<p>In order for her to commute from here (Westhampton) she would have to purchase a monthly LIRR pass - over $400 - so she is renting an apartment. We used the Brooklyn College Housing Referral board. The apartment is $1100 a month - which split with a roommate is $550 plus electric and cooking gas. Fairly reasonable, we thought, and she is only a block and a half from campus. Her rent is cheaper than her brother’s housing at Stevens IT in Hoboken. </p>
<p>Macaulay students at Hunter receive housing as part of their award - however at Brooklyn they do not. Basically they gave her the laptop, and her bill was zero. She gets other financial aid, which is given to her by check (stafford loans, and an HESC scholarship). She puts that towards her rent.</p>
<p>yummytongue - so sorry for the late response, i haven’t been on this site in forever. I am withdrawing from macaulay for numerous reasons. i’ll try to make this as terse as possible.</p>
<p>I am at Baruch College and wish to go on the pre-med track. Baruch offers 4, maybe 5 science courses in total. Baruch’s major and minor options are QUITE limited outside of business. I actually want to major in biomed engineering and hopefully minor in nanotechnology or neuroscience and spanish. definitely no options for that in baruch.</p>
<p>I don’t care for the liberal arts minor they force you to have. the interdisciplinary course set they force you to take is time consuming (you have to attend events outside of class). I’m all up for appreciating the arts in nyc, but not when it’s shoved down your throat.</p>
<p>Your hand is held along every step you take in college. I feel like there is literally no room to breathe. Everything from course selection to extracurriculars is monitored by your advisor. What happened to being independent?</p>
<p>commuting to college takes away from the experience of growing up a LOT.</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> typing this up makes me depressed. i hope you get a much better experience out of this program if you apply and get accepted though.</p>
<p>Hi, everyone. I am from New York City. The CUNY’s here range from very poor quality to medium-good range. Hunter and Baruch being the top 2. </p>
<p>I know for out of state students living in big apple means a lot. But let me assure NYC is not at all good for living. Its for tourists. You come here visit places then pack your bags and go. I am saying this out of experience. It can be fun if you have A LOT of money and you live in Manhattan. (You can’t dorm mostly as all the already scarce lodgings are taken by New Yorkers) And trust me when i say it. IT IS EXPENSIVE. A one room CRAPPY studio in Manhattan is at least 1500-2000 dollars a month(the price goes up and down depending on the neighborhood). And that’s just the rent. The rest of the living commodities also cost 2-3X more than the national average. (Groceries, bills, insurance, transportation etc) </p>
<p>These are the realities that you have to face. So, if money is not a problem for you, then I would suggest that you try to get in either Hunter or Baruch. And live in Manhattan. Remember that the system is designed to limit out of state students and make everything easy for residents(Of course, we pay for it right ) </p>
<p>P.S If you can get into the Macaulay honors program of CUNY then disregard all of the above because they pay tuition, travel, dorm(Only Hunter) and transportation within the city, a grant of 2-3k Dollars, and a macbook. Look into it it is VERY competetive.</p>