SUNY at Albany Top Questions

The worst thing may be the quality of the food in the dining halls. Also, if you do not want to go out drinking on the weekend, there is not many more options to pick from.

Although there are many students in U Albany, all the academic buildings are close together in the center of the campus. If the classes and buildings were farther apart, students would involuntarily get daily exercise.

I don't know.

There's really nothing bad I consider about the school. The school is good enough to satisfy one's need of a college life experience. I can only mention one thing which isn't that bad; It's gets cold during the winter days so if one is not a fan of cold weather, they might not like it.

Albany was not my first choice, which may be the worst thing about my school. I never expected I would attend Albany, I always had neutral feelings about it. I am a very indecisive person and I almost settled on attending Albany, instead of going to a school I was passionate about.

A lot of students don't take the school seriously and are only there to party.

The food is absolutely terrible. Theres not much of a selection and whatever is there makes you sick to yout stomach.

The worst thing about this school is the weather. Winters are on the side of cruel, gray, and rainy.

The worst thing about my school at this moment is the rapid and continuous increase of tuition which can be attributed to the bad economy. I really think that is unfair to students like me who are struggling financially to keep up with the continuous increase of tuition per semester.

Advisors in financial aid all give different information on the same topic; a few great teachers, some crappy teachers (some of whom don't even speak the English language!);

The worst thing about the school is the food. The food is not that good, and there is not much variety. Also there is not enough healthy choices in the food menu.

large classes, financial aid is horrible, campus is ugly

The amount of general education requirements. Those classes tend to have the most unmotivated students in them as opposed to students in upper-level courses designated for declared majors. Also, advisement fails to inform students about how to complete them in the least amount of time possible.

it is dangerous, there have been 9 homicides so far this year in the city of albany. this is fine, however, as long as you remember to travel in groups and be especially careful when out drinking in the city.

The conflicting times for classes in my major, ie, upper level math courses are only offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as are most sciences and some education courses, makes picking classes that i want/need with the right time difficult. Then, most the math professors are foreign and hard to understand at first.

The overall color of the university is grey. The university is the second biggest stone structure in the North east. Theirs no color on this campus and that can get depressing.

It's a very boring looking campus. Everything is the same and it is a little difficult to find your way around as a new student. It also gets very cold here in Albany--it's not for the warm weather fans.

The worst thing about SUNY Albany is probably its loaction in the city. The campus is all grey concrete, with very little green space. There are some nice forrest and park areas within driving distance, but I don't have a car which makes them inaccessable.

Teachers don't seem to care about the students.

It is cold because there are a lot of wind tunnels and it is very dreary in the winter.

Sometimes its hard to access resources when you wnat them but for the most part its a great school

Not enough diversity in the classrooms. When you are a minority, you feel out of place when you don't see enough people who are the same race as you.

slow bureaucratic processes, such as trying to drop classes , add classes, talk about financial aid. .. .

umm very competitive

The worst thing about SUNY Albany is the large lecture hall classes for the basis gen ed requirement courses.

the towers because of the tall ness

There is nothing bad about SUNY Albany!!

The campus isn't pretty.

too big. it feels like you are in a city when u are on campus. people dont talk to strangers on the street so why would you talk to the person sitting next to you in class

Honestly, I think the worst thing about Albany is the times the campus center and dining halls are open. Sometimes both will be closed at the same time and all that is available are stores where you can use your munch money. If you don't have any munch money however, you have to wait or go off campus for food.

The worst thing is SUNY Albany's reputation as a party school. I hate how that attracts "partiers" rather than people I relate to better: people who have fun easily and know how to have it by being themselves.

it seems too much like a machine sometimes. everyone has thier paths to go along, but it's more like tracks that we follow each day. there's individuality, but i think it might be a bit more cliquey than i think it is, there are the asians and the black people, and the other ethnic groups, the nerds and the rugby players. perhaps i'm looking into it too much and not partying enough along with the crowd, perhaps following the crowd would let me see it better, but i feel i like i watch it from the outside