<p>A friend of a friend mentioned that her daughter was looking into Wagner College and I had never heard of it, not that I should know of all colleges! I looked at the website and it seems like a nice little college. What type of student is attracted to Wagner? Are the students usually from the NYC area? As I searched here on CC, it seems like it may be a draw for Musical Theater. Are there other majors that Wagner is known for? Do kids hang around on the weekends or is it more a suitcase college? This girl is from the south and I would hate to find her sitting alone on the weekends.</p>
<p>I realize Wagner is going to attract the top student as I see the average SAT is in the low 1100, but maybe a nice school for an average student.</p>
<p>Snowball, I live in the neighborhood of Wagner. It is absolutely beautiful. One of Princeton Review’s most beautiful campuses. THe neighborhood is lovely and safe and transportation is readily available. However, there’s not much besides St. John’s University in actual walking distance. The business, education, and nursing programs are excellent. It is a little small, but it’s not a suitcase school. ZG’s bestie attends there and has a super-duper internship that’s led to a job offer in her chosen field. The Art department is very well regarded, but the school is known for musical theater. I’m fortunate to get to see the productions and they’re wonderful. Even though it’s local, D2 is looking at both the Arts Administration and Psychobiology majors if she decides to stay local. I think the average SAT scores are a little misleading (a little) because of the athletes. Most of the students are from the tri-state area, so Wagner is known to be very generous to geographically diverse students. I think it’s a lovely school.</p>
<p>zoosermom – you took me aback with that reference to St. John’s University. I thought I knew NYC fairly well, and I could have sworn that St. John’s was over in Queens last time I visited. So I went to my atlas and, yep, you are right. The South Campus of St. John’s is several blocks from Wagner. Thanks for today’s geography lesson.</p>
<p>Another comment from someone in the neighborhood who knows some current students - a lot of students come into Wagner, especially ones from outside the city, thinking that NYC is so close and that they’ll go into Manhattan for fun on the weekends. While it’s certainly not impossible to get into Manhattan, it is at least an hour of transportation, and I’ve heard that most kids end up staying on campus on the weekends more than expected. In your case, that seems like a good thing, though.</p>
<p>Teenage_cliche is right. By public transportation it’s about 45-minutes to an hour depending on the time of day, but if you’ve got a car it’s about half an hour to lower Manhattan. Wagner is not part of Manhattan.</p>
<p>Wow, Wagner College! I spent a good bit of time in their library as a senior in HS.
At the time I didn’t realize there were students attending who were not from Staten Island.</p>
<p>We thought Wagner would be a great fit for S as he thought he wanted a small school near a big city. It’s the only school where, halfway through the tour, he said, “I hope I don’t have to go here.” It’s just our experience, but the tour guide was unenthused (and was a commuting student), the tour guide in training freshman was a commuting student, we heard THREE different students say “don’t come here,” the mid-rise dorm had a broken elevator and students came and waited for it grumbling, the students seemed too fashion conscious (and we’re from Los Angeles), and all the buildings seems worn and tired.</p>
<p>It definitely wasn’t a fit here, but make sure you visit. All that said, it is a lovely campus, but there’s nothing worth seeing/doing in walking/biking distance.</p>
<p>My niece really enjoyed her two visits and thought very highly of their theatre program. Had their FA been “up to snuff” she might be attending.</p>
<p>Wagner was on the list, but was removed when we further researched the financial aid statistics. FAFSA only school & that means the Federal formula, which doesn’t favor us. </p>
<p>I would have liked to have visited though, that one season TV show I liked was filmed there, “The Education of Max …” I forget, it was Richard Dreyfuss.</p>
Walking, no. Biking, yes. Historic restoration, botanic gardens, minor league baseball field, beaches, the largest part in NYC.</p>
<p>Ever since TPR put Wagner on the map, the number of commuting students has declined. There are also commuter students who are from elsewhere but live off campus because between Wagner and St. John’s, there’s a lot of pretty nice off campus housing real nearby.</p>
<p>We considered Wagner because it is one of a handful of schools offering a 5 year degree in physician assistant studies. Their web site looked intriguing.</p>
<p>“All that said, it is a lovely campus, but there’s nothing worth seeing/doing in walking/biking distance.”</p>
<p>What do people expect from a college? Is it suppose to be a vacation resort? Manhattan is a hop, skip and jump away. Are the academics what you want? Can you afford it? Does it feel like a fit?</p>
<p>I grew up on Staten Island. It was always considered a local school because it was local for US. I know several grads of Wagner who have very successful careers. They are also very intelligent people.</p>
<p>Sorry, didn’t mean to insult anybody OR the school here. It’s all about fit, and it wasn’t a fit for son - the suburban feel of the school itself, " All that said, it is a lovely campus, but there’s nothing worth seeing/doing in walking/biking distance," was the least of it.</p>
<p>My niece from Maine picked Wagner and loved it. She got an excellent education and is quite successful. I’d never heard of it till then but it does look like a nice place.</p>
<p>At Wagner you got the whole of Manhattan at your beckon call. And you get there and back quickly via a cheep ferry ride with million dollar views</p>
<p>I have never been to Staten Island so this may be a dumb question; but do people either live on Staten Island or Manhattan and work on the other side? How long does it really take to ride the ferry back and forth, and is that something people would do daily? I am guessing it is a bit chilly in the winter, although I would think the ferry is heated! I always hear people talk about a reverse commute, so I am thinking living in Manhattan and working on Staten Island would be a reverse commute.</p>