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Stony Brook University - Campus Aesthetics Ratings
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By Gender  | | Male | C+ | | Female | C+ |
| By Major | | Anthropology | C | | Art & Design Department | A- | | Biology | B- | | Business - Management and Administration | C | | Chemical Engineering | B+ | | Chemistry | B- | | Civil Engineering | F | | Computer Engineering | B | | Computer Science | B | | Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc | A- | | Economics | B | | Education | F | | Electrical Engineering | C | | Engineering Department | D | | English | D+ | | Geography and Geosciences | C- | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | C | | Linguistics | B | | Math | B- | | Mechanical Engineering | C | | Neuroscience/Cognitive Science | B+ | | Nursing | B | | Other | C+ | | Philosophy | F | | Physics | C- | | Political Science | C- | | PreDent and Dentistry | B- | | PreMed and Medical | C | | Psychology | C | | Public Health | C- | | Sociology | C+ | | Undecided | C+ | | Zoology | F |
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Quotes touching on Campus Aesthetics | “... One of the most appealing qualities of Stony Brook is the diversity on campus ...” |
| “... There is no social life or parties on campus except a few people crammed in a room drinking ...” |
| “... Those who live on campus all go home every weekend too, so there really isnt much to to besides sit in your room and watch tv/play video games .....” |
| “... The campus is prison-like (not surprising, since it's a fact that the campus was designed by a prison architect from Arizona, who was dumb enoug...” |
| “... The campus is a dump, (my room had infestations of bugs, mold, and was piled with garbage when I arrived) the students are self-absorbed and unf...” |
| “... I went all over campus looking for parties and found nothing ...” |
| “... Instead of urging students to take Spanish language classes or study Chinese philosophy or Italian art, we are given sugary lomein from the horre...” |
| “... Therefore the campus is empty on thw weekends ...” |
| “... The campus was "designed" by an insane and sadistic robot ...” |
| “... There is also a hospital on campus to volunteer in and good research opportunities but you can imagine that is competitive as well ...” |
| “... I was victimized by two people on campus and I didn't report the 2nd equally serious incident because the 1st time an administrator laughed and a...” |
| “... oh and did I mention all tbe buildings on this campus are just hiedous ...” |
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Campus Security is nothing short of illegally obscure ...” |
| “... I'm not the biggest partier, but there is absolutely no fun on campus, which really sucks, especially on the weekends ...” |
| “... and 1/6 of the remaining normal people are scattered throughout the campus ...” |
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Cons: Campus is a cast concrete hell, indifferent administration, red tape, huge classes, no social scene, half of the instructors barely spea...” |
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The campus is completely vacant on weekends, except for a lot of the antisocial/asexual students ...” |
| “... I'm lucky at least that my job transferred me to the smith haven mall down here where I can get off campus for a few hours every weekend ...” |
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Campus is a ghost town on weekends ...” |
| “... 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 o...” |
| “... The police on campus have nothing better to do than to bust parties and constantly raid marijuana users, even for the tiniest amounts ...” |
| “... Not a fan of stony brook to begin with, but living on campus is even worse ...” |
| “... Add the complete lack of name-recognition outside of NY, awful food, very excessive number of international East and South-Asian students, shitty...” |
| “... Even the other SUNY campuses on LI offer friendlier enviroments ...” |
| “... Although I ended up living on campus, Stony Brook was the only option for me, and I ended up getting paid to go there, which is nice ...” |
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But then you also have a huge amount of diversity which sounds cool until you realize that the campus is so self-segregated that it just makes...” |
| “... Ive learned nothing new and the campus isnt very nice ...” |
| “... The people here are vile and abrasive; the campus life is depressing and non existant, the academics are shameful and illustrate the lack of atte...” |
| “... For those who live on campus it's absolutely dead because no one wants to spend their weekends in Stony Brook ...” |
| “... Overall, the depressing atmosphere of the campus comes from the fact that most of the campus is covered in gross 70's archetcutre, and though som...” |
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“... overpopulated campus 2 ...” |
| “... Social life = bad, campus residences = bad, food= bad, can't wait to leave ...” |
| “... The entire campus hates being here ...” |
| “... Besides, you are forced to pay 2k for food, if you plan living on-campus ...” |
| “... it tends to be a little unsocial due to the fact that there are many commuters and many people go home on weekends and most of the campus is imme...” |
| “... The campus is decent looking but the social life is dead because of everyone believing that we can't have a goos social life ...” |
| “... There are always off-campus club parties going on hosted by frats/sororities or the club themselves so there's plenty of partying ...” |
| “... If you want to pursue an engineering degree, I recommend living on campus because the resources and help is here ...” |
| “... you pretty much need a car to go anywhere off campus, but they do have bus service that runs through and out of the campus ...” |
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Facilities
The facilities on campus are fairly decent ...” |
| “... However, i would say the campus is not that beautiful and the school doesn't really help you in finding internship ...” |
| “... It has purchased 2 new campuses and is creating a research park branch on the main campus as well as modernizing all facilities, improving the ae...” |
| “... Dorms are pretty crowded these days, but more people are realizing there's decent off-campus housing to be found even for those of us without car...” |
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The University has improved the look of the campus, but it still needs to work on that ...” |
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When I was at stony brook, I recall the campus being mostly empty on weekends, as most students left for their homes ...” |
| “... The people that go home every weekend are usually the ones that complain that there is nothing to do on campus ...” |
| “... Yes, half the campus goes home on weekends, yet there are about 20000 students ...” |
| “... Campus food is okay I'd say average ...” |
| “... Plus every Thursday there is a party off campus at a frat house ...” |
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If it matters to you, there is also some great skate spots on campus, too ...” |
| “... Also, the campus is pretty disgusting, although it seems they are slowly improving it ...” |
| “... The campus is not very nice, everything is filthy compared to other schools I've seen ...” |
| “... There's plenty to do around campus, you just have to know how to find them ...” |
| “... The Problem wth Students, they don't want to look around the campus ...” |
| “... There are probably 2 usuable bathrooms on the entire campus ...” |
| “... The aesthetics suck; they just do, jail architects designed the campus and I am not kidding about that ...” |
| “... There's a lot of diversity and a lot of opportunities to get involved on campus ...” |
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The student body are mostly commuter students so the campus is dead on the weekends since many are from long island or the city ...” |
| “... Disjointed study body, poor location, unpleasing campus, unconcerned faculty ...” |
| “... The campus is pretty diverse, but everyone keeps to their own groups - one guy in my apartment last year was Chinese and absolutely refused to sp...” |
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Relevant Stats about me: I am a sophomore, I am 19, I live in NY (about 45 min north of NYC), I have a car but its not on campus, and I am a w...” |
| “... Mostly bland metal cylinders and right angles and big cement weird buildings that lack aesthetic value ...” |
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Social Life: The campus EMPTIES OUT on the weekends ...” |
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The campus-life is also a tad bit dry ...” |
| “... There are also many commuter students, who really are only here to go to class, with few of them getting involved in anything else on campus ...” |
| “... Also, there are a lot of great services on campus that a lot of people don't take advantage of ...” |
| “... There's no great security from the off-campus world, many Stony Brook men are gross and apparently there is a new random attacker loose every oth...” |
| “... I double majored, played D-1 Sports for a nationally ranked team, worked at the mall, made the dean's list, and still managed to have parties at...” |
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For people who complain - If you don't like campus life, take the train to Manhattan and party there, the school isn't segregated in a forest,...” |
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“... Here's the honest truth:
BIGGEST PLUSSES: big campus, great reputation, great price, great selection of majors ...” |
| “... If you are going to live on campus, then you should definitely be aware that on the weekends it gets extremely boring ...” |
| “... Campus has a lot of new additions including new dorms in the past 3 years ...” |
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