If you dislike snow and cold weather in the least, run away screaming. SUNY Oswego is right on Lake…read moreOntario and gets the most wind out of any place I have been. When it's bitterly cold, that 60mph wind will make you dream for Hawaii. Besides that, Oswego State was pretty awesome. It's on par with other state schools and has great extra-curricular activities. Plus, our hockey team is awesome. Alumns have gone on to places like ESPN and other well-known companies. Like every other college in America, you're going to be paying out your ears for textbooks, but their meal plan is really great- $5 for all you can eat. At lunchtime, try out their cheeseburgers, they really are the best college food I've ever eaten. The grill in Pathfinder can't be beat either. Oswego has been known as a party school, but it's just as much as most other state schools. If you're looking to stay away from parties, I'd recommend one of the following dorms: Johnson, Riggs, Waterbury, Scales, or Hart. If you really want to party, stay on new campus: Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga are the big three. Some dorms are much better kept up than others. Johnson, Riggs, and Hart are the better kept dorms, but you're going to be living with freshman, engineering students, and the foreign exchange students because Oswego wants to show off for them. Take the tour of the campus, but don't let them sell you on the campus by the tour alone. They're going to show you all of the great things and none of the bad. When visiting campus, they'll take you into Hart, and Johnson (probably Riggs too), and the new Campus Center. Make sure you go into Lanigan Hall's second floor to see where all your lectures are going to be, and Mahar hall to see the classrooms without any clocks. Piez and Snygg are where the language and science classes are, and those buildings are pretty old. Go to Scales and Waterbury to see what actual dorms are going to look like too.

I spent four amazing years in SUNY Oswego and always cherish the good & bad times I experienced…read morethere. Coming from New York City it was quite the adjustment settling into this small town by Lake Ontario, but soon I came to love it. It's an affordable state school that is big on hockey (not football) and is made up of a diverse student body. One of the most famous alumni from Oswego is none other than weather man/TV personality, Al Roker. It's no more of a party school than any of the other SUNYs so I wouldn't knock it just because of that. I would say the best time to go visit is in the Spring or Summer because it is absolutely beautiful out there!

I have so many good things to say about HWS that I am not sure it could fit in a Yelp review!…read more Let me just list some of my favorite aspects of HWS: The people -- President Gearan is one of the smartest, civically minded, dedicated, and successful people you will ever meet. I think that he is one of the greatest assets of HWS along with his wonderful family. He and his family made my time at HWS so memorable. Also, the professors are fantastic. I graduated almost 3 yrs ago and continue to collaborate on research articles with one of my undergraduate mentors. The relationships you develop with the people at HWS can really last years, if not a lifetime. There are so many great people on campus it is hard to list them all -- but I want to give a shoutout to the Admissions staff and the Alumni House staff who are also fun and awesome! Woo. The campus -- The campus is beautiful and they do a good job of renovating and keeping it up-to-date for the most part. Also, you are on a 35 mile long lake in the middle of NY wine country! Yes, that means wine tasting, wine tours and wine class (.5 of a credit!). This is absolutely appropriate considering it is freezing and miserable 6 months out of the year so they need to make up for this in some way -- aka their proximity to vineyards and wineries. Also, you can basically navigate between any 2 points on campus in 20 minutes. The education -- My undergrad education absolutely prepared me for my post-college life and has set me up for a PhD program. Overall, the professors were knowledgeable, dedicated and fair. If you work hard and are intelligent, you will do well. I feel as if many of my professors had high standards that pushed me to always do my best. Basically, I love HWS and think that the opportunities overall are hard to parallel. The study abroad, community service and career development opportunities are all excellent and worth the ~$53,000/yr pricetag!

OK, time to review my alma mater. Kinda tough, given that I almost have to give it 5 stars…read more.. but this past summer, back for reunion, they did it up in style. gave us the freedom and flexibility to choose from a number of planned activities, or do nothing at all, and hang out on the quad until 3 a.m., even giving us unfettered access to the sound system, so we could blast 80's tunes on the sound system. Everything for reunion was done extremely well, which reflects the leadership of President Gearen and the culture of the school that hasn't changed signficantly since I left many years ago. Hell, even Professor Marvin Bram is still tooling around on his 1950's era bike. Great school, excellent faculty and students. Hidden gem. Thanks Bishop Hobart!!

Fantastic school. Small class sizes, great professors. Awesome place to get a biology degree!read more

I do not even know where to begin. I was admitted to Hamilton college as an OP student and…read moretransferred out recently. I have written articles on my experiences if you are of interest, many of which are too long to discuss in this review -- https://www.hamiltonmonitor.com/post/colonizing-my-life-back. Currently Hamilton is experiencing a housing crisis since they have over enrolled students and force all students to live on campus. Imagine paying 80k in tuition to live in a trailer park because there's not enough room? Their food quality is horrible, I have gotten sick eating here too many times to count. There is no accessible dorms or spaces at Hamilton, they can't even get a voting poll station because of how inaccessible and non ADA compliant the campus is. I have many more critiques but all I will say in this review is I would not recommend Hamilton to any student, especially low income first gen students of color, like myself. This college values and prioritizes their white affluent student, as most colleges do. I appreciate the mentorship I've gained here, the professors, and other students of colors I've met and made lifetime friendships with. Aside from the trauma I've gained from the two years I spent here, the environment is beautiful! I've never experienced such clean air and open spaces like this coming from Los Angeles.

Excellent college. My son attends and the teachers a phenomenal. Grounds are beautiful. Facilities…read moreare great too! So glad we found this school! Besides being an excellent place for education, they supply a ton of jobs for the surrounding area. It's really an amazing part of Oneida County. Thank you to Hamilton College!