<p>My daughter likes the academic offerings she has researched for Hofstra (she has an interest in foreign landguage interest). I was warned on two other things however by collegaues - that the location/area is not so good (my daughter loves manhatten so she wants to try and get close)
Second warning was that the partying is heavy. </p>
<p>Can anyone please help with some firsthand experience? Also hoping to find some academic merit aid there if possible?
Thanks.</p>
<p>D is currently a sophomore. She has done really well and loves the school. The academics have been challenging and the course selection very varied. The campus is about a 30-45 minute train ride into the city and there is a shuttle that runs to the train station continually, although she tends to take a taxi to the Mineola station if she is going in during the day as it is more of an express train than the Hempstead line. </p>
<p>The surrounding area (like most places) has its good points and bad points. She does not go into Hempstead at all, but Garden City is where all of the malls/shopping/restaurants are located and that is only 5-10 minutes away and is a very nice area. Although she does not have a car, many of her friends do so they can get around.</p>
<p>She is on a Presidential Merit Scholarship (which range from around $15K-16K) per year, with a 3.0 GPA requirement to maintain the scholarship. They seem to offer many of these merit awards. </p>
<p>Like many campuses, yes there seems to be a "fair" amount of drinking. As a freshman, she lived in the freshman housing and found that weekends were rather "loud" and the kids were pretty rowdy. She is not a partier nor a drinker, but found others like herself who weren't either and did just fine. </p>
<p>As parents, we have been very happy with the whole experience that Hofstra has provided her so far. Good luck!</p>
<p>Am also looking into Hofstra , for my son, who is a HS senior. He is an international student , bilingual English, but attends school abroad where courses are not in English. I expect he may require some academic support services, so this is what attracted me.
Does anyone know the ratio male female of boarders?</p>