Stony Brook University Top Questions

The school is frustrating because It is very difficult to understand a lot of the teachers, most are teachers that speak with some form of an accent.

Cramming two days before a major test may seem like a good idea in the beginning, but it is much harder to focus on the subject when that time comes.

soo many people in class

lack of campus activities

nothing in particular

the way that Stony Brook is more of a place of business than a learning institution. They find every way imaginable to rob their students of money from the meal plan points, to any product bought at the bookstore and/ or seawolves marketplace.

The large classroom sizes for introductory classes in the physical sciences are designed to weed out those without the drive to independently learn, and as such, cause the learning experience of all students to suffer.

There is a lot of red tape to go through administration-wise.

Lack of school involvment.

Large lecture halls. Must dedicate time to teach yourself. Too large.

Campus life tends to be pretty dead on the weekends unless you find something to do. Also, the variety of food on campus tends to get pretty old.

The most frustrating thing about Stony Brook University is selecting courses and housing. This is probably due to the fact that Stony Brook has such a large population, it is difficult to accomodate everyone. Classes usually fill quickly and on campus housing is often limited.

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Parking for commuters, rising tuition

The school itself is very large, and some of the class sizes reflect that as well. Also, it is sometimes hard to get around off campus because of the bus schedules or the lack of transportation.

My school is too big. Class sizes are too large to get to know any of your professors. Very few of them know my name. It's also very hard to meet people unless you are part of a club or sport on campus.

Course load, large classes, lack of people caring, just being a face in the crowd.

Everyone goes home on the weekends. If you are from out of state, you will have no social life. The campus is usually dead all the time. Students come here only to work and have no social lives.

Each ethnic group will ONLY associate with other members of that ethnic group.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that it is a ghost town on weekends. Many of the students live two hours by train away from campus and we have the Long Island Rail Road in our school so it is easily accessible for people to go home on the weekends. People have to stop going home on the weekends so there is more of a social life on campus.