Syracuse University

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No prestige

None?

[Anonymous]

Syracuse can't even compete with SUNY's, UMass or UConn. It really has declined over the past 30 years.

Its prior President, Nancy Cantor, almost singlehandedly made it into a mediocre university.

When you talk about value and what your money gets you, Syracuse has fallen very, very far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Specialized programs like Newhouse are excellent. General program is like an overpriced average state school. Lots of rich kids from Long Island named Jared who are pretty bright but didn’t try that hard. Kind of a poor man’s Tulane.

Tulane is more like a rich kid’s Syracuse except the ‘Cuse has best in the country programs in Newhouse and some in Maxwell as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Declining college in a very tough location. Look at the animosity directed towards the previous president and what happened with SAT scores, GPA, etc.

Nonsense

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Declining college in a very tough location. Look at the animosity directed towards the previous president and what happened with SAT scores, GPA, etc.

Can you elaborate please? I've never heard this.

You’ve never heard it because it isn’t true. Someone’s kid didn’t get in.

[Anonymous]

Maxwell School is really great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse can't even compete with SUNY's, UMass or UConn. It really has declined over the past 30 years.

Its prior President, Nancy Cantor, almost singlehandedly made it into a mediocre university.

When you talk about value and what your money gets you, Syracuse has fallen very, very far.

Walks like a troll, talks like a troll, smells like a troll. Wander off little guy, the adults are having a conversation.

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Syracuse is a public private school.

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Syracuse is located in a depressed and depressing city. Cold, damp, grey, overcast days lead many into a state of depression. Also, too much alcohol intake which exacerbates the situation.

This is not limited to Syracuse University & the city of Syracuse; same for Cornell and other colleges in the region.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse is located in a depressed and depressing city. Cold, damp, grey, overcast days lead many into a state of depression. Also, too much alcohol intake which exacerbates the situation.

This is not limited to Syracuse University & the city of Syracuse; same for Cornell and other colleges in the region.

And I and my family have spent many years in the area and on the lakes (Finger Lakes & Lake Ontario). Zero desire to ever return to the area.

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I’m a Syracuse grad (went there 30 years ago with major financial aid). I had a great time and have done well. But now I see it as a school for rich kids from the northeast. Your kids can go there, have a lot of fun, and get a perfectly adequate education. But you will pay a lot of $$ for that experience.

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The student quality at Syracuse, for a private school, are extremely underwhelming as measured by their SAT scores.

Even with an incredibly low percentage of students submitting an SAT score (75%-80% of freshmen don't even submit a score) they still have a very pedestrian 25th percentile score of 1260.

Compared to other northeastern private schools- Cornell, NYU, BC, BU, NEU, Tufts, Villanova- it gets thoroughly outclassed.

And even among Syracuse's northeast public colleges like SUNY Albany, Binghampton, Buffalo, UConn, UMass, Penn State it doesn't even fare any better.

It isn't in that elite of private school band, nor is it terribly competitive with public flagship colleges.

So it finds itself as just one of very many halfway decent, but overpriced, private schools. These are the ones that you see continue to slip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The student quality at Syracuse, for a private school, are extremely underwhelming as measured by their SAT scores.

Even with an incredibly low percentage of students submitting an SAT score (75%-80% of freshmen don't even submit a score) they still have a very pedestrian 25th percentile score of 1260.

Compared to other northeastern private schools- Cornell, NYU, BC, BU, NEU, Tufts, Villanova- it gets thoroughly outclassed.

And even among Syracuse's northeast public colleges like SUNY Albany, Binghampton, Buffalo, UConn, UMass, Penn State it doesn't even fare any better.

It isn't in that elite of private school band, nor is it terribly competitive with public flagship colleges.

So it finds itself as just one of very many halfway decent, but overpriced, private schools. These are the ones that you see continue to slip.

It definitely fills a niche for those who want sports, name recognition, & adequate academics, but didn’t kill it in high school. Sorta like Villanova, Conn, Pitt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The student quality at Syracuse, for a private school, are extremely underwhelming as measured by their SAT scores.

Even with an incredibly low percentage of students submitting an SAT score (75%-80% of freshmen don't even submit a score) they still have a very pedestrian 25th percentile score of 1260.

Compared to other northeastern private schools- Cornell, NYU, BC, BU, NEU, Tufts, Villanova- it gets thoroughly outclassed.

And even among Syracuse's northeast public colleges like SUNY Albany, Binghampton, Buffalo, UConn, UMass, Penn State it doesn't even fare any better.

It isn't in that elite of private school band, nor is it terribly competitive with public flagship colleges.

So it finds itself as just one of very many halfway decent, but overpriced, private schools. These are the ones that you see continue to slip.

It definitely fills a niche for those who want sports, name recognition, & adequate academics, but didn’t kill it in high school. ]Sorta like Villanova, Conn, Pitt.

Villanova is tough these days. Much harder to get an offer of admission to Villanova than to Syracuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:120 inches of snow sounds like a lot, but the way snow falls makes it not as bad as it sounds. Syracuse gets a lot of lake effect snow which in Syracuse means many nights will get an inch or two of snow. Most of the snow falls at night. They are really good at snow removal.

The other types of snow storms are the same ones that can hit the DC area and give a little snow or a lot.

The snowiest months are December, January, and February. Students are gone for a good portion of December and January.

It's definitely colder and more overcast than the DC area.

Even your relatives in Scottsdale who always tell you 115 degrees isn’t bad if the humidity is low wouldn’t have the balls to try to convince you that ten feet of snow isn’t a problem unless it’s the wrong kind of snow.