The William Paterson University of New Jersey
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Educational Quality | C+ | Faculty Accessibility | A- |
Useful Schoolwork | D | Excess Competition | B+ |
Academic Success | F | Creativity/ Innovation | B |
Individual Value | D+ | University Resource Use | B |
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty | D- | Friendliness | B+ |
Campus Maintenance | F | Social Life | C- |
Surrounding City | F | Extra Curriculars | D |
Safety | C- | ||
Describes the student body as: Arrogant, Snooty, ClosemindedDescribes the faculty as: Friendly, Helpful, Arrogant |
Lowest Rating Academic Success | F |
Highest Rating Faculty Accessibility | A- |
Major: English (This Major's Salary over time)
William Paterson was wonderful my first semester there (winter of 02). Lovely campus, great social life, moderately challenging course work. However, from my second semester onwards there was major construction at the university—in particular on the new student center which is still not completed. Truth be told, it's made the campus UGLY, and eliminated many student lounges, food courts, even the on-campus pub. This has lead to students abandoning the school in droves, and generally made life difficult for residential students. The university also began to regulate parking more strictly, making life VERY hard for the resident student. At night, residents are forced to park very far away from some dorms, and the "safe ride" van doesn't always show up. For a campus so close to a high-crime urban area (Paterson), this is unacceptable. Through my three and a half years there, I realized that there are very few social opportunities for intelligent, driven, academically-minded students; I finally found a community for such students as an employee at the writing center, but we were the exception rather than the general rule.As for the classes themselves, for the most part they are NOT challenging enough. There are a few driven, dynamic professors in the English department (Timothy Liu, Steve Newton, Phoebe Jackson), but many courses taught by other professors were just busywork. Also, in order to graduate in four years, it's necessary to take summer classes or take 6 classes a semester. While this isn't a huge problem because of the easiness of most classes, I felt the grind of such a schedule, particularly as I have many friends who went to "better" schools and were only taking three or four classes a semester.