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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Computer Engineering  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant I am currently in my final semester at City College and for the past five years it has been nothing but bad experiences for me. After a year at City College I was contemplating to switch my major from Studio Art to Computer Science. The reason for this was because I had a growing interest in programming. Unfortunately, I did not do so because of the fact that many of the professors do not follow their own syllabus. Many professors do not even follow the textbooks which makes it a bit difficult to find sources where you can review or look back to for reference. Many professors criticize students rather than explain or point out their flaws in a professional manner. Even advisors criticize students and look down upon them for ridiculous reasons. Due to this and many other factors I would say that coming to City College was the worse decision of my entire life. Rather than leave, I continued to stay believing that matters would improve. There were some good semesters and many were bad. Sadly, the bad semester outnumber the good ones. The Career Center is also another problem. It caters mostly to students of Engineering, Biomedical, Psychology and Economics. The staff does a wonderful job helping these students with their resumes, cover letters and even interviewing procedures, but when it comes to students from other fields they do not help to the extent that they do with the students of those majors mentioned above. With these type of students but the college is not comprised of only these types of students. In the end, I stayed in Studio Art with a focus in Electronic/Graphic Design. Even throughout other departments I have faced similar situations and at the end I passed the classes but barely learn anything new. The purpose of going to college is to learn new material or expand your knowledge on a specific subject area. This has not happened at City College. I will be graduating in May of 2010 and looking back at my years spent here it was a total waste. Campus Maintenance: B-, Education Quality: D- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 08 2010 5th Year Male -- Class 2010    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=66797&uid=925'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Art & Design Department  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I'm in my third year here as a transfer student and there are a lot of good things and a lot of bad things about this school. The Good: it's in New York City, one of the greatest cities in the world. The campus is actually quite nice; there is a decent amount of greenery in the area. The Bad: the administration is absolutely useless, there is a lot of red tape for EVERYTHING. The school is extremely crowded and the CUNY system is doing nothing to alleviate this issue. Because of overcrowding, classes fill up quickly, leaving you stranded if you need a specific class to graduate. Many of the non-academic employees act like they have a chip on their shoulder. The student workers (Work Study) are very arrogant and condescending. Many of the students seem to have a chip on their shoulder as well, as if they don't want to be there. The Art department has some issues as well; the secretaries can be extremely rude. Much of the time, the faculty are unavailable. And some of the classes are good, but expectations are unclear. It's cheap to come here, but it's not worth it. If you want to go to a CUNY, go to Hunter. Surrounding City: A+, Useful Schoolwork: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 27 2009 3rd Year Female -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=62615&uid=925'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Undecided  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright I was differed to CCNY through Hunter, I don't know why because this school is full of ABSOLUTE IDIOTS. No one comes to class, the ones who do don't participate or do any work. People treat me like social pariah because I'm intelligent and white. The area is horribly racist, you get harassed and followed in the streets by men and do not feel safe leaving or coming home after dark. The dorming (towers) is full of kids only concerned with getting messed up and doing drugs. No one is genuinely interested in getting an education and you can tell. I came here because I couldn't afford the other schools I had gotten into (Pace and Marymount). Now I'm kicking myself because this place is just full of idiots. Campus Aesthetics: A+, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Oct 12 2009 1st Year Female -- Class 2013    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=61382&uid=925'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Language - French/Spanish/etc.  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Not so bright CCNY, or City as we call it has just gotten on my last nerves. First semester for me was decent, I met a few cool people but after that I became entirely bored with the school. The social life here really and I mean REALLY sucks. Virtually everyone is a commuter and it's hard to get to know anyone unless you force yourself to talk to them in the common areas. Thus far I haven't even had any cute guys in my class, although the cute ones seem to be out of class. The class sizes are a different story. This semester I have over 45 kids in one class!!! I thought city had small class sizes, but since they have somewhat over 14,000 undergrads, they seem to be shoving people in everywhere. You start to see the same people and the same crap everyday. The faculty sucks. So far I've had two so called professors teaching me that were GRADUATE STUDENTS. I guess they can't even get real professors in some courses. I'm pissed about that. The surrounding area of the city is nice to explore, I mean if you really want to learn about the city, venture out. The food is not that bad, although the same things are served everyday. The best thing about City is that the close proximity of classes to each other. Everything is right across the street from each other, in one secluded area. This I did like very much. If you want an ounce of dorm life , there is THE TOWERS. I've had the most horrible roomate in history there, and I've since had to move out. Plus towers are really expensive for no reason. I would say City is a place for students who just want to come in and get their education and get out and not meet anyone. The activities suck here as well. If you're not in the sophie davis program, or the honors program, you'll be bored as hell!! Professors are boring, and don't try to spice up the learning with anything fun at all. JUST PLAIN DULL. CUNY'S JUST AREN'T FOR ME. Surrounding City: A+, Useful Schoolwork: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 28 2009 1st Year Female -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! 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