Hunter college or City college (CUNY)

[Jamrock411]

@suptree1776

I am a science professor at CCNY, and I cannot stress enough how poor City College is especially in science related areas. First of all, one should not look at catalogs, course descriptions, or course notes to evaluate CCNY. CCNY is known for giving students good grades even though they have not learned any of the course material. For instance, CCNY, through their grade inflation stances, has forced me to give students about 60% on tests when they did not answer a single question even partially correctly!!! Oh. The neighborhoods around CCNY are very dangerous, and people at CCNY often get mugged at night. Since CCNY is also a cheap school, the buildings and classrooms at CCNY are overcrowded and in disrepair. The only reason most of the students are able to find a seat in the overcrowded classrooms is that except when there is a test, many of the students are completely absent from class.

@suptree1776

In a choice between Stony Brook and CCNY, Stony Brook is a much better school. City College has many problems in the STEM departments since their STEM departments are very unorganized and dysfunctional. Most students in the STEM departments at CCNY are unprepared for college level work in STEM areas and they are unwilling to study for their courses. In general Stony Brook is a much better school than CCNY. For instance, CCNY has a meager 7% four year graduation rate while Stony Brook has a 43% four year graduation rate (Source: College Board). The 7% graduation rate at CCNY is despite the fact that CCNY has a severe grade inflation problem. I personally have to give people good grades for very poor work since otherwise only one or two students will be happy with their grades.

-STEM Professor at CCNY

@suptree1776: Let me get this straight. CCNY is forcing YOU to hand out grades to students that do not deserve it? In your second post above, you said that: I personally have to give people good grades for very poor work since otherwise only one or two students will be happy with their grades. In other words, no one is forcing you to give a certain grade, and you are doing it to get favourable rating from the students?

I seriously doubt you are who you purport to be and you are more than likely a disgruntled ex-student, possibly dismissed from the institution for academic reasons. You join the forum on 6/15/2016 (~ 6:34 PM) and within minutes submitted two posts aimed only at CCNY. Saying you are a Science/STEM Professor to add an air of legitimacy to your “drive-by” assault on the institution, is pathetic. If the institution is :

“severe grade inflation”
“unorganized/dysfunctional”,
“dangerous”,
“buildings/classrooms that are overcrowded and in disrepair”,
“unprepared students”,

why continue to teach there? I think you have an axe to grind and you are on a mission to sway public opinion. Your two post clearly appears to be from an angry individual and the anger-filled rants/tirade is inescapable. If you goal is to stem the inflow of students to CCNY, even if it is detrimental to your long term job security, you fail miserably.