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Brandeis University

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityB Faculty AccessibilityA
Useful SchoolworkC Excess CompetitionF
Academic SuccessC Creativity/ InnovationB+
Individual ValueC+ University Resource UseC-
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyF FriendlinessF
Campus MaintenanceD Social LifeF
Surrounding CityF Extra CurricularsF
SafetyA
Describes the student body as:
Arrogant, Broken Spirit

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly

Male
Not so bright
Lowest Rating
Excess Competition
F
Highest Rating
Faculty Accessibility
A
He cares more about Friendliness than the average student.
Date: Jan 21 2015
Major: Unknown (This Major's Salary over time)
Imagine reliving your preppy Jewish high school in the NY metro area for four years (including some people you never, ever wanted to see again), but you're in a de-industrialized little town outside of Boston where all the shops and bars are boarding up downtown and 80s hairstyles remain the norm. You have to go into Boston for a night out. You're required to pay $3,000 for meal plans that can't be used Friday - Sunday because all the campus food establishments close down for to Shabbat and union contracts.

The students themselves aren't particularly attractive, athletic, or articulate - the one thing they really have going for them is academics but even then, I still feel like I'm the only one who knows the material now that I'm in 100-level humanities classes, and that their views on most topics are about as developed as your average Reddit user.

They can't hold a normal conversation about anything non-academic and you constantly feel like you're walking on eggshells trying not to hurt their feelings. These were the isolated, bullied loners in high school who thought the mainstream well was poison, and suddenly realized in college they weren't the smartest people on the planet after all; so they overcompensate by trying to reach outside their natural limits, trying to be "cool" by listening to music nobody else does, bringing each other down and judging each other based on their own, unattainable standards and pretending to be someone they're not, only to avoid putting the effort into actually getting a life and going out on the weekends like normal college students.

The academics are good, but it is really NOT worth the stress you have to endure.

 
Responses
responseThis is obviously a person who did not make an effort to look for many social outlets. As a student at 'Deis, there are way more social opportunities than any student will give it credit for. The problem is that 60% of students choose to sit in their room and complain rather than make an effort. It's dissappointing that other people might think of Brandeis this way because of one unsocial StudentsReview.
responseI was also a student there, and I gave up on the social opportunities about two years in. I would say many are sheltered beyond what's normal for that age and still pretend they know everything. I was someone who simply found the social scene outside my comfort zone, as others might say about other colleges, not a shut in. Why do 60% of students there feel the same way, by your admission?
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