Boyd Affordances Comprehensive

Generated: October 09, 2025 at 05:58 PM

Chapter 1 Computational Analysis

boyd’s Affordances Comprehensive Evidence

Generated: 2025-10-09 17:58:00 For Section 1.3.3 - Critical Infrastructure Theory

Summary

  • boyd’s Persistence Affordance: 15 pieces of evidence
  • boyd’s Scalability Affordance: 15 pieces of evidence
  • boyd’s Searchability Affordance: 15 pieces of evidence
  • boyd’s Replicability Affordance: 15 pieces of evidence

Detailed Evidence

boyd’s Persistence Affordance

Old posts being referenced/found years later

Evidence 1: comment_mn6abxk

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 135
  • Length: 556 characters

Excerpt:

I took a few classes with the girl I ended up marrying. Her boyfriend was in the first class we took together so we never really interacted. A few semesters later they had broken up and we ended up in class together again. I wasn’t really looking for a relationship but we started hanging out and after that never really stopped. 20 years later we’re married, we have kids, a house, etc.

I’m no expert in relationships but I think it’s hard to force romantic connections with people and the best results might come from letting them form more organically.

Evidence 2: comment_mtq54xe

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 102
  • Length: 118 characters

Excerpt:

This is literally what professors always talk about years later 😭 you’re gonna be used as an example of what not to do

Evidence 3: comment_m0l0yqg

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 35
  • Length: 440 characters

Excerpt:

in my first semester i got a 1.4 GPA and was in danger of being kicked out if i did not improve my grades next semester and got my FAFSA cut. Next semester i got my shit together and passed all my classes. 5 years later, I graduated with a 3.3 GPA. Not the best, but a far cry from what i was in the beginning. Shit happens. Push your self next semester. Most F’s you get can be replaced if you get a C or better when u take the class again

Evidence 4: comment_m2oc8xs

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 34
  • Length: 561 characters

Excerpt:

I agree with what u/nygdan said. I was put on probation after the first semester of college and then dismissed the second semester. No real reason for my absences, i just never went to class. Nothing was different the second time around.

If you are on the same boat as me, then I recommend taking a break from college. After my dismissal I took a 4 year break. I took it slow, worked on myself, and found that missing X factor I didnt have the first time I tried college. I was kicked out in 2013, I went back in 2017, and graduated with my bachelor’s in 2022.

Evidence 5: comment_mcf39dr

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 27
  • Length: 467 characters

Excerpt:

You are taking it a bit to the extremes, no ? OP, I had a balance w cuny from 2020-2024. It was sent to collections however I never received a single call/letter regarding it. I paid the agency the balance plus their additional fees and applied to enroll the following week. Times are hard, it’s understandable. Take care of it when you can. Communicate . It’s important to pay your bills and take on only what you can realistically .. but life be lifing . Good luck

Evidence 6: comment_ks8tjlr

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 26
  • Length: 228 characters

Excerpt:

Huh. I thought CSI was a community college. I’m old enough to remember when it was called “Staten Island Community College”, but it appears that it isn’t. So I guess BMCC would be a good fallback if CSI doesn’t accept my appeal?

Evidence 7: comment_j6jrz4a

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 25
  • Length: 1625 characters

Excerpt:

Try your hardest in your first two years cuz those are the easier classes, plus you can start looking for internships once you become a junior and you won’t have to worry so much about your GPA.

Also, for rate my professors reviews, read some that detail the class, not just the ones that says something like “inspirational, nice professor.” Look for ones that mentions their grade breakdown, as well as if they typically curve final grades….

Evidence 8: comment_m49n6pp

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 24
  • Length: 204 characters

Excerpt:

Welp.. I graduated back in 2020.. I’m going for my second degree .. so technically I’ve been on break for 4 years. I think it’s fair to say eager is a reasonable response :) you enjoy your break though !!

Evidence 9: comment_ksab2yr

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 22
  • Length: 564 characters

Excerpt:

It’s not well advertised, but CUNY has a program called Reconnect for people returning to school after a long break (whether you first went to CUNY or somewhere else): https://www.cuny.edu/admissions/reconnect/

The great thing about this program is that it connects you with a (live, human) advisor to navigate the red tape and complications that come with returning to school many years later. I’d try calling to see if they can help you reverse this. They also help with financial aid for non-traditional students.

Evidence 10: comment_mx6mnv1

  • Subreddit: r/HunterCollege
  • Score: 21
  • Length: 278 characters

Excerpt:

Chances are HIGH imo I got academically dismissed in Spring of 22. It a GPA of 1.7 - 1.8 I believe, sent in my supporting documents and emailed relentlessly to financial aid. 3 years later I’ve been on deans list every semester after and am graduating this summer with a 3.0 :))

Evidence 11: comment_m237r3q

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 18
  • Length: 290 characters

Excerpt:

lol I remember when someone asked if they should report someone that cheated and everyone ganged up on them 😭

Ig it’s really an ethical predicament, you’ll face the consequences eventually whether you’re ratted out or you eventually realize you’re just plain dumb and didn’t learn anything

Evidence 12: comment_fuuzl05

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 18
  • Length: 163 characters

Excerpt:

Yeah, started off with exactly 2.6 my first semester, 3 years later my gpa is almost 3.5, been on boards for a few big clubs, got a nice internship. Never give up.

Evidence 13: comment_jqwya07

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 18
  • Length: 144 characters

Excerpt:

I went back at 26. Graduated at 28. A few years later I have my degree in cis, and now live in SoCal with a amazing job and life. Don’t give up!

Evidence 14: comment_mcm9fmq

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 16
  • Length: 463 characters

Excerpt:

CUNY’s Chancellor designated Italian Americans as a protected ethnicity at CUNY in 1976. CUNY began formally tracking the representation of Italian Americans beginning in the 1990’s. The Graduate School and University Center (GC) is one of the affirmative action establishments at the City University of New York (CUNY).

I just googled this. An article from 2021 popped up. https://nypost.com/2021/02/07/italian-americans-say-cuny-must-uphold-affirmative-action/

Evidence 15: comment_ipgsrjh

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 16
  • Length: 282 characters

Excerpt:

“since 8/25/2022”

back in 2020/2021, there’s almost no wait for an elevator, and when it arrives, it’s not crowed. You can always find a place to sit and wait in-between class. There weren’t seas of students on the lobby or outside of campus.

I think that’s what OP is referring.

boyd’s Scalability Affordance

Individual experiences revealing system patterns

Evidence 1: comment_m9mqm92

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 183
  • Length: 244 characters

Excerpt:

that would make the majority of CUNY cooked tbh- a lot of us depend on SNAP and pell grants to get through college. if he does this and it lasts i might as well drop out at that point because i won’t even be able to afford going here anymore.

Evidence 2: comment_m1f8q5o

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 154
  • Length: 166 characters

Excerpt:

Honestly, every time I’ve decided not to listen to rate my professor I’ve been reminded that I should’ve. If majority of review are terrible I’d steer away from them.

Evidence 3: comment_mcdyjks

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 82
  • Length: 247 characters

Excerpt:

Don’t worry about falling behind or graduating late. Alot of people do not graduate “on time”. You go at your own pace just like everybody else. Focus on yourself and do what you have to do. You got this. You’re also 19 so you have PLENTY of time.

Evidence 4: comment_iu21e20

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 76
  • Length: 118 characters

Excerpt:

Normalize telling people to shut the fuck up when they’re being loud in the library. I do it every time, and it works.

Evidence 5: comment_jyh0chf

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 72
  • Length: 301 characters

Excerpt:

A lot of people from college can’t seem to land jobs first out of the gate, I don’t think it’s a Baruch specific thing. Definitely depends on field, job market and location

Edit: people aren’t graduating in 1-4 years and a lot can change, for the better or worse, stay on your path and keep improving

Evidence 6: comment_m26nqzc

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 66
  • Length: 1246 characters

Excerpt:

As a cuny student, I appreciate you looking out for students who are experiencing rough patches during their college career. I think a lot of us think most professors don’t care about us or don’t notice if one of us is falling behind, so to read this is nice and refreshing.

As per consistency, I think you can tell apart the students who wanna be there and try to make the classroom an efficient and open space for learning from the students who are clearly just there cause they have to be there or have nothing else to do….

Evidence 7: comment_mj8hl2f

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 58
  • Length: 171 characters

Excerpt:

Most students commute from home at cuny while I bet a good amount of students at private schools dorm on campus or in the area around it so their commute is a lot shorter.

Evidence 8: comment_lk8hy9b

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 56
  • Length: 515 characters

Excerpt:

wow this was a very heartfelt post for a subreddit thats mostly people asking about financial aid, this was very passionate lol. i liked reading your thoughts

you’ll be fine! you will start making a lot of friends when classes start. a lot of people in my school make group chats for their classes, you might find you get added to one and meeting lots of cool people. once you start cuny, you’ll find that it isn’t that much different from high school. you’ll be okay. it sounds look you will make lots of friends.

Evidence 9: comment_j9cbu2w

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 55
  • Length: 188 characters

Excerpt:

We all got degrees or are getting degrees to get good jobs. What is wrong with posts about jobs? It’s good to be obsessed in finding a better job rather than wasting time on anything else.

Evidence 10: comment_mf7ak68

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 54
  • Length: 188 characters

Excerpt:

Unfortunately, I have my apartment rent and bills to pay while attending cuny, so I need the extra financial assistance to help cover me every semester because I only work 25 hrs per week.

Evidence 11: comment_l26ja2y

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 53
  • Length: 854 characters

Excerpt:

I mean, the vast majority of CUNY students are working class kids that are just looking to get a degree to get a job. Alot of us go to school then as soon as class ends we gotta go to work. It’s not that we don’t have pride (ok well maybe some kids don’t have pride bc they maybe in a school they don’t wanna be in) we just have other things to worry about. Alot of kids pay out of pocket for tuition, alot of kids come on education visas, alot of kids work, and go to school then need to juggle that and also pay rent. List goes on an on….

Evidence 12: comment_lmjth67

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 53
  • Length: 556 characters

Excerpt:

The job market sucks for a lot of people right now. The best way to survive is to network super hard and manage your time wisely.

I can’t exactly tell you what to do since I don’t know you and your circumstances, but I would say please don’t drop out at this stage. It’s so early into undergrad and you might be getting closer to knowing what you want a career in.

However, do explore some side hustles if that will ease your anxiety. I know a lot of people who are full time students who DJ, teach Pilates, bake etc but still want to get a bachelor’s.

Evidence 13: comment_mvxlgwg

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 51
  • Length: 923 characters

Excerpt:

No, at some point you probably wont want to attend anymore and transfer out since the commute is a lot.

Oh, btw if you do a 2 h commute to get there that means 4 hour commute to get there and come back (without train delays or malfunction). If you attend classes 5x a week thats 20hours spent taking transportation to get there. Its equivalent to a part time job. You can instead be taking those 20 hours doing something more productive….

Evidence 14: comment_ir2gleo

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 46
  • Length: 396 characters

Excerpt:

I think the freshmen are just the scapegoat. The issue here is that the admission office ended up admitting too many students. The amount of students admitted in 2019 was a pretty good benchmark to use for the amount of students that should be admitted. There’s no reason for the hallways and elevators to be this crowded. Not only that, the cafeteria in the NVC is still undergoing construction.

Evidence 15: comment_lluscgp

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 45
  • Length: 539 characters

Excerpt:

all of CUNY is good

maybe I would even say great considering most people go here for next to nothing, or nothing at all.

the colleges are what you make it. they don’t get a lot of money from the city, basically everyone is accepted, they are public colleges. everyone has their pet peeves with each one

that doesn’t mean you won’t be successful or get a high paying job from cuny. go to classes, study, use them resources available at the college, make friends. make the most out of your tuition and see what you programs are available

boyd’s Searchability Affordance

Students finding solutions via search

Evidence 1: comment_i5afty7

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 33
  • Length: 342 characters

Excerpt:

For me, it’s very confusing. I know that the old one was old, but it was very straightforward to navigate and use. But this new update is very nice, but kind of challenging to navigate.

But does anyone know how I can register for my classes, and look for it using the new software? Like how can I see the course description, professor, etc…?

Evidence 2: comment_foo0k4y

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 29
  • Length: 621 characters

Excerpt:

Some of the things I surprisingly miss about Baruch: walking to Baruch campus in the mornings passing through other students looking half dead in the morning, having to swipe my ID card and retry at least 3 times lol, shoving myself between other students to grab a spot in the elevator, sitting down in the first lecture of the day trying to stay woke, grabbing coffee/boba in between classes, going to the library and trying to find the spot to sit in and study, deciding what to grab for lunch, finishing my last class, going down the elevator after said last class, going home tired af but glad t…

Evidence 3: comment_m9u60o2

  • Subreddit: r/HunterCollege
  • Score: 21
  • Length: 142 characters

Excerpt:

Thanks for posting this, I been trying to find out how to join every club on campus! And I do think the vibes are much different this semester

Evidence 4: comment_jb2lv17

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 16
  • Length: 107 characters

Excerpt:

Agreed. Last week I fought for my life trying to find a bathroom that didn’t smell like shit and dried fish

Evidence 5: comment_jauielu

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 13
  • Length: 520 characters

Excerpt:

Every CUNY is going back to in person learning for the most, if you’re going to a four year senior college, they are all competitive. Going to community college is easier, but the professors aren’t as great. It’s pretty impossible to get a degree without taking exams for the majority of your classes. If you can’t handle work overload, then take less classes or just do part time. Trying to find a CUNY that is easy is a lost cause.

With your current mindset, you’re setting up yourself for disappointment and failure.

Evidence 6: comment_eg3rp80

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 12
  • Length: 259 characters

Excerpt:

Baruch is probably the hardest place to make friends. You’d think people want to network since it’s time to focus on career and life after but nope. I’m still trying to find a club. I’m leaning towards cybersecurity club or join the frat… I forgot the name.

Evidence 7: comment_ewvbggv

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 11
  • Length: 519 characters

Excerpt:

I used to do 24 hrs work and FT school with 4 hr commute back and forth from LI for two years.

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Inb4 people coming in with “I did FT school and FT work and found it easy as hell”.

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Honestly it was the worst because it takes away so much time away from your life. I think the best way I coped with it was by trying to find any free time within the busy schedule I had. You need to make sure you’ve found a time frame you could do work in. You’ll still be tired with that schedule but get used to it.

Evidence 8: comment_hw5sfhf

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 10
  • Length: 273 characters

Excerpt:

Another tip: don’t be too picky with where you sit down to eat. I used to waste time walking around trying to find the perfect spot to eat and that’s almost impossible to find during the lunch break we all seem to have. If you find a spot that looks half-good, pop a squat!

Evidence 9: comment_fk8p6ji

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 9
  • Length: 377 characters

Excerpt:

I have a midterm for a fully online class (ACC 2203) that was today announced would be held online, on Sunday. This is in the middle of their “recess,” does anyone know if this would change? Haven’t received word from the professor yet but it is still pretty early, just wondering if anyone knew

yeah they must make them easier cause i cannot learn online if its a math class

Evidence 10: comment_fvi52vn

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 8
  • Length: 1676 characters

Excerpt:

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No, we do not know whether fall classes are gonna be online. I came across a CUNY adjunct in r/academia and asked them about it, all they said is so far CUNY is sending them an email about once every 2 weeks saying that ‘they’re working on it’.

Course work will entirely depend on the individual professor. There is no CUNY system wide format on how to administer classes….

Evidence 11: comment_j8w2g5l

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 8
  • Length: 398 characters

Excerpt:

I would have said be the opposite of Baruch, always try and improve yourself.

No point in working on yourself if the end result is the damn same you started with(unless your trying to find who you are). That floor remodel was pointless, prob very costly, and worst of all diverting of space for this whole time and could’ve been used in so many other areas that would actually make a difference.

Evidence 12: comment_kjkxq19

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 8
  • Length: 142 characters

Excerpt:

Yeah join a club I go to ccny trying to find a club to join too or talk to people in ur class exchange like ig or number for class notes. Etc.

Evidence 13: comment_ggc26md

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 6
  • Length: 454 characters

Excerpt:

Not saying I’m the authority on this but if you put “Chegg cheating” into the reddit search bar and sort by new you will see multiple threads over the past week of people from several different colleges talking about getting in trouble for viewing questions. Not just posting them but viewing them, they apparently can view IP address and email addresses.

If it wasn’t true, I doubt that multiple people wouldn’t have gotten in trouble for this already.

Evidence 14: comment_gzgxnbc

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 6
  • Length: 383 characters

Excerpt:

I graduated May 2019. It takes a lot of hunting around and applying before you get any results. It’s like trying to find girls on Tinder or Bumble. You gotta swipe through tons of them before you get a response and usually its the less than ideal ones that you find faster. But with some persistence and putting up with the shittier jobs first you can land something worth your time.

Evidence 15: comment_mhu24mn

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 6
  • Length: 330 characters

Excerpt:

This is actually what I do as a Professor. I think AI is awesome, but I came across too many students who gave AI submissions, and had no idea how to define the words they were using. The oral exams are encouraging them to explain concepts in their own words, and the quality of their work has improved every semester as a result.

boyd’s Replicability Affordance

Step-by-step tactical knowledge sharing

Evidence 1: comment_itwfhhb

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 43
  • Length: 3756 characters

Excerpt:

Most of these solutions offered here will not prevent you from losing your apartment or home. I currently attend Baruch full time, i am 33, I pay 1850 rent and I do not work. Those offering to get a job hourly aren’t clearly aware of what it takes to prevent eviction.

Step 1: Go to HRA and apply for the full range of benifits.

https://a069-access.nyc.gov/accesshra/

Step 2: Create an account.

Step 3: Apply for SNAP, Cash assistance, medicaid and for rental assistance also known as the one shot deal/grant….

Evidence 2: comment_kb3yvm7

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 33
  • Length: 353 characters

Excerpt:

  1. Stop being so cliquey, be friends more with the student body since that’s who you’re supposed to represent.
  2. Stop having such a big budget, it’s not fair.. because it’s not fair,
  3. Stop making all of your events RSVP, it’s not fair that I don’t get a slot.
  4. Why don’t you have events every day, we don’t pay the high activity fees for no reason.

Evidence 3: comment_ke4h1ml

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 26
  • Length: 1230 characters

Excerpt:

Hi OP. This is what you can do:

  1. Add the professor to your google docs so that she can check your edits history.
  1. Grab a bunch of essays you have written before the release of ChatGPT, you can easily provide proof of these essays being submitted before any of these AI services hit the market such as submissions history on blackboard or emails sent of the essay to professors. Now put those essays in AI detectors like GPTZero, Winston ai, etc….

Evidence 4: comment_krbu6n9

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 25
  • Length: 1598 characters

Excerpt:

My fiancée comes from a background just like yours.

Few tips:

  1. Do not take a break after high school. You’ll want to work instead and before you know it, school will become an after thought. Don’t take a break, continue school and finish up atleast your bachelor’s.

  2. College is just like high school, but you are not babied in high school because you’re actually paying for these classes yourself. You don’t have to raise your hand to go to the bathroom or to answer your phone, you just go outside. The coursework is not that hard, all you need to do is maintain focus.

3….

Evidence 5: comment_l168es4

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 23
  • Length: 1900 characters

Excerpt:

Baruch is a non target college, meaning you’ll have a very hard time getting a good job in finance compared to other IVY league colleges nearby. To add to this, the job market in NYC is extremely competitive and also in a slump? Layoffs come and go more frequently than ever before, especially in major careers.

Pro’s of New York and Baruch:

  1. you save MONEY ON TUITION!!! YAY!!
  2. New York City is the leading center of business, finance, accounting, real estate, and so on!!!
  3. Good/Decent finance department. (Depends on who you ask(?)) 4….

Evidence 6: comment_kp1782y

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 22
  • Length: 1994 characters

Excerpt:

Macaulay advantages are:

  1. Money. Obvious. You will have no need for loans, most likely, so can graduate debt-free. That leaves you more resources for grad school, etc.
  2. CUNY. You get the enormous resources of an institution the size of the city of Boston. Especially if you have unique or interdisciplinary interests, there will be someone in CUNY who can work with you. You might need to do CUNY BA, but that’s doable. Also CUNY faculty (on average) tend to be better teachers, more dedicated to undergraduates, instead of only caring about their own research.
  3. Diversity….

Evidence 7: comment_lams2po

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 20
  • Length: 566 characters

Excerpt:

  1. Check your school’s free Handshake platform
  2. Go down the list of companies you like, go to their career page, create your profile & apply to roles directly / the main source of where the jobs are posted first, instead of going to third party companies like LinkedIn, Indeed, etc.
  3. Reach out to me if you need to polish your resume.

Evidence 8: comment_mdrdvmq

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 20
  • Length: 391 characters

Excerpt:

Step 1- make sure fafsa is filled out with accurate information, if your SAI is -1500 you should be getting a lot more then 189 back :( Step 2- DO THE TAP APPLICATION (if you’re a NY resident) Step 3- apply for any merit based scholarships and look into programs like excelsior if you need it! Step 4- ask Reddit about when your money is coming in as soon as a disbursement date shows up :D

Evidence 9: comment_hy4f1dl

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 19
  • Length: 1125 characters

Excerpt:

  1. Go to this website: https://printing.baruch.cuny.edu

  1. Log in with your Baruch username and password (these are the same credentials you use to log into the campus wifi). These credentials are not the same thing you use for Blackboard or CUNYfirst.

  2. Once logged in, select the “Web Print” option on the left side of the screen.

  3. Click the green “Submit a Job” button

  4. From the list of printers, select one (note: black and white printer is listed as BarucBW).

6….

Evidence 10: comment_lnr0x6c

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 19
  • Length: 356 characters

Excerpt:

If I were in your shoes, I’d consider three options:

  1. Pursue a master’s degree in a field that clearly leads to job opportunities.
  2. Work in construction (I did this before graduating from Baruch) with the goal of becoming a project manager or supervisor in a few years.
  3. Apply for any basic office admin job for now, just to get some money coming in

Evidence 11: comment_i7bmwre

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 19
  • Length: 318 characters

Excerpt:

I chose accounting over finance for a few reasons

  1. You can get a finance job with a non-finance degree more easily than getting an accounting job with a non-accounting degree
  2. Baruch’s recruiting is better for accounting than finance
  3. Accounting has a more structured path early on while finance is more varied

Evidence 12: comment_kb98scb

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 18
  • Length: 1896 characters

Excerpt:

Hello! I am currently doing my masters in clinical mental health counseling.

I got rejected from a few CUNY schools myself, here are the tips I can offer you:

  1. Only get letters from Pscyhology professors. Only get professional recommendations from work if it is related to therapy/providing therapy. Otherwise stick to psychology professors. Getting a letter from your abnormal psychology and statistics professor are highly regarded.

  2. Do not put anything extra on your application. If they ask for 3 letters, give 3 letters. If they ask for 2 essays, write 2….

Evidence 13: comment_mv5m8y4

  • Subreddit: r/QueensCollege
  • Score: 15
  • Length: 1049 characters

Excerpt:

  1. Check out the grade distribution on the subreddit’s resource. Just generally look at the subreddit’s resource.

  1. Print jobs are free up to a certain point.

  2. You need to bring your QC card to enter the library and Queens Hall (?). You can’t enter without them. Also, Queens Hall is far from campus.

  3. If you’re ever worried about dropping or failing or withdrawing from a course because of fasfa or tap, reach out to the Financial Aid office immediately.

  4. Dinning hall restaurants change often, if you find a great spot, don’t get too comfortable they will have to leave eventually….

Evidence 14: comment_iallrgp

  • Subreddit: r/Baruch
  • Score: 15
  • Length: 468 characters

Excerpt:

Standard steps.

  1. talk to the professor first. If no deal can be reached, move to step 2.

  2. appeal to https://weissman.baruch.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/09/WSASCASAppealForm8.2017-1.pdf

  3. Prof will provide information on your grades to the committee, and they usually are ready to cite every part of your grade, so if you want to even have a chance at a grade change, you best come at them with citations, and documents to back you up.

  4. wait.

Evidence 15: comment_fqdawzq

  • Subreddit: r/CUNY
  • Score: 14
  • Length: 2034 characters

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Sophomore here. Transferring next semester but I’ll give a run down.

  1. Social life here is kinda dead. Most students are commuters. Located in a crappy neighborhood. Which means you should go home the fk right away when classes are over because some students got robbed or hurt by thugs.
  2. This school had some shady things happened in past (e.g school president stealing money)
  3. Classes are limited. Core classes for stem major gets filled up very quick, especially with a good professor (good professors are rare in CCNY). So choose classes with good professors as early as possible. 4….
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