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Major: Chemistry (This Major's Salary over time)
Gender: FemaleThis person cares more about Social Life than the average student.
Intelligence:
Quite Bright
ACT:
SAT:
Lowest Rating
Social Life F
Describes the student body mostly as:
Closeminded

Describes the faculty mostly as:
Helpful

Highest Rating
Educational Quality A
How this student rated the school:
Educational QualityA Faculty AccessibilityB
Useful SchoolworkC+ Excess CompetitionC
Academic SuccessB Creativity/InnovationB
Individual ValueB University Resource UseB
Campus Aesthetics/BeautyB FriendlinessB
Campus MaintenanceB Social LifeF
Surrounding CityD Extra CurricularsB-
SafetyA
 
Right now i'm a freshmen at SRU, and although i've only been here for a few weeks I'm already looking for somewhere to transfer next year.

The campus, recorces, and classes are all as good as i was expecting, but the student body is far below what i was expecting.  People all seem to be the same; same styles, personalities, backgrounds, etc.  No one seems to stand out, and to me it seems like I'm the only one who isn't a clone.  I'm also having trouble making friends, becuase people see me as a bit of a freak with my studed belts, leather jacket, and screamo music.  Everyone is friends with people who look, talk, and act exactly like them.  SRU doean't fit into the college norm of having people of all kinds (goths, nerds, jocks, etc) at all.  It also empties out on the weekends, which adds to the lonely feeling.

The average student is also very stupid.  My classes aren't hard, but a lot of the people in them are struggling.  It's like they only came to SRU because it was cheap and they take whomever applies.  Even as an honors student, i find many of the other honors students about as “honors” material as everyone else.  The only difference is that they applied.

I can't wait till next year to get out of here and away from all these people.  I can't stand much more of the stupidity, “small town” mindset (ie.,ignorance), and genericness of the student body. 

If you're thinking about it, answer these questions to see it it's for you:

1.  I dress preppy or like i'm going to a gym every day

2.  I only become friends with people who are just like me, and I don't like people who are different

3.  I go home every weekend even if it's just because

4.  I have a low GPA and no other college will take me

5.  it's cheap and i'm not getting any scholarships any time soon

If this is you, congrats!  you can take my place.  I'm off to where there's a diversity of people, and they actually *gasp* don't care if their friends are exactly like them. 
 
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commentI feel the exact same way about this place. For being the "friendliest campus" students and even some of the staff seem to be offended by a simple "hey" while passing by. Not to mention everybody complains about there being nothing to do on the weekends, which is because everybody goes home on the weekends.
 
commentSRU does take everyone...they are regarded very low among other colleges. All the dumb kids that went to my high school landed there...run as fast as you can and transfer!
 
commentSRU is just like high school all over again. I've seen some high schools that are actually better than SRU. Ghetto high school teachers are even more intelligent than the stupid ass professors here.
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