Hey, I am a student attending a boarding school in one of the northern states(close to the border Canada), and I hate my high school. Going far away from home was not a right choice: school is full of “weather people” (white people who have nothing to talk about, but weather) and also this school is full of racist people. In addition to this “magnificent” population this place has zero social life. It’s a small town community, where people don’t realize they live in a black hole. Dormitories are boring and have little diversity, and there is almost nothing going on during the week.
And yes, I am senior who got recently admitted to college. Few of them are Penn State, Rutgers, Stony Brook, the University of Arizona, USF, and I have a few pending applications still.
I wanted to know how’s social life in one of those universities? ???I have heard that Rutgers and Arizona are party schools , but I have heard very little about Stony Brook.
To be honest I am not a party animal, but searching for a perfect balance between social life and education, where I can go hang with friends during the week (may be even party), where the diverse community is present and just enjoy the times!!
Because, to be honest, I have nothing I want to remember from this awful experience. Believe me or not, you would want to go through what I have been through, there is a lot of what has happened, so I don’t want to write a longer post than this.
(Well, I am not mentioning where I am, so feel free to guess the state and the school. All I can say they listen to country music like there is no tomorrow)
And I don’t trust “niche”…
For hanging with friends and diversity - all of them.
Try Niche instead. That site is focused on that kind of stuff while this one is more geared towards academics and parents.
Penn State and Arizona are known for their social life, but State College/Penn State isn’t particularly diverse. Arizona is a lot more diverse but much of their diversity comes from Hispanic/Latino students, who make up 25% of the student body. (Otherwise, percentages of other groups are quite similar to Penn State’s). Rutgers is a lot more diverse, and I’d imagine its social life is pretty decent. Stony Brook isn’t exactly known for a raucous party life but I’m sure the students have their fun, and it’s also pretty diverse. USF is described as primarily a commuter school, with only 18% of all undergrads living in college housing. However, 77% of first-years live in college housing, and sometimes that discrepancy is a sign that students live in the dorms during their first year and then move into apartments in the nearby area with each other after freshman or sophomore year. USF is also pretty diverse.