SMCM Advertising (Sunsets)
Everything about the way SMCM advertises (I would say minus certain programs like the career center and Study Abroad [even athletics a little]) is so tone deaf to me and tells me that upon acceptance to the college we are just numbers and metrics. Anyway, if you are considering this college please consider the institution behind all the beautiful sunset photos on campus.
Admittedly, I am no stranger to taking them anywhere ranging from daily (basically my first to second year) to occasionally/rarely (the rest of the years), so in some cases I also perpetuate this propaganda of a great school with a beautiful campus. But I beg of you to look a little deeper beyond what admissions sells you and what you hear on the surface level. There’s a lot that happens behind the scenes with the social scene on campus and admins that I wish I knew before I came here. Now, I look at those waterfront sunset photos a a little bit differently. There is so much more happening here beyond my original thoughts my first and second year of “Oh this campus is great, I have friends, and the faculty/academics here aren’t bad.” It honestly effects me daily.
