Elmira College

Date: Sep 04 2006
Major: History/Histories (art history/etc.) (This Major's Salary over time)
I graduated from Elmira a long time ago when it was still a women's college so my experience might not be relevant to students today. I cannot say I enjoyed Elmira, however. Academically, I did get a good education and was prepared for graduate school when I left. My undergraduate education was sound and I have achieved professional success. However, the overall atmosphere of the college was provincial and boring. The town was awful and it doesn't sound like it's improved much over the years. That silly singing all the time drove me crazy and it sounds like it still goes on—along with purple foolishness everywhere. Elmira offered a good education but you had to be the type of person who could enjoy a summer camp or cruise ship/type phony enthusiasm—and from the comments I read on this site it sounds like it is still the same.