<p>I'm going to be transferring from a CUNY community college to a four year school to finish a degree in Civil Engineering and I'm wondering if I should put in an application for NYU-Poly, or stick with CUNY and just go to City College.</p>
<p>My impression up til now has been Poly is better than City, but not by enough to justify the tuition difference, however I imagine NYU has been working fast to bring Poly's quality more in line with its other schools and I've heard they're moving up in the US news rankings. </p>
<p>If you're familiar with Poly, would you say there's been a significant improvement? Would you recommend spending the extra money for it?</p>
<p>You can read about academics, history, rankings here,</p>
<p>[Polytechnic</a> Institute of New York University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytechnic_Institute_of_New_York_University]Polytechnic”>New York University Tandon School of Engineering - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>And I think since money being spent is one of the considerations, this might get you interested in reading more about ROI at NYU,Poly,</p>
<p>“The 2011–2012 PayScale College Salary report ranked NYU-Poly top eight among all four-year colleges in the nation by starting salary potential and mid-career salaries and #4 of engineering colleges. CNBC ranks NYU-Poly 15th among Colleges That Bring the Highest Paycheck and Forbes.com ranks NYU-Poly among the top ten in its list of “Top Colleges for Getting Rich”. AOL ranks NYU-Poly #8 among The Colleges That Guarantee the Highest Salaries.NYU-Poly ranked 8th in the nation for alumni with the highest mid-career salaries by CNNMoney.com. NYU-Poly ranked #49 in the nation for return on investment for students in a 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek study.”</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply anialways. The help is much appreciated. ROI is absolutely at the center of my thinking (my feeling is: you can learn in a public library, college is about getting an institution with some well-earned credibility to vouch for your skills so you’ll get the chance to capitalize on them), so after reading the wikipedia page, advantage definitely goes to Poly in that regard. </p>
<p>However I suspect for any given individual the advantage is not so pronounced. If any college was judged only by its engineering majors, and then only by those who work in big cities like New York, it would probably place very well in ROI rankings. Poly’s excellent ROI numbers are likely confounded by the fact that they just happen to mostly serve the particular demographic who get the best returns at any college.</p>
<p>Do you happen to have any insight about the quality of the faculty or the effectiveness of the services (like career placement, internships, tutoring, etc)? </p>
<p>I’m really interested in the health of the institution. Aside from reputation, the reason I’d prefer to transfer somewhere besides City College is my experience with CUNY so far has been a Kafkaesque nightmare of disjointed bureaucracy and burnt-out/under-educated professors. My main fear is that I’ll end up paying 4 times as much for the same level of incompetence.</p>
<p>Also if anyone reading this has a “before NYU and after NYU” perspective any information or advice would be especially welcome. It occurs to me you might be best suited to judge if actual improvement has taken place since the merger was announced that justifies the better rankings and prestige.</p>
<p>PS: No disrespect meant towards my fellow CUNY students. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting a handful of students, professors, and staff members who are exceptionally talented and enthusiastic. My criticism is of the culture of the whole CUNY system, not necessarily individuals.</p>
<p>There is a detailed “Why NYU-Poly” info for you,</p>
<p>[Why</a> NYU-Poly? | NYU-Poly](<a href=“Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering”>Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering)</p>
<p>Also as I understand, NYU-Poly uses the Wasserman Placement center services like the rest of the colleges at NYU.</p>
<p>The Wasserman Center for Career Development at NYU-Poly
[The</a> Wasserman Center for Career Development at NYU-Poly | NYU-Poly](<a href=“Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering”>Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering)</p>
<p>So it does seem that some of the muscle of NYU is being used to provide some competitive advantage for Poly students. Thanks again, that’s exactly the type of information I’m looking for.</p>
<p>Poly has gotten ALOT more popular now!</p>
<p>NYU poly will be NYU school of engineering!This is the last year you apply using the Poly application! Poly students will be graduating with the rest of the NYU students and will get a NYU diploma in the end. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/p...fact-sheet.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/p...fact-sheet.pdf</a></p>
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The opportunities are increasing for Poly kids.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info lilmelonred. I guess those of us with marginal applications better hurry up and apply before they start being as selective with Poly as they are with the rest of NYU. </p>
<p>Do you attend or work at Poly? Has there been a lot of faculty turnover? Am I wrong to be skeptical that a school could become noticeably better than before if the exact same folks are still teaching?</p>
<p>Yes there are many changes being done at this time because of the merger process and will be complete within next year and if you look up some professors, they are very highly respected. My friend who goes there has professors educated at Oxford and other highly regarded universities. No I do not work at Poly nor do I attend Poly. I just know alot about Poly because I have some friends that go there and I have a family member working at NYU and knows about these things.</p>
<p>Poly is not like any other college/ university you ever seen. Before the afilliation like many years ago, the engineering courses are still very tough since they want to prepare you better for the workforce. The reason why the rankings were low was because they previously took in kids that can’t handle the intense work and therefore many people either transferred or dropped out and became unpopular… now fast foward to now, more worthy kids are applying and the school is taking in kids who can handle the work! It’s still very tough and my friends are are struggle there still but in the end its worth it. Now with the merger, the NYU’s English standards (which are very solid) are now used by all NYU kids which makes Poly even tougher than it is! With this merger, Poly are getting more opportunities as well and eventually graduating with an NYU degree (school of engineering). You can take full minors at other NYU schools. NYU’s CUSP is opening across from poly in the Fall 2013. check it out!</p>
<p>[NYU</a> CUSP | NYU Center for Urban Science
and Progress | Research and Master of Science and Advanced Certificate programs in Applied Urban Science and Informatics](<a href=“http://cusp.nyu.edu/]NYU”>http://cusp.nyu.edu/)</p>
<p>Btw, I forgot to say I am a prospective and admitted student planning on attending.</p>
<p>Good stuff, sounds like things are moving in a positive direction. And congrats on getting in, are you a transfer student or a freshman?</p>
<p>Freshmen! 
and thanks!</p>
<p>I went to Poly years ago. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. Professors were terrible. A lot of classes were taught by TAs who barely spoke English. Facilities were awful. Social life nonexistent. Everyone commuted so no college experience at all. Alumni organization nonexistent. No one comes to reunions or cares. My friend went few years back and there were 2 people that showed up from our year. The only good thing it had was their job placement program. It was much better then NYUs. It makes me wonder, now that they’ll be part of NYU how will it be. I realize that I went to Poly many years ago, but my cousin just graduated this year and he told me that besides the fact that NYU is trying to modernize the ancient buildings the Proffessors are still the same. He wishes he didn’t take out all the loans and went to CUNY instead.</p>
<p>There are people who live on campus who come from other countries and out of state and upstate NY. Since it’s not a party school, the social life might not be as great. Now merged with NYU, I can only imagine the social life aspects getting so much better. But yes new buildings are being built and so many opportunities are now open for all NYU kids. Poly’s campus will turn into the next Washington Square Park! I’ve visited the campus a lot lately so I’ve seen A LOT of great things.</p>
<p>People use to hate on Poly because the administration is terrible and bureaucratic , but the professors are solid.</p>
<p>There are a lot of new, great professors at Poly as well. As for the facilities, many investments have been made in existing buildings and there is a great deal of new, leased space as well, with plans for redevelopment of older buildings underway. Half of Poly’s population are residential students who live in the dorms, with others living nearby or commuting. It’s a great engineering school for those who want to live or remain in NYC. Both NYU and Poly have great career services. Poly’s career services became a satellite office of NYU’s last fall, all under the same system, meaning even more opportunities available for Poly students. NYU programs are making their way to Poly’s campus this fall, such as urban science (CUSP) and gaming (MAGNET), solidifying it as NYU’s Downtown Brooklyn Campus. Next year, Poly becomes NYU’s engineering school, as well. It’s a great time to come to Poly (especially as admissions become tougher every year!).</p>
<p>Yes. Now it’s the perfect time to take it or else it gets even harder if you apply later on since more people will apply. Anyway, even before NYU affiliation and merger, Poly was still known as one of the best engineering schools.</p>
<p>I second basically everything that lilmelonred said. As a graduating senior, I am immensely proud to graduate with a diploma from NYU-Poly. It’s been a LOT of work, but I grew to enjoy it (dream in VHDL, etc. etc. haha). I’ve learned a lot, and the people there are the most driven, intelligent people I’ve ever met. My professors have completely changed my life; I am biased, but in EE and CompE, they are particularly intelligent and multi-talented educators.</p>
<p>Hey static75: How do you become an admissions ambassador?</p>
<p>Also, how easy to get a job when graduating from Poly? or later one known as NYU poly? I want to do chemE so i don’t know if it’s that great to attend poly for chemE since i heard NYU engineering will probably be best in NYC area.</p>
<p>Oh and also, do you know if ChemE also have different concentrations in that field?</p>
<p>Hi, I have got an offer from NYU POLY for ms in cs program. Do you have any idea about the university? i am bit concerned about living expense. Will I be able to cover living expense with part time job. pleas do share if you have any info.</p>