<p>I'm a junior in high school and considering going to Baruch college (as an out-of-state student) in New York if I get that coveted full ride scholarship that comes with Baruch honors or Macaulay honors. What are my chances of getting into the honors college? Intended major: Finance</p>
<p>City: Memphis, TN
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
ACT: 32
Class Rank: 6 in a class of 500
Rigor of schedule: I will graduate with 4 AP classes and many honors classes under my belt.
Extracurriculars: My weakness... I don't have a large amount of extracurriculars, just one main one. I am an advanced classical pianist and have been playing for about 10 years now. I practice about two hours a day and have won several competitions. I also have some little extracurriculars (National Honors Society member, Latin Club member, Mu Alpha Theta member) to compliment my piano playing.</p>
<p>A final question: will being from Memphis help in any way in the admissions process (I would think that Southerners are underrepresented at any of the CUNY schools.</p>
<p>Any answers, comments, advice would be MUCH appreciated!</p>
<p>Macaulay Honor: High match
Baruch Honors: Match</p>
<p>Macaulay honors is ridiculously hard to get into, although you have a really good chance. My friend got rejected with a higher SAT score equivalent.</p>
<p>Well if you get Baruch Honors, don’t you still get a full ride scholarship? My main motivation is the full ride, so I don’t know the main difference between Macaulay honors and Baruch honors.</p>
<p>Even if you don’t get a full ride, Baruch is so rediculously cheap for NY residents that more kids should be selecting it. I am amazed that it isn’t as tough to get into, overall, as NYU and other top schools.</p>
<p>I agree. For instate students it’s an absolute steal, unlike its expensive counterparts NYU, Fordham, etc… but like I said, I live in Memphis so I still want some major scholarships. Otherwise I’ll probably end up borrowing a lot of money to go to Indiana University for the Kelley School of Business.</p>
<p>Yes, but I can’t find another good business school for such a good price AND with that “typical” college experience. What’s so good about the college experience anyway? Is it really worth paying the extra thousands of dollars for the college experience when you can get a stellar job coming out of a cheap school like Baruch? Someone help me out; I’m a naive high schooler trying to map out my life :)</p>
<p>The college experience meaning living on a campus alone without any family members, going to classes, managing your time is an image we’ve all created like in movies or just through the years. In the past, most kids go away for college. But now, they live at home mainly to decrease the college expenses. Personally I don’t think it’s worth the thousands of dollars but it’s something you do once in a lifetime. I would have went away but money was the problem. Basically, college is to claim your independence. If you living at home under your parent’s roof, they still have say in what you do, they still call you at midnight, 1AM to bug you to come home, etc. On the other hand, if you want to move out and live in a dorm like style, it’s more expensive if your going to a city school. The meals, the rent, the utilities it adds up. But even though your using so much for the apartment, you’ll be set for your business lifestyle once you graduate from college unlike the campus suburban lifestyle. </p>
<p>It all depends on the student. Depends if the student can stay in a campus having nothing to do, not nothing but if you’re comparing to the amount of activities baruch is surrounded by, it’s not a lot. Depends if the student loves to work and go out and party. </p>
<p>Bottom line after all my rambling. all schools have their pros and cons.</p>
<p>A college experience is a nebulous concept. Yes, living on campus with lots of kids your age and having hot and cold running babes is nice. However, having the borough of Manhattan as your campus, can also be quite an experience too.</p>
<p>I’m just trying to figure out what the typical college experience is actually worth. I’m interested in asking adults if it’s really what it’s cracked out to be. I know I would like it, but I don’t if it’s worth all of the extra money.</p>
<p>I am a current Baruch honors student and can answer some questions for those interested. </p>
<p>From what I know, Baruch honors is just as hard if not harder to get into than NYU. Cornell is harder to get into. </p>
<p>The free tuition is only good when compared to the expense that must be paid for a school like NYU. You can save about 100,000 over 4 years.</p>
<p>Its probably worth going to Baruch honors over NYU if you cannot afford NYU. If you can, I would go to NYU because it is a private school and there are more things one can get from a private school over a cuny. </p>
<p>Being a commuter sucks, it really does.</p>
<p>You do get to register ahead of everyone so you won’t have problems getting into the best regular classes. Though, you need to plan your honors classes well, as you need to take 10 over years, and since the honors students are trying to get into the honors classes.</p>
<p>Hi there, I don’t know if you are still looking for information but I can second what “baruchhonors” has said. I am a Macaulay honors student at Baruch. </p>
<p>One thing, I’d like to mention is that you cannot apply to Baruch Honors directly. I believe the procedure is applying to Macaulay Honors and then those who are not accepted into Macaulay Honors but come close will be considered for Baruch honors. </p>
<p>Another piece of advice, coming from TN is a huge step. Be sure to visit Baruch many times before you are sure you want to attend this school. Take into consideration that it is a public school and it is quite large (14,000+ in basically two buildings). There are some perks you receive for being an honors student, but you will miss out on other things for not attending a private university.</p>
<p>Baruchhonors, notes,Being a commuter sucks, it really does."</p>
<p>Response: I guess you can look at a glass half full or half empty. I loved my time at Baruch even though I commuted via Long Island Rail Road. I met some cool folks on the train. In fact, they became my train friends. I even had a bridge group too. I got a lot of exercise walking from Penn Station to Baruch and got to try a lot of different cuisine for dinners. I even met a cool, cute gal. Yes, they did exist. Overall, I had a great experience, not to mention paid almost nothing for tuition,but I guess it isn’t for everyone.</p>
<p>Not 100 % true, one can have their employer pay for their MBA. Still it is much safer to go the path of least debt for undergraduate. The money you save ifs even bigger when you consider opportunity cost. Imagine how long it would take to save that much if you dont have a high paying job.</p>
<p>As has been said already make sure that you will enjoy living in NYC. You won’t be happy saving $40k a year unless you’re satisfied with your living conditions.</p>
<p>I would recommend going for Baruch Honors instead of Macaulay Honors. You don’t have to minor in “Interdisciplinary NYC Studies” or something like that. As a result, you get to take the business courses sooner (if that’s what you’re looking to do). On the downside, the community is not as closely knit. I don’t know what the application process is like (whether you can shoot for Baruch Honors directly) so do some research into that.</p>
<p>And with regard to chances, you’re 95% in to both.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about the Macaulay Baruch students but basically one has a bus 1000H class including all Macaulay and baruch honors students. There is only like 40 honors students in comparison to 130 total honors students including Macaulay. The students are basically put into a LC (linked chain group) where they are with the same group of honors students except for those who are taking advanced classes like Eng 2150 vs 2100 and a math class based on a math proficiency test. Its pretty random as to the classes you take. You might be taking com honors or phi honors. They make the first semester schedule for you. After that you split from the group and you pretty much on your own in terms of choosing classes and stuff.
There is a freshman seminar class that is useful and helps one transition to college life. Its important to pass it so do your work. </p>
<pre><code> A great thing is you get to register before other students so you are almost guaranteed the good classes.
I heard the teacher state that a student will get a high paying job if they can pass the program. I’m not going to hold that word but i think its accurate. Its actually not easy to pass the program because one must maintain a 3.5 gpa. This is not low and itself enough to get jobs at top firms. One has a distinct advantage over the other Baruch college students because one took a harder coursework and passed the honors program which is much better than the regular baruch college. When competing for the jobs, this matters.
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<p>There isn’t much of a difference between honors and macaulay students. The honors students are pretty smart, smarter than what i originally thought. One thing though, the macaulay students get a sweeter deal, 6000 dollars more for study abroad, better computer.</p>
<p>To sum up, I like the academics, it challenges me academically. Job prospects are good if you work. You can take classes you like or that are easy. The only thing I don’t like is the environment. There is no campus and no where to go besides hanging out in somewhere in the buildings. Also, one will get annoyed by the regular baruch students. Some are immature and not that smart. You don’t feel like a honors student.</p>
<p>The only reasons for why one chooses honors</p>
<p>-honors was their top pick
-made honors and a school like nyu that is expensive
-made honors but not a ivy league caliber (nyu stern, cornell)</p>
<p>for those in new york, there isn’t much to choose from if one wants a top academic program</p>
<p>I was thinking about transferring to keep my options open, but it boiled down to staying at honors or trying to get into a better business program where the environment was also better and that was was close by.</p>