<p>Can anyone name some? Debating on whether or not to apply to a city college. Only advantages please.</p>
<p>Do you mean CUNY? Or just urban schools in general?</p>
<p>any urban school: UChicago, Penn, Northwestern, etc</p>
<p>Advantages:</p>
<p>1) Many of the internships that I wanted to apply to during the school year took place in urban areas – D.C., New York, Chicago, etc. There are so many internships that are available, and they are filled up and very competitive during the summer; but during the semesters they are less competitive because only the students within the city can work there. Plus, the variety of them is astounding.</p>
<p>2) There is a LOT to do in urban areas.</p>
<p>3) In some urban areas it’s easier to get around without a car or friends with cars because of the subway/metro/transit system. In New York, for example, you can get just about anywhere without a car because the subway is great here. Most of Chicago is like that too, and from what I hear it’s easy to get into the city from Northwestern’s Evanston campus.</p>
<p>4) If you need to get away from your school for a couple of hours, you can easily disappear into the city. Students at rural and suburban schools may not be able to get away from the influence.</p>
<p>5) If you need to fly home the airport is RIGHT THERE! No one needs to drive you 30-90 minutes to the nearest airport :D</p>
<p>6) There are usually a lot of other universities in an urban area, so if you wanted to take a class offered somewhere else not only will there probably be that class, but it will also be easy to get there by public transit.</p>
<p>As a side note, Northwestern is not really “urban.” It’s not in Chicago proper; it’s about 30 minutes north of Chicago in a suburb called Evanston. But apparently it’s relatively easy to make it into Chicago.</p>
<p>The only inherent advantage I can think of is proximity to good internships. Otherwise, the advantages are in the eye of the beholder.</p>