St John’s University-New York Top Questions

In all honesty, St. John's was my back-up plan. I used to hear that St. John's wasn't a challenge and I wouldn't learn anything, but that's not true at all! I've learned so much, including how to write proper literary criticisms. St. John's is NOT an "Easy A" school; I have to work hard to maintain my GPA. St. John's is also known for its diversity, and it definitely lived up to that stereotype. Not only have I seen practically every race one this one campus, but I've met several international students both in my classes and at my on campus job.

The stereotype of St. John's University is that our student body is composed of people with many different denominations, backgrounds, culture, and people from places all over the world. This stereotype of St. John's being known as a school of diversity is true because I've met people from Switzerland, Angola, Antigua, and many other placed that I would have never thought meet someone from that place unless I was to travel to that country.

They come from poor areas and are looking for a free degree. This stereotype is not true, many students that I have worked with come from very diverse backgrounds, and work hard for the financial aid they receive.

St. Johns University has a large mixture of people. There are many intelligent people, street smart, jocks and frat kids and spoiled kids. I came from a very small school, upon entering St. Johns I learned that there are many different people in school then in my previous small high school. Which had a graduating class of 40 compared to thousands in St.Johns.

I went to Tottenville High School with a graduated class of about 1000 and 4000 students in the school in total and majority of the students were Caucasian. So the transition to Saint John's at the Staten Island Campus was very different. Now there is only 1000 students in the entire campus. Majority of the students who reside on campus are African American including my two roommates. I feel that the transition to college as helped me grow as a person.