Need some help from New Yorkers..or anyone! (Hunter, Hope: middle-class, dorms)

[wwwasd]

This is my first post and thread here i hope i do it right!

I'm from Seattle and considering moving to New York for college. Hopefully the two cities will be somewhat similair. Any universities recommended in New York?! I want to major in journalism and hopefully study abroad somewhere in the UK. Please keep in mind that i'm coming from a middle class family and an average student so im not looking for something like NYU!

I'm not into suburban areas and like more of an Urban place. I'm aware that living expensives are/can be pricey...Random question but how many people actually drive there anyways?

I'm also interested in New York's music scene...From Rap to Indie...

I could use any help. Even on things i didn't mention! thanks.

[Viralmd]

New York is so different from Seattle, I don't really know where to start.

Where are you attending college? I really think you ought to visit before you decide...

Having a car in the city is unnecessary, costly and most people do NOT have cars.

[BklynGal2476]

You could try looking into one of the CUNY (City University of New York) schools. They're affordable on a middle-class income, located all over the 5 boroughs and one of them is bound to catch your eye. I know Brooklyn College (my alma mater) has a BFA program that's supposed to be really good.

If you're interested, the website is www.cuny.edu.

Good luck!

[MattSiggs]

Originally Posted by BklynGal2476

You could try looking into one of the CUNY (City University of New York) schools. They're affordable on a middle-class income, located all over the 5 boroughs and one of them is bound to catch your eye. I know Brooklyn College (my alma mater) has a BFA program that's supposed to be really good.

If you're interested, the website is www.cuny.edu.

Good luck!

Also, look into the Macaulay Honors College of CUNY. You can apply and if you get accepted you get free tuition, in some cases free dorms, a free laptop, and a 7500 study grant(which can be used to study abroad).

I'm in the program and can personally vouch for it being a great college program. You're going to be in with a lot of New Yorkers, though. You can apply to one of the 7 CUNYs participating. I really don't know which one is the best journalism college, but Hunter has free dorms if you get in, so that might suit you.

Bear in mind that Hunter's program is the toughest to get into, so you have to have a knock up SAT score and pretty good extracurriculars.

Here's the link:
Macaulay Honors College

If you have any other questions, drop me a message.

[wwwasd]

thanks!! i knew of the CUNY schools but didn't know of their macaulay honors colleges. I'll have to look into that!

[Carbro]

CUNY probably requires a diploma from a NYC high school. I tried to take summer courses there (before open admissions) and was told I couldn't, since I had not attended HS in NYC and had not lived in the city long enough to qualify as a resident.

I agree you should apply to the colleges you like first and then make the move. See about dorm options, too. Not cheap, but better if you're just learning your way around the city.

And for petey's sake, leave the car behind. You'll regret it if you don't.

Columbia University's School of Journalism is world-famous, but I don't know if it is open to undergrads.

[Viralmd]

The School of Journalism at Columbia is a graduate school. You need a bachelor's degree first.

[BklynGal2476]

Originally Posted by Carbro

CUNY probably requires a diploma from a NYC high school. I tried to take summer courses there (before open admissions) and was told I couldn't, since I had not attended HS in NYC and had not lived in the city long enough to qualify as a resident.

I knew people in Brooklyn College who had gone to HS in New Jersey and Conn. and general admissions weren't a problem. It might be different with the pre-admissions summer courses. However, they did have to take a few classes that I was exempt from because NJ doesn't give regents exams and NY does.

Read the CUNY website over just to be sure. The cost of tuition may be a bit higher because you need to live in NY for a certain amount of time before being considered a resident and resident's tuition is cheaper. But unless things have changed since I was there, not having a NY diploma shouldn't be a problem.

[ctman1987]

As a college student here in New York City (Manhattan College in the Bronx) I can tell you that having five boroughs of the worlds greatest city at your fingertips is truly an experience not to miss.

[Cida]

First, NYC is nothing like Seattle.

NYC has two excellent journalism schools, Columbia, which is probably one of the best in the country, and NYU. If you don't think you can get into either one, I'm not sure it's worth it to move to NYC for school. It sounds to me like you should instead buy yourself some of the reference books for choosing colleges, and start with that.