(SBU) Coming from a small town in the south, I

How this student rated the school

Educational Quality	C	Faculty Accessibility	F
Useful Schoolwork	B	Excess Competition	B
Academic Success	C	Creativity/ Innovation	D
Individual Value	F	University Resource Use	C
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	F	Friendliness	B
Campus Maintenance	F	Social Life	D
Surrounding City	F	Extra Curriculars	D
Safety	C

Describes the student body as: Snooty, Closeminded Describes the faculty as: Helpful

Female

SAT1220

Quite Bright

Lowest Rating Faculty Accessibility	F

Highest Rating Useful Schoolwork	B

She cares more about Faculty Accessibility than the average student.

Date: Jan 21 2005
Major: Civil Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
Coming from a small town in the south, I never really fit in at Stony Brook. I was drawn by an athletic scholarship and transferred my sophomore year because I didn't feel that the social and academic environments were appropriate for me.

Being southern, I wasn't used to people being in-your-face, competitive, or unfriendly. My professors didn't seem to care about the individual students very much in general. A lot of students went home every weekend, so it was tough for me since home was 12 hours away.

I have to be fair and say that if I had grown up in the northeast, if I were interested in pre-med, or if I were more used to the northern way of life, I might have liked Stony Brook better.

I would definitely suggest that anyone unfamiliar or uncomfortable with fast-paced New Yorkers should think long and hard about the type of environment there.

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