Queens College

Save Money at Queens College

Students save money just by coming to Queens College --- tuition and fees expenses at CUNY colleges are much less than those of private instititutions. The Office of Financial Aid Services at Queens can assist eligible students with those expenses as well as with other related educational expenses through a combination of federal and NYS programs, including grants, work, and loan.

We want to help our students find ways to reduce expenses as painlessly as possible by taking advantage of various services, opportunities and resources at the College. As a result, these web pages were designed to supplement the college-wide department focus with this topic-oriented, cross-department approach. We have also listed a few selected resources outside of the College.

In some cases, the entries below link to web pages with details. Where we can't link to a web page, we list what we can to help you explore.

Always, anywhere there are entrance charges (on-campus or off), ask if there are any discounts such as student discounts that might apply to you.

We hope you find these pages useful.

Academic Advising
Need help? Don't wait!

Advising Center - Academic Support; Counseling and Advisement; Academic Support Center; Reading Lab (KY 131); Writing Lab (KY 232); Math Lab (KY 331); SEEK Learning Center / SEEK Reading and Math Labs (Delany Hall 112); suggestions from professors, Academic Depts, Academic Advisement

Billing and Financial Aid
Understand how you are billed at the College. Explore possible resources.

Financial Aid Applications, Programs, Scholarships; Billing; Residency Documentation and Changes

Books / Libraries / Research
You don't have to buy every book you need, and those you buy can be the same edition but used. In addition, incredible resources are available through the web.

College Bookstore - SU lower level: efollett.com - Booklists; Used Books --- look through books on Bookstore's textbook shelves for those marked USED; Queens College Book Exchange / Student Association and NYPIRG; Borrowing Books and Using Other Resources - QC Library: Regular Borrowing, Interlibrary Loan, EReserve, EResources ; QC Proxy Server for home access to licensed library resources - Library instructions - OCT instructions; Other Libraries: CUNY Libraries; NY Public Library; Queens Borough Public Library

Career Counseling and Placement / Full-Time and Part-Time Jobs / Graduate Schools
These resources are FREE! Ask in the Career Development Center about their credentials service - they can maintain a permanent file for you, complete with recommendations you have placed there, to make it easy when you start job hunting.

Financial Aid - College Work-Study; Career Development Center; Educational Placement; Academic Departments; Academic Advisement; Pre-Med Advisement (SB B-338 / 718-997-3470); Pre-Law Advisement (PH 215 / 718-997-5082); Minority Pre-Professional Advisement; Reducing the Cost of Graduate School Application Fees; Nationwide Scholarships and Fellowships for Graduate School; Jobs at CUNY; your major advisor; see also EMPLOYMENT below

CAUTIONS! Buyer Beware!
Don't get caught... be a smart consumer.

Financial Aid Services YOU AND YOUR MONEY web page

Children's Programs and Other Pre-College Programs at QC
There are great programs for your children at QC. They're not always cheep.

Child Development Center; Summer Camp; Saturday Education and Recreation Program; QC Small World - Children's Program / FREE! (Student Life Office - SU 320); Upward Bound; Aaron Copland School of Music's program for young musicians: Center for Preparatory Studies in Music; College Now; Pre-School Language Program of The Speech-Language-Hearing Center; Continuing Education Program (several programs for children PLUS some parent / child combos)

Clubs and Other Student Activities and Athletics
All sorts of opportunities - ask for a list. You could develop your leadership skills too!

Student Life Office - Student Union; Athletics

Computer Labs and Accounts
Get a QC computer account, use the QC computer labs, ask for tech help.

OCT Computer Labs; Computer Accounts through OCT - and more on Computer Accounts through OCT; Academic Departments' Labs for their students; Student Union / Student Association Offices; CUNY Assistive Technology Services (CATS)

Continuing Education Programs (non-credit)
These courses aren't for college credit, but they offer many opportunities to sharpen your skills.

Continuing Education Program

Debt Management
We don't like to push our students into loans, but some students find them very important. This page encourages you to be a savvy consumer --- especially in the area of student loans.

Financial Aid Services - YOU AND YOUR MONEY web page

Discount Tickets
Many events and museums offer discounts to students. Some discounts are to anyone who gets the discount ticket, and many are offered on college campuses.

Student Union - on wall near Corner Bistro; Cafeteria Info Booth near Panda House; wherever you go, ask for student discounts using your student ID card

Employment
Looking for a job while you're in school? Looking for a job when you graduate?

College Work-Study; CUNY Counseling Assistantship Program (CUNYCAP -for graduate students only - 212-290-5709); Human Resources (some positions have tuition waivers and union reimbursement of partial tuition / fees); Office of Career Development and Internships; Educational Placement; Continuing Education Program; Academic Departments; Student Union; Cafeteria; Bookstore; Jobs at CUNY; See also Career Counseling and Placement category

Employment-Related Assistance for your studies (not through financial aid)
The following are examples of jobs that offer sometimes significant education benefits.

National Service Program / with education awards: Americorps; NYC Board of Education Program with Education Benefits: Paraprofessional Program; NYC Board of Education Incentive Programs: Scholarships, Loan Forgiveness, and more; possible funding through own and parent's / spouse's unions

Employment Experience Tied to Your Education - Usually Unpaid, Sometimes With Academic Credit
Many departments have internships and public service opportunities that provide experience in your chosen field.

Big Buddy Program; Peer Advising; Internships through Career Development Office; CUNY Counseling Assistantship Program (CUNYCAP -for graduate students only - 212-290-5709); student teaching

English Language Programs
Queens College offers students and members of the community a variety of programs and courses to learn English.

College English as a Second Language (CESL), English as a Second Language (ESL), and English Language Institute (ELI)

Events on Campus
There are always events on campus --- and they are generally interesting, high quality and cheeper than similar events elsewhere.

Events Calendar; News and Announcements section on the QC home page; Rosenthal Library; Student Union listing at SU front desk; Evening Readings, Colden Center;Aaron Copland School of Music: Concerts / Podcasts; Sports; Student papers: Knight News, Queens World; WQMC Radio; bulletin boards and tables / racks all around campus, in the cafeteria and in the Student Union; CLIQ Events Calendar; Events around CUNY - select EVENTS from menu

Health Services, Disability Services, and Insurance
Insurance and specialized support and referrals.

Health Services Center; Counseling and Advisement; Speech-Language-Hearing Center; Morton Roberts Augmentative Communication Center; Optional Student Health Insurance Policies; dependent students are often eligible under their parents policies as dependents under specified age; COBRA - sometimes you might be eligible if you lose your job; Services for Students With Disabilities; CUNY Access web site - Enabling Access to Excellence

Legal and Consumer Services
Limited low-cost options are available.

Student Association Legal Service, and SA Tax Services; Accounting Honor SocietyTax Assistance; NYPIRG; CUNY Citizenship and Immigration Project; CUNY Law School Legal Clinic; selected consumer-oriented QC Courses (for example, FNES 151, Econ 220, Accounting 361, Chem 17)

Museums, Galleries, and Other Exhibits
QC has a variety of exhibit spaces --- look for free. Take advantage of CUNY's Cultural Passport, and ask in other museums in the city if there are student discounts or reduced rate times.

Events Calendar; Godwin-Ternbach Museum; Rosenthal Library; Rosenthal Library Art Center; Rosenthal Library Barham Rotunda; Rosenthal Library 2nd floor Display Cases; Louis Armstrong House and Archives; Anthropology Museum of the People of New York (Kissena Hall - check for schedule at 718-997-2838); ENSCI / Geology displays in the Science Bldg; Physics displays in the Science Building; Cafeteria Photo and Art Displays; Welcome Center and First Floor /Lobby of Jefferson Hall; art placed all over campus - inside buildings and outside; CUNY Cultural Passport

Parking
Parking on campus is limited. Here are some of the possibilities.

Security Office; Student Union Garage; on-street parking meters and other neighborhood parking

Permits To and From Other Colleges
Can't get the course you need at your home school? Permits to QC are an option.

Permit-In and Visiting Students to Queens - undergraduate students; QC Permit-Out and Visiting Students to Another Institution; Summer Session Issues; Financial Aid Issues

Personal Counseling
Limited personal counseling; also referrals.

Counseling and Advisement Center; Campus Ministers - in the Student Union

Recreation
Better than joining a private health club!

Recreation Program for Students / Faculty / Staff; Community Recreation

Scholarships
Help finding private scholarships.

Scholarships; for information on Hope Scholarship (really a tax credit), see TAX CREDITS section below

Senior Citizens and other older students - Courses
What courses are available for senior citizens? All of them!

All regular undergraduate and graduate programs; ACE Program; LEAP / Worker Education; Weekend College; Tuition-free Senior Citizen auditors program (no tuition - fees only - no credits toward a degree - more information from the Admissions Office); Continuing Education Programs (CEP); CEP's College for Older Adults (see paper bulletin)

Sports
Athletic? Lots of opportunities for you here.

Athletics and Recreation Programs

Study Abroad
Combine learning and travel - and get credit toward your degree.

QC Programs; CUNY Programs; Financial Aid issues

Tax Credits
When you do your tax return, don't forget these tax credits! These two are often overlooked.

Hope Scholarships and Lifelong Learning Credit - QC Bursar Hotline: 718-997-4534 - QC sends this tax information to potentially eligible students in January; [although it isn't related to the College, don't forget the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) if you're eligible]

Transportation
What's the best way to get from here to there?

Directions to QC; NYC Transit - subway and bus; Queens Surface Bus Lines (Orange Bus) - now part of MTA Bus; Green Bus Lines; Other Local Bus Lines; Metro Cards are sold in Bookstore; NYC Transit information line: 718-330-1234

Tutoring
Need help? Don't wait!

Advising Center - Academic Support; Academic Support Center; Reading Lab (KY 131); Writing Lab (KY 232); Math Lab (KY 331); SEEK Learning Center / SEEK Reading and Math Labs (Delany Hall 112); suggestions from professors, Academic Depts, Academic Advisement, Counseling and Advisement


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