<p>So I've been looking into universities in New York for months and months now. I have done countless hours of research on schools in New York City and some in other places in the state. I'm from Tulsa, Oklahoma and I know I want to study international business and work in New York City when I graduate. The idea of studying and working in the city just intrigues me. I've visited and loved it. I would like to go to school in the city but if I have to sacrifice that and live outside of it for a lower price then I would be up for that.</p>
<p>Its turned out that my deciding factor has been cost and the amount of financial aid I would receive. I will have 4 people in my family (including myself) in college at the same time and I will have little support from my parents financially because of this. I also hate the idea of taking out loans more than a couple thousand dollars. I'm relying heavily on financial aid which should be (fingers crossed) a pretty sizable amount. I know housing is going to be expensive so I might be prepared to live off campus in Queens/Bronx and make the commute. Although I was told the difference in rent would not be that significant. I'd like to know which school you'd recommend based off of value, reputation, cost, stuff like that. </p>
<p>So I've narrowed it down to these schools that I KNOW I am interested in</p>
<p>NYU (applied little hope for being accepted/more than I would like to pay)
Pace University
CUNY Baruch College
SUNY Stony Brook (I would study medicine here)</p>
<p>If you would like to recommend any other CUNYs, SUNYs, or any NY school please do, just keep in mind cost. Any information on any of these schools would be helpful! Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>NYU is obviously going to be unaffordable. I have no idea why it’s on your list if FA is a deciding factor. Have you run the Net Price Calculators on each school’s web site? Since you are from OK are you also looking in-state? How much can your family afford?</p>
<p>Before we can give you any opinion, we have to know
1° your stats (GPA, college prep/honors/AP/IB, test scores)
2° how much your family can afford, whether you hope for financial aid or merit aid</p>
<p>Not enough info to give you much advice or input. None of the schools you have listed guarantee to meet need. If you are worried about getting accepted to NYU–that is, your stats are not way up there, the likelihood of a full need met package are low. Housing for Baruch is iffy , and again , they do not guarantee to meet need.</p>
<p>What is your EFC on the stimators and what do the Columbia, NYU and Pace NPCs say you would likely be expected to pay? What are your test scores and grades?</p>
<p>Stonybrook is on Long Island. It’s a suburban school It’s an expensive area to buy but there may be some cheaper college housing. It’s on the north shore of LI and it’s beautiful. It’s about mid island so probably about 60 miles from a bridge. A commute there from one of the boroughs is a ridiculous idea unless your parents live there and you can live for free. Since you are from OK I will warn you that you likely have never seen the traffic that you would experience on this commute. FYI Queens is on the island so that would be a better bet for living–though it would be much less expensive out farther on the island. I know nothing about the other schools except that NYU is in Manahattan and is a completely different environment than Stonybrook (again suburban, expensive town). Pace has a couple of campuses–Westchester–suburban. The other is in NYC–so similar to NYU. Keep in mind that NY is NOT NYC. It’s huge. If you want to be in the city you don’t want to go to a SUNY in Buffalo, or Albany. It’s a different world. If you have particular questions about locations and areas in NY I can help you, but if your an out of stater you may want to consider not going someplace so expensive to live. If you want to go to school in the city and not commute. And trains, or buses, or ferrys would be better than a car.</p>
<p>“I want to study international business and work in New York City when I graduate.”</p>
<p>Try Manhattan College in the Bronx. It’s reputed to be good for business and has guaranteed on campus housing for students. Housing off campus anywhere in NYC is very expensive.</p>
<p>Oh wow thank you all for the posts. I did do calculators for these. Okay so first I understand the NYU situation. For NYU it came out to around 20k which I was told could be worth it, that is if everything worked out with NYU. I applied because I applying for me didn’t cost and I wasn’t sure my future so I felt there was no harm in applying.</p>
<p>I understand none of these will meet financial aid fully but I’m hoping to get the most I can out of it. My EFC is $0. The 4 people in college I guess helped with that. My parents would pay at most 3 or 4k a year so I know loans or at least small loans would have to be made. I will be working part-time during school wherever I can, as well as over summers.</p>
<p>My stats are 3.33 unweighted, 3.78 weighted. I have taken only 6 courses out of 28 that were not AP/IB courses and this was to get fine art credits and freshman social studies. I decided not to do the IB diploma but I have taken on very close to the workload and courses other than my AP english class. I also go to the ranked #1 public school in Oklahoma, Booker T. Washington. Unfortunately I’ve had trouble with the ACT and have gotten a 24 taking it 3 times. My extracurriculars are pretty extensive and most go through all 4 years. These include Key Club, National Honor Society, Business Professionals of America President, RISE (female equality), GenTxt (no texting and driving), Asian Club, Bowling team Captain, Soccer for 2 years, Student Council Rep, Physics Journal Club, Pipeline Program (Exposing minorities to law), and there are more. I’m also a professional DJ and known around Oklahoma, talked about this in my apps.</p>
<p>I have been looking at in-state I have lots of family which attended University of Oklahoma. I qualify for a program called OHLAP which pays tuition and we know we would pay 2 or 3k at the most for OU. The thing is I don’t want to go in-state, the school isn’t known for business but medicine, I’ve been many times and I know I would not be happy there. That is the only viable school in Oklahoma. Its an ultimate last resort in my mind. </p>
<p>My financial situation has me sort of set on a CUNY school because they are most affordable and Baruch is the most reputable. The estimator showed 8k. Pace NYC is more appealing because it offers more on campus feel but its a little more expensive. Stony Brook didn’t give very good financial though. It ended up over 10k.</p>
<p>@rhg3rd I looked into Manhattan College but their financial aid doesn’t award not even close to enough for me to go there. Its pretty pricey. The total cost annually is 50k. The estimator showed net price for me 46k.</p>
<p>I’m transferring (current college freshman and business major) and I’m applying to Pace, Baruch, and Fordham</p>
<p>Fordham is known for business - seems to be almost as expensive as NYU though, but check it out. the main campus is in the bronx but they have a lincoln center/manhattan campus for certain programs, including incoming freshmen in business</p>
<p>If your EFC is 0, you won’t be able to pay $8,000, let alone $20,000.
Look at the “100%” colleges, they will give you a full ride if they admit you. None are IN New York City, but many are within practical distance - you can take a train and go there (Vassar for instance is 30mn from the city by train).
[100%</a> Meet Need Colleges | CollegeGreenlight](<a href=“Colleges with Need-Blind Admission for U.S. Students”>Colleges with Need-Blind Admission for U.S. Students)
The CUNY’s that are reputable beside Baruch would be CCNY (very nice campus), Hunter, and Queens. They have honors programs, too, although I’m afraid your 24 may disqualify you from them (average for honors tends to be 27-31 at these colleges). Count $12,000 for housing ALONE, though. For an EFC 0, that’s impossible. Remember that as a freshman, you’re only allowed to borrow $5,500.</p>
The part about not being known for business but rather medicine is simply not true. In fact OU’s medical school isn’t even close to campus, it’s in the middle of Oklahoma City. Although Oklahoma’s business program doesn’t hold students to the same standards that better schools do, it’s arguably the strongest b-school in the state and as a result attracts a fair number of campus recruiters. Last summer I lived with three business majors, and two of the three were paid interns at Fortune 500 companies. The other business major worked at a local firm doing marketing of some sort. </p>
<p>With a 24 ACT and 3.33 UW GPA, I doubt you’d be a competitive candidate for the better NYC schools. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that the University of Oklahoma keeps tuition low but then charges an insane number of fees for just about everything. Combining those fees with the costs of room and board means that OU might not even be a financial safety for you (there is a program which offers free R&B to some very poor students in exchange for working in food service, but it’s highly competitive).</p>
<p>you should try and see what kind of aid you will receive from NYC schools. But don’t forget also apply to all in state schools because based on your stats in state probably is your only option.</p>
<p>With your stats you should also try Iona and St. Johns. Forget about Vassar and Fordham, even you can get in there will be no FA that will make it affordable.</p>
Forgive my beating a dead horse here but I had to lift my jaw off the ground seeing you have a o EFC and are applying to NYU with relatively modest stats. OU is a fine school which has a good B school. You are letting the bright lights of NYC overcome your reason. How much do you think you can earn in a year? Over four years? Add that to the $3-4K/year your parents can pay, then the $27K Direct loans you could borrow. That’s probably about your limit for your school. OU is a solid bargain in all aspects.</p>
<p>Once again thanks for all the input. Like I said I put NYU because it is my dream school and there was no harm in applying. I understand its very out of reach financially and some stats wise. </p>
<p>I didn’t know the list for fully met financial aid schools was so long. The only thing is getting admitted into one with my stats. I will look into the list and schools in NY that fully meet FA. At this point I think partly all I can do is see how much the financial aid packages for the ones I’ve already applied to and see if they are do-able in any sense at all. I think my desire to study in NY clouded that judgement and I get that.</p>
<p>Don’t be discouraged! It’s okay to have big dreams–sometimes you just have to take a little longer route to get to where you want to go. Better to major in business at Oklahoma, become proficient in a second language, and get an internship in NYC over the summer than risk financial disaster by trying to go to a school in NYC you can’t afford for four years. </p>
<p>Remember: Your long-term ability to one day live in the City will benefit from completing your undergraduate studies with as little debt as possible. Good luck!</p>
<p>Oh sorry I forgot to comment on the in-state situation. I meant in no way to ignore all that advice. To be short, the reason I said the the things I said was because my Economics teacher’s wife recently graduated from OU with a business degree and was unable to find a job. He’s advice to me was if I am able to I should go OOS for what I want to do I should go for it. He didn’t want me as a student to go through the same thing. He also said if I do end up staying that OU is a pretty decent school and I shouldn’t be discouraged. I’ve also just known OU to be good in health/pharmacy and such but never took them seriously as a business school. I think differently know from what you guys have said.</p>
<p>I’m glad you guys have said what you have said because it has really opened my eyes and come to the realization that I must just have to in state.
LucieTheLake especially worded it in away that I didn’t feel chewed out about it so I appreciate that. I’ll still go ahead and look into other 100% FA met schools because it doesn’t hurt but if I stay in-state I think I will be doing the smart thing. So once again thank you guys for that advice. </p>
<p>I have one question though. What are the not so selective, if any, 100% FA met schools that I could have a chance in attending with my stats?</p>