Stevens Institute of Technology

In 2014 I made the decision to apply Early Decision to Stevens. Before I write this review I’d like to say that I’m one of the most optimistic individuals you’ll ever meet. While most of my peers at Stevens had negative things to say about the school when things went wrong for them, I always took the attitude that things could be worse and that we were going to a great school that would get us a great job.
2 years later, I never want to see the place again.
I’ll start with the worst part: the community. The school administration will call it «tightly-​knit.» I call it a shameful lack of diversity. The Stevens community is extremely heavy on a very specific demographic: white and upper-​middle class. I had read about the lack of diversity at the school, but being an optimist, I thought, «it can’t be that bad.» It was, and that’s going to be a common theme here. I went months at a time without seeing a single African American student. As an NYC native, I find it despicable that a school so close to one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world has such a narrow minded and, quite frankly, exclusive student body. I’ve never heard the N word dropped as many times as I did at Stevens, and that should tell you all you need to know about racial relations at the school. Their flashy technology and buildings may be cutting edge, but their racial diversity is stuck in the 30s
as for the gender diversity, not only do they feature a 78%-22% male to female ratio, but the majority of the males rarely left their dorms. Before I go into the guys, I’ll cover the girls. Most of my classes had 1 or 2 max. After talking to a good amount of the girls at the school, I felt like I was talking to the same person over and over. There were so many common themes among every single one of them. White, wealthy upbringing. Liberal extremism. Extreme hate-​feminism (like they came straight out of tumblr), and although every single one was in a sorority, every single sorority was the same. I said before that there were so few black people at the school that i went months at a time without seeing a black student. Well I never saw a single black or Latino girl at that school in the 2 years i spent there.
To cover boys, the majority of them rarely leave their dorms, and the ones that do are in frats. the common theme among all of them is the lack of respect for women, which probably fuels the type of militant feminism on campus. This is really common in online gaming, which the majority of boys participate in religiously. However, while the gamers will generally keep their mysogyny to themselves, the frats certainly won’t. Delta Tau Delta is notorious for this sort of thing. In fact, one girl I know was drugged at a DTD party. Others have reported being taken advantage of or pressured by multiple brothers at once. There was even an incident where a very intoxicated girl refused the advances of a brother, so she was kicked out of the party on her own. She was found later that night by a sorority member passed out on the sidewalk less than a block from the frat house. Of course, reports of this atrocious behavior will fall on deaf ears, as many Stevens board members and administration are DTD brothers.
The res halls are absolutely disgusting, even by college residence hall standards. among the many issues I’ve seen is extensive mold, leaky ceilings and walls, vermin, insects, and complete negligence to solve any of these issues. I once submitted a work order for a broken window in my dorm. I submitted it in September, and nobody came by until April. Another time my faucet wouldn’t turn off. That’s right, it wouldn’t turn OFF. It was stuck on full blast for 6 hours until someone came by and fixed it. This is absolutely disgraceful, and resulted in a lot of wasted water, something we can’t afford to do in this day and age. I was lucky though, because the people above me had some really bad issues. Their ceiling leaked brown liquid for the entire year, and they ended up having to fix it themselves by using plastic bags and duct tape to channel it all into the sink. Their walls leaked as well, and their blinds completely collapsed due to the fact that the wooden wall that they were nailed into was rotted to the point where it may as well have been hollow.
Now, a select few of the professors weren’t that bad. Kevin Ryan, Anthony Shupenko, and Jan Canizzo were diamonds in the rough. The majority of my professors spoke english as a second or third language. a few more weren’t even fluent. I learned more from Khan Academy than I did from any of my lectures. However the main problem is that they outsourced all the homework assignments to companies like wileyplus and webassign, who give stevens a percent of the money students pay for access to online assignments that made simple concepts 10x more complicated.
I’m out of space now, but in short, I’m glad I left that for-​profit college in disguise. much like Trump University, its a scam

SIT, Stevens Institute of Technology, or as the students lovingly call it, Stevens Institute of Tomato is located in Hoboken: a small town known for its distinction as the most titillating town in all of New Jersey or the least interesting place less than a mile from New York City in the world.
Stevens truly embodies the spirit of its mascot, Duck the Duck, with the student body exemplifying the bird’s high body fat percentage, corkscrew phalluses, and bizarre mating rituals in addition to being way less cool than Penguins.
The truly unique establishment (which I will shy away from calling a University as you will understand momentarily) holds several traditions very dear, making life at the University something truly unique. The most prevalent tradition dates back several thousand years and has it’s roots in the teachings of the ancient cult known as Judaism. Known simply as «Yabba dabba doo we’re coming for you» the Stevens police chief dresses up as the jovial caveman Fred Flinstone complete with oversized brontasauras bone (one of Steven’s oldest relics!) and knocks on every fifth door on campus and proceeds to forcibly enter the room and rearrange the interior of the room with said bone while screaming «Yabba dabba gotta hamma» in an attempt to raise the pH of the room and remove any and all kites from the room. (Boy do they hate kites here!)
The pride and joy of the establishment is the co-​op office, a hard to access room. While the actual original purpose of the room has long since been lost to time, the office is complete with a real life lazy eyed witch and a collection of the most incompetent people in all of western civilization who will lie, insult and scorn any and all enrolled members of the establishment for a small fee! Wowee!
The autism concentration camp (it’s true Yahoo! It) is a one of a kind establishment to which I bestow the rating (Based off of the The Review rating system) of half a star, making attending the establisment a significant life milestone on par with other major life events such as: Eating 15 pancakes, getting divorced, getting addicted to cocaine and there all is aching!

It’s an engineering school first and foremost, but they have a respectable Math department and overall a very good experience.

Five years of university and two degrees later, I can proudly claim this Old Stone Mill as my Alma Mater. It’s not perfect by any means, but you’d be hard-​pressed to find any school that is.
Having a campus in Hoboken, within spitting distance of NYC, you get the best of three worlds. You’ve got the tight-​knit community of a college campus, with open spaces and adirondack chairs scattered throughout. Hoboken is a small city-​town with everything you’d want within walking distance. Delicious restaurants and awesome bars at the tips of your credit cards. And New York City is New York City with all the amenities that come with it. It’s a city where you can do damn near whatever your little heart desires.
But what truly makes Stevens unique and worthwhile is its students. United by the demanding curriculum, they find a way to make their day-​to-​day much more interesting by being heavily involved in student activities, greek life, and sports.
Stevens offers an experience unlike any other school on the eastern seaboard. It’s a place where students and administration can see eye-​to-​eye and work together to make an impact. The small, dedicated student body are able to make a difference and see it happen right before their eyes. It’s something you won’t always get at bigger schools.

Clean campus, amazing view of New York City skyline. Hosts Castle Point Animé Convention. Only a few blocks from the campus you can find almost any ethnic restaurant. The surrounding neighborhood is clean and quiet.

I’m just about to graduate from Stevens with a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering, and a grad certificate in Space Systems Engineering. That’s the good part. The bad part is that it took me almost six years to do so, not because I’m lazy or didn’t want to finish, but because I couldn’t get an advisor to sign off on my study plan! See, Stevens touts their WebCampus program as a great alternative to a traditional, in person degree. The problem is that if you’re not in someone’s face, in person, you get no attention. I can’t really speak to the campus itself, since I was only there once, when I applied for undergrad, but I will say that friends I had that went there in the early 2000s said that they were greeted by hoards of mice or rats in the shower every morning.
I tried to submit my study plan to my advisor in 2008, yet never received a response from anyone. I called, I emailed, I called the dean, I called the president of the university, I called student services, and yet, I couldn’t get one person to give me a call back. Since I live two hours from the university, I couldn’t just hop in a car and hope to figure things out in one day up there, so I forced to do things this way. Thankfully, another engineer where I work had just gone through the same issue, and was able to get her study plan through by calling someone in the bursar’s office, of all places. In any case, I was able to get that through, but they had to reassign my advisor, who is now the head of the Systems Engineering department.
Fast forward to this semester, my last, and I sent my application for candidacy to my advisor. I kept checking Steven’s Pipeline for my graduation certification, but it kept saying ‘Not Applied.’ I finally emailed my advisor, and was told that he’d ‘look into it.’ After a couple days of waiting, I called Student Services, and couldn’t get through. After a three days of trying that, I finally got through, and was told to, again, email someone in the bursar’s office. She was able to get things taken care of, but it’s ridiculous that I’ve had to go through this many issues, just to graduate. Drexel was nowhere NEAR this bad!
If anyone else is having similar issues to me, shoot an email to
for help. She’s great!

I was a student here for 5 years and loved every minute of it. If you are considering a degree in math and sciences, particularly engineering, Stevens should be on your list. (Liberal Arts majors aren’t the focus)
The location is perfect. Hoboken provides lots of venues to explore and NYC is one subway ride away. On campus there is a full set of facilities including a workout gym, pool, tennis courts, and cafes. Avoid bringing your car if you can — Hoboken is not car friendly. That being said both Stevens and Hoboken have shuttle and bus services respectively.
If you’re looking for a Masters degree the WebCampus program is very popular amongst the workforce, particularly systems engineering. Stevens also performs very well in terms of placement for graduating seniors. This is definitely a school you should check out.

A university located right in Hoboken, this college is located on bluffs that look right out over midtown Manhattan — beautiful location, and easy access to Hoboken’s famed Washington Street filled with food and bars.
There’s a full set of facilities for students to use from tennis courts to a pool, and classes and activities center around campus, where a majority of students are housed or live, with a few commuting students, too. Parking here is a pain — — either you rent a spot or pay for the school lots (which aren’t many).
The buildings themselves are a mix of the old (history classrooms) to the new (technology center) and are adequate for the purposes of the university student body. Oftentime events are located in and around the classrooms, including non-​university affiliated events, too. Many students, mostly male, and a large graduate student body fill the classrooms in the day to listen to professors and guest lecturers and tutors.
To visit, I recommend taking a train or bus in and walking over from the Hoboken Terminal. It will save you a lot of hassle looking for parking in a tight space.