CUNY Queens College Top Questions

that Queens College is like a "big high school" and that there is no way you can make life-long friends because it's a commuter school and everyone goes home at the end of the day. Also, Queens College isn't the greatest place to go because it's CUNY and won't offer you many opportunities and prestige.

Some stereotypes about QC students are that we are not smart and that the standards to get into our school are not very high, which is the exact opposite. People often think because the school is in an urban area that it is not well respected.

A lot of people think that because Queens College is a CUNY and because it's very inexpensive, that the school itself is not up to par with the more expensive schools around. Another thing that I've come to realize is that people also think because NYC and Flushing are both very crowded and kind of dirty that QC must represent the same things.

thats its a commuter school so everyone is anti-social

That it is just a commuter school, students just come to classes and go home.

There is a common stereotype that because Queens College is inexpensive the education provided is not of high standing. This is a common misconception about several CUNY schools. Queens College is a great school at a great price which allows many who normally wouldn't go to college to do so. The world believes that the higher the price the better the quality, but this isn't so.

The idea that Queens College students just want to go to school and then home or work. Many people think that there are not enough Queens College events to keep the student body busy.

I haven't heard of any stereotypes really, meaning that it's not talked about at all. I'm most frequently at the Student Union and see a lot of different races and cultures.

As far as the social scene goes, QC is not the best at it because it is irrational to expect students to be on campus when they do not have classes. Whereas with dormitory colleges the students are on campus more frequently. Furthermore, students are not involved too much with the campus although the CLIQ point system is en-route causing more involvement an participation in on-campus events. As far as academia is concerned, the liberal arts classes seem to be on an ok level, although the natural science department really gives a student a bang-for-his-buck. It is at the highest level and is very demanding and time consuming and challenging. Freshmen which earn a 5 on their A.P. in highschool, are faced with a far more harsh reality while taking the science courses.