SUNY at Albany Top Questions

Partiers who could care less about their education.

The stereotype of students and the school in general is that we are a bunch of partygoers. This has been prevalent for the last decade, and the image of the student body further regressed during a riot that occurred during St. Patrick's Weekend 2011. However, this is a small percentage of the entire school. While most students do go to parties, it is not a consistent habit and the trend has severely decreased for the past few years. The party scene is nothing compared to how it used to be, albeit it still exists just like in any other university. Students are still primarily concerned about school. Work on weekdays, party on the weekends, like everyone else.

There are several different groups on this diverse campus. If I had to choose a stereotype of the students I would say that we are a socialites. This school is very social and the level of being social with eachother is heightened at parties or large scale events. More often than not these large scale events are provided by various student groups on campus.

There is certainly stereotypes about our Ualbany students. there are stereotypes that our students are "party animals". Although this stereotype is somewhat true. In my opinion many Ualbany students balance both partying and their education. Many of the students here balance their work effectively that they can decide to go out on Friday's and Saturday's.

My school has a stereotype of mostly "downstate kids". These kids are namely from Long Island, specifically Nassau county. There are also a lot of kids from other places downstate, such as Brooklyn and Westchester. There is also a stereotype of "party kids" at my school- UAlbany is a well-known party school with a lot of the atmosphere revolving around alcohol and drug use.

People always assume that SUNY Albany is a "party school" and that everyone gets drunk and uses drugs every weekend. Although many students do party on weekends and some use drugs, I'm sure this is true for many other college campuses.

Most people think UAlbany is a party school, and yes, while there are a lot of people who like to party, there are still a good amount who don't like to party and school is important to them.

SUNY Albany has many students, for a long time SUNY Albany was known as a party school, but has recently gotten a lot less loud. There are many students who do use drugs, but are probably mostly potheads overall. There are also many people who are extremely focused on school, who don't drink or do drugs at all. Overall there are many students who do well, while still enjoying the party. There are many jocks on and off campus, but the jocks tended to hang out with other jocks and don't usually stray from their group. There are also many different types of Frats, there are social frats (whom usually run the parties off campus), there are academic frats (like the business, pre-med, and pre-law frats), and there are also cultural frats (like the Philippino frat). These are available for all students and are meant to fit the students needs.

The main stereotype our school has is that everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, is from Long Island. I have to say, this is pretty accurate. Westchester, Long Island- it's all the same. Unless you're from one of the five boroughs, you don't really stand out too much. My best friend somehow ended up with a native Japanese roommate, a suite-mate from Finland, and another from England. That was pretty unique and awesome.

University at Albany is stereotyped as a big party school, where the students are more concerned with nightlife than with studies. However, as an Honors student at the University who is involved in numerous groups and takes advantage of resources on and off campus I know that this sentiment is completely subjective. What student who goes away to school to dorm and live with others does not enjoy to go out once in a while? Even those who like to go out on the weekends every week, like I do, are not necessarily "party animals" who care for nothing else. College is about priorities and about learning how to make the most of your time. I believe in working hard and dedicating myself to my classes so that when I get my down time I can enjoy it. How wild one gets while partying is a matter of personal preference. Just because students at a University may go out, it does not mean that every single one of them will have an outrageous drunken frenzy of a night while they do so. The idea of parties and what happens in these settings is misconstrued and often exaggerated. Sometimes it is also accurate to the party scene. But if you know yourself and know your limits and goals, there is no reason to be thrown off by this rather silly stereotype that can essentially be pertinent to any school..