<p>I've been looking into Eugene Lang, it seems like a very intresting place. Right in the heart of Greenwich village, liberal atmosphere, small seminar classes, great internship programs, choosing your own courses free from any requirments or whatever....But I've also heard alot of negatives: crappy, mice-filled dormitories, school is not known outside the northeast.
What do you guys think? Is it worth it?</p>
<p>Dormitories? They have dormitories?
I think what they offer is NYC apartment buildings spread across lower Manhattan, very crowded and expensive with or without the mice. You’d probably want to find something cheaper in Brooklyn and take the subway in.</p>
<p>It’s not even well-known in the Northeast. Nevertheless it would be an interesting possibility for someone who wants an urban LAC. What other liberal arts college offers anything like Greenwich Village as its campus?</p>
<p>My oldest works in NYC. He has lots of friends who graduated from top high schools and colleges. One factor that seems to be making a big difference in his friends’ ability to find a good job is not so much where they went to school or the courses they took, but their work and internship experience. Eugene Lang is well positioned to help you get that. </p>
<p>What are your alternatives?</p>
<p>I was thinking Hunter college…Fordham and NYU are too expensive, not to mention hard to get into. Like, Eugene is expensive too but I have a gut feeling I should apply anyway and cross my fingers on getting fin aid.
I’m considering Hofstra as well…altho I dislike the fact that it’s a good 45 minutes away from the city.</p>
<p>If you want to be close to the city, Drew is a good small school–40 minutes by commuter rail, which is walking distance from the lovely campus.</p>
<p>The New School is not known, even within NYC, and most likely not worth the money. If you feel the need for an urban campus check out CUNY. The Macaulay Honors program has all the LAC-like advantages you listed but it’s free and has far better name recognition. If you have the money to pay for the New School you should try NYU. NYU is of course much bigger but I don’t think either will give you that community feel. What you’re looking at is small class sizes, which NYU can give you.</p>
<p>Isn’t NYU like really competitve? I’m a B-student. I also heard they give little or no money to internationals, but I felt that since new school is really small I’d probably have a better chance of getting fin aid there.
I’m going to check out the Macaulay Honors program…I looked into Hunter and heard it’s quite a depressing school, but maybe I’ll have better luck with Macaulay. Thank you for suggesting that.
hmmm…Drew? I’ve never heard of that school before. I’ll check it out.</p>
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<p>It may not be well known to the general public, but any New York City intellectual worth his or her salt should be familiar with the New School. Famous alumni include first lady Eleanor Roosevelt; playwright Tennessee Williams; authors James Baldwin and Jack Kerouac; actors Marlon Brando and Tony Curtis; musician Ani DiFranco. Past faculty include philosopher Hannah Arendt, architect Frank Lloyd Wright, poets Robert Frost and W.H.Auden, musician John Cage, and actor/director Woody Allen.</p>
<p>However, the school seems perpetually to be in the throes of an identity crisis (over issues such as its name and logo, curricular divisions, etc.) Historically, it’s probably the closest thing in America to a truly leftist college or university (leftist by origin and design, as opposed to a conservative, church- or government-founded institution that today happens to have many lefty-liberals on the faculty.)</p>
<p>If this student needs aid, NYU is not a good option. Not only is NYU bad with aid, they tend to be worse with students who don’t have stellar stats.</p>
<p>Are you applying to any SUNYs or CUNYS. They will likely be your most economical choices. What is your EFC? Will you qualify for aid?</p>
<p>edited to add…oh, I see you’re int’l. That’s going to be an issue with aid. Hmmm… How much can your parents pay?</p>
<p>It looks like Lang does give aid to int’ls, but do you know how much they give and to how many students?</p>
<p>What is your financial safety?</p>
<p>I haven’t calculated my EFC yet, nor do I have a financial saftey. I’m still checking out schools I can transfer to either by next fall or by spring ‘11 (for those whose deadlines have already past and would be too late to consider for fall’10 semester). So yes, I’m still in the college search process.
I was considering Hunter for a while, since It’s cheap, but I heard the campus is very depressing and the prerequisites can be annoying, making it hard for students to do what they really want to do. This is something I would never pay a dime or move halfway around the world for, because to me, an undergraduate education should be about experinecing diffrent things and having the liberty to do what you want. Like, I understand you’d be constrained by the avialability of classes and whatnot but my ideal school would give the students a good amount of space and have this everything-is-possible sort of vibe. Like the school I’m attending now, It’s not my dream school, but even if the classes are filled up the profs are really supportive and still try to help you out and get you into a similar class.
Woah, I wasn’t even really thinking about what I was writing and I think I ended up with a mini-application essay to new school. LOL. or just a few lines about why I want to be there or why such an atmosphere would suit me. AH THE IRONY! 
edit:// do all the SUNYs and CUNYs restrain their students within all these stupid requirments, or is it just Hunter? Like I don’t mind core curriculum and I don’t mind electives or prerequistes…that’s all how american education works…but it’s annoying if you have to take 3 freakin’ classes that are usually closed anyway, just to qualify to take a class you would truly enjoy.</p>
<p>oh, and TK, I was on the New School website and saw nothing under the alumni link mentioning such notable alumni. Where did you get all this? I mean, I’m really interested in this school but I had no idea such noteworthy people attended.</p>
<p>Hi there! I’m working on my Lang supplement as we speak. I’d love to hear what how y’all are working the prompt. I’m a bit befuddled to be honest. I suppose it should be a positive thing, it being so vague and all… but I can’t help wishing that it was just a little – just a teeny bit – more structured.</p>
<p>By the way, Yasmin, here’s a link Lang’s site where they mention a number of famous alumni (Woody Allen, Brando, etc.)</p>
<p>[The</a> New School - Building Hours](<a href=“http://www.newschool.edu/history.aspx]The”>Our History | The New School)</p>
<p>go to the bottom for new school alum</p>
<p>[The</a> New School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_School]The”>The New School - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>The reason Hunter is such a depressing school is because the school is so big and so not every student can get into the classes they want. This may result in late graduation since students are unable to fulfill the requirement. Macaulay Honors College, however, does not have this problem since the class in much smaller and have more discussion-based classes. Note that Macaulay is very hard to get into, especially in Hunter College (I got rejected LOL). There are also many other good CUNYs such as CCNY which is smaller and tend to have better boy:girl propotion than Hunter (that has 70%girl-30%boy). CCNY also offer on campus housing. I don’t know if the housing system is same as Hunter (that honors student get the rooms first) or just opens to any students.</p>
<p>So do you want to live in NYC? or just any places nearby. I suggest you to look more into Marist College, I heard it’s great college and give some scholarships to qualified students. Also, look into SUNY geneseo.</p>
<p>oh, and to answer your question, I don’t think Eugene Lang worth the money. I’m also int’l student who need financial aids/scholarship and look a lot into NYS colleges. I; however, end up going to another school outside NY state that is good both academically and financially.</p>
<p>hope this help, good luck!</p>
<p>one more thing, have you taken any tests? SAT, TOEFL, IELTS, ACT?</p>
<p>For your information, Lang has the best resources that a college can give you. It is not the same as any CUNY or SUNY schools. I can even go as far as saying that it is so much better than NYU. Don’t judge a college because you don’t know much about it. Do your research first. Lang has programs where you are able to discover yourself not only academically, but also mentally. You are challenged to think for yourself while also challenging yourself to understand another’s views. This school is very progressive and you are able to major or minor with degrees other than a BA/BS/BBA. You are able to explore with any fields of design with Parsons or fields of the performing arts with The New School of Drama, The New School for Jazz, or Mannes. Lang is definitely worth the time AND money. </p>