My initial visit was great already. The front desk service is always good. You're always greeted…read moreand helped! The machines are always empty and the class instructors are all fantastic and like to get to know you. I've gone to the morning spin class and the 30 minute class with Kimmy and they are all great! The membership includes classes, the regular gym and pools too! There is coffee out in front and even a bowl of fruit that you can purchase at a low cost. Pretty good for Oneonta!

First time here. Seeing that I'm from California. I'm Only here to support my son and his travel…read moreball club. So being on vacation is tough when you try to stay in shape. I looked on yelp and called every number connected to a gym. The YMCA ended up being the perfect place after a few disappointing phone calls. Daytime passes were $30.00 some places. Since I'm not in town long enough for a membership I have to do whatever works at this point. I ended getting great news after i called the YMCA. Only $12.50 a day. and if you bring someone with you it'll be cheaper. State of the art equipment. Olympic size swimming pool. A sauna, free weights and benches too! They have different levels of the gym. It's awesome. This place does a lot for their community and they are most definitely all about the kids! I can't remember all of their names at the front desk. However they were all very nice ladies. Great customer service and they all made me feel at home! They even took me on a tour before my workout. Looking for a gym while your kid is at Allstar village? Or just in this area for whatever reason? The YMCA is the place! Thanks again for the hospitality!

Coming from out of state and I was looking for a gym for the week while my son played at All Star…read moreVillage nearby. This was the perfect spot to get in my daily workout in between or before games. $45 to get a week long pass plus fob for 24 hr access was perfect. It is super clean, not too crowded a peak times, and had a decent equipment set up and lots of cardio as well.

This used to be a great place years ago until the pandemic hit and the college students started…read morecoming here to work out. after that space was limited due to the college students. Staff does not monitor students spending excepting amounts of time on one machine often there will be a line of them hanging out at one machine and using it back to back or they will be " super setting" picking up two machines but between each machine, they'll take about 20 to 30 minutes to go from one machine to the other other times, they'll be using the dead left or squat area and then sit in the bench area and take up both empty benches that other people can be using while they sit and rest as well as the sit up and dead lift area. Then they are constantly taking out tripods or taking selfies/videos in the restroom, which is bizarre they have no consideration about who may be in the background using the bathroom stalls. Also, there's no dress code and often women are wearing a very lewd outfit showing off areas not everyone else in the gym wants to see.

When I first met Bob and Aileen i knew they were going to be great people. They love dogs and what…read morethey do for a living. Some people, you just know love to be together and work great together. They are great installers and trainers.

Precursor: I attended Hartwick for two years before transferring. I'm also from Massachusetts,…read morewhich will become relevant in approximately thirty seconds. To be fair, it wasn't all bad. I made some wonderful friends, enjoyed many of my classes, and found both the professors and students to be approachable and supportive. The social scene was fun too--there always seemed to be a house party or something happening at the bars in Oneonta. And the view from campus? Yelp can probably cover that one for me. It is absolutely breathtaking. If you have a car, I highly recommend taking a scenic drive around the area at least once (especially in the fall). Now for the reason Hartwick was so lovingly referred to as "Hartwick High School." It is SMALL. And I mean SMALL. If you fall down the stairs at 2:00 pm, I can assure you someone will ask if you're okay by 2:20 pm. Everyone knows everyone else's business--which can either sound lovely or horrifying depending on your personality. Also, if you're not from Upstate New York, prepare yourself. Winter is not a season at Hartwick--it's more of a lifestyle. Expect snow from October through April and don't underestimate how rural Oneonta really is. Unless you're particularly fond of hiking, camping, or other outdoorsy activities, your off-campus entertainment options are somewhat limited. (Coming from suburbia? Godspeed.) Do I recommend Hartwick? Honestly, it depends entirely on what you're looking for. If you'd love a small school experience, don't mind long winters, enjoy the outdoors, and aren't particularly bothered by small-town drama, you'll probably have a wonderful four years there. If you'd rather keep your head down, enjoy anonymity, or prefer an urban environment with more options on and off campus, it may not be the best fit. One final piece of advice: avoid the health center. Was transferring the right decision for me? Absolutely. Do I regret attending Hartwick? No. It simply wasn't my forever school--and that's okay too.

Positives: Student to faculty ratio - I went here from…read more2004-2008 and had a great 4 year student experience. When I was there, the student to faculty ratio was 12:1. The most amount of students in any one class I took was 40. The smallest was 5. The professors were easily accessible and approachable and many of them are still there. The student body was only about 1,400 at the time, but it has increased slightly. This is definitely a tight-knit college community where students have a real opportunity to get to know their peers and professors. J-Term - Hartwick has trimesters. "J-Term" is a course students can take in January to knock out some credits before the spring semester starts up in February. There are several opportunities to travel abroad during this time, none of which are included in the cost of tuition. The College does, however, have scholarship opportunities to help fund the experience. Night life - Plenty of bars and Greek life off campus. Some say Oneonta is a "drinking town with a college problem." Three year program - Just before I graduated, Hartwick introduced a three year program to students who wanted to save some money and graduate early. A great idea to help make college more affordable, but the requirements seemed pretty stringent, so be prepared to work your butt off if you choose this path. Negatives: Tuition - Each of my four years there, tuition increased about 3% per year. When I enrolled as a freshman, it was around $36,000/year. By the time I left as a senior, it was around $42,000. Then again, tuition hikes seems to be consistent for private liberal arts colleges across the board. Semesters abroad - While I was a student, Hartwick didn't have its own semester abroad program (not to be confused with overseas travel opportunities offered during J-Term). The College outsourced semesters abroad, so to speak, to Central College in Pella, Iowa. So my two semesters abroad meant transferring tuition from Hartwick to Central, which I recall getting muddled up at the Bursar's Office on a few occasions. I'm not sure whether this has changed. Other: The student population is very diverse, which may or may not be for you. On the one hand, you have the music/artsy type students and on the other, you have a pretty solid D3 football team. You have students from all over the world participating in D1 women's water polo and D1 men's soccer. Overall, this is a liberal arts college so just look at the list of majors and sports offered and those lists will speak to this diversity. I highly, highly, highly recommend Hartwick.