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The City University of New York Queens College

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityB Faculty AccessibilityB-
Useful SchoolworkB Excess CompetitionD+
Academic SuccessB+ Creativity/ InnovationC+
Individual ValueD- University Resource UseB
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyC- FriendlinessC
Campus MaintenanceA- Social LifeC
Surrounding CityA- Extra CurricularsB-
SafetyA
Describes the student body as:
Afraid

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Condescending

Male
Bright
Lowest Rating
Individual Value
D-
Highest Rating
Safety
A
He cares more about Individual Value than the average student.
Date: Jan 28 2009
Major: Sociology (This Major's Salary over time)
I think Queens College is, overall, a good school. I have met professors who are respected in their fields and who have published extensively. There is computer accesibility throughout the campus, which is nice. I live in Manhattan and I could have gone to Hunter, but I really appreciate being in a campus setting with open spaces and greenery.

Having said that, the student body is a different matter. Students, especially the ones right out of high school do not seem to be very bright. QC also gets a large number of community college transfer students who have coasted along and managed to transfer, when they are not really college material. Many students have the mentality of just getting a degree to get a job. In my opinion, college is about becoming a well-rounded individual with a liberal arts background, not vocational school! Students seem to have this very hierarchical relationship with professors and I see so many students who seem intimidated by the professors! A professor is somebody who is providing you a service, you should not fear him/her.

In addition, the predominance of adjunct faculty is appalling! Having so many adjuncts really hurt students because a)teaching is not a priority to adjuncts—they are busy getting their graduate degrees, and they get paid little, b)they do not mentor students (for the same reasons mentioned before).
All in all, I give QC a B-. College is what you make of it, and I am not there to make friends or engage in silly conversations with kids in their early 20's. I think I am getting a decent education, but that's because I am being proactive—I don't just sit in class and listen to lectures. I am a big believer in students being responsible for their education. College doesn't educate you. You educate yourself by using the college and faculty and facilities for your benefit.

 
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questionHi! I was interested in attending Queens through National Student Exchange. I was thinking that Queens College would be a great experience as a person and a student, being so close to New York city and with its diversity. however, your comment makes me question wether this is worth my time. is there any more information you can give me?
responseYour post is a bit arrogant, students in the early 20s are not necessarily interested in silly conversations, also, yes its true that the individual education is at stake but a comment that relieves paid faculty on the taxpayer dime of any responsibility for education is silly, in addition I wouldn't necessarily say adjunct professors are worse than full time faculty,

full time faculty can be busy and have the seniority and tenure protection and may have little reason to improve or change their ways, not all of them of course

and this is not just at qc,

The college is what you make of it comment is true but its often arrogant by giving a free pass and by having expert students in a subject look down on others, when the same non-expert students do well with other excellent faculty who are responsive and helpful.

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