I applied to hunter college when I was a senior in high school because it had a good reputation for a CUNY school. CUNY schools in NYC are located in the city and cheaper than your traditional private college and it was the main reason I applied. the admission process was easy. I also applied to 4 other CUNY schools because you could apply to them under the same application with no additional application fee. I also applied to private schools and SUNY. I was accepted to 11/12 schools; denied for Columbia and waitlisted for NYU. when I applied I had a 1480 SAT 31 ACT and 93 GPA.
Exams :
This program is one of the only nursing programs in the city with affordable tuition that could simultaneously give me my BSN upon graduation. There are only 100 people accepted per year and to get in you need to take an exam to get in called the NLN (it's like the ACT ) they also judge you based on your GPA (minimum 3.2) and personal essay. before you apply for the nursing program you need to do the prerequisites which are very specific classes listed on the website and given to you at orientation. You need to complete all these classes by the end of your spring semester and have to get a high GPA. When I was accepted I had a 99 percentile score on the NLN, and a 4.0 GPA.
Placement :
There is a campus newsletter that will sometimes include job opportunities but they're mainly based in retail in stores around campus. These stores will also place fliers on the walls.
Internship :
Internships are offered but you have to look for them. If you're in the nursing program we have this thing called clinical, which are essentially internships at hospitals. we get grouped and placed at a hospital from 7 am-1 pm and we get to shadow nurses and be in a hospital environment. This is part of our curriculum and we are not paid for it. the clinical rotations we go on are based on the classes we're currently taking. There are on-campus jobs that my friends currently do, and they say it's a good way to meet people and to earn extra money on the side. For example, my friend who works in the game room at my dorm made enough money last year to cover the remaining tuition his financial aid did not cover.
Fees :
Most students are covered partially if not fully by financial aid if you are living in NYC. The tuition is around 6k a semester which is considerably cheaper than private schools. There are scholarships available but very few from what I've seen on the campus website. I am fully covered by financial aid and I receive a 150$ merit scholarship from NYC. Every semester for academic wellness. It's not much but it is better than anything. I don't remember applying for this scholarship, I just saw it while I was browsing my financial aid. My school offers scholar programs in your field of study that offer a bit of financial assistance (1k if I'm not mistaken) but you need to apply once you get accepted and not many people know about it.
Faculty :
On the main campus where you're taking normal classes, there are lecture hall classes ( mainly science-based) and have about 100-600 people in them with one professor. more liberal arts classes have a normal classroom setting where it's one professor to ~20 students. In the nursing program, there are only 100 kids and all the classes are taken with the same students. I think the faculty is somewhat decent. Some professors are good while others are not. it depends on how well you choose to know the professor and how much you care about your academic work. Science classes have multiple TAs who act as professors ( for example, in my chem, microbial, and biology classes, there were lecture halls where one highly accredited professor was lecturing and the 300 class size was broken up into smaller lab classes where the TA taught the class. the lab and the lecture exams were then combined to make up your final exam grade).
Hostel :
I used to live in Brooklyn and commute every day to my school in the upper east side of manhattan. My commute used to be over an hour long. I moved out because my clinical was 7 in the morning and located 2 hours away from me, which would mean that I would have to wake up at 4:00 to catch the 5 am a train which I could not possibly do every week. Living on campus was a great use for me because although it was a bit far from my main campus (20-minute train ride ) it was in the same building as my nursing school so I could just get up out of bed and get to my classes in 5 minutes. I moved out purely for the convenience. there is no meal plan here. You have to cook on your own. I know some people who moved in with roommates but rent in NYC is expensive and will cost around 1500$ or more for a small shared apartment. My dorm is around 2.6k a semester and that's considerably very cheap.
