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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] History/Histories (art history/etc.)  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright The short of it: My experience as an Art History major at Skidmore was one of the highlights of my life (and that was before the amazing new museum). That's both the good news and the bad news. Nothing ever really compared to the satisfaction of my academic life, but life after Skidmore is not all about your academic life. I was completely immersed in my major, had incredible professors, and spent the rest of my time trying to learn French, both in and out of France (Skidmore Study Abroad Paris is wonderful!). The down side: the world after Skidmore is not really reflected in the Skidmore world. I felt I had a very narrow point of view of looking at post-college life: you go to graduate school, get a PhD, and teach. When that is all you are prepared to do, it's a harsh reality when that does not work out! If you are interested in Skidmore: use Career Services and get a BROAD perspective of your options and explore careers that may or may not have anything to do with your major. ENJOY your major, go with your passion, but don't expect it to be the be all and end all! Other comments: Skidmore can feel a little isolated so perhaps best for those who really want to spend all (or most) of their time studying. Starting Job: Museum Intern, Preparedness: D+, Reputation: C Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Mar 24 2008 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   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=45481&uid=992'></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   Other  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Skidmore's reputation is finally beginning to catch up to its reality. Classes covered a myriad of disciplines, with many dedicated, wonderful professors. I chose to challenge myself academically and came away with a rich exposure to many fields of study. I also believe that Skidmore has a fine history of being innovative in its curricula and in being responsive to its students. As an alumna, I have been periodically very active. This has only extended my connections with the school through my acquaintance of graduates from a number of class years. In addition, having Skidmore on my resume at this point in my career (20+ years out) still surprisingly gets a very favorable response. If you are a student who wants a strong liberal arts experience with an artistic flavor added in, this is definitely a school worth spending some time exploring. Starting Job: account executive, Preparedness: B+, Reputation: B+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Nov 12 2007 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   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=42152&uid=992'></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 came to Skidmore expecting to be academically less sophisticated than my classmates because I attended a large and impersonal public high school (and most students at Skidmore graduated from small, intimate, and intense private/boarding schools). As the semester progressed I found myself wishing that I were being challenged more often. Skidmore does not provide students with a challenging environment. The courses were not challenging, and the class discussions, which are supposed to be the main attraction of the Skidmore academic experience, lacked in substance and meaning. The class discussions were often shallow and highly idealistic. Skidmore is truly a highly idealized liberal bubble. While I am as liberal as they come, i found it difficult to function and thrive in the 'Skidmore bubble' because it was so unrealistic. Everyone agrees with you constantly, so you forget that the real world consists of people who do not or do not have the means to be able to view society and life as you do. Skidmore ultimatley forces students to lose touch with reality. While some coin this loss of touch the 'college experience', I found it unfulfilling and boring. While some of my course work was interesting, once I realised that the professors expected nothing more than babble and BS from their students I lost a great deal of motivation. I ended my semester with straight A's, which required very little effort on my part. If you are searching for a truly meaningful and rewarding academic experience, do not go to Skidmore. I constantly felt like I was on an all-inclusive, never ending resort vaction, or at summer camp with books. If you liked summer camp or boarding school, you drive an expensive car, and you are too easily amused, this might be the place for you. Students were rich and uninteresting, and most got into Skidmore due to the fine reputations of their boarding schools, as opposed to any substantial academic or intellectual qualifications. The social life at Skidmore is non-existent. This is a true liberal arts school, so it does not have fraternities or a football team. Ever since the security tightened and the campus went "dry" (the college's response to the #2 ranking for marajuana use), people are very careful about their drug/alcohol use. Campus parties occasionally occur in the upperclassmen apartments, but they are coined as 'not enjoyable' unless you are very very intoxicated. The parties run dry or are busted up by midnight anyway, so the party scene is lame and not well established. The only other parties that occur are in off campus "sports houses", which are virtually fraternities. If you do not enjoy hanging out with the lacross team and police presence by midnight, you have no other option but to drink in your dorm room. This gets very boring and depressing. No one is really involved with the lackluster extracurricular activities either. The occasional on campus dances were amusing, but they too get old fast. The social life, or lackthereof, is very repetitive and depressing for those who realize that they are stuck in a suburb in the middle of nowhere. Saratoga's history is interesting for about one day, but after that students realise that Saratoga Springs contains one very nice main road surrounded by miles of farms and trailerparks. Skidmore is not fun unless you like to sing in acapella bands or desire to feel safe and isolated throughout college. I left because I wanted college to open my eyes to new worlds and experiences, as opposed to closing me off from actual society as Skidmore did. Collaboration/Competitive: A+, Social Life: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 19 2007 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=35473&uid=992'></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 Academically and intellecually, this school can be a little dissapointing for an institution esteemed by USNWR to be in the top 50 of LAC's. Many students carry a high-school type attitude towards their coursework. They use their newfound freedom as often to camp out and get high as they do getting involved with campus acitivities, and I in fact find it a norm to procrastinate and cram all papers the night before, BSing. If you're into having meaningful conversations without drugs, your options are limited. Ironically, the 'smart' students at this humanities-oriented school are most heavily concentrated in the and sciences and math areas of study. They are for the most part here, though, because they are slackers as well. You get the vibe that students are also very 'sheltered' and often immature in their social awareness. While the students emulate their parents' liberal upbringing and behave politely towards their fellow students regardless of sexual orientation and race, the majority aren't proactive in helping the larger community beyond signing your petition, and some are even insensitive to the financial misfortunes of others. Expect obstacles 'fitting in' if you are not from a high-income family, especially if you are a girl. Whether a function of the admissions practices, or the constituents of the student body itself, there is a disproporionately large amount of pettiness and cliques at Skidmore, ethnic groups being no exception (again, direct hostility isn't an issue so much as an apparent unwillingness for students to leave social comfort zones established in high school). The admin seems to do an okay job; certainly more to complain about from my friends at other schools. It's easy to change things with reslife, even if they do charge you for such a inconvenience that lands mostly on the student undergoing the move. They don't go postal with inspecting peoples' rooms and otherwise giving us our desired privacy. Disciplinary action, when taken however, seems a bit authoritative as opposed to 'educational'. They are unnecessarily bureaucratic in academic matters. The advising system is a little overboard for college-age students, making it seem THEIR responsibility that we get our required courses out of the way. I perceive that the honor code, however long its been established, is not widely taken as a 'serious policy' by students, or some faculty. If you're longing for personal attention from the faculty. and access to the school's many academic facilities, though, going here may still be to your advantage. Professors are generally smart, try to make class interesting, and are generous with their office hours. There is little competition with research positions (excepting a few professors such as one by the initials SS), so ask away and prepare to thrive if you're a concientious type. There are enough activities to saturate your day with here, and a pretty exciting (albeit underrated) town with its unique historical quirks to explore in the intermittent moments the campus life goes dead. Overall, however, I am not sufficiently deterred from transferring to a more selective (and interesting) liberal arts college. Faculty Accessibility: A, Social Life: C- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jul 25 2006 1st 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='sr_comment.js?sckey=23161&uid=992'></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    Next

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