I’m writing in again about Stevens: we have the rising sophomore athlete. She is from out of state and studying engineering, not business, but I wanted to share more of my general thoughts about Stevens:
Her athletic experience freshman year was excellent - great coaching, good facilities, head coach was understanding about personal issues related to academics, first class uniforms, transportation, etc. She does a winter sport and my husband accompanied her back to school in early in January and attended a competition - his comments were that it was obvious Stevens invested money in their athletes compared to most of the other schools (newness of equipment, size of coaching staff, etc.) They were Empire 8 champs!
Both my husband and I are in academia: Stevens is gaining more and more prominence every year. The other poster wrote lots about that.
Ah, Hoboken! I can’t tell you how much she loves it. It’s a great town full of young professionals. Compact, clean, safe and so close to the city. She loves living in a busy, urban, upscale area. Small mom-and-pop stores and restaurants, great nightlife, the neatly kept up row houses, and great urban parks. Buses and train take you right into Manhattan. We are from out of state and love to visit.
She grew up in the suburbs in a car-culture, and I can’t tell you enough how urban living has matured her and expanded her world view. Compared to her friends who attended our state’s public flagship, she just seems more - worldly? wise? cosmopolitan? It’s been good that she has been immersed in a real city with non-students; she can walk to just about any store she wants to (no need to find a ride to the grocery store like I had to) and is not in a college bubble.
She is surrounded by really smart kids. For what it’s worth, the business majors on her team said the major was pretty easy.