Insight into Alfred University

father05
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:27:42 +0000

Third forum I’ve tried this in. Has anyone attended or visited Alfred in NY recently? It’s a school on my Ds radar as she is pretty sure she wants to be an engineer, or at least something to do with math and/or science. In addition to having a pretty decent engineering selection, Alfred offers a lot of majors that you’d find at the typical LAC, and it’s more sized like a LAC, which would give her options if she changed majors.

Specifically, she’s wondering about the dorms/student life. The intensity of the academics would be of interest as well. While she doesn’t expect it would be at the level of MIT or CalTech, she is certainly looking to be challenged.

The dorms and what there is to do on the weekends are important to her. She plans on joining the track team which doesn’t appear to be that strong, but the chance to compete is what she’s looking for there. That and engineering would take up a lot of her time, but what little that can be seen from the website does not make the dorms look too attractive. When it’s 10 degrees all weekend in Feb and you’re stuck inside, no one wants to be in a dive.

Anyone able to share any information?