 wrote:Are there specific cut offs (GPA/LSAT) for the distribution of Dean's Scholarships? And what are the amounts available?

love the avatar

Just saw this. Glad you recognized it haha.

Just got my financial aid results in. They're not offering me a cent. Hopefully CLS can top that...

redsoxfan2495 wrote:Just got my financial aid results in. They're not offering me a cent. Hopefully CLS can top that...

Did you send them peer school offers?

RJ127 wrote:

redsoxfan2495 wrote:Just got my financial aid results in. They're not offering me a cent. Hopefully CLS can top that...

Did you send them peer school offers?

Not yet. If Columbia offers me something I'll see if NYU wants to match it.

Gonna have to stop reading this thread. All the apt search talk makes me want to live in NYC too much.

LinzerTorte wrote:
if people are going to go further away in Manhattan just to stay in Manhattan rather than living in Brooklyn Heights/Wburg/Clinton Hill, that I can't really understand.

TITCR. if you're going to do manhattan, don't live *NORTH* of central park south. you might as well live in bklyn at that point

LinzerTorte wrote: If you are smart about it Craigslist is fine (its where I found my place), or if you know what neighborhood you are looking in it might be worth just biting the bullet and getting a broker.

again TITCR. you may want to hire a broker especially because you're going to have to deal w/ landlords that won't want to rent to students (because of the lack of income - no, your prospective student loans don't count) and a broker can help you cut through all that.

on that note... if anyone has broker recs on the LES, PM me lol. thanks...

jrockstar80 wrote:

LinzerTorte wrote:
if people are going to go further away in Manhattan just to stay in Manhattan rather than living in Brooklyn Heights/Wburg/Clinton Hill, that I can't really understand.

TITCR. if you're going to do manhattan, don't live south of central park south. you might as well live in bklyn at that point

Srsly? Tintcr

thecilent wrote:

jrockstar80 wrote:

LinzerTorte wrote:
if people are going to go further away in Manhattan just to stay in Manhattan rather than living in Brooklyn Heights/Wburg/Clinton Hill, that I can't really understand.

TITCR. if you're going to do manhattan, don't live south of central park south. you might as well live in bklyn at that point

Srsly? Tintcr

oh crap i meant north of central part south. lol editing the original post

I'm just doing the law apartments. Unsure if I want Mercer or Dag, but now I'm leaning towards a 1 or 2BR in Dag just because of price. Birdlaw, can I come to the parties or am I gonna be that guy on the floor that everyone doesn't invite?

Haha Okay I gotya. I stillll don't necessarily agree, but see where you're coming from

mst wrote:I'm just doing the law apartments. Unsure if I want Mercer or Dag, but now I'm leaning towards a 1 or 2BR in Dag just because of price. Birdlaw, can I come to the parties or am I gonna be that guy on the floor that everyone doesn't invite?

You're obviously invited to the parties. But in exchange, if you live in Dag your place might become the backpack dropoff spot between classes. I'm hoping to get a place in Mercer.