Adelphi University isn't just a small campus, it's also a small community. This is a place where professors will actually know students by name and not just a number. Students have a diverse amount of activities/clubs to join and lots of wonderful nice people to meet here.
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
When you are making your schedule for college courses, make sure to put them at times where they are convenient for you. I'd rather not have classes in the morning or on Fridays. I was very lucky to achieve that for next Fall, but this doesn't always happen the way you want. If you are going to be living in a residence hall, make sure you are on good terms with your prospective roommate by setting standards. If you can't get along within two weeks, make sure to switch to another room. One last thing is the most important. Since it is college, everyone should enjoy it. If you want to be part of something, join it, take initiative. No one will be there to tell you what to do and when to do it. Don't be one of those kids that just goes to class, grab some food, and go home/back to your room. This is a time for self-motivation and thinking for yourself. Hope this helps!
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
The most kids there will be in a class room would be 40-50. Adelphi provides smaller classrooms so students can have a better relationship with their professors. The professors here will know all their students by their name since the average class size, 21, is very small. Students can ask questions when something troubles them. Every professor has different grading policies but most of them here are pretty fair with their grading system.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
This is something to be taken advantage of. If you have the chance to live on campus, you should definitely do it at least for one semester or year just for experience. This gives the students a sense of freedom. For me, being away from home was relaxing. This is better than me commuting by train every morning and evening. Plus, living on campus means students should get more involved with clubs since all buildings are only a few minutes away from each other. Residential life also gives opportunities to make more friends within your hall and get involved in resident activities or just eating together in the lounge.
Describe the food and dining at your college.
The food provided for this campus is from the company called Lackmann. Our main cafe consists of a salad bar, Cheeburger Cheeburger Express, Native Spice (homestyle food), Chef's Corner (something different everyday), Mulberry Street (pizzeria), and Wrap it Up (wraps/sandwiches). We also have a second main dining hall where it's All-You-Care-To-Eat buffet style. Other small locations are Taco Stop, Legend's Cafe, Convenience Store, and Underground Cafe. Taco Stop is like another Taco Bell, Legend's Cafe has smoothies and healthy foods, Convenience Store is Adelphi's version of Seven Eleven, and Underground Cafe serves Starbuck's Coffee.
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
Like I mentioned earlier, getting involved on campus. Whether it be clubs /activities or a campus job, they can all be fun. A lot of students here like to be part of Greek Life, which are fraternities and sororities. There are social and non-social ones. The non-social ones for example would be the Business or Nursing greek life. Off campus, there is a train station 10 minutes away by walk and a lot of students take it straight into Manhattan for some city fun. Around Garden City, there are also restaurants and food places where people go for if they don't want to eat on campus. Roosevelt Field Mall is a shuttle bus ride away. Adelphi provides transportation to the mall, Stop&Shop, Target, Wal-Mart, Mineola Train Station, Nassau Blvd Train Station, and the Hempstead Bus Terminal. We're very lucky to have a selection of transportation just in case students don't have their own.
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
Adelphi is pretty expensive because it's a private school but they offer a great academic scholarship if you did well in high school on top of a scholarship for being a certain major. If that is still not enough, apply to private scholarships and get a campus job. When you apply for FAFSA, make sure you put down Federal Work Study. This helps you find a campus job quicker. If you become an RA on campus, rooming/dining becomes free, which is a huge chunk off your bill. If that is still not enough, then you would have to take out loans. Subsidized > Unsubsidized
Which types of students will excel at your college?
These majors are very good at Adelphi:
Nursing
Physics/Engineering
Education
Business
Psychology
Social Work
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
There are over 80 clubs on campus so that is too much to name, but I am a part of Circle K, which is a branch of Kiwanis. The objective of this club is to do community service, attend service projects, and similar activities like that. I'm also a part of the Chinese Scholars Students Association, where it was founded by the international Chinese students of our school. The last activity that I'm in is the school symphony orchestra. There are other clubs like the Muslim Student Association, Student Government Association, Students Activites Board, Residence Student Association, an African American club, an Anime Club, and lots more. We also have Division I men's soccer. All other sports at this school are Division II, which are women's soccer, men & women lacrosse, men & women swimming, tennis, basketball, and more.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
Greek Life definitely plays a role here on campus. A lot of people end up joining one frat or sorority. Some might join more than one if they plan on being in a social one and a formal one for their major. We have Kappa Sigma, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Lambda Phi, Zeta Beta Tau, and Lambda Upsilon Lambda as social fraternities. As for sororities we have, Delta Delta Delta, Phi Sigma Sigma, Delta Phi Epsilon, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Gamma, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Delta Tau, Sigma Lambda Upsilon, and Swing Phi Swing. The professional business fraternity (co-ed) is Delta Sigma Pi.
How would you describe campus safety? Do you feel safe on campus?
Our campus is very safe. There is always a public safety officer checking each residence hall numerous times a day. They are all mostly retired police officers or someone from that industry. They work 365 days and 24/7. That means they are there even during the holidays. We have blue boxes across campus and you can see at least one from wherever you are standing. These blue boxes have an emergency button on it and a public safety officer will arrive in 90 seconds. As for health insurance, the school provides them unless you waive it with your own insurance. If a student is in need of medication, the doctor on campus can prescribe it and the student does not need to leave campus to go get it because it gets delivered to Adelphi. In case if emergencies, Adelphi can provide a ride to the nearest hospital, Winthrop Hospital.
Adelphi University isn't just a small campus, it's also a small community. This is a place where professors will actually know students by name and not just a number. Students have a diverse amount of activities/clubs to join and lots of wonderful nice people to meet here.
When you are making your schedule for college courses, make sure to put them at times where they are convenient for you. I'd rather not have classes in the morning or on Fridays. I was very lucky to achieve that for next Fall, but this doesn't always happen the way you want. If you are going to be living in a residence hall, make sure you are on good terms with your prospective roommate by setting standards. If you can't get along within two weeks, make sure to switch to another room. One last thing is the most important. Since it is college, everyone should enjoy it. If you want to be part of something, join it, take initiative. No one will be there to tell you what to do and when to do it. Don't be one of those kids that just goes to class, grab some food, and go home/back to your room. This is a time for self-motivation and thinking for yourself. Hope this helps!
The most kids there will be in a class room would be 40-50. Adelphi provides smaller classrooms so students can have a better relationship with their professors. The professors here will know all their students by their name since the average class size, 21, is very small. Students can ask questions when something troubles them. Every professor has different grading policies but most of them here are pretty fair with their grading system.
This is something to be taken advantage of. If you have the chance to live on campus, you should definitely do it at least for one semester or year just for experience. This gives the students a sense of freedom. For me, being away from home was relaxing. This is better than me commuting by train every morning and evening. Plus, living on campus means students should get more involved with clubs since all buildings are only a few minutes away from each other. Residential life also gives opportunities to make more friends within your hall and get involved in resident activities or just eating together in the lounge.
The food provided for this campus is from the company called Lackmann. Our main cafe consists of a salad bar, Cheeburger Cheeburger Express, Native Spice (homestyle food), Chef's Corner (something different everyday), Mulberry Street (pizzeria), and Wrap it Up (wraps/sandwiches). We also have a second main dining hall where it's All-You-Care-To-Eat buffet style. Other small locations are Taco Stop, Legend's Cafe, Convenience Store, and Underground Cafe. Taco Stop is like another Taco Bell, Legend's Cafe has smoothies and healthy foods, Convenience Store is Adelphi's version of Seven Eleven, and Underground Cafe serves Starbuck's Coffee.
Like I mentioned earlier, getting involved on campus. Whether it be clubs /activities or a campus job, they can all be fun. A lot of students here like to be part of Greek Life, which are fraternities and sororities. There are social and non-social ones. The non-social ones for example would be the Business or Nursing greek life. Off campus, there is a train station 10 minutes away by walk and a lot of students take it straight into Manhattan for some city fun. Around Garden City, there are also restaurants and food places where people go for if they don't want to eat on campus. Roosevelt Field Mall is a shuttle bus ride away. Adelphi provides transportation to the mall, Stop&Shop, Target, Wal-Mart, Mineola Train Station, Nassau Blvd Train Station, and the Hempstead Bus Terminal. We're very lucky to have a selection of transportation just in case students don't have their own.
Adelphi is pretty expensive because it's a private school but they offer a great academic scholarship if you did well in high school on top of a scholarship for being a certain major. If that is still not enough, apply to private scholarships and get a campus job. When you apply for FAFSA, make sure you put down Federal Work Study. This helps you find a campus job quicker. If you become an RA on campus, rooming/dining becomes free, which is a huge chunk off your bill. If that is still not enough, then you would have to take out loans. Subsidized > Unsubsidized
These majors are very good at Adelphi: Nursing Physics/Engineering Education Business Psychology Social Work
There are over 80 clubs on campus so that is too much to name, but I am a part of Circle K, which is a branch of Kiwanis. The objective of this club is to do community service, attend service projects, and similar activities like that. I'm also a part of the Chinese Scholars Students Association, where it was founded by the international Chinese students of our school. The last activity that I'm in is the school symphony orchestra. There are other clubs like the Muslim Student Association, Student Government Association, Students Activites Board, Residence Student Association, an African American club, an Anime Club, and lots more. We also have Division I men's soccer. All other sports at this school are Division II, which are women's soccer, men & women lacrosse, men & women swimming, tennis, basketball, and more.
Greek Life definitely plays a role here on campus. A lot of people end up joining one frat or sorority. Some might join more than one if they plan on being in a social one and a formal one for their major. We have Kappa Sigma, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Lambda Phi, Zeta Beta Tau, and Lambda Upsilon Lambda as social fraternities. As for sororities we have, Delta Delta Delta, Phi Sigma Sigma, Delta Phi Epsilon, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Gamma, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Delta Tau, Sigma Lambda Upsilon, and Swing Phi Swing. The professional business fraternity (co-ed) is Delta Sigma Pi.
Our campus is very safe. There is always a public safety officer checking each residence hall numerous times a day. They are all mostly retired police officers or someone from that industry. They work 365 days and 24/7. That means they are there even during the holidays. We have blue boxes across campus and you can see at least one from wherever you are standing. These blue boxes have an emergency button on it and a public safety officer will arrive in 90 seconds. As for health insurance, the school provides them unless you waive it with your own insurance. If a student is in need of medication, the doctor on campus can prescribe it and the student does not need to leave campus to go get it because it gets delivered to Adelphi. In case if emergencies, Adelphi can provide a ride to the nearest hospital, Winthrop Hospital.