Skidmore College

I'm the parent of a current student who's happy to have chosen Skidmore. Classes are small, professors are friendly and thought-provoking, labs have modern equipment, smart students come from around the U.S. & the world. It's big enough that there are many things to do on campus, yet small enough for the community to stay close-knit.
Apr 1st, 2024

This college is cool!!!
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Oct 4th, 2022

Dont believe the biased college reports or rankings & Skidmores carefully crafted advertisements. This school is focused on collecting tuition, nothing else. What you read on their website is not what you get as a student. There is much to say about this school. To make it simple I will number each issue. 1) As someone who attends Skidmore, I firmly believe that administrative staff here are writing the overly glowing reviews that you see on the internet. The content of the reviews simply dont line up with what happens on this campus and sound nothing like how a typical Skidmore student talks. Office staff are writing positive reviews for the college. Thats how desperate they have gotten to prove that Skidmore is decent. 2) Skidmore gets negative reviews taken down in attempt to control information flow. Anytime I see an accurate depiction of this college online, it mysteriously gets flagged for removal. This is done by Skidmore staff. They are attempting to control information released about the college. Why? Because if people knew what how concerning the environment at Skidmore is, if people knew what really went on, it would affect their reputation and most importantly their cash flow. Anyone who affects their money must be silenced. 3) This is not a college for first generation students. Skidmore puts on a facade to the public of being inclusive and affordable but this claim is far from reality. They do not offer full coverage of tuition for low income students the way other colleges do. We have to take out loans. They even charged us for laundry until recently, even though we kept telling administration that low income students, especially first generation cannot afford to keep putting more money into Skidmores machines. We pay enough for tuition as it is. 4) The professors. The professors are burnt out + utterly miserable. There is no compassion for students, no excitement for what they do, and getting support is like pulling teeth. The professors are the worst thing about Skidmore besides the poor financial aid offers. Most of the faculty is mean spirited. This is not an exaggeration in the slightest. Unfortunately this is a small school so you cant escape it. 5) The grading system - dont expect an A unless you are a favorite. Skidmore allows professors to continually assign subjective coursework which leaves you at the mercy of whether the professor likes you or not. Subjective coursework leaves room for serious ethical concerns. 6) The dorms are ancient, dark and depressing. Skidmore makes a lot of money, yet they dont update the dorms. Shouldnt they be investing some of that money back into us, the students? Where is the money being spent? 7) Severely small class selection. Anything good fills up fast so youll be stuck in multiple classes you dont like each semester just because you must take enough credits. 8) Diversity - Im so tired of seeing Skidmore take photos of the same groups of students in attempt to showcase what a diverse student population they have. They dont! If you did, you wouldnt need to try to prove it so hard with the same students. 9) Controlling environment. Skidmore treats us like middle schoolers. Dont think about missing a class, even if you have a legitimate reason. Professors will deduct so many points from your overall grade where you cant recover. Other colleges do not obsess over attendance whatsoever. Other Universities know that we are adults and we can choose to go to class or not. They dont need to monitor us and our whereabouts. Its insulting that Skidmore does this to us. We are adults. Not children.
Nov 18th, 2023