<p>so i read this article on students review and most of these past students had negative things to say about syracuse. i've read similar reviews like this and have been disappointed. i know its only a few people who actually report back to these review boards but it's just upsetting hearing the people say that your future school that you look soo forward to going to has a numerous amount of stupid materialistic knowledge and that the school education basically sucks. anyways click if u want to read. </p>
<p>If you are serious about any school, visit it for yourself and see if it's a "fit for you". Try to sit in on a class, look at the students at the library, etc. Another source is the College Prowl er Guides. I have found them definitely worthwhile. $15 for ea school, but what are you looking at for college costs, $80,000 or more?</p>
<p>This site won't display the word "prowle r" so take out the space in the URL.</p>
<p>I have not read the book for SU, but I have for other colleges.</p>
<p>As for SU, I believe it has some world class programs, some of which may not be widely recognized, and maybe a lot of programs not so great. The comments about the many "dumb" students is alarming. I took the campus tour and for some reason it did not go into a single academic/classroom building. I think most kids are having a fun experience and end up pretty loyal to the school.</p>
<p>I was also looking at Syracuse for my daughter. They have some terrific programs especially in Art, Design and in Communications. They have some other excellent departments as well. I know kids who have graduated from there and know some of my parent's friends. They are bright, articulate and sucessful. Ted Koppel went there as did many other broadcasters.
I do not doubt that there are also some kids who are snooty and spoiled. I guess you can look at the school as one who would look at a glass half full of water: it can be half empty or half full.</p>
<p>I will say that my daughter attended there for a pre-college summer program. Again, some of the programs were very good and some mediocre. I got the feeling that Syracuse was trying to get as much money out of us during the summer as possible. For example, lunches were $14 and dinner was $16 per person in the cafeteria! I have been to several colleges and have never paid that much for cafeteria food!</p>
<p>My suggestion is to visit the school. See if you can attend some classes in majors that might interest you. Speak to some graduate students and professors, and ask them about what they think of the students. I bet you will get a mixed bag.</p>
<p>However, I don't believe that Syracuse is a bad school at all. As proof, here is a url for my highschool that lists all the kids that applied to
Syracuse by SAT and GPA, and who got accepted , waitlisted and rejected. Go in as a guest and click on college lookup and then "S" for Syracuse, and then click on graph. It is very interesting. It certainly shows a great disparity among the quality of applicants. Perhaps this is the cause for some of the negative posts. Hope it helps:
<a href="http://www.tcci.naviance.com/wootton%5B/url%5D">http://www.tcci.naviance.com/wootton</a></p>
<p>PS: if you check out other well-known colleges, there are also negative reviews. Check out Univ of Miami and NYU and even Yale.</p>
<p>I have also read the comments on the students review site, and I was also a little put off by them, but when selecting a college I think you've got to go with your gut. Personally, for my major (advertising), I know that there is no other school in this country that I'd rather go to, and I think that if you are excited and dead-set on going to a school that you shouldn't really let the opinions of others factor into your decision. I mean, seriously, there are good and bad things to be said about EVERY school in the country. Nowadays, you can get into freaking Harvard and someone will have something snarky to say about it. Just trust yourself and know that you're happy with your decision and I'm sure you will be just fine. Trust me, I'm telling myself these exact same things.</p>
<p>If you check out the rating of various majors there, they have very strong undergrad programs in communications and visual arts. Exercise science is also supposedly good too. They also supposedly have a good business school ,but there are other schools that are as good and cheaper. I don't think that much of their other schools are that fantastic to warrant the severely high cost of tuition. Personally, If my kids were interested in any major other than that noted above, I would send them elsewhere.</p>