The City University of New York Hunter College
| Total Grad Surveys | 7 |
| Females | 4 |
| Males | 3 |
| Avg years at University | 2.1 |
| Research Quality | B (6.7) |
| Research Availability | C+ (5.1) |
| Research Funding | C+ (5.1) |
| Graduate Politics | C (4.2) |
| Not Errand Runners | B+ (7.5) |
| Degree Completion | B (6.6) |
| Alternative pay [ta/gsi] | C- (3.9) |
| Sufficient Pay | C+ (5.4) |
| Competitiveness | B+ (7.4) |
| Education Quality | B (6.6) |
| Faculty Accessibility | B (6.5) |
| Useful Research | B (7.0) |
| "Individual" treatment | C (4.7) |
| Friendliness | C- (4.1) |
| Safety | A- (8.5) |
| Campus Beauty | C (4.4) |
| Campus Maintenance | C- (3.7) |
| University Spending | C- (4.2) |
| Extracurriculars | C (4.7) |
| Scholastic Success | B (7.0) |
| Surrounding City | A (8.9) |
| Social Life/ Environment | C- (3.7) |
Social Life/ EnvironmentC-
Surrounding CityA
While I really was extremely dissatisfied with Hunter College as an institution, the particular department I was in is wonderful. The faculty are brilliant, helpful, and truly care about students, and the students in the department are lovely people who all love and respect one another. The music department is a class act. The College as a whole, however, is very isolating. It's like a giant high school where nobody talks to anyone who isn't in his/her department. If you're a grad student, there is no social life outside your department. Oh, and also, the library is horrid. So this is tough, because in terms of Hunter College as a whole, I give it an F. But the music department? I give it an A+.
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I loved this College. Like the blogger said before me, Every school has problems. Hunter has problems but not as big as some other schools. Money is worth it in my opinion if you choose Hunter. You will make friends too. Sometimes you have to just speak up.
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I would advise anyone who is interested in applying for the graduate program leading to an MS in Communicative Sciences and Disorders (a.k.a. Speech and Language Pathology) at Hunter College to seriously consider going elsewhere for their graduate experience. If you are considering a CUNY go to Brooklyn College, Queens College, or Lehman College.
The Hunter program is highly driven by politics and your ability to "brown nose." Getting accepted by the program does not guarantee you will stay in the program. The faculty work diligently to weed students out even into their second year of graduate studies (several students were approached by faculty to be told to consider changing career paths and turn towards special education and others were left to fall below average in their academic grades so as to have reason to have them leave the program). I was witness to unfair treatment and behaviors from the faculty towards students who were academically weaker than others or whom the faculty for one reason or another had singled out (some of those students were those who had integrity and did not brown nose).
Internship placements were unfairly distributed: preferred students (regardless of their academic performance) would be given the most prestigious placements over three consecutive semesters, even though other, better qualified and more deserving students were given mediocre placements time and time again. Students' personal preference or desire to gain experience working with certain populations were disregarded, except for the preferred students. When the clinic director was approached regarding this matter, he would not give a concise explanation for the disparity in internship opportunities.
Additionally, when students sent letters of complaint to the Dean of the Health Sciences school, they were either ignored or reprimanded for their complaints.
As a result of the negative political atmosphere that overwhelmed the program, students were bitterly competitive, although we were all working towards achieving the same goal, which in the end would lead all of us to becoming colleagues in the same field.Another negative of this program and a strong reason not to go to Hunter is the fact that students do not come out prepared to work in school settings/ with children ages 3 years and up in NY state, as the SLP program at Hunter College does not automatically place students on the track for the TSSLD. All the other programs in NYC automatically place students onto that track.
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If you know what you want and have researched who you want to work with than this is for you. There is no hand-holding here; you are on your own. Internship and assistantships are non-existent and you have to prove your self and kiss ass to get attention. However, the faculty are very good and well known. This program is suitable for those who are set and their careers and are looking to make a change. However, make sure you know what you want as they will accept you into the program for your money; but after that will give you little guidance or useful advice. Do not rely on this program to help out with a career change; it is up to you to set your own goals. However, the class schedules and low ocst make it very conducive for working people. Do not have high expectations about this program facilitating your individual needs; you must be a self motivated person to succeed. The Phd program is very good, however.
Research Topic(s): Commodification of Culture
The education department at Hunter has been a huge disappointnment for me. Te department - and the vourse load -is actually split into two halves, EDC and EDF. EDC professors are mostly former teachers, EDF, educational psychologists. The EDC side of the department offers classes that are well-taught and relevant by and large. The EDF classes are neither of those things. They have not helped prepare me to be a teacher in the slightest. They are very conservative and generally well behind the curve of current teaching practice in New York public schools.
Overall my experience at Hunter College was decent. However those in the OASIS/Registrar and Bursars office need an attitude check, they can make an otherwise pleasent day miserable for a student who is simply trying to get thier finances straight. Students at Hunter do seem somewhat afraid to get to know one another, but once you've started a conversation with someone, then you have found a friend. Teachers, some are arrogant, others are helpful.As I mentioned, Hunter is a good school, deeply involved with political issues and activism. If you are seeking a school that is very much hands on, then it is the school for you. If you are looking to make best friends for life, then you might want to look elsewhere.
Warning: This is all from the point of view of a P/T Graduate Student returning to college after 20 years.
As with all things, Hunter has its plusses and its minuses On the plus side, you get experienced faculty—no TA’s here (at least on the grad level). And, compared to other CUNY “senior” colleges, Hunter allows you to structure your program with a little more flexibility. Best of all, compared to the cost of private colleges, Hunter is a bargain.
On the downside, for me, is an adherence to academic traditions that I find pointless in this day and age. This is the only school I have ever attended (or visited) where the faculty would like—some even demand—to be addressed as Dr. or Professor. Even my MD says, “Call me Marty.”
This may seem like a minor point. But I think it’s where Hunter fails its students. In the business world, people are not addressed with honorifics simply because they’ve been around for a while or do a particular job. No one gets special acknowledgment because they have had a particular amount of schooling. The goal, if not the reality, is to treat each other professionally and respectfully.
Whether the faculty believes it or not, part of their job is socializing the students. And they socialize students to be docile in the face of authority figures. In my experience, if two employees have the same educational background and one acts familiar and self-confident while the other says “Mister” or “Ms.” and waits his or her turn, the latter will be at a disadvantage in the business world.
Since the education isn’t second rate the students shouldn’t be conditioned to believe they are a lesser form of mortal. Sadly, this adherence to the traditions of the 19th century seems to suggest they are.
You can get a good education at Hunter—all the elements exist. But be advised the institution has little to teach its students about how to exist in the real world. And that’s not just a shame, it’s a failure.
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