. . "66"^^ . "20"^^ . "1"^^ . "HELLISH HELLISH SUMMER WEATHER (March thru October)\nit hurts my lungs to breath.\n\nI couldn't get transcripts because I had a parking ticket I needed to pay.\nThe problem is... *i DON'T OWN A CAR, I don't drive, I don't even have a drivers license*!!\n~*~*-- aside from that one minor incident,~*~*\n\nI paid 9000 USD a semester to receive a so and so education.\nI graduated with a magna cum laude. I have attended other universities. However, I couldn't help but notice the gap in the quality and variety of classes offered.\n\nFor example, you have to be a finance major to take upper level interesting finance classes.\n\nBusiness school was so and so, a lot of repetition.\nVery little hands-on and help with internships.\nWay too much groupwork and free-riding.\nThey do not have many good employers at their semi annual recruiting events.\n\nOh, and professors rarely teach the courses.\nThey have their teaching assistants teach us.\n\nAlso, there is a lack of bridging classes between lower level and upper level classes.\n Junior year when you get admitted into the \"professional program\" the level of the classes and transition isn't too smooth.\n\nThe campus tutoring program is pretty helpful for general classes if you're having trouble with classes (usually lower level)\n\nThere are not enough chairs/desks in some classes.\nThe students sit on the floor and cram on the stairs in the lecture halls.\n\nAlso, the classes don't teach you how to think critically, which I think is crucial in college.\nPlease don't waste your money, especially those of you from out of state. Its not worth it.\n\nExpect to wait in line wherever you go.\nASU accepts way too many people.\nIt would prolly accept my cat and my baby sister who barely talks if we threw money at them.\n\nThus its very difficult to get myself into the classes I need.\nThe advisors are walking advertisements of the business school.\nThey are not informed enough to advise you.\n\nI got dropped from two required prerequisite courses so I could not move on to the next level.... even after pre-registration.\nI got screwed and ended up having to take one more semester to graduate.\n\nTuition rose from 6000 a semester in Fall of 2003 to 9000 + in Fall of 2007.\nGross!!\n\nOne thing I liked was the student theatre performances. The admission $ was reasonable and quite entertaining.\n\nThe College of Architecture and Environmental design studios are pretty good and has good security.\n\nASU is not the most safe neighborhood.\nI have been approached by many shady people.\n\ndo NOT live on campus. Especially the dorms on north campus.\nThey are beyond crappy and overpriced.\nYou have to split your room with a room mate in most cases for undergrads.\nThe \"freshman year experience\" bullsh*t they pull on you, don't buy it.\nand Please PLEASE please don't move into Manzy Hall (Manzanita; 15 stores with triangular windows).\n\nI lived here my froshy year and its the dirtiest (rats), unhealthy (mold, pot circulation), most promiscuous place on campus.\n\nAgain, please don't bother wasting your money, especially if your an out of state or international student. \nHope this helps."^^ . "9"^^ . "2010-07-26T00:00:00"^^ . .