TESTIMONY
Christopher Leon Johnson on Streamlining CUNY's Admissions for Transparency, Affordability, and Fairness
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Christopher Leon Johnson discusses his suggestions for improving the City University of New York (CUNY) admissions process, emphasizing the importance of transparency, fee elimination, affordability of textbooks, and fairness in selecting students.
- Calls for clear communication about admissions requirements and grade expectations for CUNY's senior and community colleges.
- Advocates for the elimination of application filing fees to both make applying more accessible and to avoid unnecessary financial burdens on prospective students.
- Urges CUNY to lower the cost of textbooks and make educational materials more affordable.
- Stresses the need for a fair admissions process that does not discriminate based on racial or economic status.
- Highlights the importance of making college facilities accessible to all, including the addition of ramps, pull bars, and railings.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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So I was a student of CUNY From 2009 to 2011, I was a Keyword Community College.
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Show Shout to everybody.
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I was a CUNY.
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It's a beautiful institution to be at.
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It's free.
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I was says I'm poor free, but usually, it's it's cheaper than, like, SUNY and, like, NYU.
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But I'll say this right now is community d d be more transparent of of, like, what's the requirements What's the great what's the great requirements to get inside of the the senior colleges like Baruque And City Tech, and like Hunter College.
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While if you have a bad score, they put you at they put you in the the little lower tech colleges like Kingsborough and Queensborough Community College.
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What needs to happen more is Community need to kill and eliminate the the filing fees.
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For everybody, you should be able to file for free.
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That's more of a cash grab.
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It does not depend I think it's 90 bucks now, x Community Council, $90, a $100, $70, $65.
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It's not about a it's a rip off.
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And the thing about CUNY more is they need that that the the books need to be more affordable.
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Why is a book cost a $100, it's ridiculous.
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So the b the b 100% about this stuff, When it comes to high school kids, they should be it should be more fair for them to, you know, apply fairly without paying a fee.
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And they should be more educated by acuity people in acuity of what the the the grades you need to actually get those colleges.
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Then one more thing is they need to stop this picking people because of their racial class or their economic class, it should be more of a fair system.
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If you have a high score, get in.
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If you have a don't have a high score, you shouldn't get it, but oldest, like, affirmative action type stuff, it should be happening in CUNY Ira.
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So few more things, you know, just anything and but but the accessibility, yeah, it should be more accessible.
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Like certain colleges, they need have ramps everywhere and more pull and railings and etcetera.
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So that's all I gotta say.
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Thank you.