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If you are looking for a university withQuite BrightBusiness - Management and Administration
If you are looking for a university with beautiful surroundings and friendly people, Idaho State University is the place to be. I do not believe some of the negative comments here, probably some bad experience. I am a graduate student at ISU and I believe that ISU has grown in years. Every university takes time to grow and develop, ISU is one.

My experience so far has been enchanting. I enjoy the classes, the college environment and the people around. The student-faculty relationship is really good. They are helpful and respects students. They are just a phone or email away.

The university is not expensive and the cost of living is really low, a good thing. The classes are not easy, especially graduate level. you need to be prepared to do well. The competition level is really high, not at all easy. Overall, if you study on a regular basis, you will do well. With the student diversity and coordinative environment, I am enjoying my most at ISU.

1st Year Female -- Class 2012
Education Quality: A+, Social Life: B
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Honestly, I'm not sure if I would haveQuite BrightOther
Honestly, I'm not sure if I would have gone elsewhere for my undergraduate education, but I know I intend to go elsewhere for my graduate degree.

I was a Communication Sciences and Disorders (Audiology) major in Meridian, and I felt like a second-class citizen. The CSED department was brushed to the side to begin with, but because we had very few audiology majors compared to copious amounts of speech-language pathology majors, we were the second-class of second-class. At the time of writing this (and essentially for a full semester), there were ZERO audiology faculty on the Meridian campus (they are all in Pocatello and lecture via Distance Learning).

I felt like we as audiology students could have been learning so much more than we were given the opportunity to learn. And ultimately, I left feeling unprepared for graduate school (although I had been advised that most audiology undergraduate students feel that way).

On the upside, I enjoyed most of my professors (and most of my classes, since I was primarily in major-related courses). I had a couple first-timers who ate the dust but I also had a few professors I fell in love with and really grew close to. That is all up to you, though; if you want to know your professors, you have to make an effort. I can't speak to general-ed type classes or the campus in Pocatello because I went to the Meridian campus and transferred in as a Junior. I would not recommend for or against ISU, just that you make your decision with an open mind and a grain of salt.

2nd Year Female -- Class 2011
Friendliness: A, Scholastic Success: D-
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In Idaho everyone speaks highly of the pharmacySuper BrilliantPharmacy
In Idaho everyone speaks highly of the pharmacy program. I was really excited to get in to it, what a disappointment. The quality of the professors is horrific. Imagine your worst professor, and he/she would be better than the best professor at ISU. The school preaches professionalism when it expresses none. We had 2 teachers discussing a student on face book. Dr. Lott and Dr. Ladd both made very abusive public comments about the student, her face book page was even public. There was also a teacher that ridiculed a student for getting married and required her to not use her new married name. The school has a progressions committee that runs like a dictatorship, the majority of rho chi students have been sent to it. The lady in charge of rotations is also incompetent. Students have had to graduate late because she didn't keep up on current paperwork, so the students couldn't start their rotations on time. A girl has to start her rotations a week late this year and thus graduate a week late because the secretary failed to send an e-mail. Another girl set up rotations out side of the area of the school in hopes of having a job opportunity upon graduation, the facility had been waiting for a phone call from the school and it never came. So she set it up and she looked bad because the secretary was too lazy to make a phone call. Any one that is considering to go to this school needs to reconsider and go some where else. The school is going to lose its accreditation in March of 2011. The school also has a Mormon bishop as the dean, the majority of students that get in attend his ward. So if any one knows anything about Mormons then nothing else needs to be said. If you attend this school and are not Mormon make sure no one finds out. The students and dean will ridicule you and threaten you for your entire 4 years. Any one reading this please head my caution and go some where else!!
4th Year Male -- Class 2011
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