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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Political Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Overall, despite the fact that OSU has many pros and cons alike, I would rate my experience there as positive. I am an out of state student from the Bay Area, and transitioning to life in small-town Oregon took some time, but now I genuinely enjoy it. Below are the positives and negatives of OSU in a nutshell. Negatives: Corvallis is a fairly small city without much to do. Although it is close to Portland, the distance is just long enough to make the trip inconvinient. I've found that many of the students at OSU come from the Portland area, and tend to stick with their high school cliques. It's almost sad that they are too close-minded to meet new people. Many of them walk around campus and Corvallis thinking that they are the greatest human being ever to grace this planet, when in reality they are just uninteresting douchebags. Academically, it's a mixed bag. Most of my classes have been extremely well taught by great profs/TAs, an the information I learned was actually valuable in life. However, a handful of classes I took were rediculously unneccessary. They were full of useless information taught at too fast a pace by incompetent professors who likely learned English from Google translator. I have also had a hard time getting in touch with my advisors. They are very busy, and know nothing about any of their students. Pros: Despite Corvallis' small size, if you are willing to look hard enough you can always find something to do...no matter what. OSU can be a pretty good party school, you just need connections to find out where the parties are. Pretty much all of the houses within a half-mile radius from campus are inhabited by students which creates a pretty cool student community. Safey is never an issue, as there are campus security, Corvallis police, Oregon state troopers, and federal police patrolling campus all the times. Speaking of campus...it's beautiful. My sister went to an ivy, and my parents think that OSU is even prettier than her school was. Corvallis is surrounded by some of the most beautiful landsape I have ever seen, and is centrally located between Portland, world-class skiing, breathtaking coastline and beaches, hundreds of miles of hiking trails, and endless forests. As mentioned earlier, academics at OSU are definitely up to par. Most professors are great, and easily approachable. All of my TAs except a handfull were good enouhg to be teaching their class unassisted. From what I have heard from peers, nearly every department is great. Most students at OSU are genuinely hardworking, friendly, intelligent, interesting people who enjoy life. It was very easy for me to make friends with many different kinds of people. One of the best things about OSU is athletics. Beaver nation is awesome. My family are mostly Raider fans and Raider nation is pretty insane, but Beavers give them a run for their money. School pride is rampant at OSU. It's really nice to walk around campus and see at least half of the students wearing some kind of OSU gear. Overall, OSU has been a great experience. I am really happy i decided to get out of California for a while to enjoy all that Oregon State has to offer. Perceived Campus Safety: A+, Faculty Accessibility: C+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Sep 08 2008 1st Year Male -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=54151&uid=1123'></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 I loved the town of Corvallis, Oregon. It is your typical "college town". Where everyone in town gathers for the home football game and you see "Go BEAVERS!" on every street corner. Safe, quiet and mellow. About an hour drive from Eugene, and two hours to Portland. Corvallis is limited to night life (a few popular bars) AND there is NO SHOPPING. I hated driving (all the way) to Portland just to browse the malls. Some frat parties that ends with the police citing everyone with MIP's (Minor in posession)... Oregon State itself was a wonderful college. The College of Business was a fair experience. Although their curriculum needs improvement. Courses offered were diverse, but no hands on approach to learning. The COB counselors were snotty and not that helpful. Although, the professors were always there if you needed them. Classes averaged at forty students, some lecture halls at a hundred plus. It took me 5 years to graduate from the COB. Their requirements to grad. is at least a 2.5 gpa in each core group. You will understand that this is not as simple as it may sound... Overall, the campus was BEAUTIFUL. Some buildings needs improvements. Some classes in the Liberal Arts College seemed ancient, but i survived :) Dining on campus was great. Variety of dorms offered, all located in the middle or surrounding campus. LOT'S of school spirit! Great people and friendly faces. Winter in Corvallis is miserable! But Spring and Summer is worth it! Campus Aesthetics: A+, Campus Maintenance: C Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 21 2007 4th Year Female -- Class 2006    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=42329&uid=1123'></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   Natural Resources  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright The Natural Resource Program at OSU is outstanding as are the faculty. I would do it all over again and I would certainly recommend it those interested in a natural resource or environmental science degree. Faculty Accessibility: A+, Social Life: A- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 02 2007 3rd Year Female -- Class 2007    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=38326&uid=1123'></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   Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I have high expectations for myself, my life, and people around me. OSU will did not satisfy my expectations, compared to the school I had previously come from in had sufficiently less funds and used them in a wrong manner. The administration cares least about student satisfaction and development. Expected things of universities as being able to register for a class needed, or to reschedule finals if you have more that two per day, are absent, with no change coming soon. The university strongly competes with other state universities, pumping money into advertising and buildings, the outside. The inside of programs and departments which look very diverse in catalog, in reality are very scarce and poor. Lack of equipment, money, professors, echoes all through out the system. There are few outstanding and intellectual students and professors on campus, but there are very few. The city itself offers no cultural or artistic development. I can be thankful to this university for showing me what “I do not want to be”, I started working hard on my own, pushing boundaries, developing contacts for personal success. My parents sponsored me for my undergrad, and there rule was I stay within the state. For my major this was the only university in Oregon. For somebody who has a reason to come here, my advice would be, be active, go everywhere, know where you going if it happens you graduate from OSU, so you loose no time. Prepare to work on your own personal and professional growth, because the system will waist your time on busy work. Preparedness: C, Reputation: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Jun 26 2006 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=22850&uid=1123'></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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