Enrollment: 13011
Average SAT: 540
Student Faculty Ratio: 15:1

Undergraduate Receiving Need-Based Financial Aid: 100
Average Freshman Total Need-Based Gift Aid: $3,200.00

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School Says - General Information
Brooklyn College is among our nation's elite public colleges. A part of the City University of New York, the college enrolls on average 16,500 undergraduate and graduate students, who represent the ethnic and cultural diversity of the most populous and exciting borough in the city. Its academic programs have been lauded by popular college guides as being on par with Ivy League institutions. In particular, the guides single out the many opportunities offered to students to participate in prestigious internships, to travel abroad, and to attain research positions. The excellence of its programs, the many rewarding opportunities, and an affordable tuition are what give Brooklyn College students the edge they need to succeed.

School Says - Student Body
Brooklyn College students participate in more than 140 chartered campus groups, including academic clubs, service and honor societies, athletics groups, special interest groups, and performing arts organizations. Special lectures, concerts, and events are scheduled throughout the year. Fraternities and sororities provide social and community service activities for their student brothers and sisters. The Hillel Foundation, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, and Newman Center are among the many special interest clubs on campus. Student publications include newspapers, magazines, and journals. Students also operate WBCR, the Brooklyn College radio station.

Sports
The college sponsors fourteen NCAA Division III athletic teams and numerous intramural teams. Volleyball, tennis, and basketball are favorite sports. Last year, the men's basketball team won the division championship.

Safety
Brooklyn College is an oasis in a quiet urban neighborhood and its seasoned Peace Officers provide a safe and secure environment 24/7.

School Says - Academics
Brooklyn College is an innovative liberal arts institution, offering more than 130 programs in the humanities, education, the arts, business, and the sciences and social sciences, leading to bachelor's and master's degrees as well as advanced certificates. The college is particularly noted for its School of Education, Film, TV and Radio, Theater, and Economics Departments, and its business program and science departments. One of Brooklyn College's most stellar programs is the Honors Academy. The Academy is comprised of six units that offer academically talented students the opportunity to take enriched courses and seminars and to participate in research and internships. The programs are: the Brooklyn College Scholars Program; the Coordinated B.A.-M.D. Program; the William E. Macaulay Honors College; the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship; and the Minority Access to Research Careers and Honors Engineering programs.

Visit the website at http://www.brooklyn.edu/prug for program listings, admissions requirements, financial aid information, and more.

School Says - Admissions
Contact Information (online)

Admissions information Center
2900 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11223
Phone: 718-951-5001
Web: www.brooklyn.edu/prug


School Says - Campus Life
Situated on a twenty-six-acre landscaped, park-like campus that is close to all of New York City's cultural and social activities, the college has been cited as among the nation's most beautiful. The college, located near several popular Brooklyn thoroughfares, is conveniently close to subway and bus lines. Cycle-friendly, the campus features monitored bike racks at all its major entrances. Street parking and parking lots are also available.

School Says - Cost Aid
Effective fall 2009, tuition for New York State residents is $2300 per semester for full time students, $195 per credit for part-time students and $285 per credit for non-degree resident students. Non-New York State residents' tuition is $415 per credit for full- or part-time students and $610 per credit for non-degree students. Brooklyn College does not provide on-campus housing but is associated with a residence hall that will start occupancy fall 2010, and the neighborhood around the college has a variety of affordable housing options.Scholarships, tuition waivers, loans, college work-study, graduate assistantships, fellowships, and internships may be available to qualified students. A monthly payment plan is also available.

Students Say - Academics
Brooklyn College "is the perfect representative of Brooklyn as a borough and [of] success in the community," an institution that, like its home borough, "educates its students in an environment that reflects diversity, opportunity (study abroad, research, athletics, employment), and support." "Lauded as one of the best senior colleges in CUNY" and boasting "a beautiful campus," Brooklyn College entices a lot of bright students looking for an affordable, quality, undergraduate experience as well as some attracted by the school's relatively charitable admissions standards. It's easier to get in here than to stay in; Brooklyn College is "an academically challenging and rigorous school" that "feels a lot more competitive than one would anticipate." Professors "are fabulous" and "really passionate about the subjects that they teach and their students' career paths," although there are some "grumpy and nasty professors" that might best be avoided. Students are especially sanguine about special programs here, such as the various honors programs, in which "you will meet tons of highly intelligent people. Honors classes boast very good in-class discussions and highly vibrant, enthusiastic students. Non-honors classes are more run-of-the-mill but still very good academically." The school also works hard to provide "constant and innumerable job opportunities available to students and the Magner Center, which helps students find jobs and internships, and [to] help them prepare for the real world through resume writing workshops [and] job interview workshops." There are also "many financial awards available."

Students Say - Campus Life
"Apart from all the clubs and athletics on campus, most people come for class and then leave at Brooklyn College" because "we are a commuter school with no dorms, so it has to be this way. All social activities happen off campus." There are "pretty nice places to hang out around campus for the occasional coffee," and "there are a lot of student organization and a lot of activities done to help enhance student life on campus," but the "immediate surroundings of the Brooklyn College campus are generally not where you would want to stay for hours," and "on weekends the campus usually is dead." That said, "The campus is quite beautiful, and the quad during spring time is usually a nice place to sit and relax." Furthermore, "New York City hotspots are a 20- to 40-minute [subway] ride away," and Brooklyn itself is "a great place to live" where "there are always fun things happening."

Students Say - Student Body
The typical student at Brooklyn College is hard-working, from the NY metro area, and a commuter (the last because there are no residence halls here). Many "hold part-time jobs and pay at least part of their own tuition, so they are usually in a rush because they have a lot more responsibility on their shoulders than the average college student." Like Brooklyn itself, "The student body is very diversified," with everyone from "an aspiring opera singer to quirky film majors to single mothers looking for a better life for their children," and so "no student can be described as being typical. Everyone blends in as normal, and little segregation is noticed (if it exists)." Students here represent more than 100 nations and speak nearly as many languages. There are even students "that come from Long Island to North Carolina, from Connecticut to even Hong Kong."

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