SUNY at Albany Top Questions

The worst thing about my school in my opinion is some of the class sizes, one of my classes was about 400 students and it makes learning very diffcult.

The weather can be very brutal. In the winter, the wind is terribly harsh. Going outside during those times can be a painful experience. Thankfully it only takes about 5 minutes to walk to class.

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Greek life is dead and School Spirit. Our football team loses a lot.

the weather.. during the winter it can be really cold.

The dorms are horrible because the rooms are small and dungeon-like.

The population there are too many students on this campus, which makes it hard to do things like register for classes.

the classes are too crowded and sometimes it is hard to hear the professor in the 200-300 people lecture centers. besides from that sometimes you feel like you are all alone when it comes to decision making, advisors are not as helpful.

The worst thing about my school is the lax environment about partying. At orientation, RA floor meetings, even in classes adults and employees of the University joke around about it. I think there is a serious problem at this school. On their behalf, I would like to include that there is a program, "Danes after Dark" that was created to give students an alternative to going out on the weekends. However, the program is weak.

The atmosphere, its the ongoing construction, ugly cement buildings. The campus is just very ugly and it it hard to have a postive outlook on your college when it looks like Suny Albany.

I dont like the food. I thought college food would be better than high school lunch since we paid for the meals.

The food. Dinning hall has the worest ever in the whole country.

The worst thing about my school is the large classes. For some, large classes ins't a good learning environment, whereas they need to have a smaller class and have more attention from their professor.

The class sizes were quite large. Especially in the first few years. It made it hard to get questions answered and spend extra time on things you might not understand. However, as you get farther along in your degree the class sizes decrease dramatically.

As someone who comes from a small town, initially I was a little frightened of the city of Albany's slightly higher crime rate - but I feel safe on campus. Between the University Police Department, the blue light emergency phone system, and the "Never Walk Alone" program (where you can call a number and someone will come to escort you to your dorm), you can be sure that your safety is the highest priority.

There is so much going on that it can be intimidating, one can easily become lost and get behind. Student/professor relationships are not close, which makes for much less attention per student, not being known on a name to name basis can really inflict upon education.

I love everything about my school but I would have to say that the nutrition could be much better. Even though there are places you can get a salad or a wrap, a good majority of food served is high in fat, sodium and calories and many people aren’t aware of it. To change this, I think that my school needs to post the nutritional facts about most or even all the food served there. I feel it will make a great difference and benefit everyone so they can know exactly what is going into their bodies.

I didn't like how the various diverse culture treated each other (alot of issues).

The worst thing about SUNY Albany are some of the class sizes. Freshman year especially, the classes are overly packed. If the university would stop enrolling more freshmen than are supposed to be enrolled this problem could be somewhat fixed. Also, large classes make it difficult to concentrate and some of the classes are taught by Teaching Assistants who are really just grad students who have no idea how to teach. The size of the student body negatively effects the classroom experience for students who are really trying to learn.

the whether, it gets too cold