Stony Brook University

Aahh Stony Brook. Where do I begin? I did my time in a community college near to where I live eagerly waiting for the time when I could go to a real university. Being that Stony Brook was a state school and so was the community college I attended it was rather easy to get into; just an online application away. I should have taken this as a sign of what was to come. If something is too good to be true then it probably is.

Getting into the education provided by this university I must express how it is truly disappointing to drop a math class because the professor can barely compile a complete sentence in English. Putting that aside the professors that I have tried to get to know aren't exactly the friendly type. As stated in some of the other comments most professors are here for their research and that's about it. The work that is required, at least in my major, is mainly to prepare you for a test or an exam that always appear to be around the corner. Nothing more nothing less. I wondered the other day, what was the point of cramming all this information in such a short period of time for the sole purpose of taking an exam? Am I learning anything for any other reason? Have I learned anything? That is the feeling I get from this Stony Brook education.

And now for the social life here at Stony...Oh boy! As many have stated in other comments if you're here for socializing/partying etc. then forget it. Most students that come to this school are here for educational purposes. So what you're going to get here are people who are a bit corny, geeky, wanna-be intellectuals and consequentially arrogant. I've observed that the people walking around with a group of friends on campus are the same people you saw in high school walking alone with an oversized book bag and a mountain dew. Please don't get me wrong, there are sprinklings of students who are interesting and approachable. I like to think of them as needles and the others as hay

Lately I have noticed that many students, when they first come to Stony, are rather excited and hold great promise for what they are expecting to be a fun experience. However, I usually give it about a month until I see the same individual walking alone from class or from where ever else with a very sad look on their face; mostly it is emotionless. Eventually an individual just gives up and resigns themselves to being alone. At this time the individual tends to learn how to mask this despair with the fa?ade of determination and a, ?I am very busy with somewhere to go to? air about them. When the time does come, hopefully, they are approached by a friendly face it is most certainly too late. They have become unsocialable, hardened mirror images of what, or should I say who, had created their sad state of being in their virgin days at Stony. It is a depressing and aggressively vicious cycle. I would dare compare it to a contagious disease that is transported from one student to another by a simple stare or better yet a lack thereof.

1st Year Male -- Class 2011

Perceived Campus Safety: A+, Social Life: F

I can't imagine a worse college experience. i have transferred to Rutgers University in Jersey where everyhting is perfect. Stony is wack in every way. The people are so anti-social for some reason and the student body is made up of 90% science nerds. I went all over campus looking for parties and found nothing. If you want to go to a SUNY school you should got to Albany or Purchase. By the way if youre not a science or engineering major dont bother coming to Stony cuz its a wate of time and money.

1st Year Male -- Class 2007

Perceived Campus Safety: A+, Useful Schoolwork: F