Idaho State University

Date: Oct 05 2010
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
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.