Mount Saint Mary College

Keep your mouth shut if you have any conservative views. It can cost you a grade and therefore a lot of money. All I learned in creative writing was about immigration and how wonderful it was.

1st Year Female -- Class 1920

Collaboration/Competitive: B, Education Quality: F

I hope that I can change someone's mind about going to this school if you are thinking about it, because it was by far the worst decision of my entire life. I went to this school expecting it to be a good experience for me, despite how expensive it was. For starters, the people who go to the school are very cliquey and its well known in the school that there is more drama there than in high school. And that really is the very least of your worries. My first and only semester there, a girl got raped by 4 guys- they were expelled and the girl transferred school, but I was shocked to hear how many people called the girl a "slut" and a "liar". The majority of the school sided with these guys. And then, later in the semester something awful happened to me. I went out to the clubs on a Friday night, and the next thing I knew, I was awake the next morning with absolutely no recollection of what happened the night before. My roommate told me she had walked into our room to find a guy that I had never met having sex with me when I looked almost unconscious. I was obviously devastated; I went to the hospital and found that I had roofies in my system. I went to the school and told them what happened to me in the hopes that they would take action and expel the student who did it. Long story short, he confessed- but wasn't expelled. Today, he walks on Mount Saint Mary Campus completely let off the hook. As if to add salt to the wound, I was told that I would be the first to know the decision of the school whether they would expel him or not... and I had to find from students of the school making horrible tweets about me on Twitter and saying, "f*ck that girl for trying to get him in trouble". So if you are thinking about going to this school, I implore you to change your mind. This experience traumatized me in ways I will never recover from. It has taken me over a year to even feel like my life is worth living anymore. Just know that this is a school that only is concerned about its reputation rather than the safety and welfare of its students.

1st Year Female -- Class 2017

Julia Steese / MSMC / Women's LAX
Knowledge of Sport D+
Technical Training D+
Game Strategy D+
Communication Skills D+
Honesty D+
Cares for Athlete's Well-Being C-
Passion C-
Organizational Skills F
Dedication and Loyalty to Program F
Fairness of Playing Time F
Openness to Student Athletes F
Quality of Staff F
Quality of Practices F
Overall Grade D+
Would you play for this coach? (again)
Yes: 36.4%
No: 63.6%
General Comments, Funny Stories & Favorite Quotes
"I am one of the favorites, lol and I can tell you that not only isn't she a good coach but she manipulates people, she lies and she makes people feel bad about themselves. it's like a big joke to her. other players have said stuff to the school and they get punished by the coach. the school knows this and its ok I guess. I probly wont play next year bc I don't like the games that she plays. its just a bad environment" - 4/2/2014

"Anyone who thinks this woman is a good coach is clearly just a favorite of hers. She has a select few girls who she favorites just because they are too shy or quiet to say to her face that she is both a terrible coach and person. I had a terrible experience playing for this woman and no longer play for MSMC lacrosse because of her. She ruined the sport for me and never made me feel like I was an important part of the team. When asked about playing time she will not respond or address the issue. She does not believe athletes have the right to ask about playing time and will not help you to get better. She also thinks everyone has "attitude problems" when in reality everyone is just so miserable because she puts them down and doesn't provide a positive atmosphere for growth. As a coach, she should be helping her players improve year to year and watching them learn and grow. If you look at many of the seasoned players they have not grown in their skill sets or personalities. She does not develop strong leaders or student athletes and she barely even had a team this past year. The school has to send out an e-mail to every girl on campus asking them to join the lacrosse team because she could barely fill a roster. I know this upset many of the girls on the team because they barely had enough girls to play. I would not recommend this coach to anyone looking to play college lacrosse and have an enjoyable experience." - 4/1/2014

"Well it is pretty easy to see that someone at MSMC has taken notice of these reviews and made up some of their own. Be really careful or reviews that are not written by players - like this one here?�?

?��she has made an impact on many athletes that play for her. She is still warming up to the expectations of being a head coach however in my opinion she is learning. She cares about every one of her players individually and works hard to help every player. She is extremely open to new ideas and constructive criticism. From day one she has worked hard to build a connection with her team. There are a few who do not agree with her methods or her opinions but no one is perfect. The team will only grow from here with her help as well as her coaching staff."

This is a big choice you are making so do everything you can to find out what really happens here. The other short term coaches are great at MSMC ?�� WBB, WSB, SWIM and just about all the other coaches and trainers are great as well, even the current assistants are great. Just go to the MSMC website and look up the senior womens Lax players from 2013 , they were the captains and find them and ask them what really happens. You can also call the current seniors on the website just have to wait until 4/16/14 when they can talk. Or you can go back to the 2012 captains/seniors and do the same thing even though they did not play for this coach they know the story well first hand. Then ask any one of the ones you get a hold of for more names of players that have transferred, quit but are still here, or left for these reasons. Some of us are apart now in different places but we all keep pretty much in touch and are easy to find so ask away from the real folks who know. Don't fall for these fake reviews do your homework." - 4/1/2014

"Coach Steese is a new coach to lead the Mount Saint Mary's Women's Lacrosse team. Even though she has only been her for the lesser of two years, she has made an impact on many athletes that play for her. She is still warming up to the expectations of being a head coach however in my opinion she is learning. She cares about every one of her players individually and works hard to help every player. She is extremely open to new ideas and constructive criticism. From day one she has worked hard to build a connection with her team. There are a few who do not agree with her methods or her opinions but no one is perfect. The team will only grow from here with her help as well as her coaching staff." - 3/31/2014

"Coach Steese has absolutely no game plan when entering a lacrosse field. She writes a few notes down in a language that makes no sense and gave the exact same speech before every game. While on the other hand, the boys lacrosse coach handed out full packets of scouting reports and watched film before each game. Our team usually went in completely blind with only the knowledge of what we knew from that schools previous games.

The reason we were so successful last year was not due to the change in coaches, it was due to the raw talent that many girls brought to the table. That talent however was not enough for this coach, you could have played your best game in your career one day, and the next game you would not even get to touch the field- and no reason was given. Once being pulled from a game- with her clearly being mad, she would lacked direction or even words to explain how to fix what had clearly made her mad. Steese also gave minuscule amount of playing time to people who worked extreme hard

This is a D3 school and many athletes chose D3 when wanting to pursue hard majors and still be able to be apart of something that they love. D3 is more school oriented, but Coach Steese did not have this same mentality. Athletes were in fact punished for missing even one practice, or being minutes late. In the first playoff game, we got our asses handed to us due to this. Our goalie had to leave the team due to the overload of school work and the work to be cut out for this team. In addition to having a brand new goalie, several girls were MINUTES behind the other players, but still had 30 minutes to efficiently warm up for the game . These girls were all science majors and had very important labs that they were not permitted to miss. One of these girls was a top scorer for this team, and due to the tardiness she was benched for most of the first and second half.

When looking for colleges my senior year of high school, I was recruited by Rachel Simone, I was very disappointed in the schools choice as a replacement. Overall Coach Steese is a nice person, but when it comes to coaching, I do not recommend her." - 3/31/2014

"I have never had a coach not passionate about her players and sport. She does not get to know her players personally. Gives 0 effort into her job and only goes through the motions of what a college coach should be doing. For example she put on a game film and told us to watch for 15 minutes but once the film started she went straight upstairs into her office until time was up. She told us after that we need to stop making side conversations and to start paying attention to the film. She once said subtract 8 from whatever time practice ends and that is what time she will be in. When playing a game she is mostly silent and the assistants coaches communicate more. When taken out she will give no feedback and confuse players as to why they were taken out. If you make an appointment with her about playing time she will not talk about it. Many players quit because they have made an appointment with coach and coach was defensive and closed off talking about playing time. She will ask for opinions but will not use them so it is better off to keep your opinions to yourself. She is impossible to talk to you and is very defensive when taking criticism from other coaches. She will make athletes feel terrible for missing practice or coming late to practice for academics. In a result of that we had many players quit before the season and during the season because they were either failing or wouldn't know how to balance school and academics. Does not communicate with her players about practice time when something comes up, for example when it is cold or it is snowing are we inside or outside?. She also tells her athletes that they have to wear school colors to practice but she shows up in a pink jacket or sweatshirt players question her about it. She also tells us that we have to stay off our phones meanwhile she is on the phone while we are practicing. When explaining a drill she does not fully explain and makes the assistants clearly explain. Also some of the drill that she has us doing I feel as if I'm on an elementary school team. When talking about recruits, she said that she does not like girls from Long Island because they have an overall attitude problem. Overall, I would not recommend a player coming here to play for her." - 3/31/2014

"Puts players down. Has had influenced many players to quite, and now dislike the sport. Very immature, and does not make the program better. No recruiting to make the program better for the next season. Plays the silent game to players, and picks favorites. She is all over the place, and very unprofessional. She has single handily driving this program into the ground, and she needs to get out. This program needs a coach that cares about the program and the athletes, and someone who is driven." - 3/31/2014

"No words.. Worst coach I have ever had.. Not only is she a poor coach but extremely unprofessional and immature. Makes athletes feel bad about themselves and not want to play the sport.. Lies to players, lies to other faculty.. Has had numerous players quit while she was here due to making them feel bad about academic commitments or playing skills.. Gives players the silent treatment with zero feedback during games or practices.. Puts in minimal effort to her job with poor scouting/recruiting as well as game plans.. Her minimal effort shows on the field.. Does not work "more than 8 hours a day because that's all she gets paid for".. Does not make an effort to get to know her players at all personally nor does she care about them as individuals.. Does not plan ahead, stresses players out by changing plans last minute.. Makes it very difficult to balance academics and athletics.. Has favorites and if you are not a favorite you will not play.. Impossible to talk to about playing time as she is closed off and defensive when it comes to constructive criticism.. If you are a recruit do not come here.. You will be miserable and probably end up hating the program as well as the school as a result of the situations she will put you through." - 3/31/2014

total graders ?
grader group
2 ? Players (played 2+ years for)
1 ? Other
7 ? Players (played for less than 2 years)
1 ?

2nd Year Female -- Class 2016

Faculty Accessibility: A, Extracurricular Activities: F