Alfred University
Reviews

Pretty Great!

I have always had a really good relationship with financial aid. I have gotten very good packages every year and they are always willing to help when I am in a pinch with needing more aid!

Pretty Average

The food at Alfred University is pretty average and sometimes you have to eat at Nana's or the Jet for a little variety and both places are off campus.

Alfred

Alfred is a small rural town in WNY, on the surface it may look boring, or like there are not enough things to do in town, DON'T BE FOOLED!! Alfred is a place about community and making friends with new people and having fun doing whatever!

Just a casual observation...

I think...maybe, just maybe...there are more Asians from overseas here than black people.

Athletic Facilities Are Very Poor

the available athletics facilities are not up to modern standard.

Parties suck. You will find...

Parties suck. You will find annoying freshmen getting sick all over the place, and the scene gets old after the second weekend.

The food on campus is awful. Three...

The food on campus is awful. Three years ago, when we had a different food provider, it was pretty good, but now I refuse to go to both of the two dining halls because the food is unbearable.

I like the small-town feeling; it...

I like the small-town feeling; it helps you to concentrate on what you have to do. It was meant to be that I ended up there.

you'll want to get outta here

Unless you're a local, I don't see a reason to come here (unless you're an engineer or art student). It's way to isolated, the weather sucks, the people get old and boring and seem to forget they're in "college". If you like small environment, football, drinking and hooking up, this is the place for you. It has a good program oriented towards engineering, but even that can't make me stay here for another year. I hate it here, but it might be different for you, I think going to a state school is the better option. It is what it is.

Weather in Alffred

The weather at Alfred is atrocious. It rains nonstop. There always seems to be a cloud over the town...when you leave, it's seemingly always sunny in neighboring towns, but not here. The valley makes for atrocious, cold winters and rainy autumn and springtimes.

I found that it was hard to find...

I found that it was hard to find smart guys. We have really creative guys in the art department, but not very smart. We have really smart guys in the CEMs department, but we didn’t really associate with them. I think it was a pretty segregated campus for being so small.

I’ve been pretty blatant with...

I’ve been pretty blatant with both, and I have never been caught, but I know people who have been busted. If you’re careful and aren’t stupid, you probably won’t be caught.

THE DORMS

I really hate the dorm at Alfred university. They have RA'S that want to treat you like children, and dirty people who can't clean u after themselves on the weekends the restrooms are horrible. On the weekends there is nothing to do but the the same things over and over again. Since so many people are local they go home dont he weekends making the school feel lonely.

Art-student girls are definitely...

Art-student girls are definitely the best looking. I’d say the girls are a lot more available. I think they’re a lot more open as well (moving within the disciplines).

The Food Is Disgusting

The food is just bad, no variety, unhealthy, old, my body just cannot function on the dining hall food, there are one or two decent restaurants around, but that's it.

Alfred has given me everything it...

Alfred has given me everything it could since I was a sophomore. By the end of my second year, I was seriously thinking about transferring, but never did. Entering my senior year, I deeply regret my decision. Despite what people tell you, school name recognition is important, and no one in Rochester even knows about Alfred. Going to school in a bigger city will allow easier networking and internship opportunities.

Fare

Alfred is reasonable with its policies. The RA's are very good at maintaining a positive and safe living community. They know what it is like to be a student at the school so they are trying to be helpful and not discipline figures. Alfred strives to be firm, fare, and consistent.

WTF? Im confused...

So, I come here, expecting an academic facility and academic enrichment... Well, it didn't turn out that way. If you like to be a swinger (relationship wise), have nothing to do other than sit on your computer and type reviews like myself, and like to hear your food singing to you in your stomach after you eat at the caff, then this is the number one place for you. I will mention though that some of the professors are exceptional. Granted, some people might like this institution and this could just be my preference, but when I pay as much as I pay here to attend I would hope that there would be more money going into upgrading academic facilities rather than supplying people with the latest lube and condoms. It's whatever though... And alfred... If your listening, please do something to make LIFE INTERESTING!!! I find myself walking aimlessly down the only street hoping that there would be something college like to do.

Food Near Alfred

Alfred is a very small town, there is one restaurant, a coffee house, a pizza place and a japanese cafe on main street. But if you're looking for something more, you'll have to drive at least twenty minutes out of Alfred.

Used to be a well balanced, fun school. Now its lame.

Yes, if you look, I went to Alfred way back in the late 80's and early 90's. Some things have not changed:

- The weather still SUCKS 90% of the year

- The hilly terrain will keep you in shape, if it doesn't kill you first

- Its still in the middle of NOwhere, with nothing much nearby except Hornell (woo hoo) a half hour drive away.

- Townies still regularly get cranky at the students

- Alex's bar is still there :-) (Wait, thats a good thing)

But many other things that used to make the above tolerable (and even make them worth joking about) have changed:

- AU has become a two-major school, with little diversity outside Engineering (always has been big) and Art.

- With the decline and elimination of the Greek system at AU there is literally NO real social life anymore. The greeks added diversity and dare I say FUN to an otherwise dreary school. (and to be clear, I was not a greek myself, but knew many students who were. It was far more fun and INclusive back then... believe it or not.)

- AU has lost it's way in terms of allowing students to grow, learn, and expand their social and personal horizons. Too much handholding from the student life office now a days. It's OK to make some bad choices while in college, not everything has to be preplanned and prepared for. Geez, let kids be kids for 4 years. They generally will learn to grow up.

In summary, if you like being isolated, are a big artie/hippie or engineer, and really like being out in the middle of nowhere, go for it. My kids (all three) won't be attending my alma matter. It's too bad really, I had a GOOD time, but I can see for myself (and have heard from recent students) why its just not the same anymore.

Nowhere

Alfred is in the middle of nowhere. If you want to go to Walmart everyday bring your own car. Or ride the bus which only goes to Hornell and seems to be inconveniently placed during all of my classes. Its a good thing I don't want to go any place.

From Los Angeles to Alfred

Coming from Los Angeles I'm accustomed to dining at amazing restaurants. I love food international cuisines are my favorite. Alfred extremely lacks places to eat. You really have to hunt down if you want anything fancy and even then you have to drive miles away.

Art

The school is know for it's art and engineering programs. They are pretty high up on the list of the best. The greatest thing about the art program is you are not stuck in one medium, you are encourages and have the ability to try every thing there is to offer, and there is a much wider variety then most schools.

Knowing how much you can actually...

Knowing how much you can actually get from the close-knit community at Alfred, I would never change the choice I made. My experience is something that I would not have gotten anywhere else.

It depends who the company is. The...

It depends who the company is. The problem with going to a small-town school is that there’s not much to do, so the parties can get out of hand. Most of the time, the better parties were house parties with the artistic kids. They had a more creative sense of a good time.