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| - I am a senior graduating with a BS in Math and another in Electrical Engineering and am in Barrett Honors College. With over a 4.0. I can tell you that ASU has been the biggest sh*thole waste of 3 1/2 years of my life (I did 2 years at community college... and a year of my tuition at ASU was due to my mentally-brain-damaged advisor, who misadvised me my first year and cost me a class that was a prereq for another. I lost a year because she was ignorant before I learned to never listen to her again). I feel like I've gotten stupider. In my experience, the only thing remotely good about ASU was BHC (Barrett).
I'm tired of teachers who don't speak English (or should I say grad students who don't speak English, because once I hit the 300 level, my teachers couldn't even attend their own office hours, let alone their own classes).
ASU was one of the worst decisions I ever made in my life, and I'm disappointed in myself. I have no plans to walk, or be proud of my alma mater. It's a well-sold, sloganized waste of your money. If you have any sort of reasonable intelligence... if when Arizona says "No child left behind" they actually DON'T mean you... go ANYWHERE else. I know it's tempting. I'm from Scottsdale... it's close, in-state, not morbidly expensive. DON'T BUY IT! Spend money elsewhere for a real education.
Job placement was a JOKE. Seriously. I found my own job long before graduation. Their "Career Fairs" were... well, thinking back on them makes me laugh a little bit. But it wasn't funny.
The advisors are complete sh*t. My math advisor harassed me for 3 years to take my year of foreign language. Only BAs have to take foreign language, which I had to tell her EVERY TIME I FREAKING TALKED TO HER. "Carly, I'm STILL not a BA." Plus, as I told her regularly "I STILL did Spanish AP in HS," so it STILL didn't make a difference either way. And that was the best part of her "advising." She either misadvised or completely ignored any questions I had. I really don't think I ever once got anything useful out of her.
The students are overall VERY subpar. Michael Crowe's "NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY" - honestly, I don't want to go into it. There are a million things I could say, but it makes me want to gag and reminds me of how disappointed I am that I chose ASU. The whole campus, and most of the professors I had REEKED OF MEDIOCRITY. At best. That's probably being too generous. I had a few who were amazing. Like 3. In 3 1/2 years. The rest... there was no middle ground. They were flaky, horrible, heavily-accented teachers... If you were lucky enough to see them after day 2 (this is assuming you weren't stuck sitting on the floor since the class was so packed on days 1 and 2... otherwise, you might not have seen them at all).
I got scholarships and grants which not only paid my full tuition and books, but paid me a few thousand every semester to attend ASU. I still feel that it was the worst decision I have ever made in my life. The only thing I thank god for every day is that I spent 2 years at Scottsdale Community College before transferring in. So, my college years weren't a COMPLETE waste.
People who SHOULD attend ASU:
- Anyone who had to take advantage of "No child left behind"
- Anyone who got denied everywhere else (no worries, ASU will take you)
- Any females who aspire to be a stripper when they grow up (ASU will be great practice)
- Anyone interested in getting an STD (report to Manzy immediately. And don't worry.... "she's on birth control" / "he will pull out.")
- Anyone who wants to leave college more dazed than they came in, because not only did you get stupider, but you also had to deal with all their bureaucratic bullsh*t, and PAY for it.
- Anyone who only wants to go to college for the parents, and never intends on getting a REAL job. if you intend on getting a real job... well, let's just say you have a better chance learning to be a Physicist by watching Michio Kaku's YouTube videos.
So, ASU, I kiss you goodbye. I hope a giant sinkhole takes you out so you can stop robbing students blind for the absolutely sh*tty education you offer. Parking & Transit Services, you are NAZIS. I hope you all BURN. I don't own a f-ing car and have never driven to campus. I hope you enjoyed the $700 in parking tickets you irreversibly "linked" to me though some obscure family member I haven't met since I was 2 since I "HAD TO BE THE ONLY ONE AT ASU WHO WOULD DRIVE IT." F*CK YOU. I'm still considering suing your ass blind as a parting gift.
To: Sallie Mae, the Brown Family, Coca Cola, the Federal Government, the National Merit Honors Scholarship people, Phi Theta Kappa, and anyone else who gave me a scholarship or grant... Thanks for the spending money each semester. My cat, Domino, really enjoyed all the cool stuff he got from my proceeds, too... I'm sure he would thank you if he'd ever learn to speak. As for the tuition part, I AM SO, SO, SO FREAKING SORRY.
Thanks for the memories!
-Jessica
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