Stony Brook full of Sad Students

[elonfan06]

Top 10 Schools with the Least Happy Students
Article provided by The Princeton Review


3. State University of New York -- Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, N.Y.)
Students in the science and tech majors describe the school as "challenging but worth it." Nearly half the undergraduates here pursue traditionally punishing majors such as biology, computer science ("one of the best undergraduate computer science programs," according to at least one student) and engineering.

Stony Brook's administration "may consist of nice people, but it's pretty poorly organized. When there is some sort of paperwork involved, nothing ever goes right the first time around. Also, nothing is convenient, and you'll usually have to go in circles to get something done." Most students find the difficulties worth enduring and focus instead on how the school delivers "a great education for a reasonable price."

While "a lot of students complain that there's nothing to do on campus," others counter that "the problem is that students aren't willing to put in the effort to find those activities." Hometown Stony Brook "is basically suburban. It is not the best college town. There are a few clubs and bars in the area that some students go to on Thursday nights. However, you have to have a car to get there. . . . If I want to have fun, I generally have to go into the city [NYC]. The city is about two hours away by train."

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[whoanellie]

interesting but should post in "other school's " topic area...... have mods fixx

[euphoenix99]

Hopefully Elon's football team will be a new reason for sad Stony Brook students come Sept. 6. I was impressed with their team in the final game last season, so this should be an interesting game. I'd like to get up there for the game, but will have to see as it gets closer.

Go Phoenix!

[elonfan06]

I thought about the "Other Schools" topic but this seems more like smack talk since we play them. I did see also that Richmond apparently is ranked #8 and we're #11 for most beautiful campus. I would've like to have seen Richmond in Playboy's "Most likely to get an STD" category and surpassing Radford (at least in the stereotype of Virginia schools). Now THAT would be great smack talk fuel.

[elonfirefighter]

Jul 30, 2008 16:13:55 GMT -5 elonfan06 said:

I would've like to have seen Richmond in Playboy's "Most likely to get an STD" category and surpassing Radford (at least in the stereotype of Virginia schools). Now THAT would be great smack talk fuel.

i wont touch that with a ten foot pole

[elonfan06]

That's what she said ;D

[elonfirefighter]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D