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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Political Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Not so bright If you are trying to decide what college to go to, it is very important to decide what you are looking for with a college experience and what kind of person you realistically are. I came to Chico State my freshman year and at first was very happy with my choice. I am a party animal, I took advantage of living in the off campus dorm and it was great at first. Then I made the mistake of visiting my friends at the University of Arizona, UC Santa Barabara, and San Diego State. I immediately regretted going to Chico State. Whoever thinks this place is a party school has no idea what it means to party. Parties at Chico State are awful. Its all guys, and the girls that do come out and party are absolutely disgusting. Seriously, one of the ugliest student bodies in the country. Every student there is either from the Bay Area, the crappy / ghetto parts of LA, or some small hick NorCal town. Where are all the gorgeous California Sorority girls?! They go to San Diego State, U of A, ASU, or Santa Barbara City College trying to transfer to UCSB. If you like to sit on your ass all day and smoke weed, then Chico State is right up your alley. But if you like to party with Bleach Blonde Sorority Bunnies, do not go to Chico State. The only reason it is considered a party school is because everyone there is a serious alcoholic, and who can blame them. Chico is miserable. The weather sucks too, very cold and rainy except in the summer when its 120. The heat never really bothered me, and I transferred to U of A, thank god. I am very surprised I didnt commit suicide during my freshmen year, it is that miserable. It is also incredibly dangerous. Lot of gang members cruise around where everyone parties, or attempts to party. So here are the Pro's and Con's about going to Chico State. Pro's: -Easy to get into. (Did you spell your name correctly on the application? Congratulations, welcome to Chico State) -Great weed. -Over 100 places to buy alcohol within one square mile of the campus. -Very easy academically. Con's: -The weather sucks. -Greek Life here sucks. -The girls are all ugly as hell.(They are the girls that either couldn't afford out of state tuition for U of A / ASU or didn't have the grades to get into UCSB / San Diego State.) -It's in Chico. -Division 2 athletics. -Lot of violent crimes / bulgaries. I hate to sound like a broken record or make it seem like college is only about crazy parties and gorgeous girls, but come on, there are limits. Since transferring, I have noticed a trend in the amount of people that all transfer from Chico State to the various schools I mentioned above. They also all say the same exact thing for why they transferred. Chico State is where all the drunks go who think its the cool place to be if you like to party but in reality they are just all the losers who sit around and try to drink away the sad reality of living with their decision of attending Chico State. So in conclusion, this school sucks. If you are considering it, I seriously hope you reconsider and do yourself a favor and move south! Education Quality: C+, Collaboration/Competitive: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Aug 10 2009 1st Year Male -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=62207&uid=133'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Business - Management and Administration  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright do not live in the dorms!!!!!!!!!! Education Quality: A+, Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 30 2009 1st Year Male -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=59863&uid=133'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Math  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant I transfered here from MIT after I became disabled and ran into money problems. Imagine my shock when I discovered that my math education was actually BETTER at CSUC than at MIT!! My teachers cared more, I got more individual attention, and the courses were paced better. Almost everything I actually LEARNED about math, I learned here. I graduated with a double option (general and statistics) and a minor in econ, and got into EVERY graduate school I applied to, with funding! The other thing that surprised me is that I'm much more prepared for graduate student life than most of my fellow grad students. The folks in the math department were very interested in having undergraduate students help them with research or even do their own projects. I also graded and tutored for three years for spending money, so I was much more used to doing stuff like I am now (I'm a Teaching Assistant). I recommend this school to everyone I know who's thinking about going to CalTech or MIT for mathematics. It really is a much better experience. Faculty Accessibility: A+, Campus Maintenance: B- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 24 2009 3rd Year Female -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=57224&uid=133'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Music - Composition/Theory  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I had no idea where I wanted to go to college after high school. All I knew was that I wanted to go to college. My best friend's brother had been at Chico State for 2 years and his parents suggested I apply there as well. Chico was the only school I applied to as I had really no idea of what I wanted to do with my life. I spent seven awesome years of my life there, experiencing all kinds of different things. I discovered my passion for music, my passion for musical people, amazing friendships and opportunities etc. I would say the greatest thing about Chico State is the community. There is such a diverse range of people to meet and experience from church, student groups, the arts, and of course the bar scene. I was a bit like Van Wilder there in my last few years, but I just took the opportunity of being older and more experienced to make more opportunities for myself and enjoy myself. The PAC (Performing Arts Center) is the building that houses the music and theatre departments, where the two often intermingle through musical productions, opera and other things that pop up in the community. The music and theatre communities are vast and varied, but fun to be a part of. I guess my major complaint lies with the glaring lack of a certain seriousness when it comes to the wholeness of the music program as far as the classical side is concerned. The recording arts department seems to gorge itself on any thin resources the music dept. gets and is impacted with tons of guys who are in bands or want to be in a band or once recorded themselves playing guitar in ProTools so now they decide to be in the recording arts program or music industry program. If I sound bitter it is because I sat through my lower level basic music courses like ear training and theory with recording arts majors or industry majors largely showing a total lack of respect or interest in it. I will never forget one guy eating a very crinkly bag of chips while a piano professor played a beautiful Chopin etude for the class. Real cool dude. That wasn't the case for all of them of course, and that's just the way it is: everyone takes the lower level courses together. Another thing specifically for Music Composition majors would be the utter lack of an orchestra, orchestral program or even an above-beginner-level string curriculum. As a composer, I basically could not write for strings unless I wanted to pay a local musician (local being within 60 miles) to practice and perform it. Even when I did that I was not satisfied with the results. This brings me to another important point, there are *almost* no opportunities for composers to have their works performed, unless you make them yourself. That's all fine and good, because you learn a lot when you gather a group, rehearse and perform one of your own pieces. A lot. However, when I graduated there was only one "concert" a year for student composers to have their pieces performed, which was generally poorly represented and poorly attended in favor of the guest artists and faculty concerts on previous nights. Depending on how you look at it, you could see it as prep for the real world, where breaking into music composing is more like breaking into acting or pop music than anything else. Traditionally, you pay your dues first by performing with a shoddy band in a shoddy venue with a tiny audience, and work your way up from there. I would say that my professional experience at Chico has embodied my shoddy band and shoddy venue and tiny audience several times, and I do fantasize that there are better opportunities out there professionally for me. Now, having said all that, I don't want to put the department in a bad light. It really is great, there are wonderful people who genuinely want to be your friend. A few faculty you can trust to give you your money's worth, a few you like because they are interesting and nice, a few you connect with because they are smart and capable, and a few you just avoid because they bring you down. Chico is a beautiful town, lots of beautiful people, sunshine, etc. There are ugly parts. Drugs are there I'm sure, although I never personally saw anything more than people smoking pot. The biggest crime problem in Chico as far as I can tell is NOT drunk college kids. It's theft. I personally had things stolen from me on more than one occasion. The worst being my first apartment broken into over the winter break. Chico has got some bad areas tacked on to it and some really bad theft rings. People would have things like laptops stolen right out of their house! While they were home! I became paranoid while I was there, double and triple checking locks on my car and front door when I left the house. As far as I can tell the police do little about it. You can guarantee though that on the first few weekends of the school semester they will be out there busting those young kids for having a cup in their hand. Keep yourself out of trouble, watch who you associate with and Chico can be a great experience. It has an awesome bright side and a dark, ugly underbelly if you go that way. You make your own opportunity, don't let the obstacles of indifference from the university get you down, and have fun with people you genuinely like, then you will have a great experience at Chico. Surrounding City: A+, Education Quality: C- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Aug 11 2008 5th Year Male -- Class 2007    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=53492&uid=133'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5    Next

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