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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

There are no Greek houses anymore. They made frat and sorority villages, Owned by the college. The party scene has seriously been cut since the early 2000’s. Still fun, but no where near the craziness. The reputation has increased too. But it will never be a hard school to get into. The president is steadfast on allowing as many kids as possible to go there. So instead of making it “reputable” and doing the numbers game, he said he is going to make it accessible. I think another 20K more go there now than 10 years ago.

Most of the increase is online students and satellite campus students.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2017/09/13/asu-enrollment-hits-more-than-100-000-first-time/646653001/

Arizona State University has reached a new milestone this fall, enrolling more than 100,000 students.

Preliminary enrollment figures show ASU has 103,410 students, a 5-percent increase over last year and 40 percent more than five years ago.

But consider this before panic sets in about how many more cars are competing for parking spots:

About 30,000 of those students are enrolled in online-only classes and don't set foot on campus.

The remaining 72,000 ASU students are mainly spread over five campuses in the metro Phoenix area. Outside the Valley, the smaller ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City has operated since 2012.

The enrollment increase puts ASU on track to have 125,000 students by 2025, a goal set by the Arizona Board of Regents as part of a strategic plan to increase the percentage of Arizona residents with a college degree.

Tempe remains the largest ASU campus with an enrollment of 51,600.

[Think it was about 40k when I went there.]

Anonymous wrote:I attended NAU and my best friend attended ASU for undergrad. We went to different schools for graduate degrees. It’s an undergraduate degree! It’s only as good as the work you put into it. You can get a great education no matter where you go if you want it.

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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

There are no Greek houses anymore. They made frat and sorority villages, Owned by the college. The party scene has seriously been cut since the early 2000’s. Still fun, but no where near the craziness. The reputation has increased too. But it will never be a hard school to get into. The president is steadfast on allowing as many kids as possible to go there. So instead of making it “reputable” and doing the numbers game, he said he is going to make it accessible. I think another 20K more go there now than 10 years ago.

Arizona State University has reached a new milestone this fall, enrolling more than 100,000 students.

Preliminary enrollment figures show ASU has 103,410 students, a 5-percent increase over last year and 40 percent more than five years ago.

But consider this before panic sets in about how many more cars are competing for parking spots:

About 30,000 of those students are enrolled in online-only classes and don't set foot on campus.

The remaining 72,000 ASU students are mainly spread over five campuses in the metro Phoenix area. Outside the Valley, the smaller ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City has operated since 2012.

The enrollment increase puts ASU on track to have 125,000 students by 2025, a goal set by the Arizona Board of Regents as part of a strategic plan to increase the percentage of Arizona residents with a college degree.

Tempe remains the largest ASU campus with an enrollment of 51,600.

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

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Anonymous wrote:No skin in the game - but I've heard wonderful things about Barrett at ASU. My high stats kid didn't really consider it, but on paper, it sounds amazing. If Barrett were on the east coast, we'd be all over it.

barrett + all the hot girls sounds like a dream. It would be a top choice for me if I was applying these days.

Robots are going to take all of our jobs anyways, might as well as make the most out of undergrad.

Anonymous wrote:OP....are you from AZ? Of course, most kids in AZ will want to go to an in-state, state school. But, no one would want to pay OOS to go to a #150 ranked school. Not worth it!

Anonymous wrote:No skin in the game - but I've heard wonderful things about Barrett at ASU. My high stats kid didn't really consider it, but on paper, it sounds amazing. If Barrett were on the east coast, we'd be all over it.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand any college bashing. America has it all wrong. Anyone can get a quality education, even doing 2 years in community. This blinded need for a name is so lame. If you are smart, you go where it is cheap, esp for a BA/BS. Some of “easy” schools have incredible merit packages and you will be top of your class. Easier to be an undergrad resesrcher, easier to be a TA. Spending 70K to possibly be the middle of the pack and then spend x amount of dollars for you masters too? Insane.

I think it is a bigger sign of American strength to have Harry Truman coming through Spalding's Commercial College than privileged leaders coming through HYP (and Penn) based on family influence. But last presidents are now Penn (Wharton), Columbia/Harvard Law, Yale/Harvard Business School, Georgetown/Yale Law, and Yale.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand any college bashing. America has it all wrong. Anyone can get a quality education, even doing 2 years in community. This blinded need for a name is so lame. If you are smart, you go where it is cheap, esp for a BA/BS. Some of “easy” schools have incredible merit packages and you will be top of your class. Easier to be an undergrad resesrcher, easier to be a TA. Spending 70K to possibly be the middle of the pack and then spend x amount of dollars for you masters too? Insane.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

That makes Giannulli a bigger a-hole than I thought yesterday.

Not really. They were obsessed with conferring status and polish. And of course — it appears she really wanted her kid to continue mixing with elite friends that were heading to USC. But it just makes no sense why they didn’t just ask their family friend who is a USC TRUSTEE!

Lots of connected bimbos get into USC, UCLA, Michigan, and Ivies. So when your rich kid can’t, maybe they feared it would look EXTRAORDINARYLY awful?