CUNY's - Good or Bad?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi CC! I am looking into the Macaulay Honors College at City College. I think the deal for it sounds great, but is it worth it? I've heard some really bad things about CUNY's and I am wondering if it is true. Also, is the honors college hard to get into? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Are you a resident of New York State? Macaulay scholarship has been reduced and now only covers in-state tuition. The selectivity for Macaulay Honors is about 20%, with average stats 3.8 GPA and 1405 SAT.</p>

<p>Quality of CUNYs varies, but they are all probably in the range of middling public. City College is probably one of the less well-regarded. Hunter, Baruch, and Queens are probably the best-regarded of the CUNYs.</p>

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<p>So the Honors College is only available to in-state kids? And if it isn’t, is acceptance rates to the program different for each school?</p>

<p>The reason why I’m looking at City College is because it has a pre-pharmacy program. I don’t think the other ones do. I’ll just be there for 2 years, so the fact that it’s not the best doesn’t bother me. But I’ve heard that it’s like a high school and that there really arent high standards for acceptance to CUNYs. That’s more what I’m worried about.</p>

<p>I have a 3.5 gpa but I did get a 1920 on my sats. I’m hoping that will make up for the gpa.</p>

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<p>You can get into the Honors College and get some of the benefits from out-of-state, you just don’t get the tuition.</p>

<p>You don’t need to major in pre-pharamacy to get into pharmacy school, you just need to take all the required courses for the program(s) you are going to apply to.</p>

<p>See:
[AACP</a> - Pharmacy School Admission Requirements](<a href=“http://www.aacp.org/resources/student/pharmacyforyou/admissions/Pages/PSAR.aspx]AACP”>http://www.aacp.org/resources/student/pharmacyforyou/admissions/Pages/PSAR.aspx)</p>

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<p>All the Honors programs at the CUNYs offer a great education, they are one of the great bargains in higher level education in the country.</p>

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<p>Isn’t the City College the flagship CUNY? It used to be great.</p>