General - Siena
College is a Catholic college of about 3100 undergraduates in Loudonville, New
York, a suburb of Albany. Most of the buildings are low-rise brick buildings.
An unusual architectural feature is the Grotto (pictured below), modeled after the Lourdes shrine.
Student Body - Most
students come from New York City or upstate New York.
Academics - Classes
are small with the maximum class size capped at 35 students and no teaching
assistants. About a dozen friars teach or advise clubs.
About 39% of students are in the AACSB-accredited business
where students can become Bloomberg-certified and have an opportunity to invest
a portion of the school’s endowment.
The school has a small, relatively-new nursing program with
opportunities to be in a hospital setting starting in the sophomore year.
There
is a BA/MD program with Albany Medical College.
Extracurricular
activities – Siena is a NCAA Division I school with men’s basketball and
hockey being the most popular spectator sports.
There are over 125 organization, but if you are interested in starting a new club, you can.
While Siena does not have traditional Greek life, it does have
one coed national-base business fraternity.
There are a lot of volunteer opportunities at Siena, including a
Bonner Service Leaders program.
