S/o I have a lot of respect for ASU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem with ASU is its out of control Greek and party scene. I grew up in California and it was known at THE wreckless party school. Pretty much everyone I know who went there ended up dropping out due to drugs and partying. It was as bad as UC Santa Barbara, but without the solid academics.

Maybe they’ve tried to fix these issues, I have no idea. But it has a bad reputation for many years. The school was also a major hub of drug activity and trafficking

Meh. I went to ASU and the vast majority of the students never had anything to do with that scene.

Are you hot?

I'm a guy. Can confirm the women there were hot, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree OP. I toured this school. It is amazing. The president is a genius from the projects. He is blunt and assertive, but he doesn’t give a crap about the numbers and elite game. He even merged his online school with his university students. They are all his students. No one getting a degree online will have a different college name or thought of any less. (Try that out UMCP and “UMUC” and your shady numbers game.) He said he wanted 100,000 students of all ages, colors, and class, getting an education in his state. He hit the 100,000 two years earlier than projected (last year.)

My child from an elite private high school, on a massive scholarship that has become very apparent to the kids around her - loved it. She is over that game. It was a breath of fresh air. Even the orientation doesn’t give you the whole big song and dance every other college gives you. The kids are happy. Truly happy. Maybe it is the beautiful weather, maybe it is that their worst dorms are UVA and UMCP best. But I think the real reason is there is no entitlement or competition. They are offered an education and to make the best they can of it. The top kids not only get fantastic straightword merit packages, but are getting research and lab work freshman year that only the tippy top kids get elsewhere by junior year. The average kids are not meant to struggle and can get free tutoring. They can go in and out of schools and take the classes they want. The struggling kids that can’t afgord or need to help out at home, can move their classes online. No one is forced to live on the campus.

The Barrett honors college is what is considered their SLAC within a big university. Want a small liberal arts school? Want to be around very intellectual stimulating kids of all majors? Want a physics class of only 25? Want an advisor that truly knows your name? That honors college is number one in the country. He hired the old Swathmore dean to run it and it has thrived. The community has their dorms, dining hall, gym, classrooms, library, gyms, outdoor pools and volleyball courts. Faculty and advisors. Writing lab and tutors all in one location. It was well thought out.

They still have Greek, but they tore down all the old houses about 8 years ago and built buildings for them. They live all together with certain frats in x amount of halls/location. They each have community kitchens, meeting rooms, and very often plan events together or compete against each other in simple events.

The SESE school is unique and incredible. Hidden gem. The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism is top notch. Graduate students are in the ASU building in DC. Fulton Engineering is massive with so many opportunities. Mary Lou Fenton Teaching College is one of the best in the nation.

It just makes me sick that this school got hit with the nasty comments. That bimbo is better off at USC with the other elite.

Love how up you are all "lets be egalitarian and not snobby" and then IMMEDIATELY let us know that you kid went to an "elite" private and then you break the school down into the "top" kids and the Honors College kids and give a condescending pat on the head to the "average" kids. You rely on Swarthmore's name to bolster prestige.

You are still very invested in making sure your kid is at the top of the pile. You just want to redefine which schools belong on that list.[/quote]

+1

[Anonymous]

I regret not applying to places like ASU, USC, and Other pac-12 schools.

I wasted so much college time around horse-faces in our ivy instead of dimes out west.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem with ASU is its out of control Greek and party scene. I grew up in California and it was known at THE wreckless party school. Pretty much everyone I know who went there ended up dropping out due to drugs and partying. It was as bad as UC Santa Barbara, but without the solid academics.

Maybe they’ve tried to fix these issues, I have no idea. But it has a bad reputation for many years. The school was also a major hub of drug activity and trafficking

Meh. I went to ASU and the vast majority of the students never had anything to do with that scene.

Are you hot?

I'm a guy. Can confirm the women there were hot, though.

Are you hot as well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure there’s some sort of “reputation management” sock puppet posting in this thread on behalf of ASU.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree OP. I toured this school. It is amazing. The president is a genius from the projects. He is blunt and assertive, but he doesn’t give a crap about the numbers and elite game. He even merged his online school with his university students. They are all his students. No one getting a degree online will have a different college name or thought of any less. (Try that out UMCP and “UMUC” and your shady numbers game.) He said he wanted 100,000 students of all ages, colors, and class, getting an education in his state. He hit the 100,000 two years earlier than projected (last year.)

My child from an elite private high school, on a massive scholarship that has become very apparent to the kids around her - loved it. She is over that game. It was a breath of fresh air. Even the orientation doesn’t give you the whole big song and dance every other college gives you. The kids are happy. Truly happy. Maybe it is the beautiful weather, maybe it is that their worst dorms are UVA and UMCP best. But I think the real reason is there is no entitlement or competition. They are offered an education and to make the best they can of it. The top kids not only get fantastic straightword merit packages, but are getting research and lab work freshman year that only the tippy top kids get elsewhere by junior year. The average kids are not meant to struggle and can get free tutoring. They can go in and out of schools and take the classes they want. The struggling kids that can’t afgord or need to help out at home, can move their classes online. No one is forced to live on the campus.

The Barrett honors college is what is considered their SLAC within a big university. Want a small liberal arts school? Want to be around very intellectual stimulating kids of all majors? Want a physics class of only 25? Want an advisor that truly knows your name? That honors college is number one in the country. He hired the old Swathmore dean to run it and it has thrived. The community has their dorms, dining hall, gym, classrooms, library, gyms, outdoor pools and volleyball courts. Faculty and advisors. Writing lab and tutors all in one location. It was well thought out.

They still have Greek, but they tore down all the old houses about 8 years ago and built buildings for them. They live all together with certain frats in x amount of halls/location. They each have community kitchens, meeting rooms, and very often plan events together or compete against each other in simple events.

The SESE school is unique and incredible. Hidden gem. The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism is top notch. Graduate students are in the ASU building in DC. Fulton Engineering is massive with so many opportunities. Mary Lou Fenton Teaching College is one of the best in the nation.

It just makes me sick that this school got hit with the nasty comments. That bimbo is better off at USC with the other elite.

Love how up you are all "lets be egalitarian and not snobby" and then IMMEDIATELY let us know that you kid went to an "elite" private and then you break the school down into the "top" kids and the Honors College kids and give a condescending pat on the head to the "average" kids. You rely on Swarthmore's name to bolster prestige.

You are still very invested in making sure your kid is at the top of the pile. You just want to redefine which schools belong on that list.

Every public college has an honor program and it isn’t the bottom kids that are in it. This is nothing new PP. ASU just had a really good one. Why can’t anyone be proud of a school below the top 25?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree OP. I toured this school. It is amazing. The president is a genius from the projects. He is blunt and assertive, but he doesn’t give a crap about the numbers and elite game. He even merged his online school with his university students. They are all his students. No one getting a degree online will have a different college name or thought of any less. (Try that out UMCP and “UMUC” and your shady numbers game.) He said he wanted 100,000 students of all ages, colors, and class, getting an education in his state. He hit the 100,000 two years earlier than projected (last year.)

My child from an elite private high school, on a massive scholarship that has become very apparent to the kids around her - loved it. She is over that game. It was a breath of fresh air. Even the orientation doesn’t give you the whole big song and dance every other college gives you. The kids are happy. Truly happy. Maybe it is the beautiful weather, maybe it is that their worst dorms are UVA and UMCP best. But I think the real reason is there is no entitlement or competition. They are offered an education and to make the best they can of it. The top kids not only get fantastic straightword merit packages, but are getting research and lab work freshman year that only the tippy top kids get elsewhere by junior year. The average kids are not meant to struggle and can get free tutoring. They can go in and out of schools and take the classes they want. The struggling kids that can’t afgord or need to help out at home, can move their classes online. No one is forced to live on the campus.

The Barrett honors college is what is considered their SLAC within a big university. Want a small liberal arts school? Want to be around very intellectual stimulating kids of all majors? Want a physics class of only 25? Want an advisor that truly knows your name? That honors college is number one in the country. He hired the old Swathmore dean to run it and it has thrived. The community has their dorms, dining hall, gym, classrooms, library, gyms, outdoor pools and volleyball courts. Faculty and advisors. Writing lab and tutors all in one location. It was well thought out.

They still have Greek, but they tore down all the old houses about 8 years ago and built buildings for them. They live all together with certain frats in x amount of halls/location. They each have community kitchens, meeting rooms, and very often plan events together or compete against each other in simple events.

The SESE school is unique and incredible. Hidden gem. The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism is top notch. Graduate students are in the ASU building in DC. Fulton Engineering is massive with so many opportunities. Mary Lou Fenton Teaching College is one of the best in the nation.

It just makes me sick that this school got hit with the nasty comments. That bimbo is better off at USC with the other elite.

Love how up you are all "lets be egalitarian and not snobby" and then IMMEDIATELY let us know that you kid went to an "elite" private and then you break the school down into the "top" kids and the Honors College kids and give a condescending pat on the head to the "average" kids. You rely on Swarthmore's name to bolster prestige.

You are still very invested in making sure your kid is at the top of the pile. You just want to redefine which schools belong on that list.

Every public college has an honor program and it isn’t the bottom kids that are in it. This is nothing new PP. ASU just had a really good one. Why can’t anyone be proud of a school below the top 25?

Uc-Boulder is below top 25 and lots of people are proud of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree OP. I toured this school. It is amazing. The president is a genius from the projects. He is blunt and assertive, but he doesn’t give a crap about the numbers and elite game. He even merged his online school with his university students. They are all his students. No one getting a degree online will have a different college name or thought of any less. (Try that out UMCP and “UMUC” and your shady numbers game.) He said he wanted 100,000 students of all ages, colors, and class, getting an education in his state. He hit the 100,000 two years earlier than projected (last year.)

My child from an elite private high school, on a massive scholarship that has become very apparent to the kids around her - loved it. She is over that game. It was a breath of fresh air. Even the orientation doesn’t give you the whole big song and dance every other college gives you. The kids are happy. Truly happy. Maybe it is the beautiful weather, maybe it is that their worst dorms are UVA and UMCP best. But I think the real reason is there is no entitlement or competition. They are offered an education and to make the best they can of it. The top kids not only get fantastic straightword merit packages, but are getting research and lab work freshman year that only the tippy top kids get elsewhere by junior year. The average kids are not meant to struggle and can get free tutoring. They can go in and out of schools and take the classes they want. The struggling kids that can’t afgord or need to help out at home, can move their classes online. No one is forced to live on the campus.

The Barrett honors college is what is considered their SLAC within a big university. Want a small liberal arts school? Want to be around very intellectual stimulating kids of all majors? Want a physics class of only 25? Want an advisor that truly knows your name? That honors college is number one in the country. He hired the old Swathmore dean to run it and it has thrived. The community has their dorms, dining hall, gym, classrooms, library, gyms, outdoor pools and volleyball courts. Faculty and advisors. Writing lab and tutors all in one location. It was well thought out.

They still have Greek, but they tore down all the old houses about 8 years ago and built buildings for them. They live all together with certain frats in x amount of halls/location. They each have community kitchens, meeting rooms, and very often plan events together or compete against each other in simple events.

The SESE school is unique and incredible. Hidden gem. The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism is top notch. Graduate students are in the ASU building in DC. Fulton Engineering is massive with so many opportunities. Mary Lou Fenton Teaching College is one of the best in the nation.

It just makes me sick that this school got hit with the nasty comments. That bimbo is better off at USC with the other elite.

Love how up you are all "lets be egalitarian and not snobby" and then IMMEDIATELY let us know that you kid went to an "elite" private and then you break the school down into the "top" kids and the Honors College kids and give a condescending pat on the head to the "average" kids. You rely on Swarthmore's name to bolster prestige.

You are still very invested in making sure your kid is at the top of the pile. You just want to redefine which schools belong on that list.

Every public college has an honor program and it isn’t the bottom kids that are in it. This is nothing new PP. ASU just had a really good one. Why can’t anyone be proud of a school below the top 25?

That's a good question but ASU, ranked at #115, is wayyyyyy below the top 25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem with ASU is its out of control Greek and party scene. I grew up in California and it was known at THE wreckless party school. Pretty much everyone I know who went there ended up dropping out due to drugs and partying. It was as bad as UC Santa Barbara, but without the solid academics.

Maybe they’ve tried to fix these issues, I have no idea. But it has a bad reputation for many years. The school was also a major hub of drug activity and trafficking

Meh. I went to ASU and the vast majority of the students never had anything to do with that scene.

Are you hot?

I'm a guy. Can confirm the women there were hot, though.

Are you hot as well?

Yep, ASU, home of: The "Show Us Your T*ts!" Douche

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure there’s some sort of “reputation management” sock puppet posting in this thread on behalf of ASU.

+1

Funny, I was thinking there is just one person here hell bent on being an a prick. I mean who really cares who likes or dislikes a college ranked around 100. Some will love it and others will hate it. Just like every other school out there.

To say there is a reputation management sock pocket for a school like ASU is laughable. To think they would come to DCUM is an absolute joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure there’s some sort of “reputation management” sock puppet posting in this thread on behalf of ASU.

+1

Funny, I was thinking there is just one person here hell bent on being an a prick. I mean who really cares who likes or dislikes a college ranked around 100. Some will love it and others will hate it. Just like every other school out there.

To say there is a reputation management sock pocket for a school like ASU is laughable. To think they would come to DCUM is an absolute joke.

I highly doubt that anyone in ASU public relations or administration even knows DCUM exists.

If they do, they should stop wasting their time here, because this is not their target market at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure there’s some sort of “reputation management” sock puppet posting in this thread on behalf of ASU.

+1

Funny, I was thinking there is just one person here hell bent on being an a prick. I mean who really cares who likes or dislikes a college ranked around 100. Some will love it and others will hate it. Just like every other school out there.

To say there is a reputation management sock pocket for a school like ASU is laughable. To think they would come to DCUM is an absolute joke.

While this is true, if a thread mentions the name of a school people chime in with their pro and cons -- like UC Boulder is for stoners and that sort of thing. I want to know the good and the bad, both of which have been presented on this thread.

[Anonymous]

UC Boulder is a fantastic school in an incredible setting. They've really stepped up their STEM programs and probably have some of the best for a public university west of the Mississippi. Google and other tech companies have recently donated a ton of money to the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure ASU is looked down upon by DC snobs, but it's actually a decent school and has a good business school. I don't know anyone from the midwest or NE who didn't like going to school there, especially those who are into the outdoors or chasing senoritas.

I think the top 15 US news are pretty impressive and exclusive small places. But outside of that, roughly 15-100 are not impressing me. I’m going to take a deeper dive into what you accomplished and what else is on your resume. The bickering about #20 vs #50 or whatever is just pathetic and stupid.

[Anonymous]

Oh the irony.....


Loughlin's first husband, Michael R. Burns, graduated from ASU. Burns is now the vice chairman of film company Lionsgate. Giannulli went to USC, but does not appear to have graduated.