I am currently a freshmen in a SUNY school but I finding that I don’t like being away from home which is two hours away,. When I first chose this school I thought I would like it but after spending a semester here taking mechanical engineering and learning that I don’t like it I am having a hard time finding a reason to stay. I switch majors from engineering to computer science for my second semester but I feel like I don’t want to attend a SUNY college anymore and I hoping to transfer to CUNY Hunter’s college and major in software engineering. The thing is my family believes it would be a mistake and I don’t know how to explain things to them that I want to attend a college close to home without the two hour difference, How should I explain it to them without them judging me and be disappointed in me, and how do transfer from a SUNY to a CUNY.
My daughter would love to go to Hunter but it’s about 90 minutes away for us. Hunter is a good school, in my opinion. If you were my child, I would love to have you close to home doing something that you love. Good luck to you!
The only problem with Hunter being 90 minutes away from you is that it has very limited dorm space, primarily for Macauley students. Why don’t you look at Queens College, which is also a CUNY school, but which has dorms that are less than 10 years old? The school offers bus service to Flushing, where you can catch the LIRR for a 20 minute ride to Penn Station or take the 7 train, which is about 45 minutes to midtown, but is cheaper.
As someone who goes to Queens College I think you should just try to convince them that there’s really nothing wrong with CUNY schools. A lot of people are misinformed or don’t have enough information. Your parents would be saving a lot of money. Some CUNY schools also have dorms as well. So you can still dorm and you wouldn’t be far away from home. Plus you’re right in the heart of New York City. There are plenty of opportunities for networking, making friends, volunteering, jobs, and much more.
Plus why spend about $20,000 switching Majors when you can spend about 6,000?