(NMSU) Pros:

How this student rated the school

Educational Quality	A	Faculty Accessibility	A
Useful Schoolwork	B+	Excess Competition	C
Academic Success	B+	Creativity/ Innovation	B
Individual Value	A	University Resource Use	A+
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A-	Friendliness	A
Campus Maintenance	B+	Social Life	C-
Surrounding City	C+	Extra Curriculars	D
Safety	C+

Describes the student body as: Broken Spirit Describes the faculty as: Friendly, Helpful

Male

ACT:27

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Quite Bright

Lowest Rating Extra Curriculars	D

Highest Rating University Resource Use	A+

He cares more about Extra Curriculars than the average student.

Date: Dec 01 2010
Major: Sociology (This Major's Salary over time)
Pros:

Cheap, Cheap, Cheap

Warm weather year round

Competent faculty/friendly department staff

Administration is tolerable

I honestly don't feel like a number

University seems to care about you as a student

Great libraries/resource availability

Campus feels very diverse/cultural

Campus and backdrop is beautiful

Incredible sunsets

Food on campus isn't that bad at all

Campus during mornings can smell like fresh tortillas

Awesome Rec/Activity Center (free for students)

Nice tennis complex/golf course (free for students)

The Duck Pond is pretty awesome

Cool desert lightning storms

Football stadium is open year round, great study spot

All sporting events are free to attend with NMSU ID

Good course selection in most departments

Blending of Native American and Mexican cultures

Las Cruces has the best Mexican restaurants in the country

Mariachi groups will perform around campus now and then

Pretty good mall, and cool bowling alley in Cruces

Weather and price deserve to be on here twice

Cons:

Horrible school spirit

Horrible football program

School is ideal for commuters (it's a suitcase college)

Students are morons, and it's hard to live with

These prickly things in the ground that stick to your feet

University Avenue and surroudings can be sketchy at night

Kids stare, alot. Especially cigarette smokers.

You really need a car, even if living in the dorms.

School accepts everybody

Garcia Hall (Self-Explanatory as a con itself)

"Gangster" as a fashion statement amongst students

Social life is drinking. And only drinking.

NMSU doesn't have its own street with bars and restaurants

Las Cruces is losing its small town charm

Chain stores are becoming present everywhere

"C's get degrees" is popular amongst most students

Far too many Criminal Justice majors

It's hard to go to a school where morale amongst students is so low because of the silly football team, which leads to a student population that drinks to take away the pain. There are a lot of douchebags from Albuquerque and Colorado who can ruin the experience for me sometimes, but that smell of tortillas on campus keeps me content. Social life aside, I've found the academics to be surprisingly wonderful. Frankly I don't care where NMSU stands academically on US News & Weekly's list, cause what I've learned is rankings don't mean anything. Case and point is an education is what you make of it and NMSU is a good, affordable institution to get an education, with a faculty that cares about you as a student. It is an ideal college to commute to, or to attend for your first two years for cheap. However, if you are like me, and a liberal arts student you'll find that some departments (i.e. Sociology) tend to be primarily online the further up you get. That's what I get for attending an Ag & Engineering school though as a liberal arts student. No complaints with my time spent here however. Las Cruces will always have a special.. yet bizarre.. place in my heart.

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