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Texas State University

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA+ Faculty AccessibilityA+
Useful SchoolworkA+ Excess CompetitionB+
Academic SuccessA+ Creativity/ InnovationA-
Individual ValueA+ University Resource UseA
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyF FriendlinessB+
Campus MaintenanceF Social LifeD
Surrounding CityF Extra CurricularsA+
SafetyC-
Describes the student body as:
Broken Spirit, Closeminded

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Helpful

Female
ACT:32
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SAT1410
Quite Bright
Lowest Rating
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty
F
Highest Rating
Educational Quality
A+
She cares more about Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty than the average student.
Date: Jan 05 2010
Major: History/Histories (art history/etc.) (This Major's Salary over time)
I have loved my time at Texas State. The academic environment is very good. The professors are attentive and interested in their students being successful. The education department has been excellent. I loved coming to class every day; the information was fascinating and overwhelmingly well-taught.

I came to Texas State from a larger school that has a much better academic reputation, but I felt overwhelmed at my previous school. Here, I was able to concentrate on my schoolwork. The teachers did not make the schoolwork too difficult, and they seemed more interested in what I learned than whether I obeyed ridiculous demands on my time and energy. Therefore, I learned much more than I did at a school that would have been more academically challenging. I like the laid-back pace of schoolwork here. It's still challenging and demanding, but it's not so competetive that I feel overwhelmed. At Texas State, I've had the freedom and the energy to concentrate on learning. This is a very safe place to be a good student, especially if you are a student with different or diverse learning requirements. Plenty of support and accomodations are available, and professors are understanding of pretty much any situation.

Some complaints that I have is that the students seem to be either non-traditional students/commuters or unserious teenagers. I worked as a tutor for several institutions on campus, and most of the freshmen and sophomores (even some of the juniors and seniors) were practically illiterate. A complete sentence sometimes seemed like a rare occurrence on most papers, and the younger students especially had massive problems showing up to class or completing even short readings for homework. This was a good situation for me because I am going into teaching, and I've had a lot of opportunities to teach or tutor my peers. However, if you don't like to keep explaining things to people, you might get frustrated quickly.

I've loved living in the town of San Marcos for the physical beauty. The river is a favorite hangout for most students, and the surrounding hill country is breathtaking. There are some significant drawbacks to this community, however. The town is quite depressed and most commercial and residential properties are shoddily constructed and not worth the money it takes to maintain them properly. San Marcos has been overtaken by a massive outlet mall, and the town proper is poorly maintained. The roads are decrepit and it is a NIGHTMARE to drive, walk, or ride a bike because public spaces are given over to decay. Because of this, I have chosen to live in a quiet neighborhood on the outskirts of town - I would recommend the same to anyone living in San Marcos.

Another drawback to San Marcos as a town is that there are really no good medical care options. This problem seems recurrent in the central texas region. Because of chronic respiratory infections, I have been hospitalized many times in my life, and I know a good doctor when I see one. I have never been to one good doctor in San Marcos! The emergency care is terrible and very expensive. There are few psychotherapists in town not affiliated with the university, and the university psychotherapists/psychiatrists are condescending and rude.

As a result of chronically bad medical care, many long-term residents of the town seem to suffer from chronic diseases or conditions. I've never seen so many missing limbs. There are also many, many mentally ill students and long-term residents. I have noticed that opiate abuse in particular seems to be rampant here. My apartment complex has contained (at various times) a hard-drug dealer, a mentally disabled woman who has flashed me and routinely begs me for change, a psychotic transsexual who would fight with herself and who broke her own foot, and an old alcoholic pervert that makes my life MISERABLE and makes disgusting comments about my body to my face. He has even followed a friend of mine in a car, and has been caught looking in a resident's window while she sleeps. Additionally, for a few weeks there was a meth head living in the laundry room. Life is certainly colorful here, and I'm SO happy to be leaving San Marcos this spring! I would recommend commuting. The school is definitely worth the drive - just don't imprison yourself in this awful town! I'm an environmentalist, but I would definitely excuse burning a little extra gas to avoid this freakshow.

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