#i guess im back into the blogging game

99prumngle replied to your post “OMG this is hilarious, you really scrolled down far, haha.”

heyyyy, I got into nyu as a transfer (cas), any tips?? Planning on doing a double major

I have not logged onto this blog in SO long. LOL! But heyyy! If you’re still around, thanks for even bothering to ask me for advice. :’)

I have a tag for previous asks which may have some replies that relate to your sitch. This one in particular I responded to an incoming freshman about!

Since you’re planning on double-majoring (if you see this, I’d love to know what majors!), I’m going to assume that you’ll be super busy with coursework. This isn’t revolutionary advice, but definitely take time to self-care. Biggest thing off the top of my head as a tip to new NYU students is take advantage of all the free events & opportunities available to them. My biggest thing I miss from being at NYU is all the stuff there is to do. NYU has the free Museum Gateway program, for instance, that to an arts-lover like me, was wonderful.

Here’s a more insider tip: there are also little known workspaces that you can sign up for, such as in the Leslie eLab (like, everybody knows about it, but nobody actually bothers to use it when you totally should), at the NYU Leadership Initiative office (highly recommend/I love the people there), and the Bobst Library (everybody knows about the study spaces, but they don’t know about the digital center where you can borrow a Wacom tablet or fancy computing equipment, or reserve the sound booth or soundproof rooms that a friend of mine and I fooled around and filmed a fake talk show in).

Since we’re still kind of in the middle of the pandemic, I don’t know how ‘normal’ operations are at NYU right now, or if things will be back to rights by the time September rolls around. But if they are, highly recommend just using all the expensive stuff NYU has to your professional advantage, or just for fun!