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what's hunter college's reputation?
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70% girls !!! 
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Hunter college is a good school. It's one of the best CUNYs, along with City College, in my opinion.
And yes, I think reputation plays a role in the admissions process. If an interviewer or AdComm notices that a school is difficult, rigorous, or known for an excellent science curriculum, of course it makes a statement about the applicant. Schools brag about where accepted students come in the admissions brochures, too. Reputation does play a role.
And yes, I think reputation plays a role in the admissions process. If an interviewer or AdComm notices that a school is difficult, rigorous, or known for an excellent science curriculum, of course it makes a statement about the applicant. Schools brag about where accepted students come in the admissions brochures, too. Reputation does play a role.
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I bet you'd be surprised at how many doors a reputable school can open for you. Good schools recruit smart people. Those people do great things, thereby giving the school a good name. This makes people (in our case, med schools) want people from that school.
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Hunter college is where the people that can't hack it in the columbia post-bacc program go. That being said, I have no idea as to the actual status of the school in terms of difficulty or anything. Also, even though columbia is looked at as a much better school, that doesn't mean the professors are necessarily that great at teaching and sometimes going to a lesser ranked school with better professors so you learn the material better, do better on your MCAT, and have more confidence and understanding of the material is better than going to a highly ranked school where the focus is NOT on teaching for a good majority of the science professors (columbia).
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Ok,
So I have to put my two cents into this discussion since I am currently enrolled in the Hunter post-bacc program. This is my first semester at Hunter and it will be my LAST semester there. I am currently taking Gen Chem 1 and Bio 100. My Gen Chem prof is the worst professor I have ever given. He reads straight from his powerpoint which are from the book they used last semester and does not coincide with out book. When we ask him how to do problems, he shows us the wrong way or says he doesnt think it can be solved. I have sent him multiple emails since that is the route of communication he wants us to use and I have not received one email back. He cancels most of his office hours due to meetings. He is Horrible!!! If you are good at teaching yourself gen chem then you will be ok, but the hw is very hard and the tests are not easy either. I know several other students who refuse to take any chem classes at hunter because of the bad reputations. Half of our class was moved to a "new slower" section after the first test because about 60% of the class received less than a 55.
Now for Bio. There are two professors for bio, Dr. Alaie and Dr. Persell (please look them up on ratemyprofessor.com). Dr. Alaie is a great prof but her tests are impossible. She wants you to learn how she thinks and give the best fit answer to questions rather than directly testing you on bio knowledge. The first test average was a 46%. I failed the test also (although higher than the average) and I have BS's in BIO and Nursing. Also there are 800 students in the class so getting individualed attention is impossible. Dr. Persell is now teaching a few sections and he is extremely dry. All he does in draw pictures on the overhead so I am not sure what his tests will be like.
Needless to say, I would spend the money on Columbia or NYU before going to Hunter. I will be returning to my homestate to finish taking the prereqs. Unfortunately my ten year old prereqs are not good enough for where I would like to go.
Sorry for the long post, but I want you to know what you are in for. Feel free to PM me with more questions.
So I have to put my two cents into this discussion since I am currently enrolled in the Hunter post-bacc program. This is my first semester at Hunter and it will be my LAST semester there. I am currently taking Gen Chem 1 and Bio 100. My Gen Chem prof is the worst professor I have ever given. He reads straight from his powerpoint which are from the book they used last semester and does not coincide with out book. When we ask him how to do problems, he shows us the wrong way or says he doesnt think it can be solved. I have sent him multiple emails since that is the route of communication he wants us to use and I have not received one email back. He cancels most of his office hours due to meetings. He is Horrible!!! If you are good at teaching yourself gen chem then you will be ok, but the hw is very hard and the tests are not easy either. I know several other students who refuse to take any chem classes at hunter because of the bad reputations. Half of our class was moved to a "new slower" section after the first test because about 60% of the class received less than a 55.
Now for Bio. There are two professors for bio, Dr. Alaie and Dr. Persell (please look them up on ratemyprofessor.com). Dr. Alaie is a great prof but her tests are impossible. She wants you to learn how she thinks and give the best fit answer to questions rather than directly testing you on bio knowledge. The first test average was a 46%. I failed the test also (although higher than the average) and I have BS's in BIO and Nursing. Also there are 800 students in the class so getting individualed attention is impossible. Dr. Persell is now teaching a few sections and he is extremely dry. All he does in draw pictures on the overhead so I am not sure what his tests will be like.
Needless to say, I would spend the money on Columbia or NYU before going to Hunter. I will be returning to my homestate to finish taking the prereqs. Unfortunately my ten year old prereqs are not good enough for where I would like to go.
Sorry for the long post, but I want you to know what you are in for. Feel free to PM me with more questions.
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The primary thing many Hunter and City College students can't "hack" is the prohibitively expensive Columbia price tag. I was accepted to both Columbia and City College's post-bac programs, and there was absolutely no way I could have afforded to attend Columbia - it's just so much more expensive. For what it's worth, I thought City College was great, and I completed the program and am currently interviewing at many of the top schools (and have already been accepted to one!).
I've been told that, especially in New York, City College and Hunter have a strong reputation. So far I've had good luck getting good interviews out of state as well. I'd strongly recommend the CUNY schools (though I've never attended Hunter personally, I've heard good things). I think the most important thing is to get good grades, wherever you are, and to have a rich extracurricular set of experiences (research, volunteer work, etc.).
Good luck!
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The reputation of an undergraduate or post-bacc program has some correlation with successful admission to medical school, but this is probably because these are the types of programs that recruit students who will do well on the MCAT and have a higher GPA anyways.... It's not the school name in and of itself. You can choose your own destiny... your school's reputation doesn't help or hinder you apart from what you do as an individual
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40 out of the 100 spots for Yale medicine for entering class of 2007 went to Columbia/Harvard/Yale/MIT/Stanford
80 out of the 100 spots went to a top research school/top10 liberal arts.
I'm pretty sure that didn't just randomly happen.
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Very true. Not that those people didn't deserve a spot, but as a late bloomer, it is irritating having to deal with the constant hurdle of a lesser school's reputation.
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since i went to one of those schools, i hope you're right. but isn't the applicant pool at a school like yale a bit self-selecting? maybe 40% of the applicant pool went to columbia/harvard/yale/mit/stanford?
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agreed
for post-bac, who gives a poop, going to Columbia is a waste of money IMO (and I graduated from Columbia fyi)
and I think in certain programs, CUNY has better faculties/students
my current roommates are adjunct profs at CUNY and they are mroe intelligent and more humble than those Columbia PhD students
for post-bac, who gives a poop, going to Columbia is a waste of money IMO (and I graduated from Columbia fyi)
and I think in certain programs, CUNY has better faculties/students
my current roommates are adjunct profs at CUNY and they are mroe intelligent and more humble than those Columbia PhD students
