Quinnipiac University Visit Report by Lafalum84

Visit Activities:

Information Session: Yes - Run by assist dean of admissions, who was not my cup of tea. Too much "sales" and not very organized.

Campus Tour: Yes - Student lead, student was friendly and knowlegable. Answered all questions

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Campus:

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The only students we spoke with were the tour guide and the ones working in admissions. The tour had "funny" comments yelled at it by other students a few times, more than I've seen at

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Admissions office was staffed by students who were friendly but not especially professional. Assist Dean who gave info session was TOO friendly - too sales-oriented, not enough info.

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Campus is very new and very clean

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Buildings are ALL new, clean and state of the art. But there are only 4 undergrad academic buildings for 5500 kids, and none of them look very big. I'm not sure where all these kids take classe

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Not sure how to rate these. The freshman dorms were brand new and nice, with 3 story foyers and nooks and window seats in unexpected places. But all rooms were QUADS, 18 x 18, or triples.

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Normal. Blue light system. Campus is surrounded by woods, so no neighbors to worry about.

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New, clean and state-of-the art. But I didn't think there was enough academic space for a student body of this size.

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Off-Campus:

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Woods. Hilly, wooded state park across the street.

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Nothing in walking distance of campus. Didn't explore Hamden but it seemed like a normal suburb with strip malls with restaurants and any needed stores. Not run-down.

Campus Visit Notes for Quinnipiac University

Visit Description:

I really wasn't sure what to make of our visit to QU. I had my 11th grade D and her BF with me, and they liked it. D loved the freshman dorms. They are smallish buildings clustered around in a village-type setting, with 3 story foyers, and little alcoves and window seats in unexpected places - felt sort of Disney-esque to me. But all the rooms were quads - 18 x 18 rooms with 4 lofted beds, 4 desks & 4 small dressers (usually under the beds) and 4 wardrobes. There are also slightly older frosh dorms with triples that weren't large either. We didn't see the upperclassmen dorms but they look new and are all supposedly suite/apartment style. Two dining halls, neither looked large but they are adding on to one. They are also expanding the student center next year. The recreation center was not very large. The campus is very pretty and very state--of-the-art but there were only 4 undergrad classroom buildings (plus the law school) and none of them was very big. There is another campus about 1 1/2 miles away that houses the brand new athletic center. They are also building apartments for 1800 students at that remote campus, along with another student center and dining hall. There are shuttle busses between the campuses. Currently QU seniors must live off campus but within a year or 2 the new apartments at the remote campus will allow QU to guarantee housing for all. QU has also bought an office park a few miles away that they are turning into graduate program space. Academically, they seem to have very strong & modern programs in health sciences, communications & business. My D is interested in Arts & Sciences, we weren't shown that classroom building because it was "off thru the woods" (tour guide's words), we drove by and it looked nice but not large. There is nothing in walking distance of campus (restaurants or stores) but the college runs shuttles to those places as well, and they're within a couple of miles. My overall impression was that QU is very up-and-coming. They are building and growing. They don't have a lot of academic space, but what they have is state-of-the-art.