The City University of New York Brooklyn College

Date: Jun 30 2014
Major: Music - Performance (This Major's Salary over time)
It's a nightmare - I can't even imagine where to begin. First, every undergrad has to take the 11 worthless core curriculum classes that are completely useless in our career paths (teachers say that those classes are extremely valuable for the very motivated and talented students but really it's just academic bullying - they are a complete waste of time and money that don't teach you anything in life - the worst part is EVERYONE enrolled in this "school" is required to take them!) The classes related to your major don't provide you with any type of training applicable to the real world. There are no research opportunities, internships, study abroad programs, teaching assistantships, nothing, absolutely nothing is provided in this school in terms of career opportunities! Only a few teachers out there may be able to help you find connections; most "professors" are adjuncts who go home right after class is over and don't even have office hours! Some of them can't even speak English fluently but still somehow got hired.

Then you have the students too who go directly home once class is over. No social life anywhere to be seen on and off campus. The surrounding area (East Flatbush) is simply the most ghetto neighborhood in central Brooklyn if it is not yet included in the top ten of all New York City! It's not only unpleasant, it's also dangerous to commute to this school at any given time of the day - people do get raped, beat up, and kidnapped all the time. As for safety, you should be safe if you go directly to the bus or the train (public transportation is amazing here - probably the only positive with outside appearance)