(Marist) Marist was overall a good experience

How this student rated the school

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

Describes the student body as: Friendly, Approachable, Snooty, Closeminded Describes the faculty as: Friendly, Unhelpful

Male

ACT:32

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SAT1400

Quite Bright

Lowest Rating Creativity/ Innovation	C

Highest Rating Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A+

He cares more about Creativity/ Innovation than the average student.

Date: Sep 28 2008
Major: Computer Science (This Major's Salary over time)
Marist was overall a good experience. The academics were only moderately challenging, but I had no problem getting a job with my degree.

(started at 65k+ a year at a prestigious investment bank) Granted, this might have been due to my internships (IBM) and personal ability in perusing jobs. Still, I never felt that Marist held me back in any way, and I had a good time with my friends, despite not being a preppy tri-state rich boy.

I would recommend Marist to anyone who is not one of two thigns:

Gay

a minority

All my friends who were either of those have regretted it. You might have a fine time with it if you are Black, but if you are Gay, forget it. Marist is an ex-catholic school, and they won't appreciate you. (You will not be able to live an open life there).

Oh yes, and for a private school it is pretty cheap. Basically a private school education at a 25-30% discount.

Pros:

Cheap

Decent education

Extra Curriculars are AWESOME

Great Sports (and you can walk on too, if you are decent)

Quick train to NYC

Cons:

Social Scene is all bars (not a fan)

Homogeneous

Anti-gay social atmosphere

Self involved student body

A little too conservative for an educational body

Isolated (but not more then some other schools)

It is what you make of it, opportunities are there, you just have to seek them out. Plenty of my friends went to grad school, and with ease. Academics are major specific in quality.

I would attend again.

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