I'm deciding my transfer undergrad choices.

[KeepersWay]

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I was a former CUNY Lehman College student and I decided to transfer cause I had problems with a faculty member. the problem was that I missed an exam due to me having a car accident on the way to the school. anyways, the professor decided to not give me a retake even after providing document proof and I was going to receive a C grade for missing the mid term. In the end I took a W... for the course.

so I decided to transfer to CUNY Hunter, but I'm not hearing promising things from the faculty either cause the chemistry department is always changing, but I would be going for free and still have money left from financial aid.

I have also applied to SUNY albany and I've heard good things about their faculty that could assure my admission to dental schools as I have higher chance of getting good grades by a good margin cause their chemistry department is stable with good staff. the downside is that I would have to take a Stanford loan to afford the dorms and stuff.

so I'm here wondering if I should take a chance at Hunter for free tuition school but take a chance at my grades, or go to SUNY Albany and assure my admission but take loans of up to 7k per year.

Thanks for taking time to read all of this.

My main goal is to get to dental school.

 

[Bis-GMA111]

I was a former CUNY Lehman College student and I decided to transfer cause I had problems with a faculty member. the problem was that I missed an exam due to me having a car accident on the way to the school. anyways, the professor decided to not give me a retake even after providing document proof and I was going to receive a C grade for missing the mid term. In the end I took a W... for the course.

so I decided to transfer to CUNY Hunter, but I'm not hearing promising things from the faculty either cause the chemistry department is always changing, but I would be going for free and still have money left from financial aid.

I have also applied to SUNY albany and I've heard good things about their faculty that could assure my admission to dental schools as I have higher chance of getting good grades by a good margin cause their chemistry department is stable with good staff. the downside is that I would have to take a Stanford loan to afford the dorms and stuff.

so I'm here wondering if I should take a chance at Hunter for free tuition school but take a chance at my grades, or go to SUNY Albany and assure my admission but take loans of up to 7k per year.

Thanks for taking time to read all of this.

My main goal is to get to dental school.

so, you're looking to transfer because of 1 bad professor? did you try taking up the matter with a dean? i've had 3 in my undergrad years that were just as bad (if not worse), but you've gotta realize that the whole university isn't like that. what if a professor screws you at the new school you transfer to? i'm not trying to be a jerk, but you're going to have to deal with crappy professors/people throughout your life. is what happened to you terrible and unfortunate? yes, of course. i'm sorry that happened to you, but it doesn't justify transferring if it is in fact because of 1 professor. just my 2 cents.

HOWEVER,

if you're dead set on transferring, i'd say CUNY hunter. do well there and do well on the DAT and then you'll get in somewhere. as long as you transfer to a 4 year institution you'll be fine.

 

[KeepersWay]

The Chemistry department at Lehman is dead on horrible I was thinking of transfer after my second year, but I took a chance and it went horrible. I don't want to repeat the same mistake twice so that is why I'm trying not to take any chances now. and the dean didn't do anything about it he just said it is up to the professors choice to grade.
and I don't lose any credits from SUNY to CUNY and vice versa.

But I've already transferred I'm just deciding on which choice to take.

 

[Bis-GMA111]

The Chemistry department at Lehman is dead on horrible I was thinking of transfer after my second year, but I took a chance and it went horrible. I don't want to repeat the same mistake twice so that is why I'm trying not to take any chances now. and the dean didn't do anything about it he just said it is up to the professors choice to grade.
and I don't lose any credits from SUNY to CUNY and vice versa.

But I've already transferred I'm just deciding on which choice to take.

CUNY Hunter definitely. no undergraduate institution can fairly/ethically guarantee your admission into a dental school (unless you get into an accelerated program). I know that SUNY has a little more money at its disposal, so I'm willing to bet that they have more of an organized health professions committee or something (which is why they probably said that they can "assure" your acceptance). Honestly though, it's what you make of it. If you're dedicated enough and are willing to put in the time, there's no reason why you wouldn't be able to get into dental school after attending CUNY hunter.

heck, my school has a pre health committee and they couldn't tell me anything about AADSAS or the application process. they even called the DAT the DCAT

to me at least, taking out 7k in loans isn't worth it.

 

[KeepersWay]

Yeah the loans are a drag I'm going to wait for a few more reply's so I can strengthen my decision.

 

[znny19]

I was a former CUNY Lehman College student and I decided to transfer cause I had problems with a faculty member. the problem was that I missed an exam due to me having a car accident on the way to the school. anyways, the professor decided to not give me a retake even after providing document proof and I was going to receive a C grade for missing the mid term. In the end I took a W... for the course.

so I decided to transfer to CUNY Hunter, but I'm not hearing promising things from the faculty either cause the chemistry department is always changing, but I would be going for free and still have money left from financial aid.

I have also applied to SUNY albany and I've heard good things about their faculty that could assure my admission to dental schools as I have higher chance of getting good grades by a good margin cause their chemistry department is stable with good staff. the downside is that I would have to take a Stanford loan to afford the dorms and stuff.

so I'm here wondering if I should take a chance at Hunter for free tuition school but take a chance at my grades, or go to SUNY Albany and assure my admission but take loans of up to 7k per year.

Thanks for taking time to read all of this.

My main goal is to get to dental school.

I would say check out Cuny Brooklyn. Its a great school for pre-med/pre-dental.

 

[KeepersWay]

I would say check out Cuny Brooklyn. Its a great school for pre-med/pre-dental.

I would have looked into CUNY brooklyn then, but as of now my choices are CUNY hunter or SUNY albany.

 

[KeepersWay]

anymore opinions over the choices ?