CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice Rankings by Salary Score™

I studied at John Jay College for both my Undergraduate and Graduate Studies. The faculty and staff members were helpful. I am thankful to the SEEK CD program at the college where the faculty and staff provided me tremendous support to succeed academically and professionally during my undergraduate studies. My academic advisor was supportive towards my endeavor and encouraged me to be involved on campus. Due to her advice, I sucessfully served as a club Executive, Honors Society Executive, Student Government... Read More Representative and Executive. After serving in student leadership capacities, I learned so much about myself and honed many skills such as time management, public speaking, budgeting, memo writing, team management, event planning, robert rules of order and many more. I formed lifelong friendships on campus.My involvement on campus gave me a sense of belonging where I continued to pursue my Masters Degree. I recieved support from the Qualifying Exam review center to prepare and pass the exam. After graduation I secured internships with Senator Leroy Comrie followed by Congresswoman Grace Meng. I also got admitted to CUNY Law Pipeline Program. If I did not study at John Jay especially the SEEK Program I would have not made this far. As a John Jay Alumni with a disability, I encourage prospective college or transfer students with disabilities to apply through SEEK CD program. The program provides extensive support to help Freshman or newly transfered students from underrepresented populations to help transition to a 4 year college program. If you want to be involved on campus, join club row where you could select a club(out of 70 clubs) that suits your interest. You could also talk to the club row staff about ways to be part of Student Government.

I was really excited when I first started John Jay in 2019. I began school during the year Covid hit so unfortunately I wasn't able to experience beginning school in the actual building. Besides for being completely lost and being given no assistance, once school began in person it just got worse. First of all, the guidance is terrible. My counselor knew less than I did. I had to research intensely and pretty much figure things out myself. Also, if you have any learning disabilities or require special assistance,... Read More this is not the right place. I put a lot of effort trying to get special help because of my issues, and after all that, the school simply sent me an email and said if I needed assistance I could watch the video they sent on how to get help. They are very against actually sitting down with a student and trying to help. They will just keep sending you emails of other people to email. I'm in my third year and I don't think I'll be finishing here. I'd rather go to a smaller school where they care about the students, than a large school that cares only about their name and publicity. This is pretty much a school that will keep you sending you in circles just so each person who is supposed to do their job doesn't actually have to do anything. I met only one person out of the many I spoke to who actually did what their job title claimed. And their claims of financial aid - pretty much one big lie. For a big school with many offices and workers, it is very disappointing.