University at Albany

University at Albany

Albany, NY, USA
Public
4 Year

Daina's Review

Review of University at Albany

from Monroe, NY

Do you feel you’re learning a lot?

Classes are a bit more difficult than high school, but you always learn something new in at least one class along with meeting new people.

Do you enjoy the experience at your school?

It's a great school with great people, even people from all over the world.

Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?

It's totally worth going to a SUNY school at pratically a fifth of the price of private colleges where you learn the same material as private schools and have similar learning styles where the teachers are amazing and absolutely helpful. Since it is a SUNY you know they aren't getting the best pay so obviously the teachers want to be there for you and to help you!

Do you have any tips for prospective students?

If you want to learn and have fun, Albany is where to be. We're only a couple hours from NYC. The only thing you really do need to know is to bring fans for the summer and extra warm clothes and blankets for the winter because it gets incredible cold! Rain boots are a good investment as well. I thought I might be able to get away with not getting a pair but I definitely regretted it after all the rain and snow accumulation.

Which types of students will excel at your college?

SUNY Albany is well known for Business, nano technology and the sciences but also offers theatre, music, anthropology, globalization (very new), many different languages, Linguistics, and practically any major you can think of. The campus is also very diverse and has people from many different countries and states and is almost 50/50 between men and women.