<p>I am not familiar with these colleges; however, I like NYC and its cost is very affordable. How well respected is the CUNY? Anybody have some brief info on it?</p>
<p>The one thing that you have to remember about CUNY (the City University of NY) is that they are commuter schools where the vast majority of people live at home. Some any monies saved on tuition will be quickly absorbed when you have to find a place to live in NYC.</p>
<p>^ wait but could we still live on campus (I'm thinking of applying but i dont live around there)</p>
<p>If you apply to a CUNY school, it would be to your advantage to apply to the Macaulay Honors program, a tuition-free initiative that offers its beneficiaries a free Macbook and a good deal of money to study abroad.</p>
<p>Apply to the Hunter College campus, located on the Upper East Side, for a more genuine NYC feel.</p>
<p>^ really? you think upper east side is more NYC feel?
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but anyway, CUNYs are pretty good at networking in NY. you get lots of opportunities. NY is a pretty cool city, so its not bad or anything. Baruch has a respected business program. I dont really know about any other CUNY. </p>
<p>ooh and CUNYs are often taken as a joke (in my HS at least and my HS isnt even that great. i think its something we grow out of), but really they are challenging to get into. Baruch has a lower acceptance rate than NYU.</p>
<p>Keep in mind.... Manhattan studio apts. start at $1500/mo. A friend recently bought a 1 bedroom for 800k.
And the neighborhoods that these colleges reside in are extremely pricey...
(upper east side for Hunter, Murray Hill/LES for Baruch).</p>
<p>Don't forget to check into John Jay; very good school.
Queens College can be an alternative as well; Astoria is the neighborhood to live in.</p>
<p>Room and Board for any of these schools hovers around 4,800.</p>
<p>Free if you are a Macaulay Honors student, or in the Honors program of any of these schools.</p>
<p>I was considering applying to the honors program, where if accepted you get free tuition, a stipend for study abroad, a macbook, and room/board (i think I heard somewhere that the dorms for hunter are not near the school at all or something? idr).
but still, its...uh....a pretttty good deal. </p>
<p>i'm just concerned about the whole commuter school thing. =/<br>
its a great finiancial safety if you get into the honors, but I think i'd rather have the campus experience</p>
<p>other than Columbia, Manhattan does not really offer a traditional 'campus' experience</p>
<p>^True, but there are plenty of schools in the other boroughs that do.</p>
<p>Even the CUNYs outside Manhattan have good campuses; I'm most familiar with CSI (the College of Staten Island), and it's got a really nice, definitive campus.</p>
<p>The Hunter dorms are on 25th street and the Hunter college is on 68th street. You'd have to take the subway every day, there's no way you're renting an apartment for less than $2k a month in the 60s/70s.</p>
<p>It's been said before, CUNY colleges are taken as a joke, an extension of high school. If you're into prestige, don't even think about CUNY. The minimum to get in is like 800/1600 on the SATs, the average SAT scores are around 500 each section. There is no sense of campus, and if you're not from NY you'll probably be pretty lonely. </p>
<p>My dad and sister went to CUNYs. My sister is very smart and got around 1400/1600 on the old SAT. She went to CUNY John Jay, and the classes required no effort at all. She graduated a year early, was never challenged and genuinely regrets her decision to go there.</p>
<p>Check out St Johns ...
and Queens College is not bad at all.</p>
<p>There is always LIU Brooklyn too.</p>
<p>entrancestone, considering many graduates of New York City's Specialized High Schools enroll at these "joke schools," they can't be that abysmal.</p>
<p>Hunter College standalone is actually rather selective at <35 percent.</p>
<p>However, the Macaulay Honors program has some rather rigorous admissions standards. Although it doesn't publish a Common Data Set that I'm aware of, I would imagine that one would need an SAT CR+M Composite of at least 1400, and be ranked high in one's graduating class.</p>
<p>Of course, the CUNYs are for your regular Joe Schmoe, but the Honors programs at these colleges do attract some quality students.</p>
<p>You should consider Fordham University as well, if a somewhat more traditional campus life and establishment is appealing to you.</p>
<p>People who can't afford a better school enroll at CUNY. It's an extension of high school, as I've seen first hand.</p>
<p>Although the standard CUNY program may be regarded as "an extension of high school," the system does offer a plethora of specialized programs that are quite prestigious. If one is interested in education, there is a teacher academy with fabulous benefits and plenty of on-the-job opportunities. There is also a medical program, Sophie Davis, with an excellent tuition initiative and internship program. The honors program, mentioned above, is becoming increasingly competitive. Hunt College is in a wonderful location, accessible to the world's finest museums and libraries. The system allows for cross-registration, allowing one to experience classes in all 5 boroughs. Though probably not the most widely esteemed system, CUNY offers an affordable degree that can be supplemented with the wonderful opportunities of the city. If you are not completely devoted to getting that name-brand diploma, and if cost is an issue, than I would definitely recommend your applying to the schools.</p>
<p>People can afford to enroll at better schools. You are forgetting HYPSM, which have already enacted initiatives to benefit low income families. Attending a CUNY school is a personal choice, and at times one does not even have a choice in the matter. Perhaps that's what you're referring to.</p>
<p>And, by "seen firsthand:" hearsay, or personally attended a CUNY institution yourself?</p>
<p>I'm sure these schools have their weaknesses relative to our top national universities and LACS, but they don't merit being regarded as "joke schools." Does that mean that the tens of thousands of people who benefit from a CUNY education are "jokes" themselves?</p>
<p>Anyway, I don't want to argue. Of course one should aim as high as possible.</p>
<p>First of all, I'm not the person who referred to CUNY as a joke, I was reiterating what someone else said. To be honest, I really don't care. The OP asked how respected CUNY is. </p>
<p>I've attended classes at CUNY Hunter and CUNY John Jay, I have family and friends who have attended CUNYs as well.</p>
<p>stay away from CUNY, SUNY has stony brook in NYC which is in top 100 NWR CUNY just stinks though I hear</p>
<p>^^ Stony Brook isn't in NYC, it's about 60 miles east of NYC (where I live). I wish there was a SUNY in NYC!</p>
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<p>Are you in NYC or on Long Island?</p>
<p>Did your sister apply to the Honors College? Did she apply to Queens, Baruch or Hunter which are more rigerous than John Jay?</p>
<p>If you are from LI, Stonybrook is out on long island. Did she apply there? If she wasn't staying on campus the cost would have been pretty comprably by the time she paid the out of city rate for CUNY (SUNY tuition- 4350 in-state, CUNY - $4,320 for non-NYC residents)</p>
<p>SUNY:</a> Tuition and Fees</p>
<p>But hey, I remember when people attended NYU because they could not get into Baruch, Hunter and Queens, but the had a couple of $$.</p>