Greetings From the Campus Of…. Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ!
(Originally written 2/12/09) It’s a beautiful day here, as always, I’m told (300+ sunny days per year). The campus is abuzz about their win over UCLA in basketball last night – the Sun Devils’ school spirit is pervasive. Good thing that the opposing team’s fans didn’t make it up to “paint the A” on the mountain due to the ASU club camping overnight to guard its traditional gold color.
I’ve spent over two hours walking around the Tempe campus, as it is 642 acres huge and bustling with almost 50,000 undergrads. I’d say it’s somewhere between “active” and “comfortably crowded” but there seems to be just enough space for everyone. Many of the required housing freshman dorms are “eclectic-looking” from the outside, but nicely refurbished and large on the inside. Some freshmen dorms are new. New “just off-campus” upperclassmen student apartments are highly desirable.
The new Barrett Honors College (as in Craig “Intel” Barrett) is on track to open this fall – 9 brand new, environmentally friendly classroom/social/residential buildings (for students with an average 3.8 GPA/1320 SAT’s), plus 4-year guaranteed housing and many other perks and scholarships worth looking into. Besides that, ASU is interested in students from CA with an average 3.4 GPA and SAT’s in the 1100’s range (Critical Reading/Math). The full out-of-state cost is about $26k, comparable to the UC’s and less than private schools. With a rolling admissions process, you can find out if you get in early!
Students rave about the many “opportunities” they have at ASU. This includes a Mill Ave District “college town” social scene, hanging out at Tempe Town Lake (a huge man-made lake just off campus with major concerts in the adjacent park), easy access via light rail to Phoenix, Mesa and Scottsdale for internships, fun nightlife, pro sporting events and golf, as well as classes at the other ASU campuses including West Campus, Polytechnic Campus and Downtown Campus via a shuttle bus.
ASU is definitely worth a look for anyone who doesn’t mind the “warm” Arizona weather. The word “opportunity” best describes this university in terms of majors, internships, research, social life, sports, etc. Overall, students seem very happy.
View my photo album at http://picasaweb.google.com/maritasurace/ArizonaStateUniversityTempeCampus# and please visit my web site at www.CollegeApplicationAdvisors.com
(Originally written 2/12/09) It’s a beautiful day here, as always, I’m told (300+ sunny days per year). The campus is abuzz about their win over UCLA in basketball last night – the Sun Devils’ school spirit is pervasive. Good thing that the opposing team’s fans didn’t make it up to “paint the A” on the mountain due to the ASU club camping overnight to guard its traditional gold color.
I’ve spent over two hours walking around the Tempe campus, as it is 642 acres huge and bustling with almost 50,000 undergrads. I’d say it’s somewhere between “active” and “comfortably crowded” but there seems to be just enough space for everyone. Many of the required housing freshman dorms are “eclectic-looking” from the outside, but nicely refurbished and large on the inside. Some freshmen dorms are new. New “just off-campus” upperclassmen student apartments are highly desirable.
The new Barrett Honors College (as in Craig “Intel” Barrett) is on track to open this fall – 9 brand new, environmentally friendly classroom/social/residential buildings (for students with an average 3.8 GPA/1320 SAT’s), plus 4-year guaranteed housing and many other perks and scholarships worth looking into. Besides that, ASU is interested in students from CA with an average 3.4 GPA and SAT’s in the 1100’s range (Critical Reading/Math). The full out-of-state cost is about $26k, comparable to the UC’s and less than private schools. With a rolling admissions process, you can find out if you get in early!
Students rave about the many “opportunities” they have at ASU. This includes a Mill Ave District “college town” social scene, hanging out at Tempe Town Lake (a huge man-made lake just off campus with major concerts in the adjacent park), easy access via light rail to Phoenix, Mesa and Scottsdale for internships, fun nightlife, pro sporting events and golf, as well as classes at the other ASU campuses including West Campus, Polytechnic Campus and Downtown Campus via a shuttle bus.
ASU is definitely worth a look for anyone who doesn’t mind the “warm” Arizona weather. The word “opportunity” best describes this university in terms of majors, internships, research, social life, sports, etc. Overall, students seem very happy.
View my photo album at http://picasaweb.google.com/maritasurace/ArizonaStateUniversityTempeCampus# and please visit my web site at www.CollegeApplicationAdvisors.com
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