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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC lives in MD had has applied to John Jay College as he is interested in Criminology and it is a top rated school for that. We can afford the tuition, but the cost of living in NYC puts this school right on the edge for us just for the dorm fees. My understanding is that most kids who go to the CUNY schools are local, and that the dorm arrangements, in the New Yorker Hotel on 34th street, do not have any kind of meal plan. I have no idea how much to figure in for the cost of weekly groceries, and what transportation costs would be, as he'd likely be taking the subway uptown to the Lincoln Center area daily, then back. How much can we expect to pay monthly for a subway pass?

Any input on this school and particularly what we should reasonably budget for food and transportation would be really helpful, as the school website gives no guidance on that and the admissions guy we talked to was not very helpful on those points. I'm hoping some locals can give me an idea if this will be feasible or not. My DC has also applied to the Macaulay honors program, which is a fantastic opportunity and financial boon for NYC residents who get in, but for OOS students, not so much on the financial side of things. Thanks for any help, particularly for anyone here who is familiar with the school.[/quote]

I think a monthly unlimited Metro pass would be $127. It looks as if there are always proposals for giving CUNY a discount. Maybe something like that will show up in a coronavirus rescue package.

I think food in New York might be about 15 percent more expensive than in DC and maybe 25 percent more than in cheap suburbs.

[url]https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/region_rankings_current.jsp?region=019[/url]

For food, for a student who’d eat every meal out at deli-level or McDonalds-level places, maybe it would be possible to scrape by on about $15 per day. (Assuming: bagel, butter and deli coffee for breakfast; hotdog or sausage and a can of soda for lunch; and, say, a hamburger for dinner.)  A student might be less likely to develop scurvy and pellagra on $20 per day. A student might be a lot happier on $25 per day. 
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