Clarkson University

Date: Apr 26 2008
Major: Undecided (This Major's Salary over time)
Since anyone considering attending Clarkson must be only slightly better than illiterate I'll cut to the chase. DON'T COME TO CLARKSON. I am a freshmen at clarkson, and have 6 days left until the end of the year. I had relatively high expectations for Clarkson when I first arrived, however it took me a very short time to realize what a farce this place is. I am transferring to a different college, and most of my friends would like to as well, however Clarkson intentionally gives freshmen poor grades so that they are not able to keep their "generous" financial aid. This makes transferring very difficult. In addition to this they give massive amounts of busy work so that unless you are incredibly dedicated you will have no time to do them. I tend to dress a little too seriously, and as a result am often stopped by tours, so that I may tell everyone just how wonderful Clarkson is. When I inevitably say the Clarkson is almost as good as syphilis, the difference being you at least have fun getting it, I am immediately dismissed as being disgruntled by less than satisfactory grades. The tour guide is less than amused when I inform them that I am a presidential scholar, which is the highest level of academic achievement recognized by Clarkson. There are limitless things to say about how lousy Clarkson is, but the most telling thing is in the naming of the buildings. All major universities have buildings named after rich alums that donated the several million which built it. Clarkson has none. All of the buildings are named after long dead founders. There is even a section of campus, where for a pathetically small ammount of money, you can have a brick inscribed with your name. About half of these bricks have been bought. It is pathetic. I can't state this strongly enough DON'T COME TO CLARKSON, it could literally ruin your life.