Marist College

1) Marist will NOT care about you as an individual. Whether it be financial, housing, academics, etc - you are just a number. Doesn't matter how much they tell you they love students, they won't try to help you.

2) HOUSING.
a) Priority points don't get you anything. I've seen way too many people bust their butt to get priority points and get waitlisted for housing.

b) Housing pays NO attention to your individual needs (I had a friend - a sophomore - get kicked out of housing whose doctor was in contact with Marist Housing requesting a single for her since freshman year because of medical reasons. Rather than honor her needs, they kicked her out of housing with 3 weeks left of school with ONE DAY to find an apartment in Poughkeepsie. She is an international student with no car and no local relatives.) I had two other friends get kicked out of housing, both minorities from NYC whose non-Marist financial aid package covers most of their Marist-provided housing, which then means that they will have to pay out of pocket for off-campus housing until they graduate. They might as well have just told them "You're from the city so go live in Poughkeepsie, so now we have more room for rich white kids whose parents won't give us money unless we give them housing." It's really as simple as that. They don't care.

3)If you're seeking an open-minded, accepting community that fosters differences and creativity, this is NOT the school for you. 95% of Marist students are photogenic, financially fortunate clones who care more about how much they drank the night before than what they are doing when they graduate. Honestly, it's pathetic. Overall, Marist cares more about their own well being as a business than the students they are helping reach their dreams (if the students here even have dreams other than being/sleeping wtih the hottest girl at Barstool Blackout). Find somewhere that will help you as an individual person regardless of your background, health, or situation.