Franklin Pierce University — Attraction in Rindge

Updated: June 2019: (3) 🌟: I returned here to attend the graduation ceremony of my kid. I felt it was a money grab for the school administration to ask for the graduating class to join the alumni association and immediately start giving to the school. Really..?! Give the graduates a chance to live first. I have come to understand the disappointment with the teachers in the university by my kid. The program my kid originally came to the school to explore was discontinued after a year or so and my kid was left adrift to find her way out of school with what she needed to graduate. My kid started helping other kids who arrived to the school in need of help and guidance. My kid choose to get into extra programs to focus her skills and allow her to shine as an individual. My kid enjoyed living in the townhouse for almost (3) years.

August 2015: (4) 🌟: I came here to drop off my daughter for classes. The school arranged for help for incoming students to have assistance getting the bags taken upstairs to the dorms. My daughter really enjoyed her initial visit to the school and the teachers she encountered. I liked the fact that the teachers know the kids who attend the college. I went to the cafeteria to with my daughter to sample the food and it was not bad. I had an opportunity to meet with the college President while at the school meal and was impressed with the possibilities he discussed. My kid had an issue with roommates in the dorms, but she eventually moved into another location that she enjoyed much more. My kid has enjoyed most of her time in the college with the small classes and felt that she has benefited from the smaller classes. This campus has bad cell phone service. This campus is secluded in a wooded area. This campus is not near a major city or shopping areas. There are town houses on campus. This school is expensive and small classes and different from the...

For prospective student athletes: the school is a whole sales pitch, don't fall for it, they made it seem like the teachers really cared and so did the coaches but really all they want is your money for their over priced school. I Left the school because It was like mean girls. I wanted to go to college, not continue high school with backstabbing girls who would actually follow team mates around to video them doing something stupid, then sending it to coach's. If you're ready to move on from high school don't go here. As for the living situation, it's awful, many dorms didn't have hot water for an extended period of time. Speaking of the water DO NOT DRINK IT! It comes out yellow most of the time and tastes like you're going to get sick. As for food the best meal of the day is breakfast but then again it's hard to mess up breakfast. Other meals were very redundant with very little variety. The professors are okay you have to really pick and choose...

Looked at it, back in the early 90's when it was still Franklin Pierce College. However, I didn't end up applying. Campus was beautiful, but too small, and too isolated (for my taste) and I ended up going to Hampshire College down in Amherst, MA which was a "better fit" for me. Sat in on a couple of classes though, and had an admissions office visit and a campus tour.

I thought the school was decent academically, but a poor choice for a creative student (VERY small outdated theater facilities in a former barn, no film or any real creative writing programs) and I don't think I would have been happy there.

HOWEVER, I LOVED the glassblowing studio and the natural beauty and location of the campus itself is stunning. Too rural and too isolated for me though. Also difficult to get to urban areas, it was about a 90-minute drive from Boston, which was a benefit, but still it wasn't "my...