<p>My D missed the spring application deadline for Hunter College, which was Sept 15. She applied today, 9/18 and her on-line application and fees were accepted. </p>
<p>Do you think they will consider her for admission for Spring?</p>
<p>I applied for Hunter for the Spring too. They will send you an email saying that she will be put in a wait list and will let you know in January 2012. Make sure you gave an email that you check every day and you did not apply/go to a CC because they will send the email to the email address of CC. Happen to someone I know.</p>
<p>Be sure to be on top of things. Make sure you file for FAFSA and put Hunter College as one of the schools. And if you are getting Pell or TAP, have your and your daughters tax forms sign, if your daughter work last year with the dependent verification form sign and hand it to FA. You might have to called CUNY admissions, and Hunter College to literally harass to get you enrolled and register for the Spring.</p>
<p>Welcome to College.</p>
<p>Thanks stargurl93. I appreciate the info. </p>
<p>Do you know anything about housing…any chances she could get into the residence hall for the spring? I called and all they could basically tell me is that priority goes to NYC residents. Unfortunately, all the other housing looks really expensive and may price her out even if she gets admitted!</p>
<p>Honestly, Hunter has the cheapest housing out of all CUNY!
City in Harlem rates from $9,000 to $14,000
Brooklyn is $10,000 to $17,000.
It depends on what room they want (single, double) and how long they are staying (academic or annual)
Hunter is $4,000 to $7,000 which is not bad considering its half from all the CUNYs and you are living in Manhattan.</p>
<p>I can’t find on the website if they are only to NYC residents but I know there is a wait list for the dorms because the Honors program gets priority first (i.e. free tuition, books, room and board) so she would be put on a wait list for the spring.</p>
<p>Where are you located?</p>
<p>When I called, I was told that NYC residents have priority. We are from CA so housing in imperative… No housing… Basically… No go!</p>
<p>It’s wierd that they told you that because ALL CUNY schools are considered primarily commuter schools so most kids in NYC don’t dorm at all. CUNY Hunter as all CUNY schools like someone else mentioned, give priority to Honors kids and Hunter has SUPER limited housing because they share with NYU. They have other options like a hotel for room and board price.
Have you visited? </p>
<p>If she is willing to commute you can maybe have her look into housing near campus which is usually looked at as college housing because landlords look to rent to college students and they are usually “suite style” housing.</p>
<p>Jazzii–Thanks for your response. No, she has not visited as of yet. We looked at the additional housing options listed on the Hunter website and the cost is really high…probably not for NYC but for college housing, in general. </p>
<p>She has been accepted at other schools (outside NYC) but has always really wanted to go to school in NYC. Cost wise, a CCNY school is not that bad, even for out of state tuition…but housing could be a real stumbling block if she can’t get into something reasonable.</p>
<p>BTW, what is the mean SAT/GPA for the Honor’s College…just wondering?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Here is a link. And by expesive what exactly are you seeing?</p>
<p><a href=“http://macaulay.cuny.edu/about/factsheet.pdf[/url]”>http://macaulay.cuny.edu/about/factsheet.pdf</a></p>
<p>She showed me the Alternative Housing link. For instance, she looked at a double under the EHS website, a double for spring semester is $8100 where Brookdale is about $2500…yikes! Any other suggestions that you can give us would be appreciated!</p>
<p>Jazzii–What does Hunter have to do with NYU housing? NYU is a private college that has nothing to do with CUNY. This past year they had their own housing crunch for freshman–they certainly are not providing housing options for Hunter students!</p>
<p>I read on the website ( well my friend read it to me from the website) that NYU has a dorm building and a little bit of those dorms belonged to hunter. Hunter was created with the purpose of being a commuter school so they do not have their own building, they share it with NYU. His was one of the reasons that I crossed hunter off my list. I spoke to someone who went here and they said I was roughly a 30 minute commute and to commute 30 minutes I might as well commute an hour from my house. </p>
<p>Trust me I am not making up stories lol (I’m not that creative xp)</p>
<p>I just look more closely at the Hunter website and yes, the dorms are located at the campus of the Schools of Health Science @ 425 East 25th Street. The regular campus is at East 69th Street between Lexington and Park…and yes, it is about 1/2 hour between the two!! Do they provide any transportation between the campus and the dorm? If not, how long will it take by subway or bus?</p>
<p>So even if she did get into the housing…a 1/2 hour away…that is a problem!</p>
<p>My understanding is that there is a shuttle, but probably it will not run that frequently. </p>
<p>I think that Jazzii’s confusion regarding NYU is that the Brookdale housing is right across the street from NYU’s hospital. Brookdale Hospital (which I don’t think exists as a separate entity any more) was traditionally home to Hunter’s nursing school–since it is located near a corridor of hospital/ resident halls.</p>
<p>The dorm is over by 1st Avenue near the East River, so it is a somewhat inconvenient location for public transportation–it is out of the way for subways. I’m sure that there are crosstown buses on 23rd Street that go all the way to the East Side, but in general, getting to 1st will require either a lot of walking or a subway/ bus transfer.</p>
<p>The cost for Brookdale is extremely reasonable. However, it is an out of the way location–not bad–just somewhat isolated.</p>
<p>As a means for comparison, NYU housing for freshman is probably now about $13,000/ year. D is a senior and we are paying even more.</p>
<p>I would imagine that the vast majority of students at Hunter commute or get their own housing. Kids in the Honors program get priority housing at Brookdale so it may not be an option.</p>
<p>@ sockhermom, there is not efficient travel between the two places. I believe the shuttle does not run at all hours just in the morning and a few evening runs. If she lives here and does not get into into the honors college she will have to invest in an unlimited metro card (it’s cheaper because she will also be traveling to go out etc) which is 110 month (unless prices have risen). It will be roughly 15-30 minutes. Traffic is very unpredicatable. Subway is always (like 95% of the time most reliable) the best way to travel. Not to intrude but if your D wants to come to NYC she will have a bit of a commute anywhere, even if not to school to her job or elsewhere, is the 1/2 hour a problem to her?</p>
<p>Jazzii and uskoolfish–Thanks for your replies!</p>
<p>The way it is looking, I don’t know if she will even get into the dorm. She didn’t have any qualms when I told her how far away it was…but I mapquest-ed it, and it does look like a bit of walking is involved. How difficult is that during the middle of winter? She is a west coast girl, I am sure she will lose the “I want weather” attitude after walking one too many, cold, snowy days!! Actually, Last year, our friends daughter was talking a cab from her dorm to New School, I suppose that can get very, very expensive.</p>
<p>If any one know of other “reasonable” housing options…we are open to suggestions.</p>
<p>Snow in the city of new York reall isn’t a problem. Because EVERYONE walks the sidewalks at the most are a little slushy, especially in manhattan they are usually clear. As far as my experience with snow goes the sidewalks and streets Are pretty clean.</p>
<p>Taxis are completely unreasonable as soon as you step into a cab you are charged 1.35$. Then you are charged 40 cents per quarter mile and you are charged for any time you spend stuck in traffic. The meter never stops which can easily be 40 a trip. A metro card is the best way to go. Are you nervous about the subway and living in a building?</p>
<p>Is she really wedded to only Hunter? Queens College has dorms, which are apparently very nice. My D has several friends there. She almost went there but got a scholarship that allowed her to go away. </p>
<p>It’s easy to get into the city from Queens - there’s an express bus or you can take a city bus to the LIRR and get into Penn Station or take the subway and get to the east side.</p>
<p>My D has applied to all the CCNY colleges, she is looking toward majoring in Psychology or Business so she could be a good fit anywhere. Queens College is definitely an option although she loves the location of Hunter but we just need to wait and dee where she is accepted.</p>
<p>We are not concerned about her living in the city, she wants somewhat of a college experience although we know the CCNY colleges are really commuter schools for the most part. That is part of the reason she was looking at living in a dorm, also our other real concern is her getting to classes; if she lives a 1/2 hour away from the actual college and needs to get there via public transportation it could be a bit daunting…but I guess that is what everyone needs to do in NYC, so she will learn to deal with it. (with explicit instruction that taxi are out of the question!)</p>