<p>Does anybody know anything about Suffolk University/the quality of academics & life there?</p>
<p>its in downtown boston.</p>
<p>Suffolk accepts most of its applicants (circa 70% last time I checked) so I'd imagine that other than in the Honors Program, it's not THAT academically challenging. I think they have good internships, though, and there are a lot of student work opportunities on campus.</p>
<p>As far as quality of life - there aren't enough dorms to house the students. They're building new dorms but right now the majority of students don't live on campus, and 90% of in-state students have to commute.</p>
<p>I'd recommend going for a campus tour if it's possible.</p>
<p>I don't know why but some of my friends prefer to go to suffolk. Is suffolk somehow considered as safety ?</p>
<p>I went to Suffolk for grad school. If you are going for poly sci or the like...it is a perfect school. It is within a 1 minute walk (literally) to the state house and there are lots of opportunities there. Other than that, it is ok as an undergrad...but great MPA, MBA and law school. Good luck!</p>
<p>It is one of the easiest colleges to get into in the Boston area for undergrad.</p>
<p>Can anybody describe the campus to me at all?</p>
<p>I've heard it's scarce because it's like, RIGHT in Boston.</p>
<p>the campus is similar to other nearby schools..not a traditional campus really. My daughter toured, but didn't apply ( didn't offer her major )
A lot of internationals. The dorms were impressive with great views of the Boston Common.
Don't know much more than that.</p>
<p>The campus is scattered. It's kind of all over the place; the buildings aren't all connected, etc.</p>
<p>Some of the buildings aren't in particularly nice parts of Boston. Others are overlooking the Common.</p>
<p>what I've known so far about suffolk campus is it does not have lots of space, only the buildings in downtown boston</p>
<p>That isn't necessarily a bad thing. My daughter goes to Emerson, which is not only in the vicinity of Suffolk, but has a similar campus structure.</p>
<p>It says 2% of their students go to med school post-graduation.</p>
<p>This doesn't tell me anything - is this an okay school for pre-med?</p>
<p>I visited schools in Boston about a month ago & this was one of them. It doesn't really have much of a campus, so if you like that then it's great. It's got a great location, except for one thing--it's in Beacon Hill, so housing is super expensive. Even the dorms are expensive, but you can only stay in them your first two years, then you're on your own. </p>
<p>I liked it okay, but I don't get the feeling it's particularly rigorous. My cousin went there for a couple of years, and then transferred to Emerson--not because she didn't like Suffolk, but because it didn't offer enough higher level classes for her (she wants to go into print journalism). </p>
<p>They do have an opportunity that I find particularly interesting, though. Besides the Boston campus, there are locations in Madrid and Dakar, and I've heard that it's pretty easy to spend time at either of those. </p>
<p>Because of that, I might apply, but I wouldn't go unless I got into the honors program.</p>
<p>have you considered looking at Mass College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ?</p>
<p>Yeah, but it didn't have...like...the "college" experience. It seemed more technical.</p>
<p>I don't think Suffolk is the typical college experience, either. If you're looking for what we all think of as typically collegiate, I doubt you're going to find it in the middle of a major city.</p>
<p>Well, I like Clark and I like BU, but they're a little more than reach-y for me.</p>
<p>I don't know about Clark, but BU is also in the middle of the city. I would say that the area around BU is more student-y than around Suffolk, though (keep in mind this is Boston, and pretty much the world's biggest college town in some ways).</p>
<p>Clark is not located in the best of neighborhoods in Worcester. Good school, though.</p>
<p>Suffolk seems to be the best compromise, I dunno.</p>
<p>I like the atmosphere of reasonable large, Div. I-II schools in Boston, but I can't get into any of them.</p>