<p>Anyone applying to Quinnipiac? What are your stats?</p>
<p>Here are Quinnipiac's stats just in case you were wondering.......</p>
<pre><code> Type of School
</code></pre>
<p>Private
University
Four-year
Coed
Percent applicants admitted: 54%
Regionally accredited
College Board member
Calendar: Semester
Degrees offered:
Associate
Bachelor's
Master's
First Professional </p>
<p>Setting
Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
Residential campus
Size
Degree-seeking undergrads: 5,542
First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,361
Graduate enrollment: 1,043 </p>
<p>Student Body
1st-year students:25% In-state students
75% Out-of-state students
0% Part-time students
63% Women
37% Men
<1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
2% Asian/Pacific Islander
3% Black/Non-Hispanic
6% Hispanic
78% White/Non-Hispanic
1% Non-Resident Alien
10% Race/ethnicity unreported
22% in top 10th of graduating class
56% in top quarter of graduating class
90% in top half of graduating class </p>
<p>Test Scores........................
Middle 50% of
First-Year Students Percent Who
Submitted Scores
SAT Reasoning Verbal: 510 - 590 90%
SAT Reasoning Math: 540 - 610 90%
ACT Composite: 22 - 26 20%</p>
<p>Founds this on epinions.com - authored by inflate</p>
<p>As a sophomore Occupational Therapy student at Quinnipiac College (soon to be Quinnipiac University), I am constantly evaluating whether or not I am getting the best education possible. For my area of study, QC has one of the best programs in the northeast. Unfortunately, this education comes with an expensive pricetag that sometimes makes me question the true value of the material I'm learning. What first attracted me to QC was the small size and abundance of resources available, both academically and socially. Many of the qualities that appealed to me in the beginning have changed. The student to professor ratio is great (14:1), but classes are getting bigger and bigger with the influx of freshman. Along with the crammed classrooms comes crowded dormitories. My freshman year, residential life tried to house 4 people in a 2 person room. Now, as a sophomore, I'm living in a 10 person suite built for 8. It's tough living in crowded quarters, but res life has temporarily solved the problem by kicking seniors off campus. Along with the migration of juniors and seniors to live off campus, goes the social life. There aren't as many options of things to do on weekend, as many people go home or go off campus. Most of the night life is in New Haven, which requires students to have access to transportation. The influx of students needing a ride to these off campus parties means an increase in the number of student cars and a major problem for all -- parking! This has become such a major problem that QC has transformed much of the appealing green grass along the perimeter of the school into muddy, disfiguring temporary parking lots. Although our campus is among the most beautiful and well maintained, the overabundance of students and the diminishing number and quality of resources takes its toll on the scenery. If I had to choose my college experience again, I would elect for a larger university with a heterogeneous student body (because everyone here dresses and acts the same), greater number of full-time professors, and better housing. Unfortunately, or fortunately for the college, my degree in Occupational Therapy from Quinnipiac College will carry enough merit to overwrite the many cons of this school.</p>
<p>In the end: The expensive pricetag on this college education is only made worthwhile by opting for a few, select Health Science Majors (i.e. Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Diagnostic Imaging) and of course, our Law School.</p>
<p>That had to have been written before 2000, that's when they changed their name. I'd like to see more current info.</p>
<p>doc53:
Why are the reviews on epinions.com so old? What did they change their name to? Thanks!</p>
<p>You're right about that being an older post. QU is a good school, but many of the issues mentioned by the epinions OP unfortunately still persist. Anyone interested can certainly find current articles written up in the Hamden Chronicle, Hamden Journal and the New Haven Register. Also look at the QU website itself and at all of the offsite housing listed. Resident tempers are flaring as exhibited by hundreds showing up for a town meeting about raucous QU parties held in off-campus housing. There is a new sports complex being built, hopefully some more housing as well. Beautiful campus... PT OT and law school are definitely great programs.</p>
<p>I'm not trying to stir up the pot here but merely trying to show another side to the OP. Our child will be starting the search soon and hope that we can make informed decisions with all the facts too...</p>
<p>It was Quinnipiac College, then changed in 2000 to Quinnipiac University. I found the history on their website. It was something else before QC, I don't remember what though.</p>
<p>As a Connecticut parent, my impression of Quinnipiac is a school that's trying to meet needs with certain specific programs. It's pricy compared to most options in the area for kids that aren't going upper tier. Very pretty campus -- my son was there for a lacrosse tryout a few years ago.</p>
<p>Does anybody know anyone who has gone or is currently enrolled in Quinnipiac? If so, how do they like it?</p>
<p>The sister of a friend of my S went there for nursing. She just graduated last June. Her mother said she was very happy with the school, although I've never personally spoken to the girl about it.</p>
<p>There is student on a thread in "Colleges" under Q. He was offering information at one time.</p>
<p>Everyone I know of: current students/alumni seem to be happy with their QU experience. No complaints... Some live at home though, so I wouldn't have heard about any dorm issues from them. Internships seem to be plentiful....QU has a good name locally (except for the problems with the off campus housing and some terrible fatalities involving drunkenness)....</p>