Mount Saint Mary College — Local services in City of Newburgh

Be careful of some other reviews. I think a few people may have posted facts about a similar named school in another area. Some clearly have personal issues.

MSMC deserves more praise. It’s a wonderful college!

Here are my facts & opinions about MSMC...

The school is on a 60 acre hillside property with breathtaking views of the Hudson River Valley. Beautiful!

There are freshman dorms, suite style, furnished, with shared bath, and a small efficiency area for microwave, refrigerator, etc. the dorms each have laundry, kitchen, gym, Cinema room, & lounge areas. More than adequately appointed. No guests of opposite sex past 11:00 pm. They require an ID to hold at the front desk for all guests to manage this. They KNOW who is in the building. Security in located in the entrance of the dorm buildings. Key cards only work for assigned dorm building.

The GM of the food services seems to love his job and is very accommodating to suggestions or requests. Food standards seem above average quality. Boar’s head deli products, decent selection, and multiple options for locations to eat on campus.

Student services including tutoring, advisors, and resume prep are abundantly available and encouraged.

Student athletes have priority for classes to accommodate their schedule. Coaching staff is on top of requiring study hall periods to keep grades up.

Athletic building has a gym, weight room, and workout room. There is a large pool, physical therapy room, & basketball court with a running track up top.

Beautiful newer field for soccer & lacrosse. Nice tennis courts. Baseball field is on the other side of campus.

This is a smaller Catholic college. The main chapel looks like a small cathedral and is used for things like the winter concert. There are several places to pray. Students are free to be open about their faith, morals, & values. If this is not your thing, then the school may not be a good fit for you.

The campus has a feel like it may be bigger than it actually is. Around 2000-ish students.

There is nothing to explore directly around campus. Freshman do not have vehicles. There is a shuttle service to stores & restaurants. There is a nice area with restaurants & shops down on the river. However, there is also a non-desirable section of Newburgh that I would avoid like the plague. There should be no reason to go there. Just don’t turn left out of the campus. This is not uncommon for campuses....keeping in mind Fordham, Yale, and other well known campus all also require the same discretion. That said, when on campus you would have no idea that section even existed.

Security is noticeable. This is a self contained campus, meaning no other public facilities are within the campus. There is a security house upon entrance. Security is 24/7. Dorms have security. Key cards only work for assigned dorms. Blue light system is on campus. If ever needed, security will escort student who don’t feel comfortable walking to & from areas of campus alone. All you have to do is ask.

My advice to students is to be involved in sports, clubs, &/ or activities. It seems that the students who do those things are very happy at MSMC.

This is not a party school. It is not a big school. There is no Greek life on campus. If you are looking for that, you will likely be unhappy here.

The school organizes bus trips to various different places, like snow tubing, the zoo, Broadway shows, etc. They offer discounted rates and the option to bring a guest. The train station is also just across the river and...

I'm a transfer student with national recognitions for both academic and service based achievement and let me first say, that I have never worked in such an unprofessional environment in my life. I'm a BioChem major with a minor in math, and this school is absolutely detestable in its treatment of commuters and transfer students.

I was regarded with nothing but contempt by the faculty, one professor going to far as to say that I would never be able to compete with a student who had spent their freshman and sophomore year at MSMC because of my public education. They take great pride in ostracising and making fun of anyone who doesn't fit their country club standards, and this is just the professors, not the students. I listened to a biology professor bad mouth a student researcher, while asking another student out to drinks. The professors will openly talk in the science lobby about how their students are failing because they "can't read."

They will not cancel classes for bad weather, even though 30% of the student body are commuters that have to cross the bridge to get here. There is no professional respect, no sense of community (which they make out to be a large selling point of the school) and very little to offer in the way of scholarships, internships or co-ops. They even make you PAY to receive your Dean's List certificate, because apparently 35,000 dollars a year doesn't cover a scrap of paper.

I also strongly advise that anyone visiting this school take it with a grain of salt. You Freshman, they'll show you the Sacak dorms which look as magical as can be, and they'll gawk over the view but there is no substance here. After your freshman year they'll move you to the college courts, and to give some perspective 2 buildings in the college courts just had to be vacated and relocated because the pipes exploded in the middle of the night, covering both the students and their belongings.

This school is held together by duct tape and flaming tuition money. Do yourselves a favor, you can get a far better, far more affordable education at an institution that will value you as a human being and not a straight funnel between them and your wallets.

As a side note, the school email they gave us prohibited the use of the 'review' feature here on google. Which says quite a bit about them as an institution. If I had another option other than restarting my junior year, I would transfer out of here in a heartbeat, you couldn't pay me...

It's been well over a year since I have played for Julia Steese and I must say that she certainly did make an impact, on and off the field. However this impact was in the most negative way possible. She constantly made me feel poorly about myself mentally and physically and didn't even need to play for this coach for more than a year for me to write that here.

Let me just cut to the chase by saying I always find it interesting when 1 person has an issue with a coach let alone 90% of the team...

Contact any former players for details.

Does it say something that she has kept in touch with ZERO of her former players?

Does it say something that she said NOTHING to her seniors or their parents on senior day?

Does it say something that she repeatedly sat her best players and refused to give them a reason why?

Does it say something that she has ZERO seniors on the team after the class of 2015 had 9 total recruits?

Does it say something that not one player above the class of 2015 is on any of her plaques she sends out (whether they be the best or worst players)?

Does it say anything that the school has to send out an e-mail last year to all girls at MSMC asking if they wanted to join the lacrosse team because she couldn't field enough girls to play?

These are all questions I would love to hear the answer to after observing what happened to this program after Coach Simone left and this woman ruined my following year of lacrosse...

This really all just goes to show how much of a joke the athletic programs at the college have become if they're going to keep such a loser like her. I'm pretty positive she cares more about her dog than any of her players.

I used to be proud to say I was a part of this program.. now I'm straight up...