brooklyn college (cuny) (New York, York, Hunter: schools, colleges, moving to)

[pingu007]

We are an Italian couple in our 20's . We're planning on moving to nyc to attend brooklyn college as master course students in experimental psychology. Can you New Yorkers tell me what is your perception of this college? I mean, is it a good institute? After several discussions on which college to attend, We finally seem to have made our decision (given the fact that we can't afford anything better such as columbia, nyu etc...). what do you guys think? thanx

[analyticalkeys]

Brooklyn College is just fine, a lot of people look down on CUNY colleges, but there's nothing wrong with them at all.

[baylovers]

Granted that it was over twenty years ago when i attended there, I thought it was a very good school if you applied yourself. The campus is pretty nice, it can let you forget that you are in the middle of Brooklyn at times. I think you'll enjoy it... good luck!

[biggyboy]

yeah its not a bad option. you don't need to go somewhere like columbia or nyu for your type of degree, it all depends on the quality of research and the kind of grades you receive. of course, a top-tier school on a resume never looks bad, but in reality a degree from there it isn't necessary to obtain.

[apvbguy]

Originally Posted by biggyboy

yeah its not a bad option. you don't need to go somewhere like columbia or nyu for your type of degree, it all depends on the quality of research and the kind of grades you receive. of course, a top-tier school on a resume never looks bad, but in reality a degree from there it isn't necessary to obtain.

I think you missed the messages, the person is going for an MBA, someone else noted that recruiters aren't too impressed with an MBA from what they perceive to be a lessor school, and I concur. The world isn't a fair place and like it or not an MBA from Fordham or Baruch is not as well regarded as one from Wharton

[biggyboy]

lol, you mean a a business degree? at brooklyn college? i think you 'missed the messages.' in fact, you can't even do that at brooklyn. unless i was born yesterday, i didn't think 'experimental psychology' is considered a branch of a typical business degree. and while we are on that topic, as someone who attends a top-tier business school, i myself can share from experience that if you are smart, and your grades show it, recruiters will certainly be impressed with that. please keep in mind that not all business executives come from wharton.

[peekles72]

Who looks down on CUNY? Not many I would think. Especially the "elite" CUNY schools: City, Hunter, Queens, and Brooklyn.

Oh and Baruch for some subjects as well...sorry Baruch.

[Viralmd]

Originally Posted by peekles72

Who looks down on CUNY? Not many I would think. Especially the "elite" CUNY schools: City, Hunter, Queens, and Brooklyn.

Oh and Baruch for some subjects as well...sorry Baruch.

Maybe 40 years ago CUNY was considered topnotch. That no longer holds.

[MeAndTheCity]

Depends on your future goals.. Average school = average opportunities.

CUNY is considered the low budget Wal-Mart of academia. That's not to say you won't find a good deal just that that's the reality.

My ex is at Wharton and he is already flooded with options.. I have dated other guys with lesser MBA's and suffice to say they didn't turn out as fabolously.. and by that I mean they're not making close to $300K.

[bfbranco]

To the OP...why do you worry about the reputation of the school in the eyes of the general public? Some people are giving you answers based on the reputation of MBAs, and Brooklyn College doesn't even award that degree. So what are those opinions worth to you? The question you should be asking (particularly for grad school) is "What is the professional reputation of the faculty in Experimental Psychology (amongst their peers), and what have the graduates gone on to do with their degrees."

Do your research on the faculty (which I presume you've already done). If they have active research programs and publish in reputable journals, then you'll probably be fine. In my field, no one gives a hoot about where the degree came from. You're judged on your professional achievements, starting with the quality of your graduate school research and academic performance.

In many professional fields, people are associated with the advisor they studied with rather than the institution that awarded the degree. This is certainly true for many of the sciences. Apparently, this is not true for the business world based on some previous responses.