Looking for college in the city

[avgeneral]

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum. I don't know if this topic should go here but I want to ask around for a college that I'm looking for.

Mainly what I'm looking for in a college is one that is somewhere in the city (preferably Manhattan but can be any other borough). I also am pursuing a BS in Computer Science so that school must have that. And last but not least, a good amount of Asian students (something like Stony Brook University if you know what that's like).

I tried looking for that type of college using CollegeBoard and Bridges but they're vague. I want to know it from someone who knows about it and has experience.

Thanks.

[NewYorkDoc]

What colleges are you considering?

[avgeneral]

Here are the colleges I have in mind:

Globe Institute of Technology
Polytechnic University
CityTech
and Pace

Others are also welcome

[ligel]

Queens College. Not as popular as Pace but it has a good amount of Asian students.

[clubBR]

Hunter College for Liberal Arts
Baruch College for Business

[avgeneral]

Ohh Hunter. Yea I have a few friends from there. Are Baruch and Hunter good schools for computer science?

[jersey_guy]

Baruch does not have Comp Sci per se, but it does have Computer Information Systems major, which is closely related.

Here's a list of courses in the major:
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/ugradprograms/cis.htm#cis

[Hamilton]

Columbia?

[NoyokA]

City College has your major. Asians make up 24% of student body.

[NewYorkDoc]

I would go with CUNYs (Hunter, Baruch, City, Brooklyn or Queens), aside from NYU, Columbia, and Fordham, these are just as good as other schools in nyc....and much cheaper.

[avgeneral]

Baruch does not have Comp Sci per se, but it does have Computer Information Systems major, which is closely related.

Here's a list of courses in the major:
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/ugradprograms/cis.htm#cis

CIS major is fine. I was looking for something more like that anyway.



City College has your major. Asians make up 24% of student body.

Oh really? I'll check that one out then.


I would go with CUNYs (Hunter, Baruch, City, Brooklyn or Queens), aside from NYU, Columbia, and Fordham, these are just as good as other schools in nyc....and much cheaper.


Ok, so I have Baruch, Hunter and City in my list. So far Hunter is at top since I already know some of my friends who go there. Thank you.:D

[Schadenfrau]

Why are you so concerned with the population of Asians?

[NoyokA]

Haha. I knew you would chime in Schade. :D I'm waiting for your response at "What are the safe & affordable blocks of Manhattan?" a thread I won't touch with a ten foot pole.

[Schadenfrau]

Ha, keep waiting with that pole at the ready, because I decided to let that one go for now. Sometimes certain beliefs are punishment enough.

[avgeneral]

Why are you so concerned with the population of Asians?

The college close to me is Stony Brook, which is like "Asian central" but I don't want to go to a suburb. I want to study in the city so I was looking for a college similar to Stony Brook.

[Schadenfrau]

I'm sorry, but if you truly believe that the most notable aspect of a college is its high percentage of Asian students, you will be lucky to be accepted to any school at all.

[clubBR]

Haha. I knew you would chime in Schade. :D I'm waiting for your response at "What are the safe & affordable blocks of Manhattan?" a thread I won't touch with a ten foot pole.

HEY why not?? its to help out those people on a tight budget!!!

[NewYorkDoc]

I'm sorry, but if you truly believe that the most notable aspect of a college is its high percentage of Asian students, you will be lucky to be accepted to any school at all.

Quick to jump to conclusions. It's a preference, nothing more. Is that so bad?

[avgeneral]

I'm sorry, but if you truly believe that the most notable aspect of a college is its high percentage of Asian students, you will be lucky to be accepted to any school at all.

I don't mean to be prejudice or anything. It's just that being an asian and foreign-born, I tend to have closer bonds with other asians.

[drew18]

Go to www.collegeconfidential.com and get on their discussion forums. It's by far the best place on the web for college information.

[clubBR]

spam

[Schadenfrau]

I don't mean to be prejudice or anything. It's just that being an asian and foreign-born, I tend to have closer bonds with other asians.

So look for colleges that provide academics in alignment with your needs. The problem isn't that you sound "prejudice," but rather ignorant.

[clubBR]

So look for colleges that provide academics in alignment with your needs. The problem isn't that you sound "prejudice," but rather ignorant.

You sound like you're not a minority.
But what you say is true. People need to base their life choices with an open mind.
However, immigrants are very culture (traditional) oriented, plus the language.
Keep these facts in mind also Schad

[avgeneral]

Hi there, I know this is old now but my friends from college suggested not to study in neither Baruch or Hunter for Computer Science. Since Baruch is mainly business and Hunter is medical, I should go for a technology institute.

I looked into a few more colleges and what it brought me to was NYIT. It's got the course I want to take and its courses catalog was very helpful. Also, getting there is easy by subway.

Do you guys have any comments regarding this college?

And also, I want to tour their Manhattan campus but I don't know how to make an appointment. I looked in their website but I don't know where to go.

[Schadenfrau]

Why don't you try calling them?

[avgeneral]

I want to get opinions from people other than the faculty. I prefer others who know about it preferably those who go to that school.

[Schadenfrau]

But you just said that you didn't know how to make an appointment. To fix that, call them.

The NYIT student body in Manhattan appears to be a very small one, so I wouldn't count on many students being members here. It doesn't hurt to put it out there, I guess.

Still, I think you'd do well to do a bit more research into your college choices. Hunter is not a medical school, and relying upon the advice of random people isn't a good way to pick out where you're going to spend the next four years and list on your resume for the rest of your life. You should be selecting colleges by their academics and reputation, not whether or not they're in Manhattan or have a large Asian population. Your undergrad education follows you forever- choose wisely.

[avgeneral]

I don't really care much about the asian population or its rep right now. All I'm looking for in a college is up-to-date computer equipment and nice classroom/labs. Also easy to commute from

[Schadenfrau]

Are you really saying that you don't care about the reputation of a school you're going to be giving tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars to?

I wouldn't often say it, but it honestly sounds to me like you're not ready to go to college at all at this point.

It's possible that you're not near high school graduation, and are just testing the waters. If that's the case, good for you, and keep doing so. However, if you're ready to enroll in any of the schools you're talking about, I really think you need to take a long step back and reexamine the way you're approaching things. The commute you're talking about is quite long, and frankly, not workable. Do you realize that you'd be spending 4+ hours a day on the train? And if so, why in the world would you do that?

[avgeneral]

I'm commuting from Brooklyn which is only 40 minutes away from the campus. It'd be crazy for me to take LIRR and subway everyday, I'm not that rich.

[endure25]

whats a good college for journalism?

[ablarc]

^ Columbia.

[Schadenfrau]

Their grad school is the best for journalism- Columbia doesn't offer an undergraduate program for journalism, though. Still, it's the best school in the city, and you'd do well to take the English or Creative Writing programs at that level.

[avgeneral]

What I want to study is Computer Information Sciences or Computer Science

Here's a list of schools I need review:

1. CUNY Brooklyn College
2. DeVry University
3. Pace University

[endure25]

Their grad school is the best for journalism- Columbia doesn't offer an undergraduate program for journalism, though. Still, it's the best school in the city, and you'd do well to take the English or Creative Writing programs at that level.

I feared people would say Columbia, since I'm not a rich kid but, with financial aid and other opportunities its definitely an option for grad I guess.

[Schadenfrau]

You don't have to be rich to go to Columbia, and grad school really isn't necessary to get into journalism. In fact, believe it or not, a j-school degree is sometimes looked down upon.

Not many colleges offer undergraduate programs in journalism, and the colleges that do aren't generally big feeders into journalism careers. Most people I know working in the field attended good liberal arts colleges and had internships while they were in school. You'd probably do best to follow a similar path, Endure25.

[mkhadavi]

Hey,

I went to stonybrook for a year (it was asian central as you said, offtopic), and wasn't very fond of the local are and weekend commute (nobody stays there on weekends really) so I transfered to CUNY Queens college.

I'm an anthropology major so I can't comment on our computer science department, but I like the school environment (as far as commuter schools go), and we're right near main street / flushing where there is a strong asian community.. if that is still on your mind.

I'd be glad to show you around campus sometime if you end up considering Queens.

-Michael