SUNY Poly is a smaller, tightly knit school and on your way to class you'll see a lot of the same faces. The campus is beautiful, and the social cliques on campus are extremely friendly. Most Teachers are good at their job and will even meet you outside office hours, but some are not as good at their jobs, but they're easy to avoid.
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
Bring a fan and plenty of thick blankets, it gets really warm in the beginning of the school year and VERY cold afterwards
Join the clubs, they are a really good way to make friends and find like minded people.
Make sure to have snacks or some type of food on hand, the dining hall hours are pretty strange and some days may simply be too cold to leave.
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
Most professors care about their students, and will meet and help them acclimate to the material, and the tutors on campus aren't all very good- but many are extremely helpful! While I cant speak for any other major, the CS dept. is filled with excellent teachers.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
Oriskany, Adirondack, and Mohawk residential halls are pretty nice in my opinion. The rooms and furniture are pretty consistent through all of these. They recently (2015/16), updated the internet on campus and have only had a few slow downs so far (2016/17).
Oriskany is for freshmen only, and is more like a giant apartment with 4 bathrooms per suite, it is maintained and cleaned by campus facilities so it's usually clean.
Adirondack is very open, unfortunately it only has heating and no AC; it does have heating.
Mohawk is exactly like Adirondack, only smaller and has AC.
Describe the food and dining at your college.
The food has been on an upturn lately, with efforts from the dining services and student suggestions boxes which are in both dining halls. Unfortunately the hours are somewhat strange on the weekends, with no hot food being served before 11am.
The Student Center dining hall usually have more variety/commercially available foods.
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
The clubs on campus are very active and the campus has a game room on the 2nd floor of the Student center, containing ping pong, pool, air hockey, and some other things.
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
Comes out to ~20,000 a year for tuition and room/board. This is a lot for 1 year, with mediocre food and only half decent internet.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
Clubs are a very active part of the campus like here, and provide a lot of entertainment with game nights, movie nights, and get-togethers. The variety is astonishing, from engineering based clubs, sports, games, biology, outdoors life, and movies.
How would you describe campus safety? Do you feel safe on campus?
the university police (UP) do a great job of maintaining a safe campus, not once have I felt in danger here.
SUNY Poly is a smaller, tightly knit school and on your way to class you'll see a lot of the same faces. The campus is beautiful, and the social cliques on campus are extremely friendly. Most Teachers are good at their job and will even meet you outside office hours, but some are not as good at their jobs, but they're easy to avoid.
Bring a fan and plenty of thick blankets, it gets really warm in the beginning of the school year and VERY cold afterwards Join the clubs, they are a really good way to make friends and find like minded people. Make sure to have snacks or some type of food on hand, the dining hall hours are pretty strange and some days may simply be too cold to leave.
Most professors care about their students, and will meet and help them acclimate to the material, and the tutors on campus aren't all very good- but many are extremely helpful! While I cant speak for any other major, the CS dept. is filled with excellent teachers.
Oriskany, Adirondack, and Mohawk residential halls are pretty nice in my opinion. The rooms and furniture are pretty consistent through all of these. They recently (2015/16), updated the internet on campus and have only had a few slow downs so far (2016/17). Oriskany is for freshmen only, and is more like a giant apartment with 4 bathrooms per suite, it is maintained and cleaned by campus facilities so it's usually clean. Adirondack is very open, unfortunately it only has heating and no AC; it does have heating. Mohawk is exactly like Adirondack, only smaller and has AC.
The food has been on an upturn lately, with efforts from the dining services and student suggestions boxes which are in both dining halls. Unfortunately the hours are somewhat strange on the weekends, with no hot food being served before 11am. The Student Center dining hall usually have more variety/commercially available foods.
The clubs on campus are very active and the campus has a game room on the 2nd floor of the Student center, containing ping pong, pool, air hockey, and some other things.
Comes out to ~20,000 a year for tuition and room/board. This is a lot for 1 year, with mediocre food and only half decent internet.
Clubs are a very active part of the campus like here, and provide a lot of entertainment with game nights, movie nights, and get-togethers. The variety is astonishing, from engineering based clubs, sports, games, biology, outdoors life, and movies.
the university police (UP) do a great job of maintaining a safe campus, not once have I felt in danger here.