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The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Stevens Institute of Technology is 39%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020, _____ students were offered admission.
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What should every freshman at your school know before they start?
That a lot of your friends will forget about you once you go to college, dont hang on too tightly.
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Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.
A small close knit community that you may get tired of after a while
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Describe the students at your school.
They are helpful and easy to get along with.
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Here's your chance: Say anything about your college!
The atmosphere is much different at Stevens than any other school I had visited in several aspects. The students have great pride in their ability to call Stevens their college, making them more pleasant and driven to succeed. Additionally, the location gives a fast-paced, responsible and hard-working atmosphere that reinforces the need to do well academically and have a successful career.
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What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?
The food actually sucks. Stevens tries to wine & dine you when pre-frosh visit, but then bring out the crappy food on a daily basis.
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What's unique about your campus?
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What kind of person should not attend this school?
someone looking for a strong engineering school that is well respected among the corporations in the tristate area
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Describe your favorite campus traditions.
Stevens is best known for its reputation as an engineering school. Alumni connections are very strong when seeking jobs, particularly in the state of New Jersey. Recently, Stevens has earned a reputation for a having well-rounded students. Several of our athletics teams have ranked in the top 20 in national Division III competition. Our music and technology program has expanded rapidly in the past few years, and there are a variety of music related activities for students to showcase their talents, including various bands, orchestra, choir and dramatic performances.
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What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?
The dorms have problmes with bed bugs and mice. They are not very clean and always need repair. The food in the cafeteria is not great. There are not many options for students who are vegetarians or have special needs. It cost a lot of money and for what we pay to attend the school there are not many things that are given back to the students. The desks in the classrooms are dirty and broken, students sometimes stand up to take notes. The lockers in the buildings are broken and have not been fixed to store books and supplies.
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What's the most frustrating thing about your school?
I'm interested in many areas of study but so far I have had to focus on core courses and can't have been unable to take courses in other programs.
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What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?
The research opportunities at Stevens are amazing. Undergraduates are able to work with professors and graduate students over the summer through either the Scholars program or Technogenesis, which is open to all students. They often research a topic of their choice under the supervision of a professor. Students can live on campus while working in the labs and are paid by the hour. I have learned so much about possible applications for research in chemical engineering through my experience in the laboratories.
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What kind of person should attend this school?
A person who wants to succeed in life. This school offers a great and challenging education and is very well respected by outside companies. The location is perfect too. Having New York City next door allows the school to develop great connections with big companies. If you don't like feeling crowded, then this place is perfect for you. The campus only has a few 4 or 5 thousand students and the student/teacher relationship is great.
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What are the academics like at your school?
"Good grades, social life, enough sleep... pick two."
Commonly heard around campus. But if your good at time management you can get all three. Classes are easily bearable if you know when to focus and when to party, and to not get the two confused.
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What is your overall opinion of this school?
Stevens campus life is rarely boring either because you're doing work, or are partying in Hoboken or NYC, it is much more for than it first appears, trust me I thought I'd hate the social life here after partying a lot in high school.
But the work is hard, very hard, don't expect to be able to half-ass you're way through it.
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What is the stereotype of students at your school? Is this stereotype accurate?
As with any tech school, people mainly think that everyone who goes here is a complete nerd. This is FALSE. There are lots of different types of people at Stevens. Sure, there may be people who like going to LAN parties or taking part in the Anime Convention (which apparently is the biggest Anime Convention on the East Coast) and play Magic the Gathering till the wee hours of the morning, BUT, that is NOT everyone. There's people who play sports, people who like to party, people super involved on campus, people stuck in their rooms all day....and the list goes on. The thick of it is that we're an
assortment of students. But at the same time, I guess to go to a tech school, you have to be a little bit of nerd at heart. I like to program, my good friend loves math....it's hidden in all of us somewhere. So we are NOT complete nerds....only partial nerds :)
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What are the most popular classes offered?
Given Stevens has such a strong engineering core, many students enjoy the humanities courses because it gives them an escape from the constant math and equations. Some of the most popular classes are National Government, Political Science, Public Policy Analysis, Legal Theory and Minority Group Identity, Constitutional Law, Ethics, Ethical Issues in Science & Technology, Urban Planning & Design, Metropolitan Development Studies, Theories of Human Nature, Nature/Knowledge/Reality, Senior Design (since you can pick your group and project), Senior Thesis. On the engineering side, students typically take Engineering Design 1 through 8 where they work on different types of projects like building robots.
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What is the stereotype of students at your school?
That we're all nerds because we go to a technology school.
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Is the stereotype of students at your school accurate?
Well there are a lot of "nerds" there are also a lot of bros, most of them varsity players, but find the right guys and this school can be more fun than half the top ranked party schools... do some research on Hoboken and NYC and you'll understand. As far as the girls go, that is pretty accurate, but being in Hoboken and next to so many other, larger schools find girls should be no problem if you know what you're doing.
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Tell us about your professors.
Many are research-focused with tremendous industry and hands-on experience. Depending on the time of the year, they may be difficult to reach, but they will always make time for you if you show a strong desire to learn and excel. Depending on the subject area, some will be foreign particularly in the pre-med related fields, but 99{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of them are understandable. Also depending on what major you are in, some professors like to have class in a bar/restaurant, others may be more formal and teach when the class starts and stop teaching when the class ends with little outside time. For the most part, the classes are small so there are plenty of opportunities to showcase your strengths and talents and get to really know your professors. Often times if you do this correctly, this will lead to research assistant opportunities and even job offers.
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Tell us about the sports scene on campus.
Stevens is huge on sports. Ranked top 10 in NCAA in numerous sports including Mens Soccer, Mens Lacrosse, Womens Field Hockey, Womens Swimming, Womens Fencing, and others. All of the sports draw large crowds and make for a fun and exciting time.
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