Seton Hall University — Attraction in South Orange

I attended Seton Hall in the 2012-2013 school year for my freshman year. It was the single worst year of my life. lets first talk about the vain. For how much I was paying a year (about 40,000) I was appalled at the state of my dorm room. I was in Aquinas in the basement. It was cold, wet, and smelled weird. The walls were cinder blocks and the bathrooms were outdated and had actually needed a little extra scrubbing from myself and my roommates. It was suite style meaning you walked into two rooms and a bathroom. There were two of us in my room and three in the other. That is 5 girls sharing one small bathroom, ill let you imagine what that was like. The rooms were about the same size and i felt bad for the other girls with three in one room. It was far too cramped. I let one of the girls keep some of her stuff in my room because they didnt have enough space. I was literally sick the entire school year. I think there was mold somewhere because my allergies had never been so bad. When I left for breaks my symptoms would suddenly go away.

The classes were terrible. The classes here were easier and less enthusiastic than high school. I payed $40,000 to attend this school. I should have been engaged and had teachers that actually cared. I also hated the freshman courses we were forced to take first semester. They were taught by priests. I get its a catholic school but having a religions course taught with the obvious bias made me sick. Not to mention the religion being shoved down my throat. The teachers didn't care and it was quite plain alot of them hated working there.

It was far smaller than I thought it was. I was recruited from AZ for academic excellence and I truly felt like I was scammed into attending. I was given this speech about how amazing the basketball team was, and the academic programs were all to be rivaled, and the campus is unparalleled, blah blah blah. I was niave and believed her. School is tiny and so damn clicky. It was the worst parts of high school all over again. I'd made friends but I kid you not when I say we all left after our freshman year. I went back to AZ, one went to WVU, another went to Rutgers and another went to Hunter College in NYC.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS INSTITUTION. There are far better universities actually worth your time, energy, experience, and cold hard cash. This place is...

It's what you make of it. That's the same for other universities. Recent grad here (C/O2014, babeh!) and thought Seton Hall was good in many areas but slacking in others. It's a solid school with a growing reputation. There is no school spirit here, let me say first. If you go to other parts of New Jersey, you will see sweaters and shirts from other schools. I do not think I've ever seen Seton hall clothes outside of the university itself. Maybe that's good or bad, I do not know. I wore mine everywhere, even during my internship (I wore a lapel pin on my formal and biz dress) but i guess its what you do with your degree that matters. I learned a lot at Seton Hall, but some teachers drone on too much so in classes that you expect to learn about a certain topic, you end up hearing more about their opinion than what you need to know like background history, case examples, application, and much more. Most teachers are helpful but there are others you really need to constantly remind so they don't forget. Go to office hours to talk because most are busy and cant wait long to talk after class. If you go here, go elsewhere for "fun" because this town, even with a school here, does not like Seton Hall. They don't like college students in the village that's why you cant have parties or police will shut it down. Go to Hoboken, the city, JC (pretty dirty though) and Ironbound (some parts). If you can not, go to Gaslight and just drink. lol It gets full after finals so don't be surprised. ahahaha! My sister and I agree that financial aid employees are not helpful! We email almost every week to remind them of what we need on bursar but they don't do anything until the actual deadline. Then if you complain, they tell you it is your responsibility to let them know even if you email them so many times. My class mates are international students, so you will make friends with all kinds of people even just one person. The food court is alright, but you could always go to the chicken shack. My boyfriend and I go late since they are open 24 hr so it is helpful een when...

After completing my undergraduate degree at Seton Hall University I can honestly say that it was not the right choice for me.

School facilities are mediocre, but they are also under heavy renovations as soon as I'm ready to leave the campus. Regardless, the buildings used for PR and journalism majors have gone untouched since the 80's or 90's.

Aside from this, I genuinely felt that the academics were great. I value the education and direction most of my teachers imparted upon me. That's not to say that there weren't plenty of bad eggs in the bunch though, like "Professor" Ann Bollinger.

South Orange is also the opposite of any college town you've ever visited. Most businesses close by 9 or 10 p.m. every night, and many of the bars and restaurants in the community actively discriminate against college students, such as Bunnies and Above.

The town is primarily a family and commuter oriented village, with little to no nightlife available to college students-- especially minors.

I never once felt socially accepted at Seton Hall. The student spectrum is strange and disconnected. It goes from dingy, dirt-walled frat parties to Supreme wannabees driving sports cars. Clubs are more like cliques; they're typically dominated by a single friend group due to the small student body, and anyone outside that core group might as well be the wallpaper. This is exabberated by the fact that 50% of campus leaves every night/on weekends, so you get trapped in small puddles of social interaction after the tide goes back out for the day.

All in all, if you're a white-collar, money-driven son-of-a-broker who's robotic in their need for social interaction, you've...