Stevens Institute of Technology — Attraction in Hoboken

The view of the city and the campus are beautiful. The cafeteria has improved. However, there are a lot of cons at this school. The library has been renovated so that there is more space for students to study. However, if you are looking for a quite study space, do not expect to find it here. There are a lot of study groups and project groups that meet in the library and it can be very difficult to concentrate. It is nice that in many classes, you recognize faces and can often find people to study with. However, most teachers are not very good at teaching their subjects and students more often than not, need to learn the material on their own. The free student tutoring center is a great resource to help with this. Furthermore, the staff is horrible. If I have an issue that needs addressing, I can call the same person multiple times in a day, a few days in a row and rarely do I get an answer. It is really frustrating especially if you have a very busy schedule and cannot make it up to their offices to speak to them. One of the few redeeming qualities that this school does have is the job placement rate and the expected return on investment. But honestly, if I had the chance now to have done it over again or picked another school, I'm not sure that the job placement rate and the ROI could have been enough to convince me...

As a Phd student in Financial Engineering, I would like to say Stevens has one of the best financial lab in the US. Our corporate partners are ConvergEx, Bloomberg, ICAP, Reuters, Gain Capital, etc. The high-frequency financial data from Reuters strongly supports my research. Our professors have projects from Sloan Foundation, SEC, CFTC and other places.

Fairly speaking, our graduate courses are teaching the same knowledge with NYU and Columbia, but the grading is somehow not that tough. It is easy to get A and you need to be responsible for the study quality of yourself. A good point for this is you don't need to focus too much on the grades and have time to do real world practice and research. The graduate students have chance to go to Jefferies for an intern as part of FE800 course. Co-op program is also available to...

I'm actually surprised at the two low reviews I read on here. 0/3? That's ridiculous. Stevens is a very reputable school for Engineering. Wall St and Hi-Tech Firms recruit heavily at Stevens. In Senior year I had two offers before graduation (1990, a horrible year to look for a job). At 24, after only having 3 years of experience, I was offered a job as a Bank Officer for a major Wall St Firm. Having a Stevens degree propels you up the corporate ladder rapidly. The curriculum is tough and employers know it. You couldn't ask for a better location and the campus has the most phenomenal views of the Manhattan skyline. Interesting fact: Stevens ranks about 12th in the nation for fortune 500 CEOs. When you consider how small the undergraduate classes are, that's a pretty...