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Overview
Address:
170 Main Street
Aurora, NY 13026
Type: Private institution
Year founded: 1868
Religious affiliation: None
Academic calendar: Semester
Undergrad body: 417
Setting: Rural
Endowment: 53,687,898
Application deadline: March 1
Application fee: 40
Selectivity: More selective
Tuition: 16,780
Room board: 7,800
Extracurriculars
Student activities: choral groups, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, student government, student newspaper, yearbook
Num organizations: 48
Honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma lota Rho
Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Foundations (issues of faith); Hillel; Revelations (Christian Fellowship)
International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) POWER (Praising Our Work Ethnicity and Race); French Club; German Club; Spanish Club; International Students Association
Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Amnesty International; Bell Ringers; Camera Club; Cardinal (yearbook); Chamber Singers; Chronical (literary magazine); Collegiate (student government); Community Court; Community Service Club; Concert Choir; Dance Collective; Early Music Ensemble; Gospel Choir; Green Greese (environmental group); Henry's VIII (a capella group); Intramural Association; Kastalia (drama club); LBQTA (lesbian, bisexual, questioning, transgendered and allies); Model UN; Political Action Committee (awareness and activism); Programming Board (campus events); Psychology Club; Red Cross Blood Drive; Sex Collective; Whirligigs (vocal group); WILL (Women in Lifelong Learning); Women's Resource Center
Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Onyx (one to two times per month)
Num frats: 0
Frats chapter houses: 0
Percent frat members: 0%
Num sororities: 0
Sororities chapter houses: 0
Percent sorority members: 0%
Campus Life
Percent undergrad college owned: 80%
Percent fraternity: 0%
Percent sorority: 0%
Percent campus weekends: 80%
Offer housing: Yes
Percent students college housing: 80%
Campus housing: Yes
Off campus assistance: No
Types available: coed dorms (30%), women's dorms (70%)
College owned singles: 43%
College owned doubles: 52%
College owned triples: 4%
College owned apartments: 1%
College owned other: 0%
Num college owned: 5
Sprinkler system: 60%
Fire alarms: 100%
High speed internet: 100%
Campus size: 360 acres
Percent weekends: 80%
Nearest airport: Syracuse (50), Ithaca (30)
Nearest train: Syracuse (50)
Nearest bus: Ithaca (30)
Public transport: No
Cars permitted: Yes
Percent cars: 50%
School employment: Yes
Percent undergrads employed: 74%
Average undergrad earnings: 1,400
Freshmen discouraged working: No
Army rotc: N/A
Navy rotc: N/A
Airforce rotc: Offered at cooperating institution (Cornell University)
Alcohol permitted: Yes
Additional policies: honor code, smoking prohibited, other
Popular events: Even/Odd Basketball Tournament; Afternoon Tea; Spring Weekend; A Capella Concerts;
Services
Basic: nonremedial tutoring, women's center, health service, health insurance
Remedial: math, writing, study skills
Counseling: minority student, career, personal, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious
Career: internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interview training, other
Job six months: N/A
Job one year: N/A
Job two years: N/A
Firms: N/A
Library: Yes
Library consortia: No
Num books: 209,869
Num subscriptions: 787
Num microforms: 17,617
Num audiovisual: 1,020
Num ebooks: 0
Library facilities: Art
Economics
Philosophy
Science
English
History
Poetry
Museums: String Room Art Gallery
Book Arts Center-including bindery and printing press
Photography Lab
Computer course: No
Own computer: No
Computers available: 103
Email accounts: Yes
Internet access: Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library
Num wired library: 25
Num wired classrooms: 27
Num wired labs: 0
Num wired other: 471
Wireless network: No
Wireless areas:
Wireless capacity:
Recommended os: Microsoft
Hosting units: 100%
Student webpages: Yes
Online registration: No
Campus safety: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
