<p>I visited Baruch and was very impressed with the facilities. I’d like to attend, but I’m concerned about the social scene there. I am OOS so I will probably only attend if I get the campus housing.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any input on this topic? Especially students who are OOS attending Baruch?</p>
<p>I visited Baruch as an OOS student too and was really impressed, but that’s a concern for me too! I’m hoping that joining clubs would help but since it’s mostly a commuter school it still worries me. Some insight from OOS students would be really helpful!</p>
<p>If anyone does reply, could you also give us a clue how high the cost of living is in NYC?</p>
<p>I don’t know about Baruch, but the cost of living NYC?</p>
<p>Well, are you ready to give an arm, and maybe even a leg, just to get by?</p>
<p>I can only speak about my experiences 40 years ago. I was a commuter just like you. However, I picked up girls while commuting in the Long Island Rail Road and eventually had a “long term” girl friend who I met at Baruch among other dates that I had with Baruch students. Commuting doesn’t mean that you won’t meet people. You will have MANY opportunities among those you meet in classes, to those in clubs and organizations that you join, to meeting people in the library and cafeteria etc. The opportunities really aren’t that different than living away at a college, which I also experienced. In fact, you might even be able to meet even more people commuting than living away at a college due to the exposure to a much broader amount of people.</p>
<p>In fact, everyone that I knew at Baruch, who was decent looking and had some sort of personality, had plenty of dates and had boyfriends/girlfriends. I think that it is a myth that commuters don’t meet people or can’t meet as many people as those who live at college.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input taxguy.</p>
<p>I know you’ve answered this question before somewhere on this forum, but for a NJ resident, would you recommend Baruch over Rutgers for someone who wants to get an internship with a Big 4 firm? They both cost about the same in tuition, but the dorms are obviously more expensive in the city. And if I don’t get the student housing from Baruch (which I very well may not), the price goes up astronomically. Not to mention the cost of surviving in NYC.</p>
<p>Thanks again</p>
<p>Jeremy, if you wanted to work in NY, Baruch might be better choice. This is particularly true if you want to sit for the NY CPA since the advisors understand the NY requirements. However, absent this, I would think that you would be better served going to Rutgers as an instate student. It probably would be cheaper. Since I have never seen Rutgers or evaluated their program , I can opine on whether they have a better or worse program that that of Baruch.</p>
<p>I think I want to work in NYC, but if I go to Rutgers, I might have more options for jobs in New York and Philly. I think I’m just going to see if I can get any substantial aid from either and make my decision from there. The same applies for TCNJ.</p>