Simmons College

Let me start by saying that not everyone's experience will be the same and some people love it here. But I've had nothing but bad experiences since the day I arrived here at Simmons. They tried forcing two people to live in a room that was meant for one person and still would be ridiculously small for ONE person to live in, let alone two. They then put me in a bigger room but my roommate was absolutely horrible, I felt uncomfortable in my own room, she tried telling me when to come back to the room and when to go to bed, and it just goes on. I told res life and I had to go through a process of multiple meetings, my RA told me I would have to 'deal with it and make it work' for at least another 2 weeks to a month. I went to the person in charge of res life basically in tears and she literally seemed to not care or be the least bit concerned at all. The majority of the faculty here whom I have met have been snooty and rude. I was asking me advisor about loans and she literally said yeah, Simmons is expensive and not everyone can afford the opportunity or are lucky enough to go here and just kept going on making me feel incompetent. My nursing classes each have about 60 students in them which i absolutely hate, my teachers are rude and mean, one even admits to it, and the other is completely condescending. The grading and assignments are not fair or truly show your knowledge whatsoever. I transferred here to Simmons, and at my previous school my teachers were amazing and took the time to literally get to know every one of their students personally, they taught very well and I learned a lot there. I had all A's and a 4.0 GPA for the year at my previous school; here at Simmons I have a A, two low B's. and a C. I've never earned anything less than a B+ ever. I'm working my ass off at this school, am miserable all the time, and am getting these type of grades because the teaching styles and attitude of the teachers here are absolutely horrible. I've only been here for a semester and I'm already transferring, I'm miserable all the time, and always want to go home. And just to let you know its not like I'm one of the girls thats always alone or in her room, I have plenty of friends here and we go out on the weekends and stuff, but this school is so bad that it literally doesn't even matter or help at all. The only time I'm happy here is when I'm off campus trying to have some fun. Oh yeah, this school is also insanely boring, zero social life on campus, barely any events at all, the only way to have fun is to go to other schools somewhere else or spend a bunch of money to do things. I live in a small town and I love Boston and was excited to go to school here but after this experience and finding out that the only way to have fun was by having a ton of spending money or spending a bunch on a cab to go to another school, I'd rather be back at my old school in the smaller town with the amazing teachers, and if they have my major I'd go back there in a heartbeat. Lastly, if you live close and are able to go home on weekends that you want to maybe you'll like Simmons because you'd be able to get away some times, but I live over 4 hours away and I'm stuck here constantly. If you're looking for a close-knit school, with nice, friendly, helpful teachers and faculty Simmons is not the place for you. And the tuition is crazy expensive, which i would be fine with if it was worth it but Simmons is truly not worth the amount of tuition in any way whatsoever.

1st Year Female -- Class 2016

Surrounding City: A, Social Life: F

Simmons is so "openminded" yet if you do not share the opinions of everyone else, you will be looked down upon. The school is so liberal that it is almost beyond liberal- perhaps radical. The food is not good, and there is almost no variety if you have any sort of dietary restrictions (I am a vegetarian and I had a horrible experience.) I transferred out after one semester.

1st Year Female -- Class 2018

Faculty Accessibility: A, Social Life: F

I transferred to Simmons my junior year and found myself questioning as to why I did. The faculty is awesome, very friendly and approachable. There are a few faculty members who forget what it is to be in school and have to work and are a bit arrogant. The students are very cliquey and it is hard to make friend's if you do not go there from day one or live on the residence campus. The school has awful communication between departments and almost never address concern's or questions in a timely manner. The registrar's department is never on the same page as one another and can barely answer your questions. The school has too many requirements for general classes and to be honest most of them are idiotic. I came to Simmons because I heard great things about their nursing program. I have had very positive clinical experiences but feel as though the department is always waiting until the last minute to get things done and is chaotic. I am grateful for the degree I am getting and that people have told me Simmons nurses are great but I am sure that I will not attend grad school here.

3rd Year Female -- Class 2011

Surrounding City: A, University Resource Use/ spending: D