affordable tuition.<\/a> A student since January, 2015, she said she liked most of her professors and enjoyed the hands on work she did in her studio classes, adding that she had a better understanding of how the city works.<\/p>\nWearing blue jeans, a white sweater, gray jacket, and black boots, during the interview that took place in a North Building media classroom, Rico said she worked as a bartender.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Hunter excels at the programs it offers,\u201d said Dayna Haffenden, 21, a senior, also graduating this January. \u201cI know many of my CUNY friends are jealous of the fact that Hunter has such great nursing, journalism and dancing programs. There is so much variety in terms of what you want to study.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haffenden, who applied to Hunter as a transfer student because she had already taken 30 college credits in her high school, said she was considered a sophomore in college after graduating from high school in 2013. She said her experience at Hunter was pretty straight forward, noting that she didn\u2019t join any clubs and just went to class and then home. Still, both students said that they experienced some hardships while attending the school.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the two years that I was there, I only had one professor bring up internships and she was the only one that actually sat down with us and actually, she\u2019s helping me right now,\u201d said Rico, who is finishing her last five classes and, as an internship, is conducting research for one of her professor\u2019s documentary \u00ad the only internship she has had while in the school. \u201cYou need guidance. You don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing, basically.\u201d According to Rico, getting help she needed in her classes was one of the biggest problems she experienced as a student. Some professors don\u2019t give their students direction, said Rico.<\/p>\n
Haffenden said she also struggled with getting help during her internship search. She sought advice from a professor and the experience was almost discouraging. “She told me I needed to change everything on my resume and that is why I haven\u2019t gotten an internship,\u201d Haffenden said. \u201cHowever, that was the same resume that helped me get the three internships I have now.”<\/p>\n
“Hunter needs to find a way to talk to students and encourage them,\u201d Haffenden said. But both students said that they were just happy to have made it through the long journey and were looking forward to the January commencement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I was pretty ignorant when it came to politics and I feel like that\u2019s the one thing that I thank Hunter for, that\u2019s the one thing that I\u2019m taking away,\u201d Rico said, regarding her political classes. \u201cNow, I feel like if I vote in four years again, I\u2019ll have a better idea of what\u2019s happening or how to look for information.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Haffenden, commencement will be a relief. \u201cIt feels so good to be graduating. I tell everyone that I\u2019m graduating when I speak to them, even strangers,\u201d she said. \u201cThe late nights, tears, stress; it\u2019s crazy how three years went by. I just feel so proud of myself and that\u2019s something I don\u2019t say often. But I have every right to be proud.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carmen Rios-Nu\u00f1ez can be reached at Carmen.Rios66@myhunter.cuny.edu<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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