<p>regarding "diversity" at SU... the statistics are good, but on campus there isn't much mixing. It's still a school full of white kids from the New York metro area, and every few years there's some incident where there's a racially insensitive cartoon in the student paper or some idiot frat boy dresses up for Halloween in blackface. Much time and effort is spent on luring and incentivizing students of color to attend. If you are a student of color you will probably find it an OK place to be because you won't be alone. And certainly the school administration is concerned with diversity and sensitivity.</p>
<p>Good to know, Jipi.</p>
<p>My S chose Syracuse Newhouse over several other top universities and he couldn’t be happier. It’s a great balance between academics and social life. Also a great balance between academics and real-world experience. Syracuse has terrific connections in the communications arena. He receives constant e-mails for terrific NYC internships and great speaker series. My D, who works in Manhattan in a related field, says she is always running into Syracuse grads and that the Syracuse (Newhouse) name is highly respected in the PR, advertising, communications, TV, radio, film, magazine and broadcasting fields in Manhattan. As for the weather, it hasn’t bothered him so far. I attended Cornell and the lake effect snowy weather is no different there. It shouldn’t be a deal-breaker, given all the other benefits of the school(unless you have SAD).</p>
<p>I was at SU two weeks ago with my daughter (D2) for a tour (full disclosure: I am an alum and was also there for Homecoming). I have to say that D2 was really impressed with the campus. The campus looked very nice and the tours that she went on (Newhouse and the general Office of Admissions tour) were well organized. D2 remarked that the campus was nicer than the Harvard campus, and that the students seemed really cool. </p>
<p>In so far as the previous remarks about students of different races not mixing, I can tell you that my anecdotal observation is that there were plenty students of all races mixing/dating/hanging-out.</p>
<p>My D is a freshman and, after being very concerned about not having enough to do in choosing Syracuse, now loves the campus and the kids. When I went to visit her a few weeks ago, she wasn’t even anxious to go off campus.
I also think that the rigor and challenge level of the classes has been surprisingly high. She is doubly enrolled at Newhouse and Whitman and her classes seem more difficult than my son’s freshman year at NYU arts and sciences. There are countless opportunities for great extra-curriculars related to her career interests and many well-known, worthwhile speakers.</p>
<p>Twoparent, obviously if she’s dual enrolled in two programs on campus, then the workload is going to be much more than that of a person enrolled in one program.</p>
<p>In relation to extra-curriculars, sometimes I feel that it becomes a bit much and some extra-curriculars are duplicates of another already established. I don’t think there is a need for 300+ student groups on campus.</p>
<p>House,
My comments are meant to be positive. Syracuse offers a wide range of courses in the different schools which can range from easy to challenging. I’m not sure that Syracuse gets enough credit for the excellence of their academics.<br>
There are many choices among the student groups - the duplication insures that everyone can get involve in something.</p>
<p>I totally agree with you that the rigor of the course at Syracuse are indeed top notch and underrated. </p>
<p>I believe that people should be able to get involve in something but if there are for example, 15 organizations on campus dedicated to community service in the city of Syracuse then there is something wrong. Budgets have to be allocated to each group.</p>
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I wouldn’t be surprise. I’ve recently have been doing research into Syracuse and often find myself stating how I can’t believe I’ve never known of this school.</p>
<p>any new comments from recent visits in 2014? Thoughts on the Whitman Finance undergraduate program?</p>
anyone?