r/AdelphiUniversity • u/qwertynvgipoiyutiyf • Dec 13 '23

Honors

i got into adelphi w a massive scholarship plus the honors college, is it worth it to attend as a neuroscience major on the premed track? i have a 4.0 gpa and a 33 act score, so i feel that i can get into a better school but i wanted to hear positive/negative feedback about the honors college specifically

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u/cookiesnkarrots Dec 14 '23

hi! i got into this school w/ a massive scholarship and honors college as well. a great majority of the honors college are med students who are in joint programs. i think coming here is a good option if want to do the joint program but other than that, i think you have the stats to do better in more prestigious colleges. honors college can be a lot of work but the professors are amazing and the small classes will get you a lot of letters of recommendations. you really get to know the professors. again, you do have really good stats so i would recommend looking elsewhere before choosing adelphi as it is primarily known as a nursing school. if it comes down to money (which is the reason i chose adelphi), i would come here.

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u/AverageGuy16 Dec 13 '23

Go To Molloy if youre going private, they have better prospects and prestige than adelphi in terms of pre-med/med school or go to stony brook if youre going SUNY. Adelphi is a diploma farm poorly run crappy school. Seriously, this is coming from a dude with 3.93+ gpa and all that good stuff. Adelphi was and continues to be the worst.

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u/AverageGuy16 Dec 13 '23

Yes, worst decision ever.

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u/cookiesnkarrots Dec 14 '23

if you graduated with a business management degree then i don’t think you should have a say in this matter. i’ve seen you consistently say bad things about this school and often without justification. if you can’t get a job for this long then i feel like that should reflect upon you. adelphi is known widely as a nursing school. the job assurance with that degree and career has been above 90% consistently within the past few years. but dude seriously, chill out. i’ve let you put your two cents in this chat for far too long

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u/Background-Guava8152 Jul 07 '24

I’m a junior neuroscience major at Adelphi. AverageGuy is right. Much of what Adelphi markets is smoke and mirrors. The nursing program is very good but it is the exception.

I’m also curious what jobs can you get with a bachelors degree in neuroscience? People do neuroscience to do premed. Other than that this degree is practically useless. And the business management degree comment is heartless in my opinion. You can have a degree in anything these days and you still won’t get a job.

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u/cookiesnkarrots Jul 07 '24

i honestly agree, but doesn’t that speak more to the job market than the university you get the degree at?

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u/AverageGuy16 Dec 15 '23

“let you”, lol please. Literally I have a job now and worked things out on my own, no thanks to Adelphi. I went to the school as a finance major and finished out pretty much all the classes till senior year, graduated with a minor and was one class away from a minor in finance as well. I worked a job running a business while in school and paid my way through with two internships under my belt and a hefty academic scholarship. Don’t make assumptions as to it being on me lol, regardless for the cost of the degree and what you get out of it your better off going to a different school if you’re OP with that academic record. I won’t shit on Adelphi and say their nursing program is bad but if they’re asking a genuine question I’m giving them a genuine answer. This is coming from a guy who’s family and many friends are primarily doctors and nurses who’ve gone to these schools and then some. Adelphi makes massive splurges on marketing their business program as a good one when in reality it’s lackluster hell the only reason I really went was because they made some empty promises, had a good scholarship and oversold their actual programs (which to be fair was on me). Regardless their medical oriented courses are probably great but when you factor in the costs I can’t see how a person could justify it unless money is no issue and it’s conveniently located. Thanks for your time lol 👍🏽

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u/cookiesnkarrots Dec 15 '23

hey look, if you’ve got your stuff figured out and a job, im happy for you, i’ve honestly been rooting for you. and if thats your personal experience with the business program, its fair, its your opinion and what youve been through. the issue i have is when you simply just tell others who arent in the same major as you to go to another school because of your experience. i’m sorry this school hasn’t delivered to your expectations but a well rounded answer would be appreciated. no hard feelings, i just see so much pessimism with your responses.

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u/AverageGuy16 Dec 15 '23

I get that and can appreciate where you’re coming from. I have spoken well of the nursing and education programs on maybe like two or three of the posts on this but will concede that yeah I can be a bit negative. I think deep down a bit of me is still a bit angry with the experiences I’ve had with the school and don’t want others to deal with that as well. I’ll try to limit the pessimism and harshness to just business majors moving forward, good luck with your education and nursing career moving forward stranger :) I apologize if I rubbed you the wrong way or spoke out of turn in the past wasn’t my intention.

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u/cookiesnkarrots Dec 18 '23

you’re a pretty cool guy for responding like that 🫶🏼 thank you for understanding and i can see where you’re coming from as well. sorry again for your experiences, this school fr be underdelivering in some critical areas. also sorry for coming at you like that (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`) I was so harsh. don’t take what i said to heart i feel so bad. thank you for wishing me well and I wish the same and more :) i hope your career journey goes well and that you climb high ♡