<p>I’m interested in going to school in NYC, and because I am a New York state resident, and my parents aren’t exactly rich and/or willing to pay a lot for college, I’ve been looking at mostly SUNY schools, however, the large majority of them are in the middle of nowhere, and I want an urban campus. So I came across the CUNY schools and I have a few questions.</p>
<li>Are the students mostly residents of the NYC area? Basically, would I be out of place being from Western New York?</li>
<li>Are these kind of schools not very college-like? I mean like are they comparable to community colleges in the sense that older people go there and it doesn’t seem to be very college-y? (haha new word.)</li>
<li>Housing? I’m a bit confused by the housing situation, is housing provided, or are you expected to get an apartment? </li>
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<p>By the way, I was looking mostly at Hunter College, but that is only because that’s the only one I was aware of. </p>
<p>I want a liberal arts college that has a focus on creativity and the arts. If anyone knows a CUNY school that has that, please point it out! Thanks!</p>
<p>Almost all of the CUNY students are from NYC. You will be different. Housing is not provided and all of these schools are commuter schools.</p>
<p>If you want a SUNY school in NYC and you consider yourself to be arty, you may want to consider FIT (Fashion Institute of technology).</p>
<p>Bleh... Thus is the curse of the SUNY system... crappy locations.</p>
<p>Check out Buff State for an Urban campus. Its really is the best location of all the SUNYs- right next to a world class art museum and a huge Fredrick Law Olmstead Park, Delaware Park.</p>
<p>How are your stats? If they are the kind of stats that would get you into a very top school, then you will likely be admitted to the CUNY Honors College. Among the benefits are free tuition and housing.</p>
<p><a href="http://web.honorscollege.cuny.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://web.honorscollege.cuny.edu/</a></p>
<p>Hunter College has an artsy contingent, it also has provides housing for its honors students (different from the Macaulay program above).</p>
<p>All of the CUNY schools have a substantial number of adult students, who usually attend in the evenings. However, the majority are your traditional 18 to 22 year olds.
And don't worry about fitting in, this is NYC after all. A great proportion of CUNY students are born very far from NYC anyways.</p>