Student experience / Fall 2026

Picking Classes Blind

Which information sources help students navigate an unfamiliar campus?

SYNTHETIC DEMO

Qualtrics → pandas → dashboard

Local preview · 01

50
Analysis responses
247s
Median duration · analysis rows
10 / 60
Excluded from analysis
16.7%
Excluded / raw · rows reconcile
01 / Information sources

Used often. Useful most?

Share of analysis respondents. Multiple sources may be used; only one can be most useful. Source choices are uniformly sampled at random; these synthetic values are not participant findings.

UsedMost useful
Albert catalog
52% · 26/50
12% · 6/50
Syllabi
34% · 17/50
10% · 5/50
Academic advisor
40% · 20/50
10% · 5/50
Upperclassmen or peers
46% · 23/50
16% · 8/50
Student group chats
32% · 16/50
14% · 7/50
Course-review sites
44% · 22/50
8% · 4/50
Professor's own page
42% · 21/50
10% · 5/50
Other
46% · 23/50
20% · 10/50
02 / The final schedule

How did it feel?

Schedule satisfaction by home campus.

Withheld: at least one nonzero cell is below five.
03 / Time spent choosing

More time, better fit?

Median satisfaction / 5, with each group's n. Descriptive association only.

0–2
3.00 · n=10
3–5
3.00 · n=10
6–10
3.00 · n=10
11–20
3.00 · n=10
More than 20
3.00 · n=10
04 / What these numbers can say

Keep the conclusion proportional.

Synthetic demonstration with n = 50 analysis rows; not participant findings. No students have been surveyed in this demo.

Convenience sample; self-reported, cross-sectional answers. These data cannot establish causation, represent all NYU students, or measure retention. Recommendation intention is not retention. Research-hours categories are ordered groups, not exact hours.