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Review of Stony brook university

Personally, I have nothing to say about academics....

Personally, I have nothing to say about academics. I believe Stony Brook has a good foundation when it comes to the professors and the courses they offer.
BUT
The only reason I am writing this review and giving this school two stars is due to my dorming experience.

For those of you who are dorming and happen to get an unlucky roommate, I want to warn you (from my first-year experience) that situations will not be handled the way they should be. I have experienced roommate issues and even went through roommate contracts. I had to go through more than one meeting that did not fully resolve the issues, which led me to having several meetings throughout the whole two semesters just to handle small issues. There was this one time when the meeting lasted for 3 hours. This, obviously, took away a lot of my time (especially my studying time). We all know how precious time is and how busy college students are. I still don't understand why dorming issues can't be solved in a timely manner efficiently and effectively at this school.

I also noticed that there was bias going around when handling roommate issues. The directors or whoever is handling your roommate issue will say they're not being biased whatsoever, but through my experience I sensed bias going around. Especially in my building, where the director was a mentor/ teacher for my roommate. I will not mention any personal names or the building that I stayed in, but just so everyone who is applying knows, be prepared (if you do have roommate issues or issues in the building in general) for unprofessionalism and bias when handling such issues.

Good luck.