St. Louis University Student Reviews

Big Picture

I really like the size of SLU. It is small enough that I feel at home there, I feel like I know a lot of people, and I feel like I am part of a community, but not so small that everyone knows each other. You meet new people every day. People don't say much when I say I'm going to SLU- it's not that prestigious, although it is a good school. Some people say: "Oh, you go to Wash U?" No, they're not the same. No one outside of the midwest is likely to know about SLU. I spend a lot of time in the library, it's a really good place to study. They also have a recently renovated rec center that's really nice. St. Louis is a fun city, unless you are from a bigger city, then it might seem boring. SLU is very conservative, and that is the part that I was most shocked and disappointed by. The administration banned the Vagina Monologues from campus, the health center isn't allowed to distribute condoms or birth control. You may not think that is important as a highschooler, but opinions and lifestyles change when you move away from home and things you might not of though about before become more important. Father Biondi, the president of the university, is a money driven man. He does not care about the surrounding community, which is somewhat impoverished, and buys up their relestate and puts them out on the street. He plagerized one of his sermons, then denied it. He fired the supervisor of the newspaper, and is currently suing him because he didn't censor the reporters' stories to Biondi's satisfaction. Now the newspaper is very censored. It's disappointing. If you are liberal, don't come to SLU. You could go to better rated colleges for less money and feel more at home. Another thing Biondi did was fail to grant the student refugees from New Orleans who came to SLU in 2006, even though every other Jesuit university in the country did so. The campus is beautiful, the faculty is nice, as parties go, my friends and I always had fun and had stuff to do. However, freshmen boys don't have many parties to go to unless they are in a fraternity, so if you like to party, are a boy, and don't want to be in a fraternity, don't come here. There are better places for you.