Anonymous wrote:Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA

its pretty decent

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Anonymous wrote:Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA

https://www.ktvu.com/news/racist-threatening-graffiti-discovered-sjsu-campus
A recent incident. Are you Asian, Jewish, or Muslim? This may be a concern.

This is concerning considering it has such a diverse student body, with only 16% of students identifying as Caucasian.

It may be a hoax (a minority may have done this), or I guess if a white student did it they feel threatened by the fact that there SJSU and SV in general is super diverse.

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Anonymous wrote:Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA

https://www.ktvu.com/news/racist-threatening-graffiti-discovered-sjsu-campus
A recent incident. Are you Asian, Jewish, or Muslim? This may be a concern.

eh. We're in MCPS, and we've had issues with swastikas draw on desks.

I went to SJSU eons ago, so my info may be dated.

That said, it is mostly a commuter school. Lots of first gens. It's part of the CSU system in CA, which is a tier below the UC schools, but SJSU has a decent reputation in silicon valley because it churns out grads who end up in a lot of the tech companies there. Again, my info may be dated since I went given how there are so many layoffs happening in SV.

It's near downtown SJ, but SJ is not terribly exciting, but it's fairly safe.

What's the major?

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Anonymous wrote:Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA

It has an 85% acceptance rate.

CSUs give preference to students living in their service area, so that's a misleading number for OOS.

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Anonymous wrote:They have amazing job placement rates.

It did until tech job market crashed.

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Anonymous wrote:Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA

It has an 85% acceptance rate.

CSUs give preference to students living in their service area, so that's a misleading number for OOS.

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Anonymous wrote:Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA

It has an 85% acceptance rate.

Should have said, if dc gets in, its financial feasible/is a realistic possibility (compared to other schools dc is applying to).

Also, the major that dc is applying to has something like a 30% acceptance rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA

https://www.ktvu.com/news/racist-threatening-graffiti-discovered-sjsu-campus
A recent incident. Are you Asian, Jewish, or Muslim? This may be a concern.

This is concerning considering it has such a diverse student body, with only 16% of students identifying as Caucasian.

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Anonymous wrote:Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA

It has an 85% acceptance rate.

Should have said, if dc gets in, its financial feasible/is a realistic possibility (compared to other schools dc is applying to).

Regarding on-campus living, if you pull up a college's Common Data Set and look at section F, you can see the percent living in campus housing. SJSU (https://www.sjsu.edu/irsa/docs/cds/20250411_CDS_2024-2025%20FINAL.pdf) has 48.8% of freshmen and 16.6% of all undergrads living on campus. You can compare this with other schools your kid is thinking about to get a sense as to how the experience might be different. For example, to pick a school at random, JMU has 99% of freshmen living on campus, with 10% of undergrads living on campus, which will give a different social feel.

Anonymous wrote:Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA

It has an 85% acceptance rate.

See if there is a virtual tour.

Use google maps street view, drag the little guy to "walk" all over campus.

You might look at Santa Clara University as well.

They have amazing job placement rates.

Anonymous wrote:Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA

https://www.ktvu.com/news/racist-threatening-graffiti-discovered-sjsu-campus
A recent incident. Are you Asian, Jewish, or Muslim? This may be a concern.

Dc is interested in San Jose State University for a very specific major. We are from the DMV and have never been to California. Anyone familiar with the school who can offer some insight? Is it mostly a commuter school? How would an east coast student fit in? What is the campus like? We plan to visit over spring break if dc gets in. TIA