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| Bright | The university is fairly inexpensive and does offer a fairly good education as far as nursing, business, engineering and a few other choice programs. The maing problem this university has is a nonexistant social life, and if you consider at all wanting to have a "college experience" this is not the place for you. University police use swat like tactics to break up parties and hand out mips. They also have a judge that deals with mainly grand valley who will give the maximum for any alcohol related offense. This means 1st mip- $200, 2nd mip- $~500 dollars, 12 months probation not allowed to be around alcohol including after being 21, lose license 3 months, aa classes, drug tests. 3rd and beyond- ~$900+, lose license for full year, extremely long probation, possible jail time.... etc. Basically it is a fairly good college especially for the price but don't even consider attending if you want a fun experience out of college. | Campus Aesthetics: A+, Social Life: F |  | | |
| | Oct 31 2008 | 2nd Year Male --
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| Quite Bright |
I thought it would be a great place, based off of what I had heard from other people. However, within the first month of my arrival on campus, I knew that I had made a mistake. 80% of the students at GV are from the immediate area, and leave quickly come Thursday night. After about 4 oclock every day and on the weekends, the college is a ghost town.
While most of the profs and faculty are quite friendly, capable and helpful, the classwork assigned isn't too challenging. I went to community college and transferred in, and I really felt like i was doing the same level of work. Major points deduction there.
As for the social life at GV....well, to put it nicely, there is none. The other students are, for the most part, very self centered, closedminded and obnoxious. Not too friendly, either. The majority of the social clubs are a joke, too. There are a ton of religious (95% Christian, take that how you will) groups, but they're either too corny to take seriously, or so intense that they border on being a cult. The other groups on campus are nothing fantastic either, and are more often than not, rediculously elitist and exclusive.
The cops on campus have nothing better to do than stalk the students. As with any college, there will be crimes of various degrees. The GVSU public safety officers would rather bust people for drinking, though, than actually persuing real crimes (larceny, harassment/stalking, etc).
The people who work in the student services building are friendly, but quite incompetant. If you want to have a question answered, odds are that you will have to stand around and wait, because the person helping you will have to go all over the place trying to figure out what to do, and how to help you best. Either that, or you'll get a not so nice "Thats not my department, I can't help you. Go to (insert random dept.).
Possibly one of the most disappointing things, though, is the sense of elitism and snobbery that is pervasive throughout the school. They proudly herald being the 3rd hardest school to get into (behind UM and MSU), but don't really have the academic chops to back it up. There are no campus traditions or milestones really, but the university likes to pretend they exist. Lots of pro-GVSU campaigning going on, but once again, not much to support those claims. The level of elitism present would be understandable if GVSU was as notable and old as a place like MSU, that has been around for near a century, but the university has really only been known about for 15 years. People will tell you its a great school, but GVSU is still regarded as a joke or as being a johnny-come-lately.
I went in thinking it would be a great time, but was sadly mistaken. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time, energy and money with this school. You'd be better off looking elsewhere | Campus Aesthetics: A+, Social Life: F | | | |
| | Oct 22 2008 | 1st Year Male --
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| Bright | I am a junior at GVSU majoring in Public and Nonproft administration. After viewing many other schools and just stepping foot on this campus I knew this was the place for me. While located in the middle of cornfields in Allendale it's also adjacent to Michigan's second largest city, Grand Rapids with an abundance of nightlife, dining options and much more. I love my school like you couldn't believe. The great things are that people are actually quite friendly for this being such a conservative area. The professors almost ALL have at least a PhD and no classes are taught by TAs. There is always a campus activity going on during the afternoon or early evening. We have quite the engaged student body with nearly everyone having at least participated in one our 200+ student organizations. Now the not so good. Some people at our school come from close minded hick towns and join one of the multiple Christian organizations which really seem to be intolerant. The dining at Fresh Food Co. is some of the best in the state but on North Campus where freshmen live the options are somewhat limited. Another thing is for this university being so competitive in the admissions process some departments are not quite up to par with its level of difficulty.
Before deciding to attend GVSU you should ask yourself is a mid sized college a good fit for me? VISIT and you will fall in love with the beauty of the main campus in Allendale or even our downtown campus in Grand Rapids. Talk to the students, ask them their opinions when you come to campus ... they're honest and you'll hear the truth if you don't believe me! | Campus Aesthetics: A+, Social Life: B- | | | |
| | Jan 17 2008 | 3rd Year Male --
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