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Overall a really good school. Not to far from New Haven if you want to go into the city. And there is a train station in New Haven if you want to go down to New York or Up to Boston easily, and there's a shuttle that goes from the school to New Haven and back every hour or so every day. There is also a shuttle into downtown Hamden where there is a WalMart, Blockbuster, Old Navy, Stop and Shop, etc.

One thing I would change is the way the administration treats the current students. They do not seem to care about the effects of their actions on the current student population but only worry about making money and getting more students here. The biggest recent controversy was when the administration tried to censor the student newspaper and then threatened to fire the editor because he did not agree with the administration, which caused a lot of students to get angry and let their opinions to be known to the administration. Another big controversy was when the administration took away our Spring Weekend. Students were extremely upset after this.

Parking sucks becasue the shuttle system is screwed up. You spend most of your time in your dorm or a friends room until it gets warm and then everyone comes out of the woodwork.

Quinnipiac University is a beautiful campus located by a state park. The Sleeping Giant State Park is a mountain people hike to get to the top to see the whole campus and the Long Island sound. The school itself is quite small, 6000 or so undergrad. When I was a freshman, people never heard of Quinnipiac. Now that I am graduating in 2 weeks, people have heard of this school and Quinnipiac has grown in general. When on campus, I was active in lots of clubs. To be involved is the number one successful thing.

While many people see Quinnipiac as the face value of a gorgeous campus, this does not make up for the shameful Greek system and deteriorating college atmosphere. Security is SO tight and extracurriculars are so slim that students cannot feel free to grow and explore in this great time of our lives.

The school is awesome. There's a huge quad and on nice days everyone lays out on blankets all day and just chills altogether. I've never been somewhere where people are so friendly. Everyone puts themself out there the first couple months to get to know people. After that it gets kind of hard because people kind of stick to their own cliques. When everyone's drunk you'll make a lot of friends though. New Haven is the perfect college town. QU is a big clubbing school and people head out 3 nights a week into the city. It is VERY easy to get a 21+ wristband at the 18+ clubs and if you have any fake ID, it is not going to be very hard into the 21+ clubs. Mine said I was 5'2" and it wasn't a picture or me. I'm 5'10"! But it's a good time. The shuttle service is pretty efficient and very useful on the weekends to charter students back and forth to the city.

I absolutely love this school. The campus is gorgeous. The classes are small despite how big the school is. Most people in Maine have never heard of Quinnipiac, but those that have have a very high opinion of it. The biggest recent issue is that of the amount of freedom of speech in the campus newspaper. You can not get an interview with anyone employed by the university without getting your questions approved by administration because one person was misquoted. The most frequent complaints are about the hours of the food service operating, but it has been getting better as more people complain.

They are trying to make Quinnipiac a big time school very quickly and are coming up short with alot of thing necessary to make them a big time school. Administration is adequate. Security is reasonable. Housing is fair, but has alot of problems as you become an upperclassmen. Can party with the best of them. Drinking and pot use are a staple during weekends. Short bus ride to clubs and bars. Not really in a college town but located in a town with alot of stuff. Very overpriced for what you get..

I love it here. Small classes, nice teachers. Administration and full time faculty work hard and really care, the adjunct faculty is horrible. I wish the school was a little bigger with a football team and club sports.

Medium size school. Nice town. Nightlife a little slow at times, need to commute into the city. Students come off as snobby, rich, like to tan, but definitely some good kids in the mix.