Reviews of Hunter College (University)

Sammuel Farias

You hear lots of stories from people that once attended hunter about the corporatizing of the college. You can see the President cutting down on the students served from the boroughs. At the same time we are being taught by grad students and less by seasoned professors. I studied at USC before this and the difference is stark. White students from the neighboring counties are being brought in and now there's less culture to the campus. It's more like an average cookie cutter school. The redeeming quality to this school are the different cultures that are here. People are incredibly nice and not pent up like at more "competitive" schools. It's obvious in the creativeness and openness you get in the environment

Lorenzo D

This school was pretty bad. As a commuter school, making friends was quite difficult, and I'm usually a very outgoing person. The overcrowded nature of the school made it feel like HS, and the administration was completly incompetant. Calling during business hours would often take 15-25 minutes to get an answer, and when you did manage one, it usually led to you being put on hold as you got transferred elsewhere, resulting in yet another long wait. Professors were a hit or miss, but most were extremely lazy. One professor promised a review sheet for a final exam then straight up forgot to email it, so he just gave us a large curve. I transferred out after a semester cus that place just got me depressed. Upside is it only cost me $10k a year WITH dorms which is hella cheap and I did meet some great people there.

Ar Sa

Check the professor reviews in your department first, before coming here for certain majors. Geography is very good, but urban studies less so. Student body is good in general, however the campus, food and actual degree requirements suck. The degree requirements have multiple levels of requirement and the internship requirement for some majors are ridiculous. It's okay to require an internship ro graduate, but no student should have to take an essentially useless course to receive credit to work for free.

Dontlolmeplz

This College is very nice. I visit once and its full of awesome art

Juan Rodriguez

One of the better colleges in NYC. Staff has always been friendly .

Tseten Dolker

great place and great professors

Rosco Sam

Crooked Hillary was a horrible choice. No good advice, and a total liar.

Jasmine Hernandez

Even though Hunter isn’t perfect, it’s given me a pretty memorable college experience

Nancy Ning

Great selection of courses and extremely knowledgeable professors!

Peter Lees

The administration had reduced my transferred credits from 2 years college, From 68 credits accepted originally as I was accepted into Hunter College. When I applied for graduation, I was short of credits by about 16 credits, I could not graduate and I had to quit attending Hunter. Even though, most of transferred credits were accepted by each department with approval stamps on it. Nobody listened even Higher Administration. Horrible and terrible school to go to. Definitely, inefficient, rude, uncaring, insensitive, lack of professional understanding, broken the contract without any compensations. I was a upper Senior at this so called school. The administration doesn't seem know what they are doing, when you call, switch you to this one and that one. The staff is rude and unprofessional, It's a waste of time to attend Hunter and they probably won't give you the degree like they did to me. Injustice and extremely unfair is to describe this unreasonable and unthinkable low down school. They need to give me my degree as I have completed everything, that is a failure on their responsibility, shame on them, shame, shame, This is the truth, and Jesus said" know the truth and the truth shall set you free". Jesus is Lord! amen

Milit T

Staffs are nice. Professors are awesome. Friends are incredible. If you know how to adapt in Hunter, you will be a real hunter!

Joey Joseph

Hillary Clinton has a speech in this college

Aash Jethra

You can make it to an Ivy League graduate school after if you choose a great Department and work hard!

Sandra Perez

You can not get a human on the phone in any department! I called the financial aid office and was put on hold for over an hour! Then I discovered that I was on hold so long that the office closed and I was still on hold. Over the week I tried to get through on the phone but was put on long wait times and never got through to the office. Very bad service, unhelpful. At binghamton University the experience is completely different there is very little or on automated service!!!! You are able to receive help over the phone immediately. I write this review in hopes that Hunter college will make improvements !!!

Laura S

Took classes here on epermit, great experience.

Mark Tuosto

The City University of New York at Hunter College (New York) is a public college under the City University of New York. New York City University Hunter College (New York) has been established since 1870 and has been committed to providing the highest quality and efficient learning programs. It has also kept up with the pulse of the times and updated and developed new modern courses. Located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan on the Lenox Hill site, it is a four-year college in the City University of New York system. More than 23,000 students are enrolled in the school. There are five sub-colleges under the College: The School of Arts and Sciences, The School of Education, The School of Social Work, Hunter-Bellevue Care The Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing and The CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College offer over one hundred and seventy degrees in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. In addition, Hunter College is also responsible for the admission of Hunter High School and Hunter Elementary School.

coupleofbeers31

I went there and got a degree in accounting back in 2012. Some of the teachers were awesome, others not so much. I had one in particular who was extremely rude and nasty and would cop the biggest attitude when you went to his office hours. Not fun. Some of them would curse in class. Also the students....were not the friendliest. People basically go to class and go back to their personal lives so making friends was hard. Many of the students were big cheats. Library facilities were not the cleanest or roomiest. It's a city college so you get what you pay for....it's cheap. You want a real "college experience" complete with lifelong friends, fraternities, activities, etc this is not the place. Go to Columbia or NYU, if you could afford it. You want a diploma factory, then you got it here.

Rachelle Berger

My daughter is a Sophomore at Hunter College . She finds it to be the best school she has ever attended. They offer so many interesting courses. She has learned so much at this school.

Ricardo Loayza

My friend Marcin’s friend, Shaun went to this school. His gpa was 3.795. I met him the other day and I have to say he’s a complete ignorant moron, just like Hunter teaches you to be.

Julie Chong

I am a transfer student here at hunter college. I had an idea of majoring in education, but I was declared undecided. My advisor, Erica Pearson has not helped me or bothered to reach out to me. I have emailed her, never answered, called her, a busy line, and made an appointment, but was cancelled because she was busy. I have only contacted her once and that was only for my schedule. As a transfer student, I wanted to talk to an advisor and explore my major. Even though theres a walk in advisor, they told me that upcoming freshman were only allowed and that the advisor that I had, was to be contacted. I had to figure out everything myself. If you are planning to transfer to hunter, be advised, it will be hard to figure out everything that you will need to do. very disappointed

Clifford Rosen

Great education considering the low price. But the customer service here is AWFUL!!! Class of 2015 (BA in Geography and Political Science)

Lynell Horry

I’ve attended hunter for both my BA and MA degrees and aside from the half-renovated, half-dilapidated infrastructure, I found it to be a good deal for my (borrowed) money. I also enjoyed most of my professors here who are very passionate about their content areas. The service from different offices/departments has improved since I first came here in 2007, because you can do a lot online and purchase books, etc. from other stores. It used to be terribly crowded and slow.

Naomi

Good school for the price. Considering the value you are receiving, it's hard to complain. Yes, it's overcrowded and severely underfunded. Printers usually won't work, or there will be a huge line. Hallways will be so crowded you won't be able to breathe. Professors are exhausted, out of their minds and underpaid. The quality has indeed deteriorated over the years.. but it's still decent for what you are paying.

Lance

It’s a pretty good college among all the CUNY schools. It’s the main campus of Hunter College, the other two big campus are in uptown(for social work major ) and east village(nursing school ). The library and classrooms are nice. However, the office services are really bad, and some people who work there are not nice, sometimes they’re really mean!!!

true light

I love being a Hunter College, the college might be small but it has some very good teachers and cool staffs.

Siobahn K

I attended here for undergraduate. It's an extremely unique experience. It's not like your typical huge American campus school like you see in movies.. it's in the center of Manhattan, very urban experience. Like nothing you've seen before. Very special.

miwa Kh

Great school with a great professors. However, some department advisors need more knowledge about the system and the program.

Eric Andersen

Great school. Lots of caring people at continuing Ed. I am really enjoying my experience.

Loudweige Jean

It is a great college with friendly people however when it comes down to the campus having decent and cheap food spots around d it's lacking. I can't really blame that on the school or anything, it's just their location.

Clayton Arbo

Some of these negative reviews sound a bit adolescent. Hunter provides a lot considering how affordable the tuition is. The administration can be a bit frustrating, as with any school. Be courteous and remember that, as with anyone, the nicer you are to them the more likely they’ll be inclined to go out of their way to help you. My advice would be to get involved with your program. once you've declared a major, your major department can open up a lot of additional resources to you. For those who've had such "terrible" experiences: not everything is handed to you! Get used to navigating through bureaucracy, fitting round pegs into square holes, and doing other people's jobs for them because if you want to be successful, you'll find yourself doing a lot of that in life. At the end of the day it’s your responsibility.

popsi Kiemkodogo

Great university in New York City located in Manhattan

Audrey Sheppard

Office personnel are not helpful. Admin are not helpful. Advisors are not helpful. Security is not helpful. Basically, if you are a student and you have a question, nobody can help you. If you owe them money, they will find you. If they owe you money, they disappear. Go somewhere else. Please.

Tatiana .F.

If I could give this school and it's faculty 0 stars, I would they are the worst school I know of to attend, I had applied for the Spring 2018 semester in August and followed up in september to realize that the application was not even submitted. I than had to call the CUNY welcome center on more than one occasion to have them move my application for the Spring 2018 semester. I have also called Hunter College admissions office only to be told I would need to send in my high school transcript. When I had the transcript they told me it was already on file. This has stressed me to no end. So much so that I was worried I would not be able to take the classes and set up the schedule I wanted because of the unprofessionalism in this institution. The Assistant Director of Admissions reached out to me and insured that she could assist me and at this instance I no longer want to go here because she insisted it was not that big of a deal and I still had a week to have my information reviewed. Now it is the end of December and I have no response from the school! Will not recommend this school for transfer or any students whatsoever

Mayra Canino

I went to Hunter and the Staff In financial Aid is the worst! Your basically on your own and the staff really don't give a dam about the students. I will advice others to run away from this school even LaGuardian Community college is better at least they are helpful there most of the time. RUN-RUN-RUN AWAY!

Keith Miyake

Gotta give love to this fantastic part of the cuny public university system. For all of the political problems it faces, Hunter continues to provide a great educational resource for students and researchers.

Cindy Lai

Beautiful college close to the subway station 68th st.

Chris Christofilakes

The teachers are pretty cool. The campus has gone from really bad to recently demilitarized. Barely functional everything, I’d rather use the bathroom in Rikers Island. It’s like every other administration in the city: driven entirely by empty metrics.

Manuel Co Jr.

Received my bachelors and master’s degrees here. Had a wonderful experience as a student. Great school with talented faculty.

Nine14six

Hunter College is a sad place. You enroll because you think you'll get your money's worth from an education that will have you living the high life, but unfortunately it'll just leave you feeling blue when you realize you'll be travelling coach for the rest of your life. It's not going to be the gay old time that you envisioned when you made the misguided decision to go there. Not good.

Chris Demeke

Basketball courts in the basement. And I mean deep in the basement. The courts are pretty nice though.

Quackjak Knox

Overall, the education was more than satisfactory. While not a sprawling campus, social interaction is fluid and organic for the most part. Academics were taught by competant staff and successfully covered the subjects. Would reccomend.

Marcin Madrzyk

My friend Shaun goes to this school his gpa is 3.795 and he's an ignorant moron, just like hunter college teaches you to be.

Jasleen Atwal

The cafe on the third floor is an atrocity! Always keep your receipt Bc the workers will accuse you of stealing and they don’t communicate with each other so it’s utter chaos! Save your coin sis .

Rafael Yau

Hunter provides great education for the money you pay for it. The nursing program is super popular among students. Staffs are nice but not really helpful with anything. The ratio of women to men in this college is like 3-1. Not a lot to do on campus but outside of campus lots to do. Overall a Great school.

claude edouard

Hello! I’m from another country and have finnished my high school there. So what I’m supposed to do to be a student at Hunter College. Some people told that I have to go for an associate degree before taking a bachelors degree

Saara A.

Hunter college provides students with an enriching experience that will last them their entire lifetime. The college hires the best of the best in terms of professors, who take their roles VERY seriously and provide students with an affordable, objective and amazing education. My only complaint would be the financial aid/bursar's office, but that doesn't undermine the institution's academic capabilities. Please realize that many of the students that go here are low-income and that your reviews would be affecting their lives. The previous reviews SHOULD NOT be based on misinformation about what a professor's SPOUSE said to Ivanka, but should be written by actual staff or students who know what they are talking about. Y'all need to calm down just a bit, get off the internet, and go back to your Holiday celebrations. It feels pathetic even writing this review to get the college's ratings back up, because of a group of people who are on a witch hunt. This is not the 1600s, but 2016. Please act with more class than Professor Lasner's spouse did. Thank you. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Dominick Costantino

Onen of the best value colleges in New York City, New York state, and the entire United States. In a great area, awesome campus and surrounding area, and students are friendly. Some complain that it's antisocial, but that is their own fault. Talk to people, join clubs! Hunter is a fantastic school!

Carlito Nati

Hunter is a senior college that specializes in the sciences. HC is an urban college in the UES of Manhattan. It has a high academic standard. Alumni 2006. HC is a big bang for your bucks

Joy Shock

There use to be a standard that teachers had to live up to, because they have so much influence over students. That Matt Lasner SET out to follow a woman and her children to intentionally HARASS them, is cause for immediate termination!! If I had a child/teenager who was a student in his class, I would pull them from his class and this college until action was taken. This is HARASSMENT in its truest form!! This teacher needs to be fired!!

Isbella Chan

I used to think this school was alright for the price until I started working and realized how much easier the courses are at York College and QCC and how those people graduate without actually learning anything. If you goal is learn something, then the professors here are great, you will be challenged, and you will graduate with new knowledge. If you just want to graduate and learn everything at work, then you should consider York or QCC. If you are coming for the nursing program, do note it is very competitive and look into a back up plan (York College, New Rochelle, etc.) As for food, consider all your other options first.

Arlene Miranda

I've had many good friends that have gone here. I've heard only good things. Staff has helped them get through every aspect of graduating.

Ryan Oldfield

Why aren't I 50 points ahead you may ask?!

Michael Creadick

Superior education, world class professors, spectacular environment of Manhatan to learn in! Propelled me into a wonderful career of Biological research, college/secondary school education and personal satisfaction ! Thank you to all my professors and the CUNY!

Nikia Miller

I go here and I'm surviving. As with any college that's in NYC that you commute to you will be tired, and stressed but it's life. This is a cuny you get what you expect, a college life that allows you to work, have a family and learn to be an adult and if has a diverse environment. FYI the professor's husband made those comments not him so stop blaming him and go read a book or get a degree like me and the other 4,000 students

Abigail Rivers

This college is supportive of students. The school uses its resources for the students. The clubs are very welcoming. For a good school experience, choose Hunter. Good job Hunter.

Cristal Coyotecatl

thanks for accepting my friend. godbless

Marina Primak

Horrible service. They cancelled the most important classes that I signed up for, but I already took one (the most useless class of marketing, where I didn't learn anything new) and refused give me the refund for one class that I didn't need. I only had to take it because it was included in the program). So I ended up paying 300 for the class that I didn't need and that was a complete waste of time, because there was no useful information given. They just made us a task to come up with business idea and present it. People, don't waste your money. It's a horrible college

Jeneba Diarras

The most horrible decision in my life was to go to this college. Some of the professors are very corny and racist, the dean of the student is very rude and she is careless just like most professors. You want to waste your time and money then this place is for you. Otherwise avoid going there at any cost

Roban Shabbir

Basically a tasty McDonald's dollar menu equivalent of a college. Good school depending on your major.

Pin Balls

Avoid at all costs especially summer courses. You pay tuition to be treated like you don't belong. Although the school is cheap it's cheap for a reason. Think of it as a 99 cent store education and environment

M Ilyas

Has very high standards and quality of education

Geoxyx

I've gone to this college for a couple years now and I have to say I really enjoy being here. The coursework of most of my classes feels pretty understandable, but not necessarily easy and I always feel like I've learned something new. Their are a few teachers with problem teaching styles, especially in the science courses. So make sure you read those ratemyprofessor reviews before attending if you like 90 percent of the students here are looking into pre med.

Darlene jackson

I graduated from hunter with my 3rd Master of Science in School Leadership.I enjoyed the journey even though I was in my 40's.

José Damian Jimenez Gómez

very good universities to study is the entity

Katherine Currier

I transferred as a junior and really love it here. The value is unbelievable. I like my professors and the student body is wonderfully diverse in every sense of the word. I found my professors very responsive. Like any school, Hunter has its pitfalls but I found that when I explained a problem to an administrator for the most part they helped me solve it.

Google user

To those who are " anyone but trump ". I say vote rand

Sha Ro

Oh man, the administrative services... I was emailed and told that if I could not attend the upcoming semester, to just click a button and my admission would be deferred to the following semester. So I clicked the button, and thought I was good. Oh no, I go down to the school prior to the start of the following semester and was sent in circles from office to office, then finally decided to speak to a STUDENT (or just recently graduated kid) in the office. I told him what happened and he asked, "Did you readmit?" I asked, "What is this 'readmit'? I've never even heard of this before". He said, "Yeah, sorry, you had to do that". No one told me this. So I go to readmit, and by this time it was too late for that semester. Now I had to REAPPLY for the FOLLOWING semester the next year. I just went somewhere else. Bureaucracy and red tape kills it, everytime.

Susanna G

Very good value relative to tuition cost. You can earn a BA or MA degree here and come out with absolutely zero debt while most American students are in debt for the rest of their lives for the same thing. That alone is an incentive and for the relatively lower costs, the quality of education and professors will still surprise you. Very satisfied.

EMF

This "College" hires morons who are incapable of controlling their emotions to teach your children. Their 'professor' chased down a woman and child in an airport near Christmas to verbally accost them. Then bragged about it on social media....what an idiot!! And you pay how much thinking your children are being taught by responsible, thoughtful professors? THANK GOD I WENT TO INDIANA UNIVERSITY!!!! Thankfully Mr. Lasner is not in a genetically reproductive relationship. Hopefully, the pair's defective genetic code will die with them.

fat squirrel

I have mixed feelings about this school. Although I and many of my friends attended it and had a great time, this is really dependent on what subculture you belong to. If you are a square, you will be bored. Let me break it down, this is a LARC / SJW school although most of the kids are not. It boasts 4 Communist and Socialist clubs. I had a great time attending Occupy Wall Street and other events during school. There was an area where students purchased weed from "grad students". That area is now gone. Indeed life has really changed here because of the corporatization of the school. Last year I tried to take one of my buddies upstairs. Because he has a strong Brooklyn accent and came off as a community college guy, the front door guys were suspicious. Moreover, they put up 9/11 style security and scanners. This is because there was an anarchist vs communist riot here in 2011 and they ruined it for everybody because we had a good thing going on. I was denied beer from student government because I had been part of the old guard subculture and was considered a bad influence at the end of my tenure.

Demir Docent

I finally got beast mastery guys. Thanks for the advice everyone. Anyone got tips how to catch Arcturis? He was last seen at Hammock Grove. His spirit mend ability makes him a great tanking hunter pet.

Hoiyee Sin

Hunter has great professors and a better community. The professor pushes you to do better and everyone likes to give a helping hand. Hunter is a very kind community that will not be shattered just because of one person'a doing. We are here for an education and not some unwanted drama.

Ben Schaeffer

I attended Hunter for some classes post-high school during my gap years in between high school and college. My parents taught in the CUNY system at Brooklyn College (which, unlike Hunter, has an actual campus) but I overall preferred Hunter, as it was right in Manhattan. I was impressed enough by the strength of both Hunter's Theater Arts and Film & Media Studies departments to make it the one CUNY school I applied to for my Bachelor's when I was finally making my college application decisions. Taking classes there before applying was a REALLY good idea, because it gives you a more concrete idea of the college and what the experience would be like if you enrolled and went there for four years. It also connects you with faculty and the departments you eventually hope to work in throughout your undergraduate education. There's Hunter history in my family as well: my grandmother attended Hunter back when it was still a women's only college. I took a total of four classes at Hunter over a two-year period, while working, interning, traveling and auditioning, and all the classes I took at Hunter and Brooklyn pretty much transferred credit towards distribution requirements for my Bachelor's in Theater & Film which I ended up completing out of state at a private college. I took four Theater classes (two of them at Hunter, two at Brooklyn) and three in Film & Media Studies at Hunter as well (Hunter's Film Department was much better than Brooklyn's, where I only took one film course). One on Israeli & Middle Eastern Cinema, which was an INCREDIBLE course! Another was on Avant-Garde cinema, and the third was a class on Experimental Film & Video. I was impressed by how enriched Hunter's programs in the arts were for a public college. I enjoyed how interdisciplinary Hunter's departments in the performing and cinematic arts were (far more so than at Brooklyn), and SUNY Purchase (which also had strong programs in Theater & Film as well, and even an intensive conservatory program in Theater Arts) and Hampshire College (where I eventually attended college for my Bachelor's degree) were the only other institutions that I applied to for my Bachelor's along with Hunter, that facilitated nearly seamless study of both fields. Most other places had structured divisions between departments. NYU for example. Sarah Lawrence and Emerson colleges were some of the other examples of places that made you choose either/or, major/minor. Reed College also: very STRONG Theater Department, but no Film Program (though you can find options for working in film within the city of Portland, which makes Reed a viable choice). Yet, because these programs were strong regardless of that I applied and they rounded out my top choices. Hunter was in my top five, along with the four other private institutions, BECAUSE I felt it was such a strong choice and it competed with those same schools in terms of departmental and academic quality. People who hold assumptions that CUNY schools aren't as good as private institutions are SORELY mistaken. One of my best friends from high school started attending Hunter during my second year of taking classes there (Fall of 1992). She was studying Nursing, and she absolutely LOVED Hunter. When I went away to school in Massachusetts the following year (Fall of 1993), she was just moving into the Brookdale Campus residence for her sophomore year. And I completely understood why. It's a very dynamic college. And the price tag is FAR LESS steep than private colleges offering the same level of education as Hunter does. Hunter was the ONLY CUNY school I applied to, because it would have been the best place for me to be to study what I wanted to, at the maximal value. Other than where I did end up going for my degree, Hunter was ABSOLUTELY in my top five choices. I just really wanted to go to college in New England and have a different kind of undergraduate experience. She was ALWAYS a friend that I would hook up with when I was in the city for whatever reason and I'd always ask her: "How are things going at Hunter?"

Sophia Chew

Dirty locker/changing room, but good pool

Christian Santos

Great school full of diversity and tons of things to do. Best bang for the buck. It's one of the best schools after transferring from Columbia. Go here if you don't want to major in DEBT.

Mohammad Tayeb

As a student of this glorified college, I can assure that this is one of the best among CUNYs due to its location and environment and academics. Really friendly environment and there are varieties of courses to select from to study. There are extra programs to help students who are weak at math and other subjects. Also, there are peer advisors to help students in campus regarding their academic decisions and to lead them the right way they need to be leaded. Moreover, there are different variations of clubs to choose from and cultural programs from different diverse culture to attend to. Especially, there are always space to do something there and create something if you want to. You will get all the help you need if you are a student of this college.

Elizabeth Londoño

It is a great school. Bachelor in Computer Science and making very decent money from my career.

Stephanie

A great selection of classes and such a great deal, if you want to think of an education in those terms. It loses a star because there isn't much support from the administration. When I was a Freshman in 2006 the Freshman Block was merely a group of students who took the same classes, with no extra support. Some 200- and most 300-level humanities courses are top-notch, while the lower-level courses and the sciences can be a bit rote. It truly depends on the professor. I wish they would make shopping around for classes part of the first week.