CA residents: DON'T GO HERE

vraiment
Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:09:11 +0000

If you don’t like how Tucson sounds, ASU is in Tempe, directly adjacent to Phoenix. They are good in engineering and business (better than UA) and some of the social sciences, though if you think #1 is a problem at UA, don’t bother with ASU. But as a transfer student, unless you are in a easy major, most of the immature students should have washed out or switched to the easy majors anyway before the upper division classes.

Also, lots of people love Tucson, it depends on what you are looking for. UA was in the top 10 grad programs (when I checked last year) in subjects like evolutionary biology, analytical chemistry, and earth sciences, so some people are busting their tails to get to the city, it’s just a matter of perspective. There is great biking, hiking, intramural sports, football/bball games, tons of clubs, etc. there, so depending on your interests there could be plenty of things to do. Plus it’s just 60 miles from the border, though things have really gone downhill in Mexico over the past few years, so far less people go there.

One more good academic thing besides hard sciences (though possibly for similar reasons) is that there are lots of languages available, and if they don’t have it you can request it. The less common ones, from Chechen to Napali, are in the critical language center where you only have to pay a $360 course fee instead of tuition.