(Rowan) WHEN I WAS FIRST APPLYING TO COLLEGES, ROWAN WAS

How this student rated the school

Educational Quality	F	Faculty Accessibility	B-
Useful Schoolwork	F	Excess Competition	C
Academic Success	D-	Creativity/ Innovation	D
Individual Value	C	University Resource Use	C-
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	C	Friendliness	C
Campus Maintenance	D-	Social Life	F
Surrounding City	F	Extra Curriculars	D-
Safety	C

Describes the student body as: Friendly, Arrogant, Closeminded Describes the faculty as: Friendly, Unhelpful, Self Absorbed

Female

Quite Bright

Lowest Rating Educational Quality	F

Highest Rating Faculty Accessibility	B-

She cares more about Educational Quality than the average student.

Date: Feb 06 2009
Major: Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc (This Major's Salary over time)
WHEN I WAS FIRST APPLYING TO COLLEGES, ROWAN WAS MY LAST CHOICE. I'D HEARD THINGS ABOUT IT BEING AN AWFUL SCHOOL AND MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO TRANSFER. BUT I NEEDED TO GIVE IT A FAIR CHANCE, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS CONVENIENT FINANCIALLY, SO I WENT IN WITH AN OPEN MIND.

UNFORTUNATELY, I'M JUST AS DISAPPOINTED AS MANY HAD PREDICTED I'D BE.

ROWAN IS A BORING SCHOOL. I'M A SECOND SEMESTER FRESHMAN, DUE TO GRADUATE IN 2012 AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET AWAY FROM ROWAN. ALTHOUGH I'M ACCUSTOMED TO SOUTH JERSEY, BEING THAT I GREW UP IN THE AREA, AND AM FAMILIAR WITH GLASSBORO, i'VE FOUND THAT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AND ACTUALLY RESIDING IN THE AREA ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I LIVE ON CAMPUS AND GO HOME EVERY WEEKEND. THERE IS SO LITTLE TO DO BOTH ON CAMPUS AND OFF CAMPUS AND MANY GO HOME ON THE WEEKENDS AS I DO.

THOSE THAT DO STAY ON CAMPUS GO TO THE SAME PARTIES EVERY WEEKEND. AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIVERSITY, YOU WON'T GET VERY MUCH OF IT HERE. WHILE THERE IS A LITTLE DIVERSITY, BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL (SMALL) THERE ARE VERY NEW FACES TO MEET HERE. YOU'LL SEE THE SAME FACES EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME (OR SO IT SEEMS). I'M STRUGGLING TO THINK OF POSITIVES RIGHT NOW, EVEN AS I WRITE THIS…

DON'T GET ME WRONG, I FEEL NO ANIMOSITY FOR THE COLLEGE…JUST DISAPPOINTMENT. I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT THE FLAWS OF THE UNIVERSITY, BUT TO MAKE IT SHORT, I'LL SAY THIS…

IF YOU WANT TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY YOUR FIRST FEW YEARS OF REAL INDEPENDENCE, IF YOU WANT TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND GET AN ACTUALLY GOOOOD EDUCATION,—DO NOT GO TO ROWAN UNIVERSITY (OR GLASSBORO STATE AS IT IS CALLED). IF YOU HAVE TO, SAVE YOUR MONEY, GO TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND GO TO A SCHOOL THAT WILL BE REALLY WORTH THE LOANS. THE ONLY THING I'M MOTIVATED TO DO HERE AT GLASSBORO STATE COLLEGE (AS IT USED TO BE CALLED) IS GET MY EDUCATION AND GET OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE! I'M ONLY IN MY SECOND SEMESTER OF FRESHMAN YEAR AND CAN'T WAIT TO BE GONE…ATLEAST FROM HERE!

TAKE HEED!

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