<p>what's the social life like in QU? is it easy to make friends / is there stuff to do on weekends? and how welcoming is the community in general ?</p>
<p>Make friends online with other accepted students before you get there. They have their own "Facebook" site for accepted students.</p>
<p>the social life is always what you make of it, at every college or university. you are definitely offered a lot of activities to do on campus if you choose. or you can go into town to hang out. there are loads of possibilities, only if you decide to take them. </p>
<p>as for the student community, once again, its all what you make of it. generally, people are very open to you coming up to them and saying hey, i’m new, do you know if there’s anything to do around here? We have a lot of activities once you start that will help you meet new people. but definitely use facebook as a stepping stone because EVERYONE is on there!</p>
<p>Before I start, let me tell you several important facts about me</p>
<p>1)I recently finished my freshman year at QU
2) I was accepted into Binghamton University as a transfer which I will be attending in the fall
3)My GPA in QU was about a 3.3 when I applied for transfer
4) My SAT’s were 1100 and I got a 10,000$ scholarship to QU before I attended.
5) I am a Political Science major</p>
<p>For the first semester I hated QU and for the second semester I did not like it much more. Before I bash the school, to be fair there are several positives that go along with QU that I should mention. First, QU provides a very good teacher-student atmosphere where the prof. actually seem to take an interest in the individual. I became friendly with all my prof. and they were very flexible with extensions, etc. It reminded me very much of high school. Also, the campus is beautiful and spotless. However, the beauty of the school is deceiving as it is by far their biggest selling point.</p>
<p>This school is boring. When you get there, you realize the beauty of the campus cannot sustain your attention forever. Each day I would wake up, go to class, go to the gym, go to the library, then go to sleep again. And this is not because I was anti social or did not explore what QU has to offer. THERE IS NOTHING THERE. I was bored nearly every day and so badly wanted a small town to walk around in that is near the school. Instead, I was stuck in this small campus with nothing to do from Sun-Fri until I went out on the weekends. </p>
<p>The kids are clickly. It is a small school and meeting friends early is essential. Kids won’t hesitate to ostrasize you and the friends you make early on that live closest to you, will almost certainly be your best friends throughout the yr. There are a good amount of guidos which I hate. Lots of kids with muscles popping out with the gold cross and the gel in the hair really got me angry. Many of them were in my classes, contributed nothing, and made me wonder…why am I going to college with kids on this level. Although these are petty acusations, they were all jerks. Only about 25% of the males fit this profile but they are a real damper on the school as they are cocky, arrogant, and many times mean (especially at clubs when they drink a beer or two)</p>
<p>I consider myself a intelligent, sophisticated person and the biggest offense was on election night when NOONE SEEMED TO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE ELECTION. I was a member of the Democratic club, and even there, the members seemed much more into food drives, clothing drives, etc. as oppossed to the election at hand. I could not find ONE PERSON to have a conversation with about the election as all anyone seemed to want to do was play Halo. </p>
<p>Dont be fooled by the beauty of the school. I was duped as many are, and I am warning you that there is more to a school than the appearance. Looking at that clock tower for 8 months gets very boring, especially when you are looking at it nonstop with no chance of escape until Friday night.</p>
<p>^ Geez. Thanks for the insight. 
I am sorry to hear you had such a bad freshmen year. You make some excellent points though. I hope you enjoy your time at Binghamton. It is a very good school.</p>