For Three Quick Questions, I send the same three questions to admission representatives at colleges all over the country, and then I hope to hear back from them. The three questions are meant to probe some of the things that make a school unique but that aren’t easily captured as a stat to go in a book or web search.

Today’s response is from Michael James, Associate Director of Admissions and Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.

What is a course, tradition, program or event that is unique to Quinnipiac University?

Unique Courses/Majors – Game Design and Development; Film, Television, and Media Arts; Health, Medicine, and Society; Justice and Community Engagement.

Unique Tradition – Battle of Whitney Avenue. Our Men’s and Women’s Hockey teams compete in the same conference as Yale, and our universities are 15-20 minutes apart from each other down one road. The games are always well-attended with students lining up for tickets hours in advance!

Naturally every college wants to recruit the perfect student--high grades, high test scores, involved in their community, leadership...everything. But what kinds of imperfect students tend to flourish at Quinnipiac?

I would say that while of course we’d love to yield the straight A students, our sweetspot is A-/B+/B students who really will blossom in college with the individualized attention and opportunities they get once they matriculate at Quinnipiac. We’re in a small town and our campus is a bubble, so our successful students are the ones looking to get involved in a number of different clubs and organizations on campus, rather than the ones who hope to enjoy the big city life every night and weekend. Leadership is important, yes, but willingness to be involved matters just as much.

When people come to visit Hamden, what's a place off campus that you recommend they check out while they're there?

Sleeping Giant State Park – it’s literally right across the street from our campus and has a number of great hiking trails. Great view of campus from the top of the mountain!

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