<p>Hi - I don't see a lot of activity on this forum - but thought I would give it a try. A good CC friend has suggested Susquehanna for my son - who is presently a hs junior. I like much of what I see on the website - and so we will be visiting soon. Here's my take pre-visit:</p>
<p>I am impressed with the business school, the Go Short/Go Long program and the retention and graduation rates. The campus looks very attractive.</p>
<p>I am a little concerned that the size is a bit small and am wondering if there is enough to do.</p>
<p>I'd love to see some new posts from current students. What types of activities do you do on the weekends? How are inter-mural sports? If you are not from PA - are you comfortable - or do you feel like "everyone' is from PA? How is dorm life? What have you enjoyed the most and/or disliked the most?</p>
<p>Well apparently I’m going to have a conversation with myself. Please feel free to join in so I don’t appear crazy. We visited Susquehanna today and liked it very much. The campus is beautiful and all of the buildings looked to be either new or recently renovated. There was some type of carnival going on which looked like fun. The study abroad program is impressive and we thought the career services looked very good as well. Is it as good as they say?</p>
<p>Our reservations center around the size of the school primarily - so I’m asking again for feedback - how do you like the size? Particularly for juniors and seniors - does it feel too small by graduation? Do you wish you had gone to a larger university? Or did you like the small size? Do you find that there is enough to do?</p>
<p>My youngest daugher has looked at Susquehanna. She loves it! She has several other schools she is looking at, but Susquehanna is one of her top choices. She is a good student with good EC’s. She has a friend who is currently a freshman and also loves it. Very nurturing environment. The only complaint that I heard was that students are not allowed to have microwaves in their dorms.</p>
<p>My son is a junior and went for a campus vist last week as well as having a meeting with the lacrosse coach. He liked the school very much. The campus was very nice (we went when it was freezing) and the facilities were first rate. We were impressed with the business program so it looks like a good fit for him. In regard to your question, most of the kids that go there like it very much. We know a lacrosse player that is a soph. now and plays lax for them. He loves it and is living off campus. Hope that helps…</p>
<p>My son is a Junior there and from New England originally. I can not speak for him, but I feel it was a good choice. The academics are challenging for him. He was an ok student in high school, but never pushed himself too much. He does some times say it feels like there are a lot of “New Jersey types”… but again, coming from Maine… he didn’t run across too much of that type in high school.</p>
<p>From my point of view, the size is perfect. He was extremely shy in high school, but has had chances to be a leader there. A radio show, a captaincy of his club sport and an on-campus job which he is committed to. Overall, he is way more outgoing and a leader than he was in high school. He does say some times, that he wishes he went to a bigger school so that when they had parties on weekends he wasn’t always with the same people, but bottom line, even if you are at a huge school, you find your circle of friends and hang out with them.</p>
<p>The times I have been on campus and have had interacitons with his friends, the people all seem very friendly, polite and hard working students.</p>
<p>Great to see some responses! I do think that a smaller environment is a great fit for a shyer kid. It gives them a chance to be a big fish in a little pond and to pursue leadership opportunities that would not be available to them at a large university. We are hoping to visit again next fall for one of the day long programs.</p>
<p>Curlygirl, it seems like your son made agreat choice, evenif part of the evidence is his now feeling he could handle a much bigger school. I think the chances of a shy high school kid becoming a leader at a big school are much slimmer.</p>
<p>hi! I’m going into my fourth and last son’s college search. He’s a jr. Susquehana appealed to us for it’s creative writing program but we haven’t yet visited. One concern I have for my son is that it seems a little conservative and his other school choices are places like Warren Wilson, Bard, Bennington, etc! Does
Susquehana have an artsy element? </p>
<p>BTW, Rockvillemom–are you from Rockville MD? Because I grew up there!</p>
<p>Yes - Rockville, MD. 4th college search - wow!</p>
<p>I had an opportunity to speak with a mother of a Susquehanna junior recently - he is a football player and is enjoying his experience there very much. He is a business major and likes the small class size and accessible professors.</p>
<p>I do think there is an artsy component to the school - very good music program. That’s not something that interests my son - so we didn’t pay too much attention to it, however.</p>
<p>Congratulations swatmom. What appeals to you and your D the most about Susquehanna? Do you mind if I ask where else she is waiting to hear from - curious on the overlaps. Did she receive any merit money? It’s the highest priced school on my son’s list but I am hoping he would be accepted with some merit money.</p>
<p>Swat, Congrats!
Jazz, The Creative Writing program is very popular at SU. Although the kids are overall probably less artsy than Bard, everyone seems to get along and the writing kids seem very happy.
Sara, I believe there are shuttles to the Harrisburg airport at major breaks, but check with the office of admissions or student life.</p>
<p>Yes, my daughter is thrilled with SU. She has been accepted at: Hood College, McDaniel College, Ursinus, Elizabethtown and Susquehanna. She is waiting to hear from Gettysburg, Dickinsong and Muhlenberg. She is a potential Education major. Since beginning the college application process, she has decided she would rather teach Elem school instead of Secondary Ed. This limits the colleges at bit, since not all of the ones to which she has applied offer Elem Ed as a major. As of now, her top choice is SU. Second is Hood and third is Etown. (her oldest sister is an Etown alum) We never made it up to look at Muhlenberg, but they also offer Elem Ed. What impressed us about Susquehanna was the collaborative and nurturing spirit that we experied while visiting. Susquehanna did offer her merit money, as have all the other schools to which she has been accepted.</p>