They type of student who would enjoy Hofstra would be someone who likes a moderately big school, someone who enjoys staying on the island and closer to the suburbs than someone who wants to go to a college town in the middle of nowhere, and someone who enjoys being around people from Long Island since a LOT of locals go there.
The type of student that should attend Hofstra is one who is eager to come in and learn and make friends. If you are going to attend with the intention of not putting forth your best effort academically and socially, you will get by but you will not be as happy or getting the full experience the school has to offer. It is a tremendous school, but it is a lot what you make of it