CUNY Bernard M Baruch College Top Questions

The school is just right. I would recommend Baruch college to all incoming freshman because Baruch has a wide variety of majors, minors and the school is very diverse. I spend a lot of my time in the club room area and in the library. Baruch's administration is very helpful and the biggest controversy is probably only the elevators in the Vertical campus. It is actually the students who always mess up the elevators somehow. Other then that Baruch has a wonderful atmosphere and environment that does foster learning as well as fun. One experience I'll always remember is joining a club and being in a dance team in Baruch that I'll never forget. The most frequent students complaints that I have ever heard is just the elevators not working or having a bad professor. That's the worse that it gets. Of course, every college has bad professors but our professors are very widely-acclaimed because some of them are from other states and others also teach in ivy league colleges.

There are few things i would compliment Baruch for. One would have been for the architectural design of the building, but that has been bombed since the architect choose design over development. There curve on the side looks nice, but dangerous in winter. There are beams which are meaningless in terms of support and collects dust, breinging dwon the school's over cleanliness and look, bringing down moral a bit.

Large, impersonal school. The only good thing about it is that the name looks good on a resume. The campus is virtually nonexistent and always overcrowded. Whoever designed the vertical campus building should be imprisoned, or worse yet, sentenced to roam the vertical campus building during rush hour for 5 years. The bureaucracy at the school is unbelievable. Transfer students are treated like they don't matter. Every little thing requires a marathon of a runaround. The approach to graduation requirements could be summarized in the following phrase "You've filed for graduation? Good. Now let us tell you how much more money we'll need to squeeze out of you with pointless fine print requirements before you can officially get your diploma".

I absolutely LOVE baruch college, it's like home to me! There is a big annoying burocrasy, I'll have to admit.... but it's cool....

The best thing about Baruch College is the array of resources it offers for students to have a success college career and future career. The only thing I would change about the school is the elevator system. It's always crowded. The solution would be to make classes start and end at different times instead of having blocks. Also, Baruch's academic requirements are too rigid and don't allow room for extracurricular electives. The school's size is a bit small, but I like it. People react favorably when i say I go to Baruch. Everyone thinks it's a great business school and you get the best bang for your buck. I spend most of my time in the Marketing Resource Lab, because I work there. I think the students lack school pride because they don't spend as much time on campus and they would if this was not a commuter school. The experience I'll always remember is participating in the advertising competition. Most students complain about the elevators.

Best thing about Baruch is that a lot of the students are in a similar disposition as yourself. Most students are striving to achieve the same thing and come from the same backgrounds, so all of us help each other out. One thing I'd like to see changed is the size of campus. School is too small. Most people just think of money when they hear that I'm from Baruch. I spend most of my time in the "lounge" areas or computer labs. It isn't really a college town here. Baruch's administration is pretty decent. Occasionally they'll stiff you though. No controversies come to mind. There is only school pride with the athletic clubs. We share a building with high school students which is pretty unusual. No particular memories. Most frequent complaint is the escalators/elevators not working and numerous classes being filled up when most students require them.

The best thing about Baruch is that it is in the city. one thing I would change would be the hiring of the professors. School is too small. People don't really have much of a reaction when I tell them I go to Baruch. I spend most of my time in class. What college town? Baruch administration doesn't seem to be respectable because many students seem to get into the school easily. Biggest controversy is the new Baruch e-mail! Not much school pride. Nothing unusual about Baruch. One experience I'll always remember is the easy A. Most frequent student complaints is the professor's credibility in teaching.

Best thing about Baruch is that it is located in NYC. One thing I would change... ON-CAMPUS HOUSING, PLEASE. This would make Baruch seem more like a college, have some sort of campus life. Many people complain that it just still feels like high school because of this. You don't hang out with people you are with all the time in school, simply because everyone lives so far away. When I tell people I go to Baruch this is how it goes: Me: I go to Baruch. B: Where? Never heard of that. Me: Oh, its a college in New York. B: Oh.. Where do I spend my most time on campus..hmm. I dont. Its boring, and there isnt much of a campus anyway. Its a building with 14 floors. There is absolutely NO SCHOOL PRIDE. Most frequent student complaints: WE NEED DORMS!!!

The best thing about Baruch is that if you get involved you will fall involve with it. There is so much to do here, so many opportunities, such a great atmosphere.

The best thing about college is the fact that it opens you up to new experiences. In high school, I never thought I would take a TV production class or a Latin Studies class. Baruch is a very large commuter school in midtown Manhattan. Our campus was “the city”, which sounds way more appealing than it is. There was barely any room to sit or study inside. If you wanted to eat lunch on one of the concrete benches outside, you breathed in car exhaust. On the plus side, I would have never gotten the chance to intern at giant media firms if I attended a school with a suburban campus. One thing I would change about my school is the lack of social space for students. We had one small lunch room for 15,000 kids, and another tiny seating space. Come on, the administration should have taken one conference room on the upper floors and made it into a hangout area. Also, I really wanted to join a sorority, but all of them were either all-Latina or all-Asian. Now I have plenty of friends in all cultural groups, but I would have liked to see more diverse sororities. The school is way too overcrowded. When I entered as a freshman, you could still fit in the first elevator. Now, during peak hours (11 – 5), you have to wait for the 2nd or 3rd elevator or walk (yes I said walk) up the escalators that always stop working. The main building is brand-new, but everything breaks all the time. The walls in the classrooms are sterile while, and the science building on 23rd street looks like a run-down high school. Most of my time on campus was spent in the library studying or hanging out in the lunch room. Since this is a commuter school, there isn’t much space to hang out with friends. The college administration at Baruch is extremely unhelpful. Whenever I had a question about student loans or financial aid, I had to stand on a line that stretched around the corner. I was then greeted by a sullen-faced employee who gave me a vague response. The guidance counselors are a joke. One actually told me I had to take an Excel exit exam in order to graduate. Now, I hate Excel and spent hours practicing on the computer. I even bought a CD. Then I decided to double-check with the dean, who told me I didn’t need to take the exam at all. Regarding school spirit, Baruch students are either very interested in clubs and activities, or are like me – go to class, get the work done, and concentrate on life outside of school. Most people worked part-time, so classes were a way to advance in the workplace. Of course, the same students you saw hanging out smoking after every class were the ones who spent hours playing cards in the cafeteria (there was actually a Russian card playing club). There were some legitimate clubs that organized every week. The fashion club, the yearbook, Hillel, and a few sororities come to mind. Interestingly, I always saw a lot more fliers for sorority events than fraternity events. There was NEVER any space in the computer lab, especially in my senior year. If you wanted to print, good luck. You had to literally stand around like a hawk and hunt for an open computer. The school was fine when I was a freshman, but the administration packed in students like sardines toward my graduation.