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Wagner College

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA+ Faculty AccessibilityA-
Useful SchoolworkA Excess CompetitionB+
Academic SuccessA+ Creativity/ InnovationB+
Individual ValueC- University Resource UseF
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyB FriendlinessA-
Campus MaintenanceD Social LifeF
Surrounding CityA- Extra CurricularsF
SafetyC-
Describes the student body as:
Arrogant, Snooty

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Helpful

Female
Quite Bright
Lowest Rating
University Resource Use
F
Highest Rating
Educational Quality
A+
She cares more about Extra Curriculars than the average student.
Date: Dec 21 2014
Major: Psychology (This Major's Salary over time)
Wagner is very good at selling itself. It appears well kept when there are scheduled tours but in all honesty the campus can go weeks without having the lawn mowed, they don't seem to know what a shovel is during the winter and they spend a lot of time planting flowers and repainting things that don't need to be painted. Meanwhile, dorms like Towers and Guild are nothing but holes that are unsatisfactorily taken care of and have no air conditioning. Both dorms are known to get notoriously hot and there have been students with heatstroke because their room reached 100F on a 80F with fans. Harborview is falling apart but has air conditioning. Foundation is brand new but has a hospital vibe to it. The campus is such a mix of different architectural styles that, despite some buildings being beautiful, makes it overall look dumb.

The food is terrible on a good day. They cross contaminate, under cook and serve raw food and there is no variety of food. All places that serve food that use a meal plan our closed by 10PM daily. The Coffeehouse is open after hours but requires your own money for food. It's cheap, comfort food and worth it if you have a couple bucks to spare. It's the best food on campus in all honesty.

It's hard to meet people here. There are so many clubs and organizations you will sign up for but then never end up going to because they simply don't meet. Also, the student body is not diverse in interests at all. The theater majors are a giant clique, the athletes are another and the Greeks tend to keep to themselves unless they are recruiting. The theater productions are spectacular and football and basketball games are entertaining if you're into that. Other than that there really isn't much to do and the student body is relatively unmotivated to interact with anybody outside of their group. If you're not in one of the popular groups on campus you kind of fall through the cracks and are either isolated or find a bunch of fellow outcasts who can either be really awesome or really bad news. There really is no in between. Most seem to turn out to be bad news because there are A LOT of fake, two faced people here. The good ones are keepers for life.

Academically the school is a joke in the majority of the departments. I am a psychology major with a Spanish minor and find the work load for those classes to be adequately challenging, very interesting and engaging. The professors in these departments are incredibly helpful, passionate and very good at being available outside of class. If it weren't for the good quality of my professors in my major and minor I would have transferred. Another thing that is important to note is that you are limited to 9 units a year. That's four classes one semester and five classes another semester. This is great if you have a lot of school, homework and test related anxiety and stress issues but it is very limiting in terms of academics. It is possible to double major, major with up to two minors but very difficult to do anything else. People with more than one major or minor tend to have a hard time finishing all of the requirements for them plus general education classes because the 9 classes a year is so restricting. If they do complete all requirements there is no room for fun electives. In total you will take 36 classes unless you want to pay $5,000 for a summer course or an extra course during one of the semesters. I know of two people who were able to beat the system and accomplish more than a double major. One girl I know is a biology major and chemistry minor. She was originally also a Spanish minor but because she is studying abroad during the summer and taking all Spanish speaking classes she will be able to graduate with a double major in Spanish and biology with a minor in chemistry. Another girl is a dual major in history and early childhood education with minors in Spanish and City Studies. The only reason she was able to accomplish this is because she studied abroad in a Spanish speaking country. (Any classes taken abroad in a foreign language automatically count towards a major/minor in that language and can often count as other courses such as psychology, art, and anthropology). Unfortunately, these two are rarities. I myself am considered lucky because I will be able to take 6 electives for fun. Most people have maybe 3 extra electives by the time all requirements are completed. As previously stated, the school is a joke for most academics. I'm only challenged in classes for my major and minor. General education requirements were a complete joke for me (with the exception of calculus). The dean's list has a requirement of 3.7. I once asked a professor why it was so high and he said it was because when it was a 3.5 more than half of the student body was on it. For simplicity's sake I'll round up to 2,000 students. That means over 1,000 students used to be on the dean's list before the change occurred. Classes like Math 110 are basically guaranteed A's. Sidenote: If you are a psychology major you have to take Psychological Statistics and Methodology with the required lab component and it will not count towards the math requirement. It does however count for the computer requirement. Also, you are required to take an American Diversity class. However, classes that meet that requirement are RARELY offered and fill up fast. There are about 2 classes a semester offered university wide that meet this requirement. Classes you think that would count towards this don't. I take United States and World War II to fulfill the history requirement but it was not also designated as an American Diversity class. It's very bizarre. A lot of classes are also only offered in the fall or spring. Sometimes they are only offered in even numbered years in one semester. A lot classes are also marked as "Offered as required" which basically translates to never. So a lot of classes listed in the course bulletin that sound fun and intriguing are never offered. When they are they are a part of an Intermediate Learning Community (ILC) or fill up before you have the chance to register. Oh, that's another thing. First semester freshman year you are required to take a Learning Community that consists of three classes with the same people. There are two content classes and a reflective tutorial that is supposed to show connections between the two areas, teach you how to write and provide you with experiential learning. It sounds good in theory but most of the time they are poorly executed and the professors dread teaching them because they don't have a lot of freedom and flexibility to structure their classes. It's horrible and a lot of the times you don't even get put into one of your top 6 choices so you end up in a really random one that you are uninterested in. It's so dumb. Then you have to take an ILC before your senior year. The ILC's are either two different classes with a shared project or one class that you can register for as one subject or another (i.e. you can register for it as an English or a Religious Studies course). Then senior year you take the senior learning community which consists of the capstone course and the senior Reflective Tutorial where you write your thesis.

There is probably a lot more I could say about Wagner but I can't think of anything at the moment. Save yourself the time and money and don't come here unless you are interested in athletics or theater.

Good luck to all in your college search!! :)

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