Susquehanna University

walkinghome
Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:03:12 +0000

northeastmom,
I’m going to be like the kids and say that I don’t have any concrete reasons for liking Susquehanna over Elon. There were some shops around Elon and they seemed to have many student run activites, especially fun outdoor ones. I think they do a habitat for humanity house every year. My daughter was (is) big into volunteering and I remember Elon’s application had a special section for mentioning volunteer experience, not just overall ec’s. She was not happy about the presense of sororoties or frats, in fact her current college does not have either. Here’s a link that talks about that: Princeton Review names Elon one of nation’s “Colleges With a Conscience” | Today at Elon | Elon University;

When we asked about what to do at Susquehanna, they talked about some student run activities but said a lot of the kids went to the things at Penn State on weekends. You should visit both campuses and see what you think. We really did think both colleges were very similar and when push came to shove, my daughter just liked Elon more. Something you might be interested in is that they do (or at least they did) local meet and greets for students and parents with an Elon adcom. We attended one when we lived in Delaware county, and it was a nice way to hear about the college without visiting. If I remember correctly, my daughter had already been accepted but she was trying to decide where she should attend. Some questions to ask are the ones you listed above, but you want to find out specifically at each school about how they do internships and what is the rate of grads in the business program getting jobs in their field.

We got a dvd and a viewbook from Elon that did talk about the hands on learning and internships. I donated all to our HS guidance office when my daughter graduated so I can’t refer back to them.

Like I said, there’s nothing wrong with Susquehanna, it just wasn’t right for my daughter.