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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 5313453, member: 6809"] I’m glad to see someone with a positive view of this University. But I think what really matters most is not the coolest building or new classrooms. I think it is how hard you want your degree and how hard you work at getting it. To me, it was the best thing that could ever happen. I was an Industrial Design, five year major, (took me six), and the classrooms I was educated in at the time were in the basement of the old gym next to the pool. The instructors had all worked in I.D. and were aces – the Dean of the school had his own design business in Syracuse, and was President of The Industrial Society of America, a great man who sat my classmates down one night before Christmas vacation and showed us how to make a great gin and tonic and how to properly light and smoke a cigar. Otherwise he was a tough, 5’ 8” dynamo who demanded great things from his instructors and students. You want a great U, get great teachers. Before the commencement date was on the calendar, I had been interviewed by two different companies who flew me to their locations and was hired by both. And, wherever I went, Syracuse was recognized as a great school. One of the most important things I did to advance myself and meet people who could help me when I graduated was to intern two summers with General Electric who had a design center in Syracuse and for the University itself doing design work. I would say that doing that was one of the most important decisions I ever made. I was living in married student housing and needed the money to help support a wife and two very young children. I’m very proud of Syracuse, its academics and sports programs. I have had a very successful career and it’s still going. Don’t complain about ratings. Get your kids to go to the school and expect the best out of them and the school. [/QUOTE]

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