Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a established in (unknown). The campus is located in and hosts students with an endowment of .
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I am a current senior, first semester. I’m hoping to go to nursing school for an Accelerated BSN program. Lots of these reviews have been talking about the social life, parties, etc. I haven’t had much experience with those things; they’re fine, in my opinion. Likewise, the academic work really does depend on the department. I put Nursing as my major, but I actually am a Human Health and Physiology and Spanish double major– or I was, until about a week ago.
The academic administration in this school is, in a word, abysmal. I have had four different advisors, none of which have been regulated by the school at all. The Health major was what I really wanted to do, but my parents strongly suggested I do a Spanish major. I’m a native Spanish speaker, and they just wanted me to have a safety net for graduation. In a way, I’m glad they did. I’ve been meeting with my current advisors (one for Spanish, one for Health) for two years, twice a semester, and every time, they’ve looked at my degree audit and said that I’m fine. I’m on track to graduate, I’ve got all the credits, I’m fine. I am NOT fine.
I just had to drop my Health major, which I have been working for 4 years to complete, and for which I’ve completed 90% of the classes, because of one senior seminar that I was told I could complete “whenever”. It’s only offered in the fall, and even though I declared my major and met with my Health advisor beforehand, he said NOTHING about this class. I know, it’s partially my fault for not registering, but Skidmore’s registrar is equally horrible. I’d say about 75% of the required classes are conflicted or restricted in one way or another with no workarounds. There’s nothing I can do, and there was no warning for any of it. I’m not sure if it was lack of communication, confusion, or sheer indifference, but either way, I’m not going to graduate with the degree that I worked so hard to get, if I even graduate at all.
My minor is another thing. I’m a Chinese minor, and the requirements are: 5 classes over 101, 18 credits, 3 classes taught on campus. My advisors said that I’d be on track, I had nothing else to do. Today was registration for my last semester, and as they said, I didn’t even think about Chinese. Whoops! Apparently, I’m 2 credits short (which I do not understand, mathematically) and I may not even complete the minor. Which means I may not graduate.
Listen, I don’t care about the social scene. This was my safety school, it was a rough admissions cycle. I haven’t been happy, but that’s life. I survived. The real issue is the blatant disregard for the academic progress of students. If you don’t get a degree, tough luck! That’s not their concern. I am beyond outraged to have been put in this situation, and the sad thing is, I’m not alone, not even in my apartment. One of my roommates is going through this situation.
Do not go to Skidmore. And if you do, line up EVERYTHING in writing. Have a plan and stick to it. Know what classes you’re going to take, when you’re going to take them, how many credits, etc. Don’t let them take advantage of you. Don’t listen to your advisors– you’ll need to be your own advisor. Even if you do all this, there’s no guarantee it’ll work out. This school is not worth it. Good luck.