LIU/CWPost theater

EmmyBet
Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:59:10 +0000

I hope the student who was there will answer your question, photomom. I can only guess, but based on my understanding of many of the schools in the area, I would say it’s got a fair share of commuters (my D’s friend who considered going there would have commuted).

Usually I don’t give these kinds of “guess” answers on CC (they make me crazy!) but the reason why I wanted to was because we had the same question when my D was looking at Adelphi, Hofstra, etc. What we learned - and what was true - is that at these heavier commuter/suitcase schools 1) the BFA theatre kids DO have a very active weekend life on campus and don’t really experience the “suitcase” issue, and 2) being near NYC - or any other active city - means that campus activities on the weekends aren’t as important as at other schools. The commuter/suitcase issue bothered my D initially, in that Adelphi didn’t fit her image of a campus on a weekend, since activities were limited, but it didn’t really make that much difference after the first couple of weeks. Once she got her feet wet in theatre, and found her way to NYC, she has had no problems with the “limited” weekend campus life.

We did decide to let her have a car her second year. The suburban location with pretty inconvenient bus and shuttle service to local amenities was very frustrating, even though the train to NYC is only blocks away from campus.