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| Major: English (This Major's Salary over time) | | Gender: Male | This person cares more about Campus Aesthetics/Beauty than the average student. | Intelligence:
Quite Bright | | ACT: | | SAT: | | Lowest Rating
Campus Aesthetics/Beauty D | Describes the student body mostly as:
Describes the faculty mostly as:
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Surrounding City A- | How this student rated the school:
| Educational Quality | B+ | Faculty Accessibility | B | | Useful Schoolwork | B | Excess Competition | B- | | Academic Success | B | Creativity/Innovation | B | | Individual Value | C | University Resource Use | B- | | Campus Aesthetics/Beauty | D | Friendliness | B+ | | Campus Maintenance | C | Social Life | B+ | | Surrounding City | A- | Extra Curriculars | B+ | | Safety | B |
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ASU
is what it is—a gigantic state school (now the largest
in the nation) with a sub-par academic reputation, in a
city that is fun and abound with activities, but far
too hot for most of the year. If anyone says
“its not that hot”, they are lying. From August to
November you will be sweating as you enter your classes.
It never truly gets cold, and sometimes you won't see
weather changes for months (as in this past winter in
which it didn't rain once from early October to mid-March).
The campus itself is, well, ugly. You won't find brick
buildings, red tile roofs, gothic towers, or shining white colonades.
Instead, you will see more gray concrete and aluminum than
you ever thought possible. Vegetation is almost non-existant, though it
is above average for what is generally found in the
Phoenix-metro area. In terms of classes, it is about the
same as you will find at any large state university.
However, as a prospective student you should know that there
is a decent chance that you MAY NOT BE ATTENDING THE TEMPE CAMPUS. Rather than trying to lower the number
of admitted students and heighten the reputation of the school,
ASU's president is on a mission to admit as many
students as possible in the coming years. For ASU students,
this means #1. An even lower national opinion of the
school, and #2. Not everyone will fit on the land-locked
Tempe campus. Thus, your college experience might consist of little
more than attending classes in an office building in “ghost-town”
Downtown Phoenix. That said, student life in Tempe is pretty
solid. Mill Avenue has a great college-town atmosphere, and football
games are always extremely fun. Dating at ASU can be
tough though. Certainly there are tons of beautiful women at
ASU, but this also means it can be very difficult
to find down-to-earth people. Serious dating is scarce here, and
a lot of out of state students from areas such
as the midwest often complain about the “fakeness” of ASU
students (both in physical appearance and personality traits). So, ultimately,
ASU is definitely not for everyone. Its huge, ugly, miserably
hot, and it will be more difficult to get into
the grad school of your choice outside of ASU. Outside
of all of that, it can be a fun place
to go to school, but if any of the above
are even slight concerns for you, I recommend looking at
schools outside of the state of Arizona, as the UofA
is essentially ASU, only with a medical school and in
one of the trashiest parts of one of the trashiest
towns in America. Lastly, I recommend visiting campuses when class
is in session and students are on campus. Otherwise, its
tough to guage the actual atmosphere of a university. Good
luck.
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