Speak Up for Hofstra!

Skyzord
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:17:54 +0000

I’m from Westchester, New York (about an hour away from Long Island), looking to study Business (Marketing).

Was accepted to both Hofstra and Adelphi with a huge amount of scholarship from both (all merit, practically no need based). I visited back in October, but was only able to stay at Hofstra a short while because I had to leave for Adelphi’s open house, so I wasn’t able to go on the campus tour, but I saw a lot of it by getting lost trying to find the building the tour began in/driving through the area. Looked dead to me, but probably because it was on the brink of winter. Adelphi, on the other hand, was full of life, color, and a really nice campus from what I can tell. The minute I left Hempstead and entered Garden City, the economic differences were immediately clear. Overall, I liked Adelphi more than Hofstra, but I know little to nothing about how they compare. All I know is it’s big vs. small school, and I assume the academics at Hofstra are better than at Adelphi.

My top is Syracuse University, which I’ll hopefully hear back from tomorrow (woo!) Other schools I’ve been accepted to that I’m seriously considering are Albany, UBuffalo, Temple, Drexel, and Rutgers. Out of all of those schools, is Hofstra still worth considering? My Dad says it’s not worth it to go to the accepted student day, of even consider Hofstra because it’s ranked low on USWNR (ironic, eh?) and I’ve been accepted to ‘better ranked’ colleges. I don’t know much about their business program either, if any of you could offer some insight it’d be appreciated.

Oh, to add on to this, in the acceptance letter I received a personally written note from the dead of admissions congratulating me on my accomplishments, which was nice. I also received a hand written, personalized card from the person who was supposed to be my tour guide containing an inside joke between us when we were chatting briefly after the info session. I like how personal the school is with their communications.