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Quinnipiac is great. Everyone has his or her own niche and you can find something that you are interested in here. It's so easy to get to Hamden or New Haven to go out with your friends on the weekend or just go shopping for the day. Sports are pretty big up here, everyone goes to the hockey games, especially the one against Yale- tickets for that are impossible to get.

The best things about Quinnipiac are the challenging academics and the "always something to do" social life. If i could change one thing, it would be the housing program. The housing lottery leaves sophomores with nothing but off-campus housing even though the school claims they are guaranteed through junior year. Also, the food is pretty awful. The school is just right or maybe a little bit too small. People generally know QU from the Quinnipiac polls or they reply saying "oh that's a great school." I don't think they really know how great it is though. They are unaware of the academic success on campus and the big plans to become ivy league and build a new campus. I spend most of my time on campus in and around the residence halls. Occasionally, in the classrooms, student center, cafe, and library. We do not technically have a college town. Hamden is pretty junky, but it gets the job done because it has the necessary shopping outlets for food and clothes, such as shaws, stop&shop, gap and old navy. Quinnipiac's administration is somewhat stubborn. Being a former Student Government Association member, they do small things to work with students to cover up the fact that they do little actually for the students. If the students want change, it doesn't really matter. The biggest recent controversy on campus was when a racial slur was written on the door (on a white-board) of an african american person's residence. This is awful, but the campus went into a frenzy. The administration sent out a ton of e-mails defending themselves by suggesting that IT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Students began to label all QU students as racist and indifferent. The person who did that was extremely wrong, but we need to keep in mind that this could and I am sure, has occurred on ANY campus. A diversity ad-hoc committee was formed to brainstorm ways to slay the indifference of students. "Livestrong' type bracelets were made that said, "Quinnipiac United, silence is hate." There is a significant amount of school pride with hockey games, but that is pretty much it. Something unusual about campus is that Quinnipiac is unusually stern about drinking. You will get written up if you are found with or around alcohol and May Weekend was taken away (however, due to unfortunate incidents that probably gave the administration no choice). One experience I will always remember is Relay For Life. It was the first Relay done on campus. Many of the students involved walked ALL NIGHT. It was a huge event and I believe we raised over $100,000. The most frequent complaints that I get is that QU has all of the same "type" of student. There are more girls than guys on campus (that needs to change please) and most of the girls enjoy dolling up, getting drunk and going to clubs. They usually own Vera Bradley bags and a lot of the people are good looking. It is true.

Quinnipiac is a beautiful campus. It is in Hamden, Connecticut which offers everything you would need outside of school. It is a lot of fun, and every summer I go home I am really sad to leave.

The School is just the right size and the school is breathe taking! The view alone will make you want to come here and the atmosphere as a result is wonderful!

I feel the administration is definitely not concerned with its students. One example, the school newspaper, the Chronicle, is not independent, and is extremly censored, and it's terrible. The most recent scandel is the one dealing with the Editor-in-chief who exposed the truth about the administration, and President Lahey basically threatened to remove him of his title. What happened to freedom of speech and press, if you ask me. Also, the housing shortage is terrible. The housing buildings are rather nice, but there are not enough dorms to support the student body. It's a decent college town, you can take the shuttle to go shopping in Hamden (Old Navy, Stop and Shop). At night, one weekends, everyone goes in New Haven at the clubs/bars. It gets quite expensive though.

Quinnipiac is the perfect size. It is small enough where you can know people everywhere you go if you choose to, but if you are more kept to yourself, thats fine too. It is so much fun here, and the campus is beautiful! I am never bored, between hanging out with friends in the dorm or on the quad, the student run organizations and events, and the awesome fitness classes that are provided. There is a ton of school pride, everywhere you look, people are sporting the Quinnipiac colors and the Bobcat logo!

Many people, even in the Northeast, still go "huh?" when I tell them the school's name or where it is located, I now just go "outside of New Haven, CT" because it is much easier to locate. The town of Hamden, CT is residential, and sometimes there are problems with them and the school with the new construction that is going on with the school. The facilities are excellent, but sometimes the dorms have problems because there are not enough for all of the students. Seniors move off campus, but supposedly there will be a new campus being built across the road and down a little, and will have more dorms.

It is a very nice campus, but that is about it. Nothing to do here, scheduling and housing is for the birds. This place is terrible.

There are many great things about Quinnipiac. the competitive sports, the challenging yet enlightening academics, the inspirational teachers, and so much more. I am only just finishing my first year at QU but I can say that I am very impressed thus far.

Best thing about Quinnipiac is the beautiful campus. If I could change one thing I would have a pool to work out in. It is just the right size for me. When people hear I go to Quinnipiac its either "O the Quinnipiac Polls" or "That is a good school." I spend most of my time doing work on campus in the Library or trying to have fun with my friends in our rooms or when its nice outside. THERE IS NO COLLEGE TOWN! I HATE the Quinnipiac administration. Although this does not apply to all but they are the most unprofessional group I have ever encountered. I come from a big football school with alot of school pride and since QU doesn't have a football team I would say the school pride isn't as strong. There isn't a sport where EVERYONE goes to. I will always remember how unprofessional the staff is.