Major: computer science
Cost:
Macaulay honor ( CCNY ): free tuition + laptop + $7500 Opportunities fund. (commute 1.5h)
NYU-poly: about 13K (commute 1.5h)
Stony brook: about 11K includes room+board
which is better for Computer science? internships/jobs?
Which would you pick?
thanks
You have to commute 1.5 hours everyday for classes, at poly? I would pick Macaulay honors, to be honest. If you could dorm at Poly, then maybe. 1.5 hours is a lot almost everyday.
Is cost really a factor in this scenario? If you have visited, which school did you like better? They’re all good.
Doesn’t Macaulay cover part of R&B for CCNY?
What’s your parents’ budget?
On the Macaulay (CCNY) acceptance, it said Macaulay students are guaranteed space in the dorm, but it did not say it is free. I think it does not offer free one year dorm to everyone anymore, only to some?
About the CS program, not sure about the CCNY, the CS program at SBU seems bigger with new CS building etc; but with the recent merger with NYU, NYU-poly may gain more resources and improve its ranking soon? Also the CS at NYU-Poly is not Abet certified. Does it matter?
We can handle the cost of NYU-poly and SBU, but the free Macaulay…
Which one???
No, for CS at NYU POly ABET certification doesn’t matter, and yes the program’s reputation will grow very fast due to NYU’s reputation.
Is the 1.5hour commute round trip, or one way? on the subway I assume?
Call Macaulay to see if you could get free (or partially paid-for) housing at CCNY, at least for your first year.
SBU is indeed superb for all sciences.
(And yes, I realize this doesn’t help!)