So a quick update, my kid got accepted to several CUNY programs for nursing but one of the admissions people confided that they accept like 300 kids for 90 spots, so the first year is like pre nursing so to speak,and a lot of these freshmen won’t get a place the next year, and transfers were going to be hard, he didn’t like NCC, and I wasn’t sure that he’d be able to stay motivated if he didn’t like the school. We both liked Old Westbury, they were responsive and helpful, he’s doing liberal arts but taking lots of premed courses, So far he seems happy. I was worried about it being sub par but so far so good, it’s out in the boondocks, but as a parent that’s a plus in my books. He commutes to school, and that’s a bit of a drag, I’m paying full price out of pocket.We didn’t qualify for any financial aid not even the Excelsior, but like I said he seems happy , despite the ADD he’s maintaining decent grades, and he gets extra help when he needs it. So my conclusion is -OW might not be anywhere near Ivy League, but it gets the job done