And do you really have parents who will contribute $30,000 a year tops?
You have some fine schools on your list. Your instate options are THE best way to save money.
I’m having trouble understanding why you want to leave the city to come back to the city…when you could start…in the city. All you will be doing is spending a lot of money to take general education courses.
As I noted earlier…the place where you get your bachelors is THE notable place because that is what will be on your college diploma…not some school you attended for a year or year and a half as a starting college student.
And are your parents on board with paying for a school like BU or Syracuse because those schools do not meet full need for all.
Pick a school you can afford and try to finish at that school. Then move after you graduate if you want to live somewhere else. Get your head out of the clouds. This is big money, and I’d say this idea is a recipe for a crappy college experience.
Maybe look into options to study off campus for a semester at the schools you can afford. Some schools have options to study in DC or do an exchange type semester at another college in the US.
If you really hate your affordable options after acceptances are in and you’ve done accepted student visits with an open mind, consider a gap year to come up with a new list.
It’s too late to apply to any colleges in NYC, as far as I know. That’s a major reason I was thinking about CUNYs because they seem much easier to get into, if I could, I would apply to more NYC schools but it’s too late and my parents won’t let me take a gap year. So transferring IS my only option.
I want the traditional college experience for one year at least and then to come back. Four years is a long time to be away from the city and I like it too much to not be living here.
Why is it such a bad idea to transfer? I simply want to live in NYC… I would apply now but it is late February and we can’t apply anymore because deadlines are passed.
You asked a question and got answers you didn’t like. Obviously it’s your life and you can do what every you want.
Not sure why you would post a question if your decision is already made. Kind of a waste of everyone’s time to give you advice you are planning on ignoring.
I think a lot have people have answered why transferring isn’t the best idea. If that’s what you really want to do, then sure. But look up the requirements for the CUNY Common Core and also the specific Pathways at Baruch if that’s the one you want. There are a ton of requirements and for many of them, you have to take THAT specific class before you get into the next required class of the sequence. I personally think that these many and seemingly constantly changing requirements are one of the reasons CUNY has such a dismal 4-5 year graduation rate (another is that many students must work and can only go PT to be fair.) So just be very careful that what you take at your first year college will in fact count at Baruch and you won’t end up getting off track for a year or more. Because you won’t save ANY money that way, especially if you consider unearned income.
Why not go to a community college? Either one in NYC if that’s where you want to be or even at one outside of NYC (some have dorms if you want that experience too). That way you can transfer into a 4 year school after a couple of years or less, as many of the other students will be doing. If you go to an instate community college, you should be able to seamlessly transfer to a CUNY/SUNY.
My niece did this. She only went to a community college for a year, stayed in a dorm, then transferred to a SUNY. It saved her money and gave her time to figure out where she wanted to go and what she wanted to do.
No definitely not too late for community colleges! Look some up online, both nearby ones and ones Within NY that have dorms and see what their websites look like. I know you can still apply and I think you basically can right up until classes start (although dorms likely fill up closer to the fall).
While the priority deadline is passed, they are still accepting applications:
What is the deadline for the upcoming semester?
The CUNY priority deadline for the Fall semester (which starts in August) is February 1st and the priority deadline for the Spring semester (which starts in January) is September 15th. However, BMCC does accept late CUNY Applications and also usually hosts Direct Admissions on-site after the CUNY Application is no longer available. For more information, please visit the CUNY Website.
Well @CalinAmry if you prefer less costly schools…then my suggestion is…start off at one of the SUNY schools where you get accepted. The instate cost is WAYYYYYYY cheaper than Boston University or Syracuse. Pay the instate cost for a NY public residential college…you may find you actually like it enough to stay and graduate.
If not…then transfer elsewhere. But your instate public costs are much less than 1/2 of the cost of attendance at Boston University…from which you say you have no intention of staying at.
Go SUNY…and transfer back to NYC.
Someone upstream said your parents could pay $30,000 a year. Did they misunderstand what you wrote someplace? Or is that what they will contribute?
Who will pay the remaining $30,000 to $40,000 for a year at Syracuse or Boston University…if you happen to get accepted.
Your parents are willing to fully fund your costs at an instate public university which would leave you with NO debt at all. Consider what a gift that is…and look at those options.
I agree with much of what has already been written. However, if you really want another option, Montclair State University’s application deadline is March 1st. Their OOS tuition is just over $20K. You’ll be extremely close to NYC while still attending college out of state. It’s well worth a look: https://www.montclair.edu/admissions/apply-and-check-status/admissions-deadlines/
Also, Rutgers site says they are still accepting applications for Fall 2019 and I’m pretty sure they offer In-state tuition to all: https://admissions.rutgers.edu/