<p>Hi,
So I'm reaching the point where I really have to start narrowing down the universities I am interested in applying to. The reason I'm posting this is because I've asked everyone's opinion on this but there just always seems to be some type of bias and it would be cool to see some other perspectives. Would you rather go to a decent school in-state (even though you really don't want to) or apply to a good school out of state? </p>
<p>Cons:
-I live in Florida and I just kind of don't like it here and going to college is an opportunity to live somewhere else.
-I'll be too close to home and I'm afraid I won't grow to be more independent because of this (example: I live 45 minutes from a large university and not much further to some others that I would be applying to)
-out of state tuition is WAY more expensive.
Pros:
-in state tuition is WAY cheaper
-I'm interested in a lot of other schools outside of Florida :l
-I can branch out, far away from my high school friends and my family.</p>
<p>Basically, it’ll probably sound really bad, but I really want to go to an overall good school and kind of explore when I get there. I’ve tried so hard to pick a major/career that interests me but it’s really not working out.</p>
<p>that’s not bad at all! Lol, have you considered doing the 2 year community college, and transferring OOS for junior and senior year? ( I wouldn’t but its an option :P)</p>
<p>Well as long as you don’t want to go into teaching or something that involves in state certification, that should be fine. If you look to liberal arts schools they offer a smidge bit of everything and may give you more financial aid. If you are looking at big name schools (i.e Penn and the ivies) you are looking at a huge amount of $ coming in, but those are very limited options… YOu should definatley look into OOS schools and then weane some out after learning mor about what they offer.</p>
<p>Preferably North-Northeast, and yeah the CC route should be the way to go but I really would rather do a 4-year track. What exactly is the difference between liberal arts school and universities? Right now, some of my top choices are: UF and FSU (Instate), Northeastern, Fordham, University of Michigan (If I could get in) and Boston College. If I go out of state I’m really trying to get “the most bang for my buck” since I’ll have to come up with the money.</p>
<p>I LOVE fordham, i used to live near there :D</p>
<p>Anyway liberal arts colleges are typically smaller, more humanity related majors, i.e teaching, english, pyschology, sociology, art, music, theatre, social studies, and then like, latino studies, womens studies etc. This wouldn’t be the school you look to for buisness and stuff. If you don’t mind going to an OOS State school you should check out the SUNY and the CUNY systems.</p>
<p>SUNY stands for State University of New York (located all round NY, upstate,long island, by canada etc)</p>
<p>CUNY stands for City University of New York (Only locate in the 5 bouroughs)</p>
<p>ALL SUNY schools have housing. CUNY schools, with the exception of City College (I’m going to an open house I’ll tell you about the school if you want), and Queens college.</p>
<p>SUNY/CUNY are bang for the buck!</p>
<p>Check out the College of Saint Rose, in Albany NY I visited so feel free to ask about any info.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for all of the information. When I first started looking into out of state schools I started in NY. I did like the SUNY schools. Especially Binghampton. I’ll have to check out the College of Saint Rose :)</p>
<p>Each SUNY school has its own thing, bing is business, cortland is sports and teaching etc.
would you like to know anything about the general appearance of what the school is about?</p>
<p>Yes, if you don’t mind of course When I was looking at appealing major (idk if this will help) the ones that caught my eye the most were Business (either finance, accounting or economics), and Anthropology. I’ve also been thinking about law so if a school has a pre-law sort of track that would be helpful too I suppose.</p>
<p>I know that Fordham is basically meshed in with NYC but does it have an actual campus or is like NYU? Also, out of the SUNY schools, which do you like the most overall (or which is best academically, diverse, location etc.)? Also, what are some big difference between SUNY and CUNY?</p>
<p>Fordahm has it’s own campus. It’s very, very pretty. As for SUNY schools they range the best academically prob in order are SUNY Geneseo, Suny bing and suny Albany.
Most diverse:
Suny Albany
Suny buffalo </p>
<p>They’re all in physically in the middle of nowhere (except Albany) but the town is very very close and they are in close proximity to other colleges. </p>
<p>Albany is the number one party school in Ny, size is ridiculous so it’s easy to fall behind ( 1/3 of freshmen drop out)</p>
<p>CUNY schools are ONLY In NYC. They are all commuter schools so only 3 have dorms. Regardless what is said CUNY Hunter DOES NOT HAVE DORMS you will never get a room there. Only CUNY with an actual campus is City College in Harlem </p>
<p>I realize that this thread is old, but it fit what I am looking for so I figured i’d post in it and see what happened. I am located in North Carolina but really want to do something different for University, I am currently attending a community college and will finish up this semester so I am looking at affordable options out there (out of state and in state but really want something different so am looking at out of state more so)</p>
<p>My current GPA at CC is a 3.6 (may be up a little after this semester as I have straight A’s right now) and my two majors of interest would be Film Production/Film Studies and Education.</p>
<p>The two schools I have heard the most about are CUNY Brooklyn and CUNY Hunter, so any input on these or the other CUNYs would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>You are asking the wrong people. Head over to the College Search and Selection forum for better information. That said - North Carolina has very good public schools, I don’t think it would be worth passing up in state tuition and going elsewhere, unless the CUNY schools are of similar or less cost. I know that the vast majority of CUNY students live off-campus, so that fact could factor into your decision. Good luck with wherever you end up.</p>
When I was looking at appealing major (idk if this will help) the ones that caught my eye the most were Business (either finance, accounting or economics), and Anthropology. I’ve also been thinking about law so if a school has a pre-law sort of track that would be helpful too I suppose.</p>