Campus life

[standish]

<p>D loves Seton Hall. Can anyone comment on some specific aspects of campus life. </p>

<p>Do many students stay around campus on weekends? </p>

<p>What is the nature of Greek life (partying or service)?</p>

<p>Do students take advantage of the proximity to NYC?</p>

<p>How accesible are the professors?</p>

<p>How good is administration to deal with for things like scheduling and financial aid?</p>

<p>Can students do double majors or major/minors across schools (Stillman/arts&sciences or arts&sciences/Whitehead)</p>

<p>What is the caliber of the academic advising?</p>

<p>What kind of jobs are recent graduates getting?</p>

[wbelm0nt]

<p>Hello,
I am going to try and help you out with some of your questions. I was a transfer student and commuter, so I may not have the best insight into all your questions, but will do my best! </p>

<p>Do many students stay around campus on weekends? I was a commuter, but I know there are a lot of fun places to go off campus and students would stay for basketball games, house parties and the bars. I have a feeling a majority of students went home on the weekends, though (especially when living on campus). </p>

<p>What is the nature of Greek life (partying or service)? Not sure on this one. I know there are frats for students of different ethnicities, unsure of the nature though.</p>

<p>Do students take advantage of the proximity to NYC? Yes. Many of my friends had NYC internships and went frequently to NYC. The school also sponsored trips to NYC.</p>

<p>How accesible are the professors? Very. All my professors in Stillman (and the general pre-req classes_ were always available. </p>

<p>How good is administration to deal with for things like scheduling and financial aid? I don’t know of any administration that is great with financial aid, etc. as far as customer service goes. There is a lot of red tape with all schools, I feel, and I don’t think Seton Hall was any different.</p>

<p>Can students do double majors or major/minors across schools (Stillman/arts&sciences or arts&sciences/Whitehead): I think it is possible to do both, but it is far more common to double major (and graduate on time) within the same school.</p>

<p>What is the caliber of the academic advising? Unsure. I was committed to marketing when I transferred there. Stillman has grad students that advise students on courses to take (which are pretty straight forward). </p>

<p>What kind of jobs are recent graduates getting? All my friends work for marketing/pr agencies. There are plenty of opportunities, especially leveraging NYC internships, school opportunities during your undergrad to boost your resume. As with any school, college is what you make of it. The resources are there, it is up to the student to take advantage of them. </p>

<p>Hope this helps!</p>

[standish]

<p>That was very helpful. Thanks for your insight.</p>

[thehall]

<p>Hi, there! My name is Sarah Blackburn and I am an Assistant Director of Admission at SHU. I just wanted to try and answer the questions our current student was unable to answer.</p>

<p>Do many students stay around campus on weekends? </p>

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<p>SHU definitely used to have the reputation of a ‘suit-case school,’ but in the last 15 years or so we’ve had a huge number of out of state students enroll, so Student Activities has been working incredibly hard to ensure that students who can’t go home on the weekends have something to do! The most recent large event held on campus (aside from the Winter Formal), was our annual tree lighting ceremony about two weeks ago, which included lots of hot chocolate, cookies and an ice skating rink on the green in the center of campus!</p>

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<p>What is the nature of Greek life (partying or service)?</p>

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<p>There are currently 22 fraternities and sororities on-campus and they have a variety of focuses. We do not allow any of our chapters to have houses of their own, on or off-campus, so while parties do of course happen, that is definitely not the focal point of SHU’s Greek Life. These groups provide tons of programming on-campus by sponsoring or co-sponsoring events. Only about 10% of the student body is involved in Greek Life.</p>

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<p>How accessible are the professors?</p>

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<p>In my experience, they are extremely accessible and all students I’ve spoken with feel the same. That is definitely one of the benefits of going to such a small school: the faculty cares about their students and has the time to give each of them the attention they need. Many faculty members give out personal home/cell numbers and always have office hours for students to come and ask questions.</p>

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<p>How good is administration to deal with for things like scheduling and financial aid?</p>

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<p>We are really quite generous with our financial aid, and try to give as many grants as funds allow. We’re also more than willing to revisit a student’s merit scholarship if they take the SAT or ACT again. In terms of scheduling, I’ve been really impressed by how much attention is given to students when they are picking their classes, particularly in the first couple of years as they are still getting their bearings.</p>

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<p>Can students do double majors or major/minors across schools (Stillman/arts&sciences or arts&sciences/Whitehead)</p>

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<p>Definitely possible, but a lot of planning is necessary if you want to graduate on time, as with any school. I definitely recommend that your student try out courses in any areas they think they may want to major or minor in as early as possible, so that way they can figure out which courses they will need to take during which semester.</p>

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<p>What is the caliber of the academic advising?</p>

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<p>Academic advising is excellent here, it makes me wish I had gone to SHU! We have a nationally renowned Freshman Studies program, which is a course taken in the first semester (called University Life) to help acclimate students to college work, lifestyle and opportunities. Students do workshops, are introduced to important people on campus (like Career Services, the Office of International Programs, etc), and learn core skills like citation, and how to do research in the library. The professor of the Freshman Studies course becomes an academic advisor for each student and helps them to establish their goals here, and what courses will be necessary to accomplish them. Students are also assigned an advisor within their major, so each student is advised by two people their freshman year.</p>

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<p>What kind of jobs are recent graduates getting?</p>

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<p>Within six months of graduation, 77% of Seton Hall students had a career-related job, which is about 13% higher than the national average. The average starting salary for 2011 graduates was $45,332 (Nursing-$52,188, Diplomacy-$41,250, Business-$52,054, Education-$38,750, Arts & Sciences-$31,894).</p>

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<p>I hope this helps and please let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with!</p>

[standish]

<p>Thank you Sarah, that was very helpful. A couple new questions:</p>

<p>Are applicants for the incoming class automatically considered for Honors, or is there a separate process/application? </p>

<p>WRT to possible double majors and double minors, can an applicant speak with an admissions counselor over the next several months to try to “map out” a way to do this?</p>

<p>What is SHU’s policy wrt to AP classes and credits?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

[thehall]

<p>Good morning, standish!</p>

<p>Are applicants for the incoming class automatically considered for Honors, or is there a separate process/application? </p>

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<p>Students must fill out an application in order to be considered for the honors program, although students who meet the criteria are also invited to apply. Here is their website link: [url=<a href=“http://academic.shu.edu/honors/]index.htm[/url”>Honors Program]index.htm[/url</a>]</p>

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<p>WRT to possible double majors and double minors, can an applicant speak with an admissions counselor over the next several months to try to “map out” a way to do this?</p>

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<p>That is definitely a possibility, but I’d really suggest speaking with the Freshman Studies department, or a faculty member from a particular department instead. You can email me with further questions about this and we can try to work something out. <a href=“mailto:sarah.blackburn@shu.edu”>sarah.blackburn@shu.edu</a></p>

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<p>What is SHU’s policy wrt to AP classes and credits?</p>

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<p>We will accept credit for AP courses when a student scores a 4 or higher on the AP exam.</p>

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