If you've graduated, where did you attend? If you are a current student, where are you one? If you are applying, which schools did you send apps to?
I thought I might start a new thread since it the application time of the year, and the old one is ten months old. Any people going to Appalachian State?
Edit: Also, don't just post and leave. Discuss, ask questions, get answers, that sort of stuff. I don't want this to turn into a poll thread.
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I have mixed feelings about that.
I'm going to Ohio State right now (graduating in June), and I know a few people on the boards who are also here but I've never actually met them in person. I did my applications a long time ago when I lived in PA so besides OSU, I applied to Penn State, Pittsburgh, Lehigh, Penn, and Notre Dame. I forgot where I got accepted but Pittsburgh was my second choice.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
Overall I like it. Small class sizes are nice, because getting actual face-time with your professors is easy even in those large freshman classes. They also kind suck, because at least in my major (which is a small department) often classes are offered at one time, one semester, every other year. Particularly when you get into 300/400-level electives. Makes building a schedule a pain in the ass, and means sometimes you simply won't get the electives you want. Ever.
On one hand, I've managed to find some really great professors and classes. On the other hand, Emerson is a bit over-specialized. Its majors are WLP (Writing, Literature, and Publishing; a more practical English, I guess), Theater, Musical Theater, Journalism, Marketing, and that's about it. The general atmosphere is extremely careerist and decidedly non-academic. I'm surrounded at all times by pretentious artistes who never have any idea what they're talking about. And the academic atmosphere is actively hostile to mathematics and science. I had to arranged an independent study with the sole philosophy professor just to take an Introduction to Logic course.
On the up-side, classes that are actually in my major (WLP, going for a BFA) are consistently excellent. Especially the literature courses.
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Veritas, I knew you went to OSU, but I didn't realize we were in the same class. Sheezus, who are you?
Should I transfer there to finish my Journalism degree (if I end up liking it, anyway) or stick with Kent State?
I ask this because OSU is a bit larger than Kent, and I'm wondering if that translates to higher quality, or just more douchebags drinking Jagermeister.
It is also regarded as the most conservative public campus in the nation, so keep that in mind while applying.
It is a decidedly mediocre university, with a lot of franco/anglo politics messing things up, and some significant admin problems, but that also allows to me to work more hours than I'm technically supposed to according to my graduate contract. This is important because I like money.
The profs, by and large, are quite good, it's just the university itself that kinda sucks.
I'd say if you're motivated and can afford it, come to OSU. The key idea here is that we have any resource you could ever possibly want, due to our size, but it's not going to be spoonfed to you.
Never underestimate the number of douchebags drinking Jagermeister, though. We have a reputation to live up to, damnit!
I did Computer Science there and it was fun, the comp sci faculty are all goofy middle age old time computer guys so classes with them were informative but not too boring. I learned a lot and they have some great facilities for the Math and Computer Sciences department.
I live up in St Paul, MN now and wish I could get back down there more often, Milwaukee is a great town and if I could have found a decent computer job down there when I graduated I would have stayed (last 2002, early 2003, bad time to be a comp sci grad in Milwaukee).
Athens rocks out loud.
Columbia is a cool town, but it feels really small for a state capital. It's not nearly as big as a place like Charlotte. Still offers way more to do than the shit redneck town I went to high school in.
BA in Criminology, and I stopped ten hours shy of a minor in Psychology because minors don't really do jack in the real world unless you're in a highly specialized field. (Just my opinion, good luck to anyone getting a minor)
I loved college, it won't ever call it the best years of my life, because I've still got a long way to go (hopefully) but I had a great time. Auburn is a big school, and there's a lot to do, but it's not known for being some huge party school. It's got a very traditional look in both the campus and the town.
I also applied and was accepted to NYU, (just to see if I could get in), Florida State University, and the air force academy. (which I turned down, then broke my ankle in five places, pretty much sealing the deal on me never having a military career)
Since this is a general college thread, prospective students, make sure to apply to several different schools. Have fallbacks. Have a lot of options.
Very yes.
I was dead-set on going to Penn State all my life, but there was a series of events that cause me to change my mind in a hurry right before I had to decide where to go. I also applied to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs (with the Senator signatures and everything) but my family made some good arguments to dissuade me.
In reality, most of the college courses in the larger majors are going to be similar no matter where you go. Psychology is psychology, and professors come from all over the world and are rather dispersed in all the schools. I had some materials engineering profs from Harvard, Stanford, Washington, Eindhoven (Netherlands), Beijing, and so many other amazing places.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
Will major in Poli Sci, with minors in (maybe) English, Theater, but definitely a foreign language.
Financial Economics major, hopefully i'll be finding a job in the next month . . .
We have a very good print journalism program, so if you're interested in writing or editing, then we could be a good choice. If your interests lie in broadcast journalism, I would probably recommend staying at Kent or transfering to OU if you really want to leave KSU.
As for me, I earned by BA at The Ohio State University. I currently work here in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and I hope to start a Masters program here next year (which OSU would pay for:))
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I'll third (fourth?) the suggestion to apply to many schools. I got accepted into Rose-Hulman and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), both of which are excellent computer science schools - probably far better than OSU. However, because I am apparently a lucky bastard, I was a National Merit Scholar, and listing OSU as my first choice guaranteed me a full tuition + $4500/yr stipend scholarship here.
For me, graduating debt-free, and filling in the gaps in the curriculum on my own, has seemed the better choice than going to a slightly better school and paying off loans for the next 20 years. But everyone's situation is different, which is why it pays to have options.
Majoring in Journalism, actively writing for the Seawanhaka Press.
Transferred out of the University of Connecticut because it blew.
Alternatively, transferred here because it's boss. Take your pick.
I'd say lucky, we cut the stipend on the National Merit award this year.;-)
Also, I'll throw in for applying to a number of schools. Trust me, wanting to go to a school since you were old enough to walk is not a good enough reason to get in and no amount of arguing or complaining is going to change that decision.
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I'm really excited about the whole thing, the program seems interesting as all hell and everything is rather small-scale with the facilities of a large university.
I have no clue about what to do for a back-up plan, though. The only other programs that've piqued my interest that I meet the requirements for only accept a very limited amount people. I'll probably apply to all of them anyway, but still, bleah.
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