You wrote, i plan on living on campus my first year but i want to live on my own after that Well, unfortunately, the cost of living in New York City is SO expensive that you probably won t be able to afford to live on your own after that, so you might want to stay in the FIT housing as long as you can.Besides, after having been living here for a year, you ll know EXACTLY where you want to live, so any advice we give you here and now will be null and void by then, so why bother, really?Good luck, and the link below is to a webpage about just how expensive it REALLY is to live in New York City...
it really all depends on what school you go to.You really dont want to go to school in manhattan and live in Brooklyn, its just not convenient.
Not Manhattan. Rent is too damn high there.Look around for apartments in Brooklyn (you can get to school by mass transit.)