Syracuse University Top Questions

The worst thing about my school is the attitude of anti-intellectualism that more than half the student body seems to have. There are many students who seem to want to party and do anything that facilitates partying; what is unfortunate for these individuals is that they have separated both genreal knowledge and book smarts from the perverbial list of things that are considered fun.

The worst thing about Syracuse University is the parking on campus. I am a commuter; I live about a half an hour away from campus. I have to park a few miles away from campus and take a bus in every morning. In the evenings, I am allowed to park on designated lots if theyre not full. However, on game days and weekends these lots are closed and there are not enough busses to get to campus on time. Freshmen are not even allowed to park on campus. This part of Syracuse University needs some work.

Coming from NYC, I would say the worst thing about Syracuse is that its not much of a "city" town. Outside of the campus there isn't really much to do or anything really going on. Once you leave campus there isn't really a night life here to look forward too. The majority of good activites take place on campus

This school is nice I like it a lot but the weather is known to be bad. However, it's my first year here and the weather has been pretty nice. It hasn't gotten too cold and it hasn't snowed yet even though it's already mid-November. I also heard that it is cloudy most of the time here, but so far most of the time it has been sunny. But next year is a new year and it could be completely different.

Probably the same item mention above.

The weather is not the best. Its kinda cold and rainy a lot.

Honestly? The only slight downside is the cold weather/winter, but its not even that bad. Syracuse gets a lot of hype for terible weather, but its very tolerable if you're prepared.

Everyone is the SAME. Atleast for the most part all the girls dress the same, act the same, and talk the same way. I don't. Thus, I don't fit in. Because I refuse to conform I get strange looks for say, wearing jeans instead of leggings and not having a blackberry, and being Catholic instead of Jewish. Not only this but all the girls are stuck in some kind of high school mentality with all the drama nonsense, which I hate and refuse to participate in.

In my opinion, Syracuse University does not have any downsides. While the location of the university leads to some security issues, the school itself is amazing. The only bad aspect of the area is the increased amount of assaults committed against students. Currently this year there has been about ten armed robberies. This is the only issue with the location of the university, but there are no issues with the university itself.

Completely unbalanced on focus, giving all the resources to worthless departments like the varsity sports teams and Newhouse where it's extremely rare for anyone remotely useful to graduate from these areas, and ignoring the useful departments. The school is horribly disorganized, extremely overpriced, and unfriendly to people from middle-class families who aren't part of any varsity sports.

Some of the buildings are really old and should be updated and remodeled. The engineering school really needs a makeover.

The worst part about Syracuse University is the weather. During the fall and winter it is very cold and is often raining or snowing. It is uncomfortable walking to class in the rain and the snow and ice make it difficult. When walking to class I really have to bundle up in many layers which is annoying once I get to class and the classroom is hot. I have to take off most of my layers and there is no where to put coats and scarves and gloves that won't get everything else wet.

There are a couple of dorms here that are rotting away, windows are getting rusty as are the bathroom sinks, walls are getting dirty. i feel like they should renovate these dorms rather than building a new dorm, which they are currently working on. I just feel like they're going to end up bulldozing the old dorms and just making new ones to compensate all the ones they will eventually remove.

The worst thing about Syracuse University is the Centro bus schedule at night and on the weekends. When night falls many students have to walk to the College Place Bus stop to insure their safety. The buses run really slow at night and on the weekends.

We are diverse on paper, but socially we are segregated.

The worst thing about my school maybe the lack of diversity in the foods in the dinning centers.

For me the worst thing at first was the size of the university. Being from a really small town (and a small high school to go along with it), the size of campus and the number of people on campus was kind of intimidating to me at first. Campus very quickly becomes managable though, and you get to know other people very quickly.

One negative aspect of Syracuse University is that the school is located in the city. For me, being from Vermont, it has been a big change that has taught me a lot. The city of Syracuse is not very clean, exciting or safe; however, it does have the positive quality of drawing in events such as division I football and basketball as well as incredible concerts like Phish and Girl Talk. For some people, another negative aspect of the university is the weather. In Syracuse snow, rain, cold weather and occasional sun are all typical weather patterns.

The school is not very diverse in the people who are here. Ther are many different people of different backgrounds but most of the people are cut from the same cloth.

The class is predominately upper middle class, to rich, and even though there is a significant non-white population, it is predominately segregated.