<p>I'm very interested in applying to City college's engineering program. I heard it's pretty good. I never really checked out the campus or the school so can anyone tell me their experiences or what they know about this school? like positive and negative things about going to this school? Also, what about the residential housing, students, professors, the environment.. etc?</p>
<p>anyone? i guess no one goes or heard of this school…</p>
<p>Well, CCNY was once the “poor man’s Harvard” that has, still to this day, produced the most number of Nobel laureates as a public institution. However, its academic standard and reputation has suffered a great deal since 1970 when it adopted open-door admission policy (which was somewhat changed in the 1990s).</p>
<p>Personally, I would not call CCNY’s engineering good, but rather mere reasonable. There are other MUCH better engineering options in NYC and its surroundings, such as Cooper Union, Columbia, Polytechnic, Stony Brook, etc.</p>
<p>Oh. But do you think it’s worth to go to other expensive schools like you mentioned for engineering rather than CCNY with cheaper tuition?</p>
<p>Stony Brook is only a few hundred dollars more than CUNY.</p>
<p>The only problem i have with SUNYs is that I have to dorm and it will be abit expensive</p>
<p>My son is a freshman in the Engineering program at CCNY. He is living in Manhattan and so far he likes it. He was accepted into many other engineering programs including Stony Brook but he liked the idea of living in the city and since we live rather close to Stony Brook he really wasn’t interested in going there. My one piece of advice right now regarding the engineering program at City College is to make sure you take the math placement exam seriously and prepare for it! The outcome of this exam will determine whether you start taking the courses that you need right away towards your engineering degree. If you do not score well on this exam, you will be placed into remedial classes that will prepare you for the courses you need. However, this could put you close to a year behind in getting your degree. I think this is part of the reason why the graduation rate in this school is so low. My son did not score well the first time and he was placed in all these classes that were not going to count towards his degree. Quite honestly, he was distracted and did not take the test seriously the first time. We had to appeal to let him take the test again, which they eventually agreed to. He scored well enough the second time to get into the Calculus class he needed which enabled him to take the other classes required since Calculus seemed to be a prerequisite for almost everything. Good luck with your decision.</p>
<p>Thanks! I already took AP calculus BC and scored well on it during my junior year. Since i don’t have a math class this year, i’m scared i’m going to forget everything. what topics are covered on the math placement exam?</p>
<p>Not sure about the exact topics on the exam but I know that it doesn’t include Calculus. I believe it includes topics up to and including Algebra 2 and Trigonometry. There is a section on the CCNY website that discusses the exam and there is even a link that will take you to some sample test questions. If you already took Calculus BC you should be fine. You just may have to review some material from much earlier Math classes that you took.</p>
<p>oh okay thanks! (:</p>
<p>As an engineering student, I will say half of the teachers are great, but the other half are just not good. Teachers can be either a TA, a professor, or a lecturer. I think in general you should apply to SB as well. SB is more well-known than City College and classes there are generally harder. I’ve tried some of the EE problems there when my friend gave me his exams. Harder.</p>
<p>Now, this is not to say CCNY suck. We have many top students getting into really good PhD programs and received really good job placements. It’s really up to you the individuals to do beyond classwork. </p>
<p>If you want to enjoy both campus life and college life, you should consider SB. Dorming is a different experience. Commute is fine but MTA is always killing us and plus, campus life isn’t so great without dormitory. CCNY dorms are expensive and really really bad IMHO. Just not the type you want.</p>
<p>How could you describe the dorms at City College? i live in Brooklyn so yeah i guess i can commute from home to school and vice versa. But i really do want to live at the towers if im going to city college.</p>
<p>Check out an organization called EHS (Educational Housing Services). They provide housing for students that attend New York City schools. The buildings are run like dormitories with R.A.s and Resident Directors. They are renovated and are in nice safe areas in the city. My son is commuting to CC from one of their buildings which happens to be The New Yorker Hotel. They have students living on 5 or 6 floors of the hotel. Great Commute…about 25 minutes on the subway and its right across from Penn Station in midtown Manhattan.</p>