Arizona State University (Tempe: transferring to, schools, living)

[dust154]

i am a college student in North Carolina and i am interested in transferring to Arizona State, i was looking on :: College Planning Made Easy | Inside Source for College Admissions Requirements and they said that it was a commuter school and i was just wondering if anyone knew how many students lived on campus and what campus life was like? also it said that they accept 95% of applicants and i was wondering if anyone knew how good of a school academically it is??? i am talking about the main campus in Tempe
Thank you

[fcorrales80]

Originally Posted by dust154

i am a college student in North Carolina and i am interested in transferring to Arizona State, i was looking on :: College Planning Made Easy | Inside Source for College Admissions Requirements and they said that it was a commuter school and i was just wondering if anyone knew how many students lived on campus and what campus life was like? also it said that they accept 95% of applicants and i was wondering if anyone knew how good of a school academically it is??? i am talking about the main campus in Tempe
Thank you

Yes, most students do "commute." Meaning they live within a few miles of compus. Only refering to tempe, the school has 55,000 students with 6,000 freshmen living on campus. I don't know how many total students live on campus. This year ASU accepted 9,000 incoming students out of over 50,000 application; which is about 15% for it's Tempe campus.

[dc1225]

I tell ya what, I've tapped a few midwestern college a$$ back in my day but nothing, i mean nothing like ASU Circa 2006 - ???

Screw school...people go to college to get laid, have fun and barely graduate. I mean what's the use unless you got into Harvard or Princeton then yeah, you might want to straighten up your act but otherwise, get laid as much as you can...get it outta your system, so ASU helps you get there and that's even better!

[pac10devils]

The W.P. Carey School of Business is top notch, the Walter Cronkite Journalism School is highly respected and Engineering program. Other than that, ASU is really not known to be an academic "powerhouse."

Crow (school president) is trying to change it into the "New American University." It is large of course. In some classes, you may have a large student to teacher ratio.

As far as campus life, there are sororities, or fraternities to get involved with. Go to the ASU football games, meet friends to party/study with, etc... The area around the university, Mill Avenue offers restauraunts, bars, shopping, book stores, Hooters and there is also Tempe Town Lake - which is at the northern part of Mill Avenue.

As far as I know, tuition is low (instate) when compared nationally.

Are you just considering ASU? What other university are you considering?

[vegaspilgrim]

Arizona State is a sleeping giant. It is actually one of the most underrated schools in the nation, academically. The reputation as a party school is slowly but surely going out the door. The business school, the engineering school, nursing, School of Earth and Space exploration, center for study of conflict of religion and science, it's all there. Just wait and see-- in a few years you'll say I told you so!

[hank c.]

Nasa just picked ASU to guide study in their search for life program. They have a great science school, getting better everyday. The mars exploration program. If your looking into that field than ASU is the place to be right now.

[dc1225]

cmon guys, no matter how you try to sugarcoat it and while you are doing a good job, ASU is ASU, party school. If im looking at 2 resumes, one from ASU and the other from say UCLA, Ohio State or Northwestern, maybe even Northern AZ, guess who I'd give the edge to? Nothing wrong with it, you just have to do a better job of selling yourself in interviews is all. Bottomline, the if the interviewers like what you have to say and how you react and seem halfway astute, they'll hire you regardless of where you went to school.

[NytoPhx]

Originally Posted by dc1225

cmon guys, no matter how you try to sugarcoat it and while you are doing a good job, ASU is ASU, party school. If im looking at 2 resumes, one from ASU and the other from say UCLA, Ohio State or Northwestern, maybe even Northern AZ, guess who I'd give the edge to? Nothing wrong with it, you just have to do a better job of selling yourself in interviews is all. Bottomline, the if the interviewers like what you have to say and how you react and seem halfway astute, they'll hire you regardless of where you went to school.

....Yeah but in order to first get the interview, and assuming its straight out of college, what school you went to plays a big role. Also, how can you even compare Northern Ariz. Univ to ASU, nobody outside of AZ heard of NAU. Id like to see rankings backing that up.

[dust154]

thanks for your help i am also considering the university of North Carolina, University of Georgia, Florida State, Michigan State, University of Tennessee and the University of Nevada Las Vegas. i want a school that has a party reputation and is good at sports but i dont want to give up the academic part of it

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