Seton Hall University
Reviews

Noise Vs. Peace

The cost for living on campus is ridiculously high, but the benefit of being so close to your classes is great. If you are a freshman Boland and Aquinas would be where you stay and on Thursday nights is where it gets loud. Other Halls are for upperclassmen and it is much better than the freshmen dorms. We have a lot of floor interactions and meetings, to better get to know your neighbors and there are places where you can hang out late.

Financial Aid at Seton Hall

The financial aid office at Seton Hall is not great at all. I knew I lost my scholarship because of my grades but never heard anything from the office about it. I got so worked up about it that I mean with the Dean of my school to talk about it to see what I could do even though I had not received any notice about how to appeal the decision to revoke my scholarship. After spending a whole summer day in and out of offices and visiting the financial aid department, they realized that they had never sent me the forms and preceeded to do so a few days later. Very unhelpful.

Sport Mangement and Marketing

As a duel Sport Management and Marketing major, I'm getting the best of both worlds. I'm understanding tools and ideas on how to make it in the world of Sports, as well as learning Marketing ideas from valued professors to use when I enter the Sports industry. Since I have been a freshman, I have been involved with the Sports Management Student Association, which helps all Sport Management majors get a glimpse on how to make it in the Sports Industry by volunteering a sporting events, or having speakers come in and speak to us about their experiences in the Sports industry. By studying Sports Management and Marketing, I have had multiple internships, like 1050 ESPN Radio, New York Titans (Pro Lacrosse Team), and even stepping out of my comfort zone and interning with New York Life Insurance to get another prospective on what I want to do with my life. I'm enjoying my learning experience so far at Seton Hall University!

Diversity

Seton Hall University is a very diverse campus. (However there are definitely more females than males on campus). There are almost 100 clubs from the Salvic club to Adelante (a club for Latino-Americans). I myself am part of a multi-cultural sorority. Seton Hall is not only diverse culturally but diverse in the activites it offers-from the Drama club to service based clubs on campus.

Aquinas Hall

As a freshman, I lived in Aquinas Hall. Though it was slightly away from the action of campus, I enjoyed my freshman experience there. Those who don't live in Aquinas don't like it, but those of us who did really enjoyed the experience, though sometimes our RA didn't respond to our problems immediately.

Stellar Career Center

The main reason students go to college is to pursue a career, and the Career Center does a great job in matching students with positions in their desired field. Not only will they match you with the job, but they will prepare you for the interview. The Career Center holds mock interviews twice a week, resume workshops, and sends out frequent emails about positions they were notified of.

Seton Hall Housing

You cannot leave your doors open, which freshman year made it tough to make friends. You have to be swiped in individually each time you enter the building, and guest policies are annoying. Off-campus school run housing is much better.

Overall SHU Experience

Seton Hall University is a well-known yet expensive private Catholic university in New Jersey. Because of this, many middle to wealthy income local students apply. Yet there is diversity evident when you walk to your classes because you do see a variety of races.

Seton Hall is known for its excellent nursing, diplomacy, and physical training programs. It also has a well-known basketball team. No matter the interest, Seton Hall will offer a quality education because in essence that is what a student is paying for.

The location in South Orange, New Jersey seems like an attraction because it is only a 30-40 minute train ride from NYC, but in fact these train rides are costly if done on a regular basis. South Orange itself is not safe to walk alone around at night, as we have had several robberies at gun point. I have my own pepperspray.

Resources on campus are very helpful because that is part of what students pay for. Security is available at the first phone ring, although they have a reputation for letting anyone through the gates. The Student Support Services has given commuters free lunches to eat and meet with professors. Other resources on campus include the health center, although they have a low minimum health coverage.

I agree with many students that Seton Hall is what you make of it. You have resources available and people ready to help you. You can volunteer in Newark, New Jersey and find hot internships in New York City. You can get a 4.0 GPA without completely loosing your life, and can find off campus living to save costs. It's what you make of it.

Seton Hall Campus Crime at a Minimum

The Seton Hall Campus is very safe. Most people think that becauser Seton Hall is so close to Newark that the campus is unsafe. This is an untrue statement. Outside of campus there are safe and unsafe areas. However inside the gates of Seton Hall students can roam the campus freely at any time. The Seton Hall security AKA Securitas patrols the campus at all times.The dorms are very secure and there are people at the front desk of att the buildings makings sure that only residents and there guests enter the buildings. In the end, students have nothing to fear on campus.

Health Services

I went there once when I was sick. They were very friendly and took great care of me.

Good

The school does a great job of having computers everywhere. In addition to providing a lap top. Just one thing lets go mac !

Very Good

You have a campus shuttle. Also Penn station and newark airport are within 10 minutes.

Good

They do alot of good for the campus. They throw the parties and do alot of volunteer work.

Weekends

The weekdays always have alot of action. The weekends I learned that NYC around the corner is the place to be.

Grounds

The Grounds look great. They have a lot of nice trees and flowers. The buildings are a cool mix of old world and new designs.

Interactive Dorm Life!

Living on campus at Seton Hall University has been a great experience. The Resident Advisors on each floor provide their students with security and essential resources needed to get around campus. Also, there are Priest's living on every floor in the Dorm I currently live in. There are always great programs going on at night that keep you're college life a very social one!

No Such Thing as Gender Division.

At Seton Hall University, I was so pleased to discover the vast majority of guy/girl interactions, academic and social support, and all-around great quality friendships. Unlike high school, there are very few examples of cliquey-ness among the students on campus; guys know girls and girls know guys, and "groups" interact well with each other. There is often a lot of social opportunities on and off campus and social events between not only sports teams and sports teams, but greek organizations with sports teams, vice versa, and so on. Everyone is fairly well-dressed and presentable. Many are quite fashionable and creative. In general, Seton Hall has a great, positive mix of gender interactions and social opportunities; attractive and all-around friendly students.

Athletics

The athletic department gets involved with several on campus departments. Sports is well supported by athletes, faculty and non-athletes. Spirit Week is great fun and there are many events around campus. The gym is open at decent times and available to everyone. It is run by students and professional staff.. Classes are taught by the students at the gym and they are a lot of fun.

Not Very Visible but There

Any school you go to there are going to be people who do drugs but it's not a big problem at SHU. As far as alcohol, there's a lot of off campus parties, just be careful where you go.

Bad Dining

Off campus is really about Chinese food, pizza. There is not much variety.

All You Can Eat

There is a ton of variety which is usually pretty good and the employees are friendly. I spend more time talking with Eugene and Aunt Gene then my friends. I like the spicy tuna sushi and the flank steak for carvery.

Fun Times

Girls all have great personalities, most are very attractive. Some of the girls in Greek life are very stuck up, but for the most part everyone gets along well and has a great time being around each other

Not Too Bad

The food gets a little repetitive, but there are ways to cook whatever you want each day. The dining areas are good to interact with everyone at the school, and create a good atmosphere.

Sports

The school is very sports oriented and the Male Basketball team is pretty good, though the players don't have good reputations. The school recently cut track and field, which upset many of the student. But the school is losing money, so this seems like it'll be a trend

Lies

Don't listen to these people who are spamming the page, most of the people at SHU are nice and there isn't a big drug scene