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University At Albany-State University of New York
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1400 Wash AveAlbany, NY 12222
(518) 437-3948
8 reviews for University At Albany-State University of New York
8 reviews in English
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Review from Christina V.
Wappingers Falls, NY
1/10/2011 2 Check-ins Here
I truly believe that college, no matter where you go, is what you make of it. I think a lot of people complaining about the school being terrible is because they were looking for someone to give them their own personal college experience, without making the experience for them. I went to a yuppie private undergraduate school, and with my sister going here now for her undergrad degree in journalism, I am extremely jealous at the huge plethora of clubs, societies, study abroad opportunities, majors, programs... I could go on and on... that SUNY Albany offers. It's not the best looking school, granted, but it has a HUGE amount of resources with its multiple libraries and a lot of opportunities for growth and development. You need to look for these, but they are there.
Just because I have to :), I want to take apart the review of Ryan M. posted her.
-You need a B average if you're not bringing sports or some other achievement to the table. Just make your SAT scores are average - even with medical and law school, this will be the last time in your life that a testscore will mean as much as the bogus and overrated SAT does.
-There are tons and tons of unifying student activities. The football program does very well and is Division 1A, and the sports are fun to watch and/or participate in. Not your thing? There are tons of professional societies, language clubs, subject focused clubs, honor societies, sororities, fraternities....
- If you want to go to a school with a more attractive campus, prepare to bear the burden of massive student debt because the only school campuses I've ever seen that are gorgeous usually incur at least a $30k/year tuition bill.
-There are tons of great edible dining hall options if you travel past where burger king is and towards the science library, where you'll find fresh coffee, buffets, deli sandwiches, sushi.... very decent for college food options.
-The vast majority of your classes will not even have 300 students in it.... try more like 30-40 students. Of course, major-specific courses are going to be smaller than composition 101, which will be huge.
-Not learning anything until you study for the midterm or final the night before sounds like a personal problem and is no reflection on the university itself.
-It is just as easy to NOT get involved with partying and drinking at UAlbany as it is to be involved in it.
It's a great school and I would give it 5 stars if they weren't cutting all of the humanities and language programs because our state government is taking out their inability to perform their job on young minds eager to get an education and a decent, sustainable career.Listed in: Edumacation in the Hudson…
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Review from Ryan M.
Castleton-on-Hudson, NY
1/4/2010 1 photo
A commercial for SUNY Albany might be something like this...
Is your low GPA or SAT score keeping you out of attending a 4 year college?
Does lack of a unifying student activity, attractive campus, or edible dining hall food not really bother you?
Do you want to sit in classes with 300 plus students where you'll learn nothing until you study for either the mid-term or final the night before?
Do you want to binge drink with other young adults like yourself?
If the answers to these questions are yes! Then Suny Albany is for you.
You might be wondering why I gave this school 4 stars? Well my answer to all those questions was yes..hahaha. I loved SUNY I just make no bones about the kind of education I got there.(Class of 2006)
Oh yea, I forgot to mention something in the commercial about all the promiscuous JAPY Long-Island girls...hmm, yea I guess that's not actually a selling point. -
Review from Caleb B.
Los Angeles, CA
10/18/2007
Class of '03.
Terrible school. Truly terrible. I rather enjoyed my four years, and did learn a lot but that was because I had lots of time for extracurriculars anda real job -- that's where I did my learning. Mostly a bad place for bad people who aren't that interested in their education.
Though it is cheap...
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Review from Eric G.
1/7/2011
The good thing about a school of this size is that there's a niche for just about anyone. The bad thing about a school this size is that you can easily get lost and forgotten in the shuffle.
I transferred here for the last two years of my undergrad education (Class of 1997). I came with the knowledge that I might not get the level of education I might in a more expensive institution, but I also already learned the most important lesson in life--you get out what you put in. If you try to put in the effort, you can get a fine education out of here. Like anything worthwhile in life, you just have to try. I got out with a degree and moved on to higher education from a private school in Ohio. And now here I am, holding down a job for 10 years. I'd have never imagined it on those hazy nights down at Karen's Tavern (no longer there, but if you're old enough, you'd remember that place with a smile!!)!
Oh yeah, those long outdoor corridors do indeed suck in the winter. BRRRR! And if you're wondering, my degree was a BS in physics. -
Review from patrick f.
Santee, CA
3/5/2011
Great university. The MBA in HRIS has paid big dividends over the years. I started with multiple job offers months prior to graduation. My career has continued grow since graduation. It was one of my best decisions.
Go Danes! -
Review from Paul W.
Stamford, CT
3/20/2007
Fine state school in a bleak city. Changed it's name from the straight-forward SUNY Albany to the pretentious University at Albany some years ago.
Ken graduated here Phi Beta Kapa, Summa Cum Laude, in spite of severe clinical depression, in '78.
please visit
http://kennethgarywich.../ -
Review from Sheryl K.
Cazenovia, NY
10/30/2007
This is a fine school. It's what you make of it. And at the cost, I think you get a good value. However, it is cold in the winter...be prepared.
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Review from Jessica L.
Troy, NY
2/17/2010
If I were still in my first couple years, I would probably give this place a 5 stars, but in my past couple years there, I have had quite a different experience.
Let me begin by saying, for the most part, I have only had few classes I didn't enjoy. I always registered right away so I always got classes I was interested in taking. While on the subject, some of the noteworthy professors I have had are Zak Albin, Shoshana Stein, Daniel White, Mitch Earlywine, and Fernando Leiva. I started out as a pyshcology major and ended up getting my degree. What happened was, I applied for graduation, and about a week after the graduation application deadline, I realized I wanted to go pre-med, and that not graduating would be better for me financially. Well I was told that once you apply for graduation thats it, you're graduating, end of story.
Well I graduated, started going somewhere else and realized I hated the other school, and my mother had gotten in contact with someone at the school who told me I could just apply for a different degree program and come back and do more undergraduate classes and pursue another degree. Well I called registrar, I called the dean, I called the office that reviews applications and they all gave me mixed messages about whether I could or not. I called the admissions office again and they told me all my credits were now voided and I start from scratch. I stumbled on the office of General Studies, who told me I could enroll with them for now and then reapply for the spring once you could submit applications again, and that all my previous credits stayed and anything not already applied to my degree would be able to be used towards a new degree. Well the time came to apply, and I get a call for the head of admissions who said I can apply to the program I wanted, which I only needed 1 class to get the degree for, but if they accepted me, I start over and have to do all my classes over again for that degree, which was fine as I was taking a lot of classes in that department. Well I call him back, tell him its fine, and instead he sends me a letter of rejection, and never returned my call. Now we called this office several times to find out why I was rejected and the bottom line they gave me was, I have a degree now its time to move on. So what you're saying is that once you graduate you can never come back and pursue another degree, even if you are changing your career choice?!?!?! really??!?!?! Now what is annoying about this is they strung me out for 2 whole semesters thinking I was able to get back in, only to find out no, they won't let me back in and I will have to pay cash for all my classes.
Now a further note why I rated this school so low. Some staff members there, who luckily did not receive tenure, seem to think that getting too personal with students is their job, and actually being a teacher is not their job. I had a professor kick me out of a teaching program I was in, not because I wasn't qualified, but because she was bff's with a few other members who claimed I was talking badly about them because my other friends in the program were. Now call me crazy, but I believe this is college academic program, not a sorority house. Not only did I not talk badly about anyone, but even if I had that should not have been the basis to remove me from a program I busted my butt to be in.
Lastly, now that I am a non-matriculated student taking science classes there, I have found most professors in this area of the university are very discouraging to students. Rather than tell you they think you can do it, and they will help you, they tell you you should drop the class, or they can't help you, go see the T.A., we don't do office hours, etc. This is a university that is strongly based on research, so just be expecting many professors will care more about their research than teaching you.
