Colleges in New York--Any not too expensive?

I don't think the words college and cheap should be in the same sentence.

My books for this semester alone were about 230$.

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sorry for threadjacking a moment but Parks, I was at the Wedding Singer tour today and there was a 2 people sitting behind me. They seemed to know someone in the cast (which they did) and they seem to have been in many shows at their school. I began to chat with them... the guy reminded me so much of you. As soon as I started to talk to him, I thought of you...I don't know if I picture you the same or what but it was quite odd.


//threadjack.


Thanks for pleasing me...

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Updated On: 10/14/07 at 09:34 PM

yeah Hofstra is ****ing expensive, but I'm glad i went there.

Marymount Manhattan seems to be less expensive than a lot of others. But that's just tuition alone.

thank god for French citizenships.

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Yeah Marymount is nice.
Although, they put a lot of emphasis on the dorms on the East Side...but those are only one of the options and naturally you have to pay loads more. I think a lot of kids make a mistake and don't do their research properly and end up thinking marymount manhattan equals upper east side.

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WOW! YEAH it is!

Can RAs be underclassmen?

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You could always try pretty much any SUNY school. Which, if you're on Long Island would include Stony Brook (which is sort of far out), Farmingdale, Old Westbury, etc... There's also Long Island University/CW Post.

There are other colleges on Long Island as well, like Molloy, Five Towns, St. John's University, St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn and Patchogue campuses), Adelphi etc.

I never have and never will understand the appeal of Hofstra. I live on Long Island, my dad went there, many people I went to High School with went there, and I cannot name one person who actually liked the school. I'm glad Liverpool did, but that's the first I've ever heard someone say.

Personally, I went to college in Manhattan and commuted in from Long Island but those are some colleges on the island you could always look into, because I'm not overly familiar with their prices as I'm actually out of undergrad and in grad school now.

Edit: I don't know how you are academically, but there are always scholarships. I applied to several Long Island schools (including Hofstra just because it was close) and was offered academic scholarships to all of them. Like I said, I don't know anything about your academics but you can always hope for that.

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Updated On: 10/14/07 at 10:46 PM

From my experience, Hofstra is scholorship happy. I had like a 2.5 in high school and they gave me an academic scholorship (i did get a 1300 on my SATs though so that was probably the reason). But yeah.

Two words: Financial Aid. Worked wonders for me.

I'm still applying to Hofstra anyway because they offered me a free application :-P.

Thank you for all of these ideas! Keep'em comin if you've got'em! :)

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yeah, mine was in 2003. And I know other people that got there after me that were getting scholorships. Plus the drama department there offers activity grants (they aren't much but if you help out around the department you can get a few hundred extra dollars here and there and every little bit helps.

I know one person who graduated from there, but it was awhile ago. I've heard its a great school

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