Lasell College

Date: Dec 25 2012
Major: Communications (This Major's Salary over time)
Lasell was my number one choice for school, so I was excited to go for my first semester. The first few weeks weren't terrible, but by the end of the first month, things had gone downhill very quickly.

The education, first of all, is a complete disgrace. Text books cost an insane amount of money, and I didn't touch a single one. The bookstore will also not buy any of your books back, no matter how good of a condition they're in. Most of the professors are nice and care about you, but they're all pretty boring and don't try to make class fun or creative. The work is beyond easy and if you stay on top of it, you'll never have to pull an all nighter. It takes much less time than any work I had in high school, and it's also easier.

There is absolutely nothing to do on campus. The "events" that the school holds are terrible. They almost all cost you extra, too. I paid $2 just to go to the pep rally, which was the saddest thing I'd ever seen. All of the dances just consist of drunk students grinding on one another, screaming, and destroying whichever building it's in. Those will cost you extra as well. Students have "parties" of their own, and it's the lamest attempt at anything I've ever seen in my life. They're great, if you enjoy sitting in the same dorm room night after night and getting high or wasted. There's no such thing as a REAL party at Lasell. Just some stuck up snobs who think they're cool and clearly don't know what a real party is like.

I understand that this is a Division III school, but there is absolutely no school spirit. No one goes to the games, and the gym is beyond awful. There are no bleachers for you to sit on; instead, you have to stand on an overhead railing for two whole hours and watch the game from 15 feet up. All of the teams are terrible and sad excuses for college varsity, save for the women's soccer team. Despite this, many of the athletes think they are beyond amazing, ESPECIALLY the obnoxious lax bros who you should be very familair with if you went to high school anywhere in the northeast.

Socializing here is next to impossible, unless you're a spoiled brat who doesn't care about anyone but yourself. Everyone is extremely close minded. They all just want to drink and smoke weed. If you're not into doing that 7 days a week, good luck finding friends. The girls are extremely catty, and the boys are complete jerks. Rumours run around campus faster than in a middle school, and most people are extremely rude. They will not hold the door open for you, and if you hold the door open for them, they will not thank you. They treat the professors like garbage and have no respect for them. Be prepared to be judged and laughed at if you don't dress and act like a slut. Furthermore, everyone here is DUMB, for the most part. They make stupid comments and don't have any common sense. Despite this, everyone makes the Dean's List and proceeds to brag about it, despite complaining every single day that the school work is too hard. Believe me, it really isn't if you just give it the smallest amount of effort.

The food actually isn't terrible; it's decent. But the selection gets really old, really fast. You can enjoy chicken four to five nights a week, and some sort of fish the other two or three. There's a suggestion board, but they don't really look at it. They just pretend to. And it's always filled with suggestions and complaints.

One of the only good things about Lasell is its proximity to Boston. There's lots to do in the city, and it's fun to escape from this miserable campus. Sometimes, you just have to because you'll want to smash your head against a wall if you stay there too long.

All in all, a terrible school. It's just another four years of high school, sometimes middle school at times. I'll be transferring at the end of the spring semester, and am already regretting giving the school a second chance. If you're looking to be challenged academically, want to make some good friends, and have the REAL college experience, do NOT waste your time and money on Lasell.