<p>What are some schools that have campuses in large-ish cities?
I would love to go to school in NYC but I'm not really aware of that many schools there. But it seems like there would always be something to do if you lived in a city and it's very appealing to me.
I won't get into Colombia
NYU is too expensive.
Other than that, I don't know.</p>
<p>What are some other schools in cities, preferably in the northeast?</p>
<p>University of Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>What about DePaul in Chicago? My D just visited and loved it.</p>
<p>What do you want to study?
How much can you afford to pay?</p>
<p>What I want to study… depends on the school’s programs but biological sciences, ecology, biology, zoology, and environmental science are all options.
How much can I pay? Roughly 8,000 a year… I will need financial aid. xD</p>
<p>[Boston:</a> Colleges and Universities, Student Life](<a href=“http://www.searchboston.com/boston_directory/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/]Boston:”>http://www.searchboston.com/boston_directory/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/)</p>
<p>Google search “[city] colleges” or [city] area colleges" for all the cities you’re interested. That will give you the most complete list. (city area colleges comes up with much better hits, even though you have to weed through some suburban ones.)</p>
<p>Alternatively, you could use CC’s college-finder school with your test scores/etc. and check that “urban” environment is a “must-have.”</p>
<p>Can we have your test scores and unweighted GPA?
What state do you live in?
Are you a probable pre-med?</p>
<p>If you have high stats, Pitt might give enough merit aid and it fits well.</p>
<p>Look at the CUNY schools.</p>
<p>test scores:
SATs: 1960, 690 CR, 650 M, 620 W. First try, hope to improve to 2250+
ACTs: 30 composite. 35 E, 27 M, 32 R, 24 S. First try, hope to improve to 33+
GPA is 3.4ish. I am going to try really hard to get straight A’s through senior year. It’s not that classes are hard for me, I’m just lazy. >.>
I live in PA (but I don’t want to go to Penn State!)</p>
<p>NOT pre-med.</p>
<p>And I strongly dislike the city of Pittsburgh. I’m okay with most other cities though (I love Philly and Baltimore).
I know of UPenn, Drexel, UM-college park and UMBC.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip on googling the cities, that is proving helpful.</p>
<p>May I suggest Honors Program at The Ohio State University - Columbus?! </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/user/ExperienceColumbus#p/u/16/xtFiZGpuPS0[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/user/ExperienceColumbus#p/u/16/xtFiZGpuPS0</a></p>
<p>Go Bucks!! :)</p>
<p>Case Western in Cleveland might give you enough money to be affordable. The package they gave me was pretty good. Plus, it’s free to apply.</p>
<p>Case Western looks good to me. I especially like that it is free to apply to, because my current List will cost quite a bit to apply to all of the schools. I have no problem filling out the applications but the costs add up.</p>
<p>DePaul looks like it’s too big for my tastes.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Temple, maybe?</p>
<p>How about Macalester, a LAC in Minneapolis St. Pauls? They offer generous financial and merit aid.</p>
<p>Maybe GW, American, BU, Northeastern?</p>
<p>I only applied to city schools when I was in my senior year, my main goal was to live in Manhattan, so I’ve been exactly where you are right now. </p>
<p>I’m going to NYU. I tried to get into the Macaulay Honors College which is part of the CUNY system, I picked the Hunter campus, but they are VERY selective and a lot of people say that if your international you have a better chance at getting in (I am not an international student, I’m a white female from NY). Clearly, I did not get in, but if I had I would have gone there because its FREE. CUNY schools are fairly cheap, but the only ones with dorming are The City School and Hunter (well, the only ones with dorming in Manhattan, I dont know about the other CUNYs) and its very hard to get a dorm as they are very limited.</p>
<p>I would say to apply to Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus. Unfortunatly, their price is almost as large as NYUs (if it had been cheaper, I would have gone there) but they are a great school. I got in as an early action applicant and thought I would end up going there, that is until I got into NYU’s LSP program in the spring, which threw me off quite a bit. Fordham also has a campus in Rose Hill (the Bronx), which is where all the sports are located. The dorms at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus are AMAZING and the best dorms you will see in NYC, promise. There is an underground tunnel connecting the dorm building to the actual school building.</p>
<p>Another option is Pace University. Its a pretty easy school to get into, and they are located in downtown Manhattan. I didnt see an actual dorm room, but I do remember that the dorm building is attached to the classroom building, which is nice. They have another campus is Westchester, which is close to where I live, I never saw that campus but I hear its nice. Since they are also a private school it is still expensive, but I got into their honors program (I dont remember it being that hard to get into, and you are automatically reviewed for it when you apply) which gave me $15,000 and a laptop (if I had gone there, of course).</p>
<p>The Eugene Lang College at The New School was also one of the schools I visited. VERY laid back, fairly easy to get into based on what I learned about the school when I was there, very nice dorms and in the village, an awesome area of Manhattan. The New School is home to other colleges, the Eugene Lang College is just their liberal arts school. After I got into Fordham I decided not to apply since I didnt like it as much as Fordham, so I cant say what the final break down of cost would be.</p>
<p>I also looked at schools in Boston, although I only applied to one safety school, Suffolk, to see how much money they would give me and if it would be worth it to leave Manhattan behind for. </p>
<p>If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Also, don’t let anyone talk you out of applying to schools in the city if thats where you know you want to go. I was always 100% sure that I wanted a city, so I never bothered to look at schools anywhere but the city. A lot of people tried to encourage me to look other places, but I ended up getting accepted into 5 different city schools, and am so happy I’m going to NYU in the fall.</p>
<p>And on a side note, I only found out about some of the schools I mentioned above by word of mouth. I dont know if it was just my school, but for some reason no one knew of many colleges in Manhattan, and when I searched online I would always come up with schools that were just outside of the city, not actually in it. </p>
<p>If you want a comparison as to what it might take to get into some of those schools, heres some of my info:</p>
<p>GPA: around a 3.7, I dont know exactly
ACT: 28
SAT: Around 1700
1 AP class my junior year, 3 my senior year
No honors classes
Girl Scout, President of GSA, NHS member, Mentor member, in photo club, lots of volunteer work and an after school job at a day care</p>
<p>loyola chicago? if u can get your gpa up to a 3.5 (the minimum requirement) you could get a merit scholarship maybe. also fordham, but you might not be able to get any merit aid there. i applied to both and i think both were free to apply, i know loyola was. loyola was a pretty easy application too, you dont have to write an original essay even</p>
<p>You may have to forget about anything in NYC. Even with major aid, it’s probably beyond your budget. The ancillary costs of living in NYC are enormous.</p>
<p>Thought it might not be considered a big city, Wash U in St. Louis is located in a beautiful part of the city next to the largest city park in the country besides NY’s Central Park. Great school overall, if you like a smaller city, it’s perfect.</p>
<p>Emory is a reach as of now but if you get your GPA higher your senior year and your SATs up by 200 points, then you have a decent shot.</p>
<p>i didnt read the rest of the posts so sorry if i have repeats but im from ny so i figured id give this a shot</p>
<p>nyc: marist, fordham, pace, molloy, bard, barnard (all girls, idk if youre a girl?), cooper union (reach)
i wouldnt suggest the cuny system bc theyre largely commuter schools, but thats just my opinion
im from long island so if you wanna look into long island schools with easy access to nyc id suggest cw post (also called long island university), adelphi, hofstra, and stony brook university</p>
<p>boston: boston university, boston college, emerson, tufts, brandeis</p>
<p>new orleans: tulane (thats where i go so i have to recommend it!)</p>
<p>dc: gw, american, georgetown</p>