NEED INFO on Colleges in New York w/ housing etc. (Westbury: dorms, law school)

[MsRaine]

I am currently a resident in Georgia looking to relocate near New York City (could be outside the city). What I am looking for is a college that has student housing/dorms, Near public transportation, Accepts students with a GPA between a high C - low B(I'm not dumb so I'm not going to say easy to get into lol), broad range of studies, not insanely expensive, & offer online courses/classes. I can't seem to Google & independently research New York schools with all of my listed preferences together I guess I'm willing to settle without the online courses. New York state itself has a lot of different schools my time is limited due to work to single-handling evaluate ALL of them.

Would like advice/listed schools of what I am looking for please

If you must know my personal business I am looking to attend the spring quarter 2011 perhaps winter if it's not too late. I am looking to major in Business Administration or something in the creative outlet. I have a healthy bank account of funds. I will find work there ASAP. I am moving in the first of December to New York City with a family member. I visited New York City before.

[citylove101]

For business take a hard look at Baruch, down on 23rd st & Lex, which is public, cheap and has a very good rep for business and accounting. The more expensive privates good in business are Columbia and Stern (NYU), but both are tough admits and very expensive. After that you might consider Pace, which also has a good rep in bus./accntg.

Schools with what I feel are a creative tilt (w/o knowing what you’re creative interests are) include Brooklyn College and Hunter College, both public and part of CUNY, like Baruch is. Among the privates look especially at New School—Eugene Lang is the undergraduate part and the New School For General Studies is the part that caters to the nontraditional student, with online or individual courses, or full degree programs. It’s a bit more cutting edge, hipster, arty than other schools.

Both NYU and Columbia also have a really large group of creative artsy students, but like I say they’re admissions are tough, though both also offer degree programs for nontraditional or older students. The NYU program is called Gallatin and the Columbia program is The School of General Studies. I believe that at least part of the work at either may be done online, and admissions are not as tough. And with Columbia you’ll end up with an Ivy League pedigree.

Local schools both strong in the arts and in business is a tough call for me. I think most places tilt one way or the other, though you’ll always find a few artsy kids at Baruch and a few pre-professional types at the New School. Maybe someone else here knows a place that has a good mixture of both

[MsJ27]

Try SUNY schools... try SUNY Old Westbury. Nice school, great campus, new dorms, lots of places to go to off campus, school transportation & cabs available for those without a car, about 45 min away from Manhattan by the LIRR, lots of studies available, some online courses I believe, relatively small, not as touch to get into as other schools. I graduated from there in '04 & I also went to FIT. If you're interested I could tell you more about it.

[Jeremie]

Let me give my 2 cents and suggest St. John's University (my alma mater). We have a few campuses but I would suggest either the Manhattan or Queens (main) campus. They both have dorms but Manhattan is more connected since it is one large building. If you want to live in the city, its a good choice. You can also take classes at the main campus for a traditional college feel.

The Queens campus is very large and equidistant from a few cultural enclaves (Flushing, Jamaica, Fresh Meadows). I would say the top majors as far as quality is pharmacy, business and psychology in that order. Our law school is top notch as well.

Even though schools like Columbia are up there and ivy's, St. John's is great with aid and has a very mixed population if you are not into the traditional "white washed" college setting.

[cocoaeve]

Some City University of New York (CUNY) colleges now have student residences.

Queens College, Brooklyn College, City College and I think Hunter College does also.