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Hmm... wasn't that way when I attended. But it's been a few years. At one time, my best friend was thinking of going my career route, a professor told me to get his address changed (to my address) and wait a semester, and everything would work out.
Perhaps too many people did just that.
When the education budget went to hell after the crash, CSN had to get much tougher on admissions. So many courses were cut that they had no choice.
Projects like this only work if they make it significantly faster than commuting, or significantly less expensive. This giant bus terminal is neither. Another colossal waste of money that could have been spent on professors. (Who am I kidding? They'd just spend it on football.) This is just another monorail/desert train. They should have started a medical program instead. Or beefed up engineering. Anything but a bus terminal that nobody is going to use.
The only way that terminal sees any use is if they rip out all the parking lots and replace them with classrooms.
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Originally Posted by NLVgal
When the education budget went to hell after the crash, CSN had to get much tougher on admissions. So many courses were cut that they had no choice.
That makes sense. When I was going there, it was "wink wink, nudge nudge" when it came to residency. They just wanted students in the classrooms. The professors did, at least.
My wife is attending CSN for nursing. Although we have proof of residency, the tuition is triple for the first year. They don't consider a student "in-state" until after they've lived here for 1 year minimum. Still cheaper than UNLV, but they DO check residency thoroughly. My wife is currently taking 16 credits this semester, and it is double the price of her former community college back in New England. Next year will drop quite a bit.
This is a question for both you and Scoop.
So is associate degree a must to transfer to UNLV?
It looks like I only have 6 transferable credits from my previous college(attended for only one year as a pre-business major), which means a 52 credits more - at least a year and half. I definitely like the idea about saving some money and establishing myself a state residency for even more savings. However, I'd like to earn my 4-year degree in 3 years. If I get an associate degree in a year and half, then I would have a year and half more to go at UNLV, which means I have to load some heavy amount of credits each semester(which I'm fine with) along with 1000-hour required work experience. I mean I'd still want to do some summer internship before I graduate and it seems like my only option is to take 18 credits of throughout the summer, which will drastically affect my schedule in terms of required work hours.
I wrote in a simpler way to be precise
1. Is there any way to not get an associate degree and transfer to UNLV from CSN in 1 year?
2. If above is not an option, is it realistic to earn a bachelor's degree in hospitality management within 3 years?
If there's any other suggestions, please let me know.
By the way, thanks for your replies.
Unfortunately, I can't be of any help on this one. I only know about the nursing program which is basically a 4 year associates degree (including prerequisites). Not sure about hospitality management
1. Is there any way to not get an associate degree and transfer to UNLV from CSN in 1 year?
2. If above is not an option, is it realistic to earn a bachelor's degree in hospitality management within 3 years?
I think the problem you're most likely to face is lack of available classes. All I know about the UNLV hospitality program is from talking to students going through the program. And since I was at CSN at the time, most of them were going the half-CSN/half-UNLV route. Furthermore, most of them were foreign students trying to minimize expense and time. But many required courses were booked solid fifteen minutes after they were open for enrollment. For instance, I have yet to take the required baking class (culinary) because the classes are always full.
I would e-mail someone over at the Harrah College and get the facts straight from the source. I don't think what you want is possible, logistically. Too many required classes overlap (probably on purpose).
Oh boy. Well here's the scoop. Having lived for seven years in Maryland between Baltimore and Washington I think I can give you a pretty good perspective what the jump is going to be like.
To begin with if you're willing to pay that sort of rent you'll have no problem finding what you want. Nearly all Vegas apartments have everything you're looking for, although some are a lot nicer than others. However, the area nearest to UNLV is a dump and has been for many years. There is no real campus culture. UNLV is largely a joke with a graduation rate hovering around 40 percent or so. The college accepts anyone and everyone. I sincerely doubt there is even any sort of actual review process. I was just out on campus last week and was struck by the strange sort of culture. Most colleges have students bustling about looking as though they have important things to do. Most of the UNLV students don't even carry a notebook or bag of any kind. That says a lot. However, I will say that you will get out of UNLV what you put into it just like any other school. So if you're there to study and work hard then you'll be fine. But bear in mind that a degree from UNLV doesn't mean much outside of Nevada.
The biggest hurdle you'll have coming from Washington to Vegas is the stark lack of culture. There's no Smithsonian to pop into whenever you want. We have no art museum and the zoo is rather sad and practically non-existent. Since there's no real student culture here anywhere you'll have a hard time finding people your own age that aren't interested in the bar/club scene. Almost all of the students work in retail or a casino so you can judge for yourself what kind of conversation level you'll be dealing with.
Vegas people are extremely withdrawn and self-centered. They will behave as if they're your best friend five minutes after you meet them and you will learn more about their lives in the following ten minutes than you'd care to think about and then you'll most likely never see them again. Apartment living is extremely isolated here. Neighbors do not communicate or socialize and noise is a constant problem even in the "best" apartments. Keep in mind that nearly every residential structure in Vegas is made of drywall with an outer coating of chicken wire sprayed with stucco. Even if you're lucky enough to get a "quiet" neighbor you'll hear every step they make.
The bottom line is simply that Vegas is not very kind to Easterners. Most of the people who live here are rejects and escapees from Southern California who came here for a lower cost of living and brought with them their ridiculous way of life. Vegas tops the Nation's worst lists consistently and you're more likely to die here crossing the street or in a car accident than you are if you're a member of the armed forces stationed in Afghanistan. If you have another option for school I'd follow up on it.
Oh and to your question about the degrees. I taught at CSN for a few years so I can tell you directly the answer to your question. It was recommended to all the instructors to remind students BEFORE getting an associates degree that they could, if their grades were decent, transfer into a BA program at UNLV. The better your grades the faster you'll get into UNLV but many students preferred attending CSN as long as they could because they had more class choices, generally easier parking, and a lot more campuses to choose from.
Oh boy. Well here's the scoop. Having lived for seven years in Maryland between Baltimore and Washington I think I can give you a pretty good perspective what the jump is going to be like.
To begin with if you're willing to pay that sort of rent you'll have no problem finding what you want. Nearly all Vegas apartments have everything you're looking for, although some are a lot nicer than others. However, the area nearest to UNLV is a dump and has been for many years. There is no real campus culture. UNLV is largely a joke with a graduation rate hovering around 40 percent or so. The college accepts anyone and everyone. I sincerely doubt there is even any sort of actual review process. I was just out on campus last week and was struck by the strange sort of culture. Most colleges have students bustling about looking as though they have important things to do. Most of the UNLV students don't even carry a notebook or bag of any kind. That says a lot. However, I will say that you will get out of UNLV what you put into it just like any other school. So if you're there to study and work hard then you'll be fine. But bear in mind that a degree from UNLV doesn't mean much outside of Nevada.
The biggest hurdle you'll have coming from Washington to Vegas is the stark lack of culture. There's no Smithsonian to pop into whenever you want. We have no art museum and the zoo is rather sad and practically non-existent. Since there's no real student culture here anywhere you'll have a hard time finding people your own age that aren't interested in the bar/club scene. Almost all of the students work in retail or a casino so you can judge for yourself what kind of conversation level you'll be dealing with.
Vegas people are extremely withdrawn and self-centered. They will behave as if they're your best friend five minutes after you meet them and you will learn more about their lives in the following ten minutes than you'd care to think about and then you'll most likely never see them again. Apartment living is extremely isolated here. Neighbors do not communicate or socialize and noise is a constant problem even in the "best" apartments. Keep in mind that nearly every residential structure in Vegas is made of drywall with an outer coating of chicken wire sprayed with stucco. Even if you're lucky enough to get a "quiet" neighbor you'll hear every step they make.
The bottom line is simply that Vegas is not very kind to Easterners. Most of the people who live here are rejects and escapees from Southern California who came here for a lower cost of living and brought with them their ridiculous way of life. Vegas tops the Nation's worst lists consistently and you're more likely to die here crossing the street or in a car accident than you are if you're a member of the armed forces stationed in Afghanistan. If you have another option for school I'd follow up on it.
Most of what you said is untrue and sounds as if you are rather bitter. Sorry that you had such a bad experience. UNLV has never claimed to be the Harvard of the west. It's a four year University, degrees from UNLV will do what degrees from most other Universities will do. Provide some proof of people being laughed at and sent packing for their worthless UNLV degrees, any evidence at all would be nice. It's an atrocious lie. There is nothing wrong with UNLV or it's accreditation.
I am at UNLV's campus often and it is packed with kids carrying backpacks and books who are on their way to classes, that was another falsity you are spreading.
Many of the people whom have moved to Las Vegas are in fact from the East coast. We even have a few museums, one is actually part of the Smithsonian. Albeit nothing compared with DC. DC has more corruption and criminals than Las Vegas ever thought of though. I'm not here to sully the reputation of DC however, I love that town. UNLV's campus could be compared in size and location to Howard University. They are both about the same size(UNLV is a little bigger.) Both located in Urban areas.
UNLV is rated as having one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation.
My UNLV degree will get me a job anywhere in this country, just so happens Las Vegas has the top wages for my profession, and I make a pretty good living.
Just to nip another thing in the bud. It's nicknamed 'Never leaving Vegas' because most of the students that go there are from Vegas. So we say if you grow-up here and go to UNLV as opposed to somewhere else, you are never leaving Vegas.
I don't even know what to say about the whole zoo thing. I suppose they could start having us pay state income taxes and raise the money to build museums and zoo's so that polar bears can come live in Las Vegas.
30 pedestrians lost their lives in 2012 in the entire state of Nevada. 310 US soldiers died in Afghanistan during the same time period. It's doubtful to me that you ever served, but I assure you Las Vegas is a preferred destination to RC East. We also have a decent population of active and retired Airforce living here who love this place, helping even out the swarms of California rejects living here I suppose.
The bottom line is, if you are having problems making friends and finding work, maybe it's you? You don't need to insult the city, no one asked you to come here. If you don't like it, leave by all means.
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is associate degree a must?
