Quinnipiac University Top Questions

The campus is beautiful, which is suppose is to be expected with the amount of money it costs to go here. When I first started here, everyone I told the name of my school had no idea what I was talking about. As years past, the school has gotten more notice and its much harder to get into as well as the freshman class is getting larger and larger.

It's a medium-sized school set in a suburban, college town atmosphere, but only a fifteen minute ride away from the city of New Haven, which QU offers free buses to get to every day and night until 3 am. There's always something happening on or off campus. Whether you enjoy the nightlife of New Haven or atmosphere of a college campus, they are both available. The administration can be close-minded and unfair to anything that makes the school look bad, but overall they do a good job organizing different events around campus including concerts and comedians. The most commmon complaint is the parking around campus, but that's usually the only one and it actually only really affects seniors anyway because seniors are the only ones that can't live on campus. QU does guarentee housing freshman through junior year, but not senior year. That's probably the main thing I would change, although they are building senior dorms to remedy that and finding off-campus housing is extremely easy to do. School spirit is growing rapidly with the completion of our newest hockey and basketball arena. Overall, I love the school and have enjoyed my three years here so far. I am looking forward to my senior year at QU.

rich school, spends a lot on asthetics, administration is annoying, we have no rights on campus

This school is medium-sized and the surrounding area is not a complete ghost town like a school such as UConn (Storrs) but isn't crazy like the city schools. There is always a lot of fun things for students to do on campus. It is a D I Sports school and the Ice Hockey is REALLY big here. The games are SO fun and everybody goes to cheer on the team. The school is very spirited. The campus is beautiful and is located right next to Sleeping Giant Mountain. The dorms are nice unless you live in Irma/Dana like me :). A lot of people tend to complain about the people that go here by saying that everyone is so money conscious and all we care about is showing everyone how much money we have- none of my friends at Quinnipiac ae like that though. The cafe food is really good (in the beggining of the year :)) and the staff is amazing. -- Stear clear of Alice and Java John in the cafe.

Many people, unless they are from the north-east, do not always know where Quinnipiac is right away. I feel that it is the perfect school for me- it is small enough that I have a close relationship with my professors and yet large enough that I am able to meet new students each and every semester. I feel that hamden is the perfect college town, you are able to get off campus and see a movie and also go shopping. I feel that there are some things about QU which need to be changed. The housing situation, for example, at this point in time has not been handled very well. For example, freshman year most students have access to a kitchen, while the upperclassmen housing does not have access to kitchens. I also feel that it is unfair to have forced triples. I think that Quinnipiac should have given students back money if they were forced into triples instead of simply telling us that that was the way it had to be since we came to Quinnipiac at a time of change.

QU is a very small university, especially compared to the other schools nearby, like SCSU or even Uconn. It does have its advantages, because classes are never bigger than around 30 people, and even that isn't very common. Most professors will make the effort to know your name, and with less students, individual attention is possible more often. Usually QU is considered to be a very impressive school to attend, you'll get a lot of wows when you tell others that you attend. It's not impossible to get in, but QU does have very competitive admission standards. One of the biggest problems on campus right now between students and the administration is prices. Not only is it extremely expensive to attend ($41K+, and rising, including residency), but the prices for food are steep and there are fines attached to just about every wrong move that you make, ie: violations with parking, getting caught with alcohol, even certain classes that you take. But overall you will get a very good educational experience out of QU as long as you really want it. Just like at every other school, QU has its positives and its negatives, but just stick it out and you'll have a very impressive alma-mater to stick on your resume.

I love the size of QU, i went to a small high school and didn't want to get lost in the shuffle here. When i tell people i go to QU, they always as "for physical therapy?" Everyone in the area really knows the school very well and we are starting to get national recognition as well. On campus i spend most of my time in my academic buildings! and the library, which is a great hang out place. Our town is not a college town excepting that there are a lot of students living there, it's just as busy when we leave for the summer. We don't tend to have a lot of school pride, until we are alumni! Students frequently complain about the price of tuition, room and board, housing (there isn't any after 3rd year) and parking on campus which is impossible.

I think QU is the perfect size for me. It is not too big of a school but not too small. New Haven is a 20 minute free shuttle ride from campus with lots of fun places to go on the Weekend. There is Sleeping Giant Mountain right across the road and climbing that is a must-do! When people ask me about Quinnipiac it seems the only thing they already know is the Polling Institute but this school has amazing programs for any major.

The best thing about Quinnipiac is the staff, genuine kids, campus and future opportunities available. I would change some of the more strict out dated rules, or the fact that bringing in more than one guest is a problem. Maybe a little to small, you will see the same people over and over after about a month, and yet there's people you will live next to and never have known it. People are usually impressed when I say I attend this school, especially when people from Connecticut ask. I spend most of my time with my friends in my room. Hamden is owned by Quinnipiac, figuratively speaking. Quinnipiac has a really helpful and generally knowledgable staff. We have had some racial issues and freedom of speech. A lot of people where QU clothes, but very little sporting enthusiasm. QU has alot of geese, and goose shit when you're walking. I will always remember Whitney Village, the terrible shuttle drivers and the Villich crew 2008.

The campus is gorgeous, plain and simple. It has a great location because Sleeping Giant Mountain is right across the street, plus QU offers free shuttles for QU students to Hamden and New Haven on a daily basis. I do spend most of my time on campus because although taking the shuttle is great, getting it back it annoying to wait for. Plus, were college students so we dont have that much money to spend anyway. The biggest contraversy on campus was that there is no diversity. The best thing about QU is the sports, especially hockey.

The best thing about Quinnipiac is that it is beautiful, and very well-kept (no trash, etc.) It is also very safe. The only thing I would change is that the school is becoming extremely overcrowded (in regards to housing, and commuter parking). The food is WAY too expensive, and goes by a dollar basis and not by meal. On the upside, Quinnipiac offers a lot of extracurricular activities through student organizations like free midnight breakfasts, movies, hypnotists, speakers, etc. The entire campus is also wireless. These should be taken advantage of! The campus is small enough that you know most people or see them around, but it is not too small that you see the same people in all your classes, unless you are in a smaller major. It is really nice to sit outside when it is nice out. Commuters spend a lot of time in lounges/the library/cafeteria/etc. Residents spend a lot of time in/around their rooms. The gym is nice but fairly small and usually very crowded. The biggest recent controversey on campus was the discontinuation of the campus newspaper which people are pretty upset about. I don't know what was behind it. There is a lot of campus pride at hockey and basketball games especially, and the new TD Banknorth garden offers free student seats (but they are hard to get and sell out quickly). Upperclassmen don't really get any seniority in regards to events or parking, which sucks. The most frequent student complaints are parking, computer/printer problems in the library, and the strict visitor policy.

The campus is gorgeous, well-groomed. The faculty are well-trained and most have high reputations and degrees, outside of QU. On campus, most social life occurs in dorm rooms, but people are somewhat exclusive and clique-y. Off campus, most social life occurs in houses. On Thursdays and Saturdays, social life happens in nearby New Haven, where kids go to clubs. Bars are not aspopular til junior or senior year. There are several in Hamden but they are relatively strict about IDs. Hamden isn't much of a college town - no walking streets, cafes, little shops or small restaurants. There's the typical TGIFridays, Applebees, WalMart, grocery stores, Marshalls, TJMax, Old Navy. Most complaints are about the trendy-ness, cliquey-ness, and expensive cost of QU.

One thing I would change at this school would be it's focus on extracurricular programs. They put a lot of effort into the sororitites and frats. but seem to lack giving funds to help stop sexual assaults on the campus which are becoming more and more prominent. QU also has an awful meal system that allows you about $10 a day on food when a sandwich with a soda is $6 alone. Besides the lack of funds for food the options are very poor and have little nutritious value. It litterally gives the students who have eating disorders here to continue and is also a big reason why eating disorders are so rampid here.

Quinnipiac is a second shot at High School. Weekdays are learning, Thur-Sat are drinking on campus or in New Haven's clubs. The girls are plenty and good looking. The school will rob you of every penny you have and don't care at all about its students.

QU is a fun school, i have made tons of friends, and learned a lot, i think it definitely has many stereotypes, true or false, but QU has a friendly and close knit campus, its hard to meet someone you have never seen before, or someone who doesn't know a friend of yours. However i feel its pricey, they need more food selections, and needs to focus more on students than the appearance of the campus (even though it is absolutely gorgeous), our health services are ok, the doctors sometimes don't know what they are talking about, and the cafeteria workers are mostly insane, but in all i love this school and have had the best 3 years of my life here so far. I am not in a sorority, but a lot of my friends are, if you want to get involved, def join in and it will be much more rewarding, i know tons of people who love Greek life here even though there are not sorority and fraternity houses.

The school doesn't care musch about its students...just their parents wallets.

I love Quinnipiac. I have had four amazing years and I wouldn't trade my education that i have learned here. the campus is beautiful. most people when i say quinnipiac, usually say what or they have heard us because of the polls, which we conduct. we are gaining more team spirit with the opening of TD Banknorth which is our sports arena where our basketball and hockey teams play at. Quinnipiac, i have made amazing friends which i will treasure for the rest of my life.

Quinnipiac is the perfect size, not too big where you don't know anyone, but small enough where you see your friends constanty. The hockey games are a lot of fun to go to, and everyone gets really excited and into them. Night life consists of going to New Haven on Thursday and Saturday to the various clubs and bars, and Friday night is usually a night most stay on campus. Most people stay on campus for the weekends and don't go home, but it is easy to get home if you need to and don't have a car by going to the New Haven Train Station.

The education department at QU is great. One major problem that I have with Quinnipiac is that it is almost impossible to get anything done regarding schedules, grades, etc. without having your parents call. I feel like the students aren't taken as seriously as they should be.

Quinnipiac seems very clique-y. The majority of students live on campus, and for the few who don't (like myself) it's very hard to get to know people. I've even heard people who do live on campus say there are too many separate groups. In one of my classes, people said students are all part of the Quinnipiac community, but we're also part of sub-communities that get most of our attention.