St Bonaventure University

Date: Dec 28 2004
Major: Biology (This Major's Salary over time)
I spent 1 semester at SBU and transferred. SBU is basically a glorified community college but giving a slightly better education. Bonaventure is basically in the middle of no-where…Therefore: There is drinking and lots of it. The USNEWS poll placing this school as being one of the top hard-liquor and partying schools is correct. Drinking usually started Thursday night and ended on Sunday night. Trying to sleep during the early hours of the morning is also a problem while your drunken hallmates are stumbling down the halls yelling at the top of their lungs and puking anywhere and everywhere. I was given a suggestion by the openly gay Professor Bennington who is in love with his purple ties. While telling his students that he is an expert and is writing a book on the various stages of sleep, the only advice he could give me was that I should buy some earplugs. The USNEWS is also correct when saying that SBU has the worst food of any college. You are very limited in that your meal card must be used at the only dining hall they have. Bagels, donuts, or cerial for breakfast, make-your-own-subs for lunch and the same flat pizza every dinner with little options other than 1 kind of soup or a salad.

The girl-to-guy ratio was something horrible…maybe 3 guys to 1 girl in 2002. Most of the girls there are horrible looking. Sitting in the dining hall I could honestly say I could only pick out maybe 1 or 2 girls that were decent enough looking to even attempt to talk to.

The dorms are ok in size…about average compared to UB. RA's and campus security is a joke. Campus security consists of RA's sitting in the lounge and walking through each floor at the same times maybe twice every night. After a certain time actual paid security goes home and if you need help an Residence Assistance is called and hopefully your not raped, severly beaten or dead by the time they get their and try and pry some drunk off of you. Also, the bathroom shower curtains were stolen in the first week and never replaced. On the up-side I did meet some relatively bright students who took Bio. and Chem. and who were in ROTC…I enjoyed chatting with them greatly. Mostly everyone from staff to students to the guy cleaning the bathrooms are friendly if you try to talk to them. Team sports are set up for anyone to come and play such as basketball and frolf…that's frisby golf.

I wouldnt suggest going to this school. The price tag and "Private" school image means nothing but overpaid administration that came from Harvard or another Ivy league institution who aren't even Doctors and moderately rich kids getting drunk half of the week.

Lets Re-Cap:

Horrible Food

Ignorant-drunken Abercrombie clone Peers…although there are some unique minds with great abilities and insight.

Ocassionaly a professor with a stick up their Asz.

AND Eventually a resume that says Bonaventure on it, telling your potential employer that you learned nothing and therefore learned nothing but how to turn various liquid containers upside down or if you were inclined maybe some ugly ladies.