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| Bright | great school wouldnt wont to go to any other | Friendliness: A+, Innovation: F |  | | |
| | Mar 12 2010 | 1st Year Male --
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| Bright |
I attended ECU for my four-year degree and my feelings on the university are torn. I hope my reasons for liking and loathing this school will help someone else make a more informed decision when selecting a college.
The Pros:
-My department (anthropology) was a small, close-knit community where the professors knew your name and went out of their way to help you achieve your goals. The coursework was challenging, the lectures interactive and the professors were/are passionate about their work. It makes all the difference when the professors actually care about what they're teaching and can effectively communicate. I know not all departments are the same, but I felt like I received the value of a small, private college at a state school price.
-The main campus itself is quite beautiful, especially in the fall. The architecture has a modern, art deco appearance and there is an adundance of flowering trees. Facilities such as the rec center and Joyner library are top of the line in their equipment while contributing to the overall modern aesthetic of the campus.
-School pride was something I was impressed with at ECU. While there are the token douchebags who wear their UNC shirts to campus, most students are very proud to be attending ECU. And while there is alot of school pride, it lacks that better-than-you snottiness that accompanies schools like UNC or Duke. The "Pirate Nation" of football fans is a fun thing to be a part of and the games really succeed at uniting such a large school.
-There are extracurricular activities for students of all interests. Concerts and plays at Wright Auditorium, free student tickets for sporting events, movie nights and special movie events at Mendenhall student center, an awesome on-campus Halloween party for those who aren't interested in the downtown party scene, religion/ethnicity based clubs, recreational opportunities...just to name a few.
The Cons:
-The students. Not all of the students, obviously, but anyone who's attended ECU knows what I mean about The Students, the ones who give ECU its reputation. You will know them by their fake tans, their "conservative Christian" (read: ignorant) views, affinity for binge drinking and casual sex, their SUVS and popped collars, their propincity to text message in lecture halls, their laments of any assignment longer than five pages and their love of all things related to partying.
In short, ECU is a dumping ground for preps who couldn't get into a better school. ECU's greatest flaw, in my opinion, is its low admittance standards. My cat could get into ECU. However, many of these students who have no business being at any college drop out within the first two years, or become one of those sad 24 year olds still working toward their BA in communications.
If you can get past this type of student, you will find that ECU is full of hardworking, driven young people who take their education seriously. If you're going into the medical, education, business or fine arts field, you'd have a hard time getting a better bang for your buck.
-Greenville itself is not the best town to live in. It has a high crime rate, an incompetent police force and little to do besides shopping. It's very much a retail wasteland.
-The general education courses at ECU are, for the most part, a joke. I wasted so much money taking useless, easy courses I learned nothing from because I needed a certain credit. I should not go an entire semester having only written one small essay but that's exactly what happened in two of my classes. If ECU wants to rise up in the rankings, it needs to demand more of its students and faculty. | Useful Schoolwork: A, Surrounding City: C | | | |
| | Feb 07 2010 | 4th Year Female --
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| Bright | I LOVE East Carolina and would not go to school anywhere else. I cannot imagine anyone talking bad about this place. If you are a high school student I highly recommend ECU. I party but not every night and I get good grades. Like most students. Anyone who says ECU is nothing but drunks and dropouts is completely wrong. I have great professors and this is a beautiful school. Probably the prettiest campus in all of North Carolina. Construction is going on but it will make this place even better. Upgrading athletic facilities and dining options on campus. Everyone is proud to be a Pirate and school spirit is sky high. Again, I would NEVER go anywhere else. | Innovation: A+, Useful Schoolwork: A- | | | |
| | Feb 07 2010 | 1st Year Male --
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Before you come to ECU, stop and think. This school is for some people and not for others. I grew up in a very up-scale intelligent area in the North where education is very important and the high schools are some of the best in the country. I have common sense and street smarts that no one here has. This school is NOT for me. Education and success are extremely important to me and I will not achieve those here. People do not care about their futures or do not have goals and definitely do not care about their school work. Half of my residence hall is on academic probation (below a 2.5GPA) which would hardly get you in to any post-undergrad school.
If you are in to partying everyday (literally everyday), drinking your life and money away, not doing any homework, and probably not going to any grad school, then sure, come here, but if you have goals for your life and want a good education do NOT come here.
I am transferring out of here and am so excited to. People are stuck up and trashy and you cant find one person to have an intelligent conversation with without them using some wrong grammar or wrong information.
I am part of a minority on campus (not a minority where I grew up, but a minority on campus), and I am so out of place. People here know nothing about anyone who isn't white and christian and they sure don't care to learn.
The life-experience people came here with is ridiculous and people really should care more about their education..that their parents/themselves paid so much money for.
The teachers are good, but some should not be teaching. There are teachers who are way worse than some of my high school teachers, and have no business teaching.
However, the resources are great and ECU really does care about it's students. They have free laundry and free printing and an EXCELLENT rec facility. The campus is beautiful and there's always something going on--but if you go, you are weird because you're not out partying. | University Resource Use: B, Perceived Campus Safety: F | | | |
| | Feb 07 2010 | 1st Year Female --
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