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Radford University is a great place to go to college. It is in a quiet small town, with a nice campus and enough people to enjoy yourself while not being crowded. It will always be a part of my heart and a part of my life after spending four years there I do feel changed for the better. The faculty in my major, while not always the brightest in their fields, were extremely kind, always helpful, and very cooperative. I visited faculty weekly in their office hours and held discussions with them about my field and learned so much. I would say that much of what you get out of Radford however depends on your department. The economics department in particular is extremely easy, with the exception of certain professors, yet you do not learn much. The political science department has some very good professors who are very bright and will teach you a lot, however many of the really good professors have retired and some of those left behind aren't so great or are adjunct faculty. I would encourage anyone who wants to go to Radford to check out the programs first. Visit the campus and visit the department you want to major in. Ask them if they are accredited and ask about the program, look at the course catalog and compare the requirements of the major to other schools. If you can get into a better school for undergraduate school maybe you should go there, but know that you can go to a school like RU and have an absolutely wonderful time in undergrad, and end up at a good grad school, law school, medical school, or business school - so many RU students have. Unfortunately, the new administration led by President Kyle has - in its positive quest to improve RU's ranking - embarked on a quest to cut so many programs such as religion, philosophy, anthropology, art, physics, and much of the liberal arts. This is extremely bad, but it is doubtful that all of these areas will be cut. The kids that go to RU like to party a lot. I personally don't drink and went to two parties my entire time at Radford, so don't think that you won't find students of your ilk if you are not a partier. There is actually a lot to do even though its a small town, you can bowl at the Bonnie, there are a lot of good places to eat on campus (Salsaritas, Au Bon Pain, Ben and Jerry's, Wendy's, Chik-Fil-A, Chinese, Starbucks) and close to campus (Mi Puerto, Mongolian Grill, Sharkies, Applebees). There are almost always activities going on on campus and speakers come often, but you will have the most fun with your friends. The classes are small and your teachers will almost always get to know you. I loved this because it gave me personalized individualized attention that allowed me to thrive in learning. But make sure you look up the professors of your program before you go and don't always take the easy route and the easy professors. See if they have research in their fields and if they are good, and yes even hard, professors before you come. If the program for your field is good here then don't hesitate on coming. But the education here is like any other public state college or university, its not going to be the best ever and is rather easy, but its good enough, although as a recent graduate I sort of feel like even though it felt like I learned a lot I did not learn as much as I could have if I gave each class my all.