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Date: Aug 07 2007
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Syracuse University is perhaps the WORST school out there. It is very hard to judge a school when it is the only one to which you've gone. Also, typically your judgement is skewed due to the comraderie you feel after going to such a place (to negatively judge the school to which you go to is in effect negatively judging yourself in a way). However, I had a different perspective. After going to SU for two years, I transfered to NYU. This wasn't because I felt that I didn't like the school. Actually, to the contrary. Being the only university to which I had attended at the time, I believed that it was a good school and that I liked it. However, after transfering to NYU, getting another experience at a much finer institution, I came to the realization of how inferior Syracuse U is at all levels. First off, the education there is at tops mediocre. The weather is disgusting all the time, and it obviously affects all the students there. For the two months of the school year that it is nice, you can really notice the difference in the attitudes of all the students, including yourself. This is because it's hard to really see that you were just miserable for 8 months because of the terrible weather there. Not only does it snow all the time, and is extermely cold, but it is dreadfully grey. To add upon this, Syracuse the city is the most depressing place that I have ever been. Many people think that Syracuse is a small city in a rural upstate NY setting. This is not true. It is surrounded by the most dangerous ghetto I have ever witnessed (and I have lived in the Bronx for a time). It is very close to all the upstate prisons, where the worst of the worst from all throughout NY State get sent. When these people get out of prison, they usually stay in the area. This has created a pocket around Syracuse of extremely dangerous neighborhoods. To top this all out, Syracuse is a depressed city. After the industry all left 30 years ago, the town completely shut down. It is a very very poor town. There is nothing around the campus to go, and if there were, you wouldn't want to leave because of the dangerous miserable people who live in the area. Perhaps if the campus of SU were nicer, one could insulate themselves within the university and never leave. (This doesn't work though since the crime invades the campus, both violent and non-violent crime; SU keeps the murders out of the press but if you look you will find them) But, to get back to the SU campus. There is absolutely nothing to do. It used to be mediocre. However, the school got rid of all the real fraternities in an attempt to raise their dismal academic ratings. (It didn't work; they drop further each year) In their place, they instituted clubs with the names of fraternities, many of which don't have national recognition. They can't even have parties without 4 campus security officers INSIDE, 2 checking ID's and 2 roaming to make sure that everybody follows "SU Policy". However, if the academics were worthwhile, who cares about the parties. You're their for the degree and the education right. Well, they are even worse in that area. I just graduated from NYU and work at a top fortune 500 company. They only recruit from top schools, and not a single SU alumni is there. Talk to any recruiters. None of the top companies recruit SU students. They know that SU is filled with a bunch of kids who used daddy's influence to get into a second tier school after they couldn't get into a good one. To add some gossip into the mix, two years ago there was an incident where three professors were caught being involved in a homosexual preteen sex ring associated with NAMBLA. SU quietly got rid of them, keeping the story out of the news. That is the SU way. They don't care about what is right, just appearances. I STRONGLY advise all those not to go to SU.
       
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commentYou sound like a shortsighted pessimistic dipshit. Congratulations going to NYU and for being at a Fortune 500 company. Unfortunately for you, when your employer realizes you have a piss poor attitude your days of self-glorification will be over. Grow up.
commentYou work for a Fortune 500 company, yet you don''t know the difference between "there" and "their?" GO SYRACUSE!
commentI went to SU for undergrad and like you, I knew no different. Facts are, Syracuse as a city is among the worst parts of the United States and the inhabitants are nothing short of mutations.

The University is second rate, with the long timers clinging desperatley to anything that even remotelu looks like a positive.

Abandon all hope, ye who go there…

commentThis is one of the highest ranked schools in the United States, and is the #1 ranked iSchool in the nation. Yes the city is dangerous if your still wet behind the ears. However even in my freshman and sophomore year at SU, fortune 500 companies overran the job fair. The comments above, I assume, are from disgruntled students who couldn't pass there classes. Do the research, the numbers speak for themselves. Go SYRACUSE!!
response98% of this is complete bullshit, yes the weather does suck and yes the city is dangerous and SU is the nicest part of Syracuse, but this guy is stupid otherwise
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