I can't begin to explain what the best things about Quinnipiac are, because there are more than one. Right now, the best thing would have to be our new arena, the TD Banknorth Sportscenter. It's a great facility that hosts games for our Division I Mens & Womens Ice Hockey and Basketball teams!
One thing I would change abut Quinnipiac it would be that we should be encouraged to buy MAC computers, instead of the encouraged Dell Latitude program.
QU is just the right size for me. It's not huge where you have classes in huge ampitheater seating with 300 other people, and it's not too small where everyone knows your business. I went to a small all girl private school with a graduating class of 140, and there was a student body of a little under 600. Quinnipiac has about 5,600 undergraduate students. It's great to go to class and have the professor know my name and not my social security number. Professors here actually care about how you're doing in the class and are very willing to help you if you're having a problem.
When I tell people I go to Quinnipiac, most of the time they ask me to repeat the name again. Some people have never heard of it at all, so they have no presumptions about who you are. For those that do know about QU, they usually think you're wealthy, preppy, drive a nice car and are conceded; but once they get to know you, they'll find quite the contrary. If you tell an adult about QU, they know it by the Quinnipiac Poll that's done for upcoming elections.
On Campus, during the week, everyone is hustling and bustling heading to classes, going to the AMAZING library to do some work there, the student center to get a bite from the Cafe Q, send out some mail, hang out in the game room upstairs or even head over to the athletics center to use they gym, go to a yoga, dance or pilates class or if it's a nice sunny day, hang outside on the quad.
Hamden, the town where QU is located, is a college town. Yale, SCSU and some other universities are close by. in town there is a shopping center, and there are plenty of restaurants. There are also shuttles to New Haven which take you to the Train station, which can take you to either up north like Boston, or down to New York City. Also, on the weekends, shuttles do take students to the downtown area which has several clubs that students attend. And the best thing about the shuttles is that they are FREE!
There is Plenty of school pride here at QU, that's why we're (the students) are known as the Crazy Bobcats! Men's Ice Hockey is definetly the most popular sport to attend on campus, especially because of the new facility. We have Division I teams that do very well in the NEC and ECAC Hockey.
One experience I'll always remember is my freshman orientation. It was an amazing weekend, and made my transition from high school to QU so much easier. We created strong bonds with eachother, and it made it so easy to meet people.
The thing most students complain about is parking. there is on campus parking, but there are also 2 lots off campus that are a 3 minute shuttle ride away. Freshman also dont like that they cannot have their cars until their sophomore year.