Long Island University C W Post Campus

I attended there from 2002 – 2006 for my undergrad and 2006 – 2008 for my masters.
1^st Opinion — Financial Aid Department — Not at all helpful in obtaining any grants or in assisting in applying for type of scholarship. As a student you will have to do it yourself, they won’t give you any guidance whatsoever. An example, as a first year student there I was of course 18 years old and had no idea how to apply for these things. The only thing I had was getting from financial aid was TAP and work study while I was dorming. No assistance whatsoever in obtaining books as they were extremely expensive and had to go second hand (online) or ask a student to borrow a textbook for a day to make photocopies. Paying a tuition with room and board came out as about $ 30,000 a year of federal loans and private loans split with financial aid. My financial aid total was about $ 3,000 a year. Anytime you make an appointment with a financial aid counselor it seems like they are overbooked or on vacation. They never call you back when you leave a message.
2^nd Opinion — Dorming — Open house was a bait and switch where they showed everyone that there is a kitchen with stove and microwaves, refrigerators allowed in rooms, thermostat control, etc. This was only the newest dorm (Brookville Dorm) and by the end of my first year they had remove most amenities because of a fire safety issue which till 2008 they never resolved. From Thursday-​Sunday the campus is pretty much a ghost town and lack of activities. I have been to other colleges like Union upstate in Schenectady which they had fireworks in homecoming, brand new kitchen and appliances, and activities that have no restrictions on time. The activities are lacking and since most of the student bodies are commuters it doesn’t draw them to stay on campus to participate. As posted by other fellow alumnus, when its snow storms there your pretty much stuck if you don’t have a vehicle. Its an absolute must to have a car on campus as there is limited shuttle service and everything is too far to walk and unsafe to get to at night unless your driving. Public Safety has not given any problems to students in my opinion. Nicest Public Safety I met compare to other schools.
3^rd Opinion — Education — The only thing I do find redeeming in this university. I had very excellent teachers on this campus. Even the adjuncts were probably the smartest people I have ever met and are severely underpaid for taking on classes where its 30 – 1 ratio. The teachers were very understanding with issues such as buying textbooks and being late with an assignment. I do have to say though that most of the classes are fairly easy compare to upper rank schools.

YOU GUYS NEED TO CHANGE that light. You have young, VERY NEW drivers making a left turn while heading Westbound. These young people don’t wait and turn while people are traveling Eastbound at 50 mph or faster. We almost had major collection at that exact place. You are going to have grieving students and moms and dads if you don’t get it together NOW. People are going to die there. PUT AN ARROW ONLY TURN THERE. STOP BEING LAZY AND SAVE A LIFE. DEATHS IN FAMILIES, I can tell you from experience that a family will break down when a loved one is taken away from us. THESE REASON ARE SO EASY TO REPAIR. JUST DO IT AND SAFE SOME LIVES. I WILL PAY FOR IT!

Beautiful campus! I’m very excited for my first semester here. It’s only been a few weeks and I feel that it will be a good experience. And I love that there is almost every major possible in this university.

A school with dorms without any semblance of any campus life. A vast majority of the kids there live on Long Island and go home every single weekend leaving the campus feeling like a barren wasteland. This is also one of the few colleges that doesn’t even have shuttle buses that go to and from the area bars. This basically invites drunk driving because the kids are going to the bars just to meet other people in the area since they can’t meet many people on their own campus. What’s the point of paying dorm fees without having the away college experience you dreamed about in high school? Avoid at all costs!