City College of New York, located on St. Nicholas Heights in upper Manhattan,
Founded in 1847 as the Free Academy, CCNY was for many years the real “jewel” of the municipal colleges in New York City. When I attended, 1967 to 1972, there was NO tuition, fees were minimal and books were expensive. A perfect situation for a poor kid like me.
For many years CCNY was called “The Proletarian Harvard” and I feel that I received an education equivalent to any other school in the country.
The downside, a 100% commuter school and we all missed out on the experience of living away at the age of 18, something that I still regret.
But economics dictated the decision and it’s worked out pretty well
SRM