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I am warning anyone considering attending San Jose State University (SJSU) to rethink each and every thought leading to choosing this university.
I am a first time freshman staying in "The Bricks" (a cheaper on-campus dorm). I was an honors student at my high school and was greatly involved in clubs, volunteer work, and the likes. I'll save you the skimming and get straight to the facts:
*Although there are some "good cookies," a lot of the kids here (especially freshman) are extremely immature. Do NOT expect to hold deep or meaningful conversations. I have NEVER met so many superficial, spoiled brats until I came here. I also never would have expected that every other person I met would be sooo incredibly arrogant that it'd be spilling out their asses. Half the student population are wanna-be ghettos...which really hurts figuring I'm from the ghetto and it's NOT as easy as blasting music in your "mommy and daddy's" Mercedes, dressing like a pimp or ho, speaking poor English, and acting like an asshole.
*There are some great teachers, but there are many more who are so awful that they will twist you up like spaghetti. It is still my second semester at SJSU and I have had a teacher run out of the class with a nervous break down, had teachers scream at the class for asking honest and serious questions, and even had one foreign language teacher NOT follow the curriculum and lead my class into the next semester TWO MONTHS behind!
*Since SJSU is as organized as a dumpster, it only makes sense to head over to the Bursar's Office and ask questions. There are a few (or maybe two or three out of the hundred people presenting themselves to you) who are absolutely incredible. Then, like the case with students and faculty, there are the bad cookies. Many of these people are below-average intelligence and haven't lost their jobs yet because they would file lawsuits. I have gone in to ask simple questions because I was worried about my school work and I would be calmly speaking for less than two minutes with someone at the counter when a lady with the same job would stand up and start hollering at me for no apparent reason! I have gone into the Financial Aid unit and gone to the counter and asked, "May I see someone for Financial Aid Counseling please?" and the lady would ask for my student ID, pull up my FAFSA and tell me, "You already completed your FAFSA." "I am not here about my FAFSA. I would like to see a Financial Aid Counselor for a drop-in appointment please." Giving me a strange glance the lady would pull another thing up on her computer and state, "You filed last years FAFSA as well." and give me a look as if I am some kind of moron. It took numerous times to get the lady to clearly understand, "I am NOT hear for my FAFSA." This is what you have to deal with CONSTANTLY AND you MUST keep on top of everyone who works here. I've had them put 'holds' on my Official Transcripts and (luckily)went in to see if they were sent out and...they weren't because I had a 'hold.' I would tell them, "I do not have any holds." and they would look me up on their computer and say, "oooops~~~we forgot to remove the hold hee hee hee."
*The campus looks good first walk through. When high school kids and transfer students are coming to look at the campus they trim and sparkle up the entire school. When school starts, however, do NOT expect to escape the HUNDREDS of worms slithering around the sidewalks when it rains, piles of vomit after Thursday-Sunday nights, and best of all it is not uncommon to find garbage cans and buckets sitting ontop desks as water leaks out the ceiling during lectures.
*The area surrounding campus is alright. There a few cute places nearby, but far too many crazy people to make up for the very few nice places. Make sure you don't walk around at night alone and if you get stalkers, don't expect the campus police to do shit about it. Many of the campus police are rude, lazy, unhelpful and frankly are CAMPUS police just for those reasons!
*SJSU HATES WHITE PEOPLE: Nearly all clubs are designated for minorities; for working the cafeteria, stores, etc. SJSU hires kids who slack off and are completely rude -- but of course wouldn't fire them because that would be "racist." Even the signs around the dining commons (the cafeteria) will show a white kid drunk out of his mind or trashing campus, but will make minorities out to be angels. If you're white, you'll see what I'm talking about when you get here.
Anyways, my suggestion is if you are able to get into a better school which offers your major and the above doesn't seem acceptable to you, check out a University of California (UC), or heck, even check out a different State University.
Maybe because I had to mature much more quickly than 99% of the kids at this college I see it as a huge frustration when I'm even more worldly and "grown-up" than the ladies in their 50's working the Bursar's Office. If you have had a nice, sheltered life free of constant worries, burdens, and struggles or simply still have a lot of growing up to do then you might (opposite me) adore SJSU...and REMEMBER THAT THIS CRITIQUE IS WRITTEN BY A FIRST YEAR FRESHMAN AND FRESHMAN TEND TO BE THE MOST IMMATURE SO MY VIEWPOINT IS PROBABLY MUCH CALMER FOR UPPERCLASSMEN. | Education Quality: B-, Individual Value: D- |  | | |
| | Apr 12 2009 | 1st Year Female --
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| Super Brilliant | This has to be among the worst of the worst universities in America. I was never impressed by any of my professors, they just seemed happy to be earning a paycheck and didn't care about educating young minds. Many of the faculty and staff don't belong at a job with such responsibilities, it's only because it's San Jose State that they are able to keep their jobs.
Social life is nonexistent, as is school spirit. The campus is tiny and falling apart, the neighborhood is a dump yet very expensive to live. Of all the universities I've visited this one also has some of the ugliest coeds. | Preparedness: F, Reputation: F | | |
| | Oct 06 2008 | Alumnus Male --
Class 2000 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Quite Bright |
This school is very bureaucratic, even for a CSU. Most people take longer than 4 years to jump through all the hoops (even community college transfers take a semester or year longer). The structure of the curriculum seems to be based more on departmental politics than a logical sequence meant to progressively build upon knowledge from previous semesters.
Most of the instructors care, a few are good at what they do. However there are a large number of faculty here that simply do not teach well. They may know the material, but they have NO clue how to convey it. Instead they scream at students or dither on incomprehensibly while everyone groans. (Others are painfully clueless and get even basic facts wrong). Also there always seems to be a shortage of profs to teach which means you often get part time profs from industry that haven't had the time to prepare or training to teach. (Occasionally these profs rock and breathe new life into the subject, but really how organized/prepared to teach can you be if you're told which class you're teaching 1-2 days before?)
I find I end up learning from random books I read (beyond textbooks), google, Wikipedia, and other students. It's disconcerting and depressing because school should be about more than googling for explaination. :(
If you go here you're going to have to learn most of the material on your own, be prepared for it and find yourself a study group. Not just a group of people to copy off of (although that's easy enough to find and get away with here), but people you can learn with. Talk to the upper classmen, find out who the good and bad profs are (do NOT trust your adviser to do this for you!!!) | Collaboration/Competitive: A-, Scholastic Success: F | | | |
| | Sep 11 2008 | 3rd Year Female --
Class 2009 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Quite Bright | The parking environment is extremely poor and dangerous when entering and exiting. There is limited parking spaces unless you go very early in the morning. The security level is very poor due to many homeless and uninvited people loitering the campus and panhandling. Some classroom building are in deplorable conditions where there are water stains on the ceilings, cracked floors, disfunctional restrooms, and unhealthy air quality except for the "BSAC" and "Engineering." Some of the faculties do are incapable of teaching and leading the students to the right path. 90% of the students cheat and plagarize under minimal supervision. I am sending my kids to private schools. In fact, I left San Jose State and graduated at University of Phoenix and are doing well with my career as a VP. Yes, I paid more, but the quality of education and environment was worth the investment. | Faculty Accessibility: C+, Campus Maintenance: F | | | |
| | Jul 18 2008 | 2nd Year Male --
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