<p>thanks, and I was wondering, with the big greek scene, what’s the deal with athletes going greek? Do a lot of athletes participate in the greek scene?</p>
<p>Thanks for the response. Another question given you are a poli sc major what math classes did you take to fulfill your core math requirement? Any thoughts on the pre-calc to cal class that is taken over 2 trimesters? Is is hard? Thanks again</p>
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<p>It can vary quite a bit sport to sport, however different fraternities have developed identities as having lots of people from particular teams. I wouldn’t say necessarily more or less athletes participate than other students.</p>
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<p>I satisfied my core math requirement with a ‘math of politics’ course that was pretty straightforward and more about mathematical thinking rather than actual calculations and stuff. I’ll admit that I don’t know anything about the pre-calc/calculus two term track…math and I have a troubled past and I avoid math classes at all costs. Sorry I can’t help more than that!</p>
<p>Moving in on Monday, can’t wait to get back to Union for senior year! Good luck and have fun in orientation to all the incoming freshmen!</p>
<p>I’m applying early decision, have taken a tough course load and have fairly good grades except for a couple of very high Cs. My school is very competitive so my class rank isn’t great, but it’s not terrible. I’ve been active in sports all 4 years of high school, and do lots of volunteer work. sooo…</p>
<p>i know it’s a lame question to ask, but what are my chances?</p>
<p>Ok, ummm… I’m an international student from Ethiopia, how is the financial aid at Union plus, what is the ideal SAT score, GPA, Subject test score, Extracurricular, etc… for a student such as myself. Plus is my Nationality in any way a HOOK.</p>
<p>what are theme houses?</p>
<p>I just visited Union and i loved the campus but my tour guide was definitely hung over and didn’t present a great environment. Then I asked some random students on campus and met some really nice people. My question relates more to the social life - if you are not a big drinker is there a social life to found? The town isn’t very nice so is there enough to do?</p>
<p>so i’m not a student at Union, but when I went on my visit my tour guide was awesome. I guess I’m a pretty straight edge person so I asked her if the school was interesting if you didn’t drink. She told me that she doesn’t drink and never had an issue with it, even at parties (and she’s a junior). So there are different sides of the story–one bad egg shouldn’t ruin the rest of it for you.</p>
<p>So I spent a weekend over at Union due to this special program they have. It was really fun, I must say. I feel as if I (almost) definitely want to go here. I say almost because I haven’t really stayed over at other colleges so it’s hard to compare. But Union was definitely fun. Today was an open house so a lot of people were there too but not staying over. </p>
<p>So the weekend went by great. I had a flippin great time and my host(s) were awesome. I’ll just talk about things people are recently talking about:</p>
<p>Drinking! : Uh… yeah. People do drink. From the way I saw it, life would be pretty boring at Union without it. And i’m not even talking about like stuff to do at the college, but the social scenes would usually involve liquor. I had this preconceived notion that drinking was going to be a problem because I’ve had bad experiences with my dad, but I had the chance to talk to a drunk student(which sounds kind of weird). The student spoke in a coherent and flawless way, yet they were more than obviously drunk. The thing is people stay focused on school work and they know it’s their priority. I mean you’re paying $50k a year and that looks like a lot more if you’re not white and rich. You might as well leave with an education. So they do drink, and get wasted, but they’re not failures at life. Everyone drinks once in a while. If you don’t, it’s not impossible, but it would feel very weird being the only sober one while your friends aren’t and you sort of feel responsible for them afterwards. And don’t go to the Webster dorm because that dorm is hated on by pretty much everyone especially since they do nothing. I’m sure Manwich is a great promoter of the college but I’m telling you this from the mouths of people who are in frats and other things like that. The drinking can be a problem though and if you visit again I recommend going to the library or some place else and get a newspaper which would tell you what people got in trouble for. It’s funny that a college would actually allow students to see what goes on in their college, such as vandalism and alcohol/drug abuse.</p>
<p>Parties: Party on saturday was great, but that white guy that was wasted and smelled like he bathed in alcohol and was molesting the girls was annoying. Parties are great at union!</p>
<p>Schenectady: I actually got a brief chance to step out of the campus. It was scary as **** compared to the campus! There were these guys looking at us as if they wanted us and it was really annoying.</p>
<p>Dorms: Didn’t really get to see the dorms for freshmen since I stayed in a theme house and during the weekend we never really got a chance to see a dorm… The theme was was cool though. Nothing too big. Really typical.</p>
<p>Overall it was great. I know a lot of people want to come here because of academics, but they really have to look at the social scene as well. If you want a 70% no alcohol/drug school, this sin’t for you.</p>
<p>In terms of drinking, I’ll give you my view- I am a freshman now so i’ve lived here for about 2 months. I personally do not drink at all and neither does my group of friends. I’m not going to lie, a lot of students here to drink but it doesn’t effect me at all since I don’t. If you don’t drink, you will easily find friends who don’t and if you choose to drink, you will just as easily find friends who go to frats all the time. I went to a frat party once and it just wasn’t for me because I don’t like gross drunk people all around me but don’t get me wrong, the campus provides a ton of other things for students to do!
For example, tonight (friday) my friends and I are going into town (a 10 min walk) and going to the movies and then tomorrow we are driving into albany and going to a haunted hay ride for halloween. There is so much to do that doesn’t involved drinking, even if it doesn’t seem like it. It’s always nice to just relax around campus with a group of friends.
There are going to be drunk people during the weekends walking around the dorm and it’s funny to laugh at them but it is not overwelming to any degree. And people DO study-on wednesday and thursday night, I couldn’t even find a seat in the library! </p>
<p>In terms of academics, all three of my profs are AMAZING, I can talk to them one on one, they know my name and are willing to help me with whatever I need. The people in my classes are also really nice and care about what we are learning.</p>
<p>ALSO- come to Union, you’ll love it 
I do!</p>
<p>hey guys i am heavily considering union, and at the moment i want to go into psychology. I visited the campus over the summer and it was really nice, but nobody was there so i didn’t get a sense of the school (loved what i saw though). My parents kind of want me to go early D to another school, but i don’t want to count out Union. There is limited time for me to visit, so what i am wondering is anyone who goes there;</p>
<p>what don’t you like about Union and how is the town? When i went i didn’t think it was too bad but i’ve been hearing a lot of bad things about it</p>
<p>Hi, do you have any idea whether they would waive the TOEFL requirement if I had SAT CR 690? Most of the colleges on my list did, but the UC hasnt replied yet. Thx</p>
<p>My son is a Junior at Union and I have spent a decent amount of time in Schenectady. It is a mixed review.</p>
<p>From a “what is there to do” standpoint, the city is far better than it was even a few years ago. A lot of money has been put into the “Proctors block” on State Street. You will find Proctors, which is a beautiful restored theater which gets broadway musicals, concerts, etc., a new six-plex which my son says is the nicest movie theater he has ever been to, affordable and cool places to eat like Bombers (tex mex), Chez Daisie (crepes), Ambition (very college town-like sandwich place) and Villa Italia (very new and nice Italian bakery). All of this can be walked to in 10 minutes, as can the Amtrak station. When parents visit, there are some very good restaurants they can take you to.</p>
<p>The big downside is the crime. The city has its share, including murders. While the campus is considered relatively safe, students have been mugged on campus and there have been incidents right off campus. While the students do not seem scared by all of this, they are aware of it. You probably saw boarded up buildings, which is just a fact of life in Schenectady.</p>
<p>I am not sure if you would know this but for Union’s application process it requires a graded assignment. Does this mean it has to be marked up by a teacher and must include a rubric or something (like literally graded) or can it it just be copy of the paper, clean, that I saved on my computer?</p>
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<p>It’s been 4 years since I applied but I believe I sent in a paper that had been marked up and had a grade on it. I think the idea is to see something you turned in for school, and the teacher’s marks show that you didn’t write it just for the application.</p>
<p>Hi, I submitted my application this week (!!!). But I have a few questions, that I couldn’t seem to find out on the site. </p>
<p>1) What is the arts program like? I am a singer and dancer. Not seriously, but I would like to continue through college. </p>
<p>2) Are there visiting writers or creative writing programs, groups, discussions? Are students actively involved in a literary journal or literary blogs? </p>
<p>3) Are there other people like myself, interested in the arts: theater and writing? </p>
<p>Thanks !</p>
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<p>1) As I understand it the arts program is rather small but generally well put together, I don’t know a lot of people who take art classes but those who do seem pleased. The school singing groups are also very well established (there are three: Garnet Minstrelles, for girls, The Dutch Pipers, for guys and the Eliphalets, which is coed). I do know a number of people who seem pleased with the dance program.</p>
<p>2) There are a couple of literary publications, I’m not so sure about discussion groups or programs, however. Writers do come to visit reasonably often as the school sponsors plenty of visiting speakers and guests.</p>
<p>3) There are definitely people like you interested in theater and writing, I don’t know many of them but there are plenty of people involved in the theater department.</p>
<p>Having read Manwich’s (and other Union students) posts on this thread, I’d say they are spot on.</p>
<p>My two cents.</p>
<p>A middle class kid with ten year old beater can fit in with the Benz and Audi crowd.</p>
<p>The education offered at Union is first class. I know someone who went 8-8 getting admitted to top Phd programs after Union. Do your work and then have fun.</p>
<p>Schnectady is a little run down, but so are most small northern industrial cities, the campus is a gem.</p>
<p>Hello everyone!
I got my notice for an interview today for Union/AMC.
I’m wondering what kind of questions will be asked of me.
Any advice?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>At my interview, it was just like a chat. Questions to practice might be-what do you like about Union, why do you want to attend, what activities did you do in high school…things like that. Also, at the end of the interview, the person will ask you if you have any questions and this part is very important. I’d think of some things to ask beforehand. I asked how they/what they liked about Union, what they did in their spare time at school, I asked about the Minvera System and also about how they liked the professors in their major (since it was the same as my prospective major). </p>
<p>Just relax and prepare a few questions to ask the interviewer. Knowing about the school also won’t hurt-make sure you know a little about the Minvera, trimester system ect.</p>