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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] History/Histories (art history/etc.)  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I truly despise Marist college as far as the individuals who attend the school are concerned. I was in between schools and kinda got suckered by my family into going there. I hated it from the moment I attended, but the only way for me to get financial assistance from my family was to go there. I don't know how else I could have afforded to go to college as it is difficult to get a loan on one's own. There is only one type of student at Marist; upper middle class rich kids. The are mostly conservative and if you are the littlest bit different from them, you will not have many friends. These people are dense, alcoholic, materialistic individuals who reply to what I just typed would be "You're just jealous." The saving grace for me is the history professors. They are all extremely intelligent and helpful. If it wasn't for faculty, I would have quit a long time ago. If you are close-minded and conservative, this is the school for you. If not, run. Run for your lives! I will never miss this college once I leave. Faculty Accessibility: A, University Resource Use: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 06 2008 1st Year Female -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=55402&uid=964'></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   Computer Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Marist was overall a good experience. The academics were only moderately challenging, but I had no problem getting a job with my degree. (started at 65k+ a year at a prestigious investment bank) Granted, this might have been due to my internships (IBM) and personal ability in perusing jobs. Still, I never felt that Marist held me back in any way, and I had a good time with my friends, despite not being a preppy tri-state rich boy. I would recommend Marist to anyone who is not one of two thigns: Gay a minority All my friends who were either of those have regretted it. You might have a fine time with it if you are Black, but if you are Gay, forget it. Marist is an ex-catholic school, and they won't appreciate you. (You will not be able to live an open life there). Oh yes, and for a private school it is pretty cheap. Basically a private school education at a 25-30% discount. Pros: Cheap Decent education Extra Curriculars are AWESOME Great Sports (and you can walk on too, if you are decent) Quick train to NYC Cons: Social Scene is all bars (not a fan) Homogeneous Anti-gay social atmosphere Self involved student body A little too conservative for an educational body Isolated (but not more then some other schools) It is what you make of it, opportunities are there, you just have to seek them out. Plenty of my friends went to grad school, and with ease. Academics are major specific in quality. I would attend again. Campus Aesthetics: A+, Innovation: C Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Sep 28 2008 4th Year Male -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=54572&uid=964'></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   Psychology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I don't understand why people are giving the average Marist student a stereotype that portrays popped collars, BMWs, rich ignorant people, etc. After my first full year at the school, I didn't see one popped collar at all. Not every Marist student is rich...you'd be surprised. Of course most have a good amount of money, but lots of kids get scholarships for sports or academics or join the ROTC. The student body is overall very friendly. Upperclassmen help freshmen move in, taking all of your luggage. Please note that not many colleges even offer this service for freshmen. On move out day, people you don't even know will help holding doors and carrying stuff out for you. There's always someone to ask about an assignment if you need help, even at 1 AM. It's getting extremely hard to get into Marist these days. The acceptance rate for this year's freshmen class will probably be in the mid 40% range at most. The professors are mostly great, just be sure to always check ratemyprofessor.com to see which professors are best. The campus is gorgeous and kept up with really well everyday. You'd be hard pressed to see as much as a wrapper on the campus most days. Students can afford the higher end clothing and accessories, but lots of days they will still show up to early classes in sweatpants and a sweatshirt. It's not as uptight here as people make it seem. The race problem isn't true at all either...this past year a Hispanic student held a demonstration over being made fun of basically by 1 other student. The whole thing was blown out of proportion as are most race issues these days. For the non-ignorant people on campus, race relations are great and those of different races will always be seen with those of other races on campus. There are only a few negatives I have noticed. The first one is the housing problem. Marist is accepting more students than they have housing for, making some students really angry since they have to live in crappy housing or a hotel, while their friends live in townhouses. The other negative is that it's very hard to meet and befriend a lot of people if you don't commonly go out to bars. That's where everyone is. Don't get me wrong...I drink and go out enough, but going to bars every night can get expensive and boring. It would be nice if you could become friendly with pretty girls who are sober and actually remember you the next day. Oh and by the way, our women's basketball team is currently ranked #23 in the NATION! They play like they belong in the Big East and are the most underrated women's basketball team in the nation easily. We also just got a new logo which is an upgrade from the old one. Marist is definitely a college on the rise in terms of prestige and athletic success...it's only going to get harder and harder to get in. The people that hate on Marist are usually jealous poor kids that attend SUNY's especially Cortland or Albany. They know their education can never match ours, and they can't say that Bill O'Reilly graduated from their school! Useful Schoolwork: A+, Surrounding City: C+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jul 05 2008 1st Year Male -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=51570&uid=964'></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 Quite Bright I attended Marist my first semester as a freshman and hated absolutly everything about the experience except the fact that I came out with a best friend - who also hated it and transfered out the same time as I did. Maybe the school just is not meant for people from Connecticut that are lacking the New York mentality, but of the 6 kids I knew from Connectut that were in the same graduating class as me, only 1 is still at the college. I liked nothing about the people there. The students were all prissy boys and girls who had to have everything their way. They were very high maintenence. My roomates had tiffanys ordered and called their parents to have them left under their pillow for when they came home for a weekend. Also, I wasnt a fan of this, but I know some people are. It is a bar school. everyone goes to the bar from tuesday through sunday and maybe takes monday off. If even. Plus its big money. You need to pay for taxis to get to eh bar and back plus you need to pay to get in once you are there and then for drinks later. Also, office hours were hard for me to find. I attend the university of connecticut now and office hours couldnt be more helpful or easier to find. It makes Marist look horrible. The food is horrible as well. I had to spend alot of money eating out because the schools food was unacceptable basically if your not from NY your not accepted Campus Aesthetics: A+, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 09 2008 1st 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='sr_comment.js?sckey=49036&uid=964'></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    Next

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