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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Economics  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright For me what sets Drew apart from most schools is its location. Drew's campus is beautiful and serene. The town of Madison is a wealthy New York suburb, and although some may consider Madison dull, there are plenty of shops, restaurants, and a movie theatre within a ten minute walk of the campus (and it also has a Whole Foods). If you like the mall, there is the Short Hills Mall (although you better be loaded because it caters to the very wealthy-even Manhattanites make the trip here) and the Livingston Mall which is more main stream. Both malls are ten minute drives from campus. The area has many headquarters and major centers of large international companies, especially in the pharmaceuticals, technology, and financial sectors. This is fantastic for networking and internships. New York City is a mere 30-40 minute drive. Buses leave from the campus hourly and trains as well (train station is a ten minute walk). NYC is great not just for fun but also for internships. As an Econ major major I plan to do Drew's Wall Street Semester (2 days week commuting into city to take classes on Wall Street and do an intership there). Drew also has a United Nations, Theatre, and Contemporary Art semesters, all with classes and interships in New York. Drew also has amazing off-campus programs around the world (i'm applying for the Brussels Semester for Econ majors as well). Besides location, I have made some great friends here. I rate my education here an A. Education Quality: A, Campus Maintenance: B Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Aug 26 2008 2nd Year Female -- Class 2011    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=53826&uid=879'></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 Political Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright There are a few things that I really like about Drew. First, and most important, I really like my class mates. They are overall bright, and very friendly, and it is easy to make friends. I also take advantage of Drew's location. I am from the west coast and I wanted a small school with easy access to a large city, and it only takes me 30 minutes by car to reach the bright lights of Manhattan. Drew has outstanding off-campus programs in Manhattan and around the world. I was concerned that many Drew students would go home for the weekends, but that has not been my experience at all. Many students remain on campus and my pals and I always have something to do, and we can take off to New York for the night if we want to. Parties on campus tend to be smaller parties (10-20 people) but large parties do occur. The faculty is excellent and easily accessible. The campus is beautiful. Madison is a wealthy, safe suburb with not much to do but there are plenty of shops and restaurants within a ten minute walk. My only gripe is the University Center, which is way outdated, but they are planning to build a new one in the next few years. The dorms range from average to plush (a new dorm is almost complete). Athletics have a large following at Drew but it does not consume the school like other colleges. The athletic facilities are top notch, so are Drew's art and music facilities. Campus Aesthetics: A+, Collaboration/Competitive: B+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Aug 21 2008 3rd Year Male -- Class 2009    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=53719&uid=879'></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 Political Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Drew is a great school for commuters in the North Jersey area, or a great place for students who did not get into their first choice schools and want to try again after one year. Drew only wants one thing: your MONEY. They have begun accepting anyone who can pay and the quality of students has gone down even over the last year (and students all know of this and hate it). Drew has also revised a lot of rules and taken away all of the fun events (like tent weekend or any other fun social outing). Public Safety is out of control- they over extend their powers and since the campus and area is very safe (which is a plus, there is really no danger, no theft, no violence) they spend all of their time harrassing students and illegally searching rooms. This is a widely known problem on campus and the administration accepts and does nothing. Housing is a complete mess- the director of housing is nasty and waiting to retire and the school has admitted that they cannot fire him because of tenure. They allow him to stay and mess up housing every year because it would cost them more to fire him. The food is terrible, facilities is contracted out- this means that they are short staffed, underpaid and that their bosses do not actually care about Drew. since the facilites services have been contracted out, things are falling apart. Not that anything is ever fixed. there is no money for fixing problems and the dorm are falling down, disgusting and renovations are always promised but never followed through with. There is a new dorm being built because drew has accepted more students than it can house- even though housing in town is way beyond anyone's means. this means either you live in a shitty dorm or you live at home. The students all drag their feet and complain about everything and really just rip each other apart. everyone says that drew is what you make it but as one of the students that chooses to make it good, it still sucks. clubs and sports have limited numbers of people filling their spots and no one actually goes to club meetings or sports games. the weekends at drew are empty- everyone just goes home. if you're super anti social and only want to study and go home, drew is perfect for you. but as an outgoing, attractive girl- my advice is that drew is really not the place for anyone who wants a good balance of fun and academics. the academics are challenging, yes, and the education is great, but the minutes in between still override and really make for a bad experience. the students here are ultra weird, and pride themselves on it. its fun at first but the novelty of a bunch of kids who hate drew, a staff who hates drew and never gets anything accomplished really adds up to the biggest waste of the most expensive tuition possible in jersey. Education Quality: A, Individual Value: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 28 2008 2nd Year Female -- Class 2010    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=46550&uid=879'></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 ... 14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22 ... 39    Next

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