<p>You don’t have to live in Manhattan to go to Baruch and you don’t have to live in Brooklyn to go to Brooklyn College, etc., etc., etc. Brooklyn College is about half an hour to lower Manhattan, another 10 minutes to midtown. Queens College is a bus ride to the subway, around 45-60 minutes to Manhattan. There are many cool neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn, but in general, the cooler the neighborhood, the more expensive.</p>
<p>FIT is well-thought-of in the fashion industry. As noted before, it is part of the State U. of NY, not the City U. of NY system. Tuition is higher at SUNY schools than at CUNY schools.</p>
<p>Baruch has an excellent reputation in NYC, as does FIT.
You may to look into UMN- Twin Cities. Gay-friendly, lots of venues, low-ish cost of living, and if you meet certain guidelines as a transfer you may get in-state tuition.
Apply to several schools and after you’ve applied, start looking into the housing situation to see what would be affordable. Once you know where you’ve been admitted, choose according to your budget.</p>
<p>Baruch has an excellent reputation in NYC, as does FIT.
You may to look into UMN- Twin Cities. Gay-friendly, lots of venues, low-ish cost of living, and if you meet certain guidelines as a transfer you may get in-state tuition.
Apply to several schools and after you’ve applied, start looking into the housing situation to see what would be affordable. Once you know where you’ve been admitted, choose according to your budget.</p>
<p>Everyone commutes in New York, so you wouldn’t really need to live close to Baruch. If I recall correctly Baruch is on the east side on 25th St. Several affordable parts of Brooklyn and Queens are an hour or less from there on the subway, and commuting an hour on the subway is a lot different than commuting an hour by car - it’s no big deal. You could also get to Baruch in probably less than an hour from East Harlem, though I would choose carefully because parts of East Harlem can be a bit sketchy, lol. (That’s true of most of NYC, though.)</p>