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Does anyone go here. I want to be an education major and this school caught my eye. I saw that It was selective and I like the off campus student housing suites. So If you go here can you tell me what you like/ dislike and would you recommend it?
Also Can you recommend other schools in and around NYC that have good education programs?
Having both my BS and my MS from Hunter I would also recommend it. However City's education program is also good. City also has an excellent engineering and computer science program. City is also the only CUNY in Manhattan that has an actual campus. All the buildings are located on one campus setting that is about 1/3 of a mile. It is very quiet and like you are another world from the rest of the neighborhood. It is also very safe walking to and from the public transportation. It may be good for you if you need housing.
I don't want to go to queens. That's probably the only one I really have somethin against. Hunter the price is expensive for housing. I was lookig at that school I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) but since they don't have housing I read it's 200 a week. Which being a college freshmen amounts to a lot. I've also heard they tend to triple rooms?
Hunter on 67 and lexington is the best for education. Queens college is the best for Graduate education. City college is a nice campus, not the best neighborhood and i find that theres a lot of hills and walking from building to building there
Well I grew up in the city and I am very familiar with it as i still go down all the time. The area doesn't bother me... I was looking at hunter and the dorms are VERY limited. It says 612 people get into on campus housing...
Other alternatives are 220 a week which adds up to 880 a month. Working at minimum wage might not leave me with any money..
Or 700 a month.
It's just not an ideal situation for a college student...
If you want to get into Hunter's housing, you have apply before your even accepted. Med students and athletes get first picks (There are also lots of grad students there as well). The housing is downtown near the medical campus, although I think there might be some housing at the new uptown campus as well. Whether your a college student or not, the situation will never be as ideal as you want it but you can make the best out of it. I worked multiple retail jobs while getting my degree from Hunter (while barely being able to pay rent etc.) , yeah it's hard but you'll benefit from the experience in the long run.
I didn't have to stay at the dorms but I used to hang out there with a few friends and it always depressed me for some reason, but it's a good deal. If you manage to get into the CUNY honor's college you automatically get a dorm room + an unlimited metrocard every month. You gotta work hard though, the competition is much harder/tougher than it was a few years ago due to all of the economic problems.
Can you explain what exactly the CUNY honors college is??
The best source of information is on the CUNY website and the individual college's websites.
We can all give you the pro's and con's of each school, but the bottom line is making the most of the opportunity where ever you go. Some professors teach at multiple CUNY's throughout the semester, teaching the same courses at each of them.
Go where you are most comfortable, and can get the best deal for you. Earn the highest GPA you can, because in the end that is what will count the most. That is what will get you the best jobs, that plus networking, and making the most of your opportunities like anything else.
I know one young teacher that graduated from a well known University in DC and has taught at an elementary school in the south Bronx for the past couple of years.
I know another that graduated from City College and worked at an elementary in UWS for a couple of years, while managing to teach at a well known private school in Riverdale during the summer. The summer job has lead her into a well paying permanent job at the private school after earning her masters.
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