Quinnipiac University Top Questions

Quinnipiac does not have a very large campus, but it's more than enough, and doesn't make classes too far away. The food is not so great at the caf, but there are a lot of places to eat and order from, and many dorms have kitchens. The quality of life is very good here, and the upperclassmen dorms are amazing compared to other colleges. Teachers are very approchable, they know your name and what kind of student you are, etc. Problems such as maintenance and security are very quickly fixed. All in all, Quinnipiac is very accommodating to students

the best thing about quinnipiac is it's comfortableness. i'd change people's highschool attitudes. school is almost just right size but a little too small.

The best thing at QU is the campus and the tight-knit community feel. One thing I'd change is better food and more housing options. School size is perfect. People react positively about me going to QU because they know it's a very strong school. I spend most of my time in my room. QU's administration is pretty solid as a whole...could use a few more good teachers in certain subjects though. There is a lot of school pride at athletic events for men, but that's about it. One experience I'll always remember is orientation and joining TKE. Most frequent student complaints are poor food options, food is too expensive, not enough money on meal plan, too little parking on campus, housing lottery.

small school, meal plan blows, shuttle system sucks, every thing else is pretty good.

The thing that I would change with our University is its strict policies. Every campus has rules and regulations but I feel that our University is catering more to the needs of the small Hamden community rather than its students. Censoring the campus newspaper, canceling May Weekend, making students find housing on their own senior year...these are all issues our campus is facing and it preventing our university and its students to feel united. Also, our campus is growing since the University is accepting more students; the problem with this is that Quinnipiac did not anticipate such an immense increase. Last year I lived in a room with ten other girls (3 forced triples and one double). Although we made due with the close space, it was hazardous and uncomfortable. Quinnipiac needs to be aware that if they are going to accept more students, they need to be able to accommodate the current students.

Quinnipiac is gorgeous. The student body isn't huge so you see familiar faces and you don't get lost in the crowd. The town of Hamden has it's perks, like resturaunts to eat out at, and numerous supermarkets to shop at, but it's also not the nicest looking town. Hockey is a huge thing, during hockey season it seems like hockey is a major part of everyone's weekend plans. Everyone wears the yellow bobcat shirts at the games to show support. There was one huge controversy at the very beginning of the school year; people were writing derogatory words on people's whiteboards and it got blamed on the lack of diversity.

The best thing about Quinnipiac is that the girls are very easy. Its not hard to randomly hook up with a girl, especially when they are fake drunk. One thing that should change is the price of tuition.. $43,000 for 2008-2009, ridiculous. The school is very over crowded, they are starting to build off campus dorms to inconvenience the students even more. People immediately think that I am a snobby rich kid. The town is Hamden, Conn. The police hate the students, the town hates the students.. there are never specials at any bars, and most are dive bars that are $5+ for a beer and also have cover charges. The Quinnipiac administration cares nothing for its students. They are slow to respond or react to any student problems/concerns. They also provide little to no support for non-athletes. The most recent controversy on campus was Basketball players urinating on a female. No action was taken to discipline the athletes. There is no school pride. 60 million dollar off campus arena, basketball games are empty and they only give 1000 student tickets for hockey. Quinnipiac was known for its Spring Weekend, the school administration has banned that. For seniors.. there are no parking spaces to accommodate the amount of students off campus.

Quinnipiac is an interesting school in many ways. It does draw an interesting mix of people, but for the most part everyone is too similar. It is in fact true that some of the students here are directly from an Abercrombie catalogue. At the same time there are a lot of well versed and enlightening individuals. It is a small sized school trying to be a big school, and there are too many students for the environment. It wasn't meant to be so big, and the current expansion appears to be a very greedy endeavor by the administration. The administration is like an aristocratic family attempting to hide the bad seed of the family (being the reality of the student body). Since it is a private university, the powers at be do anything necessary (including jeopardizing student's rights) to keep the public image up to par. Very superficial.

The school size is certainly just right (at least for me!). When I'm walking around campus, I always see familiar faces, but I can't say that I know every person at the school or in my year. I'm always meeting new people. Quinnipiac is in the perfect location. Downtown Hamden has everything you could possibly ever need. The campus is extremely safe and in an absolutely beautiful suburban area. However, if you're craving a more urban atmosphere, New Haven is also right at your fingertips. I love it! The city has much to offer, and at night the downtown area is full of college kids. The classes are challenging but managable. Professors are extremely nice and available. One problem the school has it that all of the dorms for upperclassmen are either 6, 7, 8, or 10 people. It's great to live with a bunch of your friends, but it doesn't always work out that way. Quinnipiac assigns housing by giving you a lottery number. You register as a group of 6, 7, 8, or 10 and then the computer randomly gives you a number, which allows groups to select their desired dorm in chronological order. If you can 1) find a group and 2) get a number then the housing lottery isn't bad. However, sometimes it's very hard to make a group and if you don't get a number then you're group will probably be forced to split up. Chartwells is the company that supplies food for the cafeteria and the prices are ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!! One meal at the caf could have bought me take-out four times. It's awful. The food is just okay - certainly not great or something I would opt to eat. Quinnipiac's administration and security are sometimes a little too strict, but I do understand that they are only trying to protect their students. However, overall, Quinnipiac is a great place.

school size is good, its a medium sized school. people dont really know where quinnipiac is, so its not that well known, it is known as a party school, i spend most of my time in my dorm, quinnipiac blows, shuttles are terrible, you pay too much money, there are limited dorms on campus, and as a sophmore you might not get a room, stupid saying is that you cant spell liquor without qu. student complaints are about may weekend being taken away, the shuttles being absolutely fucking terrible, limited dorm space, most of the time you have to park off campus