Which CUNY Macaulay schools have good programs in computer science?

nystudent37
Thu, 06 Sep 2018 02:01:06 +0000

I am planning on applying for the Macaulay Honors Program as a Computer Science BS major. I live in state (not in NYC). I have been trying to narrow down college choices to apply for as you can apply for two Macaulay college choices.

My Considerations:
1st Choice: City College (CCNY)
This is definitely my first choice in the program. It has the only dedicated engineering school in the CUNY system. I also visited the campus and loved the campus, environment, and all of the resources available to students. It was also nice to be in Manhattan and near the Macaulay campus where required seminars are.

2nd Choice: I’m between three schools. I am leaning toward Brooklyn College however am also considering Staten Island and Queens. However Brooklyn I felt had better campus living and activities and the other two have the disadvantage of being far into the outer boroughs. Is transportation an issue from either one (I am not very familiar with NYC transportation)? Is there any specific reason Staten Island or Queens would be better choices over Brooklyn? I haven’t had the chance in person any of these three schools but did research on them.

Other Macaulay schools include:
Lehman
John Jay
Hunter
Baruch

Those four did not seem like good matches though because of their liberal arts focus or very small campus sizes.