Hunter/Baruch college in NYC?

Question

I'm from Michigan, but I've been thinking of applying to Hunter college in NYC, or Baruch College (dying to get out of the midwest). Which one of the two (or any other schools that you know of) would you recommend? I'm not quite sure yet what I will major in, possibly business/advertising/public relations, but I was looking for a good liberal arts school in the area. I was planning on attending either of the two for a year or so, then maybe transferring to NYU. Anyway, if you've ever attended Hunter or Baruch, what was it like? What were the students like? Housing (or lack thereof)? Would it be better to rent an apartment? What are the areas of the school like, safety wise? Is it a gay-friendly school?

Thank you so much!

Answer 1

Okay im from nyc.......i went to hunter college. It was an okay school. I would recommend it because it's in the cuny system and cheaper do a year or two and tranfer to minimize cost. Most people at hunter tend to stay to themselves is what i noticed, but they are freindly depending on which classes you take. I went to night classes because it was easier make a schedule and work or study during the day. Im also thinking about doing my masters at baruch which i here is a good bussiness/public relations school. As for your major since both schools are in the cuny system...every cuny school have diffrent majors so it all depends on what you decide on in the end. As for housing i don't know how their housing is set up but they do have it. It depends on your money situation because renting an apartment in nyc can be very expensive think in the range of about 700 dollars and up(which maybe if you lucky a room)........ the hunter college area since it's the upper west side of manhattan it is VERY expensive area to rent apartments. safety wise the area is pretty safe, at night it's get's pretty quite. Its not to far from central par. Gay friendly......i know my friend joing the glbt club there and she liked it. But if you are transfering to nyu or even living in nyc.....the village where nyu is located is the most gay friendliest area in nyc. NYC is nice place to come to school and experience. Okay i hoped i answered your questions. Good luck!

Answer 2

Hunter. It's been a few years since I did a semester at Hunter. I was petrified. I thought there was a prison break. The students were rowdy. They cheated on exams. I was petrified to walk down the halls. Of course, this was some years ago, the university may have taken control of the situation by now.

Baruch, is in a convenient part of the city, across from a bus line. I don't know anything about Baruch as a school. I pass it on the bus. The students standing in front of the building, and from what I see from the window of the bus, they appear well-behaved and appropriately dressed for school. As for "gay friendly," I'm sorry, I don't know. It's probably more gay-friendly than Hunter, but that's only an assumption.

Apartments are very expensive in Manhattan, unless you get a roomate, you can depend on, someone that will pay the rent "on time!" Be sure to get him to pay first and last month's rent, before he moves in.

Answer 3

Forget about a dorm with your own bathroom. Fashion Institute of Technology very small campus. Fordham's big campus is in the Bronx. Marymount (not sure about their housing), Fairleigh Dickenson in Teaneck NJ has a nice campus and easy transport into the city. NYU is good, but you need good grades and a scholarship or rich parents, same with Columbia Try a local community college for the first two years and then transfer Good Luck

Answer 4

Hunter is an excellent school for business, but liberal arts would be Baruch. HUNTER IS GREAT> !!!!!