Framingham State University

Date: May 10 2012
Major: History/Histories (art history/etc.) (This Major's Salary over time)
For me Framingham is pretty disappointing. So far the academic aspect has been alright. Most of my professors have been friendly and helpful. But some are better than others and a few of the general education classes can be stupid (avoid Bio). Registration is always a nightmare, the system they use is unreliable and most people can't get into the classes they expect. The real problem is that the social environmental at Framingham. Most people I know a lot of the guys I met during freshman year have transferred. The School is designed to cater to commuters. The school is deserted on weekends. On an average Saturday I can walk through campus and see less than a 10 people. Everyone goes home on the weekends, as soon as Friday morning there are lines of cars taking kids home. Most of the facilities on campus don't aren't even open on the weekends, even the library closes at 5 even during finals. The food is much worse than I ever would have expected and is at its worst on the weekend when the cafe is clearly understaffed. Now that the school is expanding and building new dorms during the week the cafe is unbelievably overcrowded. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I have seen student sit on the floor because they were not able to find a table during dinner. The administration has done nothing to address the problem and is even making news plans for even more dorms. The school provides very little in regards to extra curricular. Students who are completely overcome with boredom are the ones who start new clubs. Most people I know either work most of the time or have a very small group of friends who they hangout with, it is very difficult to meet new people and commuters have now way of getting involved on campus. The events that are held are usually organized by RAs and are haphazard and are only because they are required to do so. An example of a particularly bad event was when two RAs passed out candy in the elevator. You should know before attending that FSU is a dry campus and has a very strict policy. If you are caught drinking in the dorms you are banned for a week, again I think its a month and the third time you are banned entirely. Depending on the dorm and the RAs you get you can get away with it but most people prefer to go to sports houses off campus. I am clearly frustrated with this school and if I could go back I would not have attended, I've coincided transferring but anywhere I would go would be double the tuition of Framingham. If you do chose to come here I recommend getting as involved as you can during you Freshman year because it only because more difficult.