High school College Counseling Assistant and IB English teacher, Gretchen Arguedas, had the opportunity to visit New York University’s new campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Gretchen was one of seventeen college counseling professionals from around the country invited to tour NYU Abu Dhabi’s campus, meet students and faculty, attend a dinner with NYU’s president, John Sexton, and explore Abu Dhabi.
NYU Abu Dhabi’s student body currently consists of 161 students hailing from sixty different countries. Eventually, the school will build enrollment to around 2000 students. Admission to NYUAD is highly selective, and around 2% of last year’s applicants were granted admission. The school describes itself as “The World’s Honors College” and aims to “embody a new paradigm in higher education for a global world” and “be a center of innovative undergraduate and graduate education and of distinctive scholarship, research, and artistic activity.” (NYUAD website and mission statement)
Gretchen came away from the experience completely impressed with the caliber and diversity of the students attending NYUAD. Riverstone is excited to host representatives from NYUAB on May 9th. Representatives will present information on NYUAD, NYU New York, and NYU Shanghai, which is scheduled to open in 2013.
Enjoy Gretchen’s photos from her trip!
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