{"id":919,"date":"2020-04-13T18:52:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T22:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/?p=919"},"modified":"2020-04-13T18:52:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T22:52:48","slug":"masud-rana-city-college-of-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/masud-rana-city-college-of-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Masud Rana, City College of NY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/masud-ccny-storybank.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-920\" width=\"265\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/masud-ccny-storybank.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/masud-ccny-storybank-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m a senior and after college, I would like to pursue a master\u2019s in International Relations. Currently, I\u2019m getting my tuition paid in full which is something that I\u2019m very grateful for because, if I didn\u2019t receive aid, I wouldn\u2019t be in school. I simply don\u2019t have the financial capacity to pay for tuition. I\u2019m not part of any opportunity programs, and I work to pay for textbooks, food, and transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would appreciate a child care center on campus because it would really help the students that work and have families to take care of while also attending school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think a fully funded CUNY is necessary because, like me, there are thousands of students that need help to complete their degrees, especially financially. A lot of students don\u2019t have the means to pay for classes, and making college free would be really helpful to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My biggest challenge as a CUNY student has been balancing work, family, and school. I really\u00a0would appreciate a fully funded CUNY for students like me and future generations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m a senior and after college, I would like to pursue a master\u2019s in International Relations. Currently, I\u2019m getting my tuition paid in full which is something that I\u2019m very grateful for because, if I didn\u2019t receive aid, I wouldn\u2019t be in school. I simply don\u2019t have the financial capacity to pay for tuition. I\u2019m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,56,106],"tags":[14,16,18],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assembly-district-24","category-senate-district-14","category-city-college-of-ny","tag-childcare","tag-financial-aid","tag-job"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":921,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}