Accepted in CUNY's City College of New York Engineering program (Grove)

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I was accepted in CUNY’s City College of New York Engineering program (Grove) and my school counselor had told me it is a commendable program to be accepted into. I tried doing some research on it and I cannot find much info…
Does anyone have any statistics on the school’s program and how large it is(how many kids in it).
Also, how does it rank as far as it’s engineering programs, have you heard good things

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You may not get much response because CUNY is not well known outside of New York City.

That being said, the Grove School of Engineering, lke most ABET accredited undergraduate engineering programs, is quite rigorous. They take it a notch further at Grove. It may not be MIT but admissin to Grove is not easy and it certainly is dead serious once you get there. Grove is certainly good as the other engineering schools in the area; Fordham, Manhattan College, Polytechnic NYU…with the exception of Columbia, depending on the discipline. Columbia is probably the best Chemical and Bioengineering department in NYC. Can’t speak to Computer Engineering.

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Thanks so much for the reply!
I was also accepted into NYU Poly…what are your thoughts and suggestions

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NYU has a reputation of being a cheap skate with financial aid, despite the steep price! I am sure Polytechnic produces competent engineers but you get the same or better at a better price from CUNY, Fordham and Manhattan College.

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And as far as jobs go…?
Would I be payed better if I had a degree from Poly?

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Depends upon the field or discipline of engineering. NYU does not have an overwhelming reputation in the traditional engineering disciplines. NYU’s engineering strength seems to be in Biomedical Engineering and Biochemistry. By the way, it’s hard to start a BME career with just a B.S. degree. Not impossible, but VERY difficult. I understand that BME firms want at a minimum —Master’s Degree holders.

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See what job information you can find on the NYU Poly career website.

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I just took a look at the NYU OCR (office of career resources). Not much information available if you’re not a current student. Not unusual, since other schools take this tack. But many schools are very transparent about which companies visit their campuses to recruit students.