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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Neuroscience/Cognitive Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright the good: -Faculty and teachers, most are brilliant and leaders in their fields. -Small class sizes if you are not in an intro class. -The social life is what you make it, if you want to party there are more than enough opportunities, but it is also very easy to stay in and study. -The students match the brilliant faculty, everyone is very intelligent, but i have yet to meet someone cutthroat or snobby. the bad: -The campus is an acquired taste, the buildings are in a nontraditional / modern style. -The freshman dorms range from very nice to almost ancient. -The meal plans are required (much more expensive than using regular money). -Athletics and Frat life are a small part of university life here, this was a dramatic change from most of the colleges i was looking at, it also took me a long time to get used to that fact. Faculty Accessibility: A+, Campus Maintenance: C Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 23 2009 1st Year Male -- Class 2013    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=62526&uid=567'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Music - Composition/Theory  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Ok, so I'm in my sophomore year and figured this school deserves an honest review. Here's the deal: Academics Courses are superb. Professor quality is the highlight. I have respected every teacher I've had. In fact, most are supremely overqualified for the courses they're teaching. Oh, and they all enjoy teaching immensely. I can only assume its like that elsewhere though. On the downside, getting into some classes can be a problem (some programs have fewer classes offered, and especially in the more creative/artsy classes they don't have room to accept everyone). In general, coursework can be challenging but if you love what you're studying its doable. Food The school's biggest weakness. The mealplan is overpriced, there isn't enough selection and the available hours are horrible. Its edible, but you don't look forward to eating... Social Life Actually, Brandeis has a really great social life if you get off your ass and look for it. There are plenty of people up for having fun (alcohol and weed are the main source, even on weekdays. Like everywhere if you really want you might find harder drugs, but its not as common as other schools). Every single weekend has parties happening in/around campus (frats, grad students, and sophmores through seniors are willing to throw parties open to anyone and everyone in their suites/mods/etc., often without a door charge). The only downside is that they tend to get shut down by 2am... There's one on campus diner to service late-night munchies (open till 2am) Things to do The best part about brandeis is the free shuttle into Boston and Cambridge. Sure, the campus may be a little small (3200 undergrads), but worst-case scenario, if nothings happening on campus you can grab friends and go (for free) into the heart of boston. Fantastic food, shows, museums (though the latter close in the early evening). A majority of people you'll pass in Boston are college students (there are a ridiculous amount of universities in the city) Go to Boston every weekend, there's no reason not to! Ok, so there's more, but all-in-all this is an academically well-respected campus. Its not really known for its social life or partying (at all), which is why I was very relieved to find a 'screw life and party' atmosphere does exist if you find the right people. Hope that helped... Useful Schoolwork: A+, Campus Maintenance: C+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Oct 19 2009 2nd Year Male -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=61553&uid=567'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Undecided  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright Brandeis is a very weed-friendly college 8) University Resource Use: A+, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Feb 04 2009 1st Year Male -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=57473&uid=567'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Biology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Brandeis was a warm, caring, amazing environment where I learned a lot and was really given the tools to grow and challenge myself. That said, it's totally not for everyone. The social life, while vibrant in its own way, is definitely not party school material, and some people want that out of college. It's not in Boston, but it's also not that hard to get into Boston; you just have to be self-motivated. I'd say visit Brandeis and if you feel like it's the right place for you, it almost definitely is. Individual Value: A+, Campus Maintenance: B- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Sep 08 2008 4th Year Female -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=54145&uid=567'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... 17    Next

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