San Diego State University
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Neighborhood: Rolando5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego, CA 92182 (619) 594-5200
25 Reviews for San Diego State University
This school's Drug Dealing department is clearly sub-par. Come on, State! Sending mass text messages to "loyal customers"??? Did you want to get caught??
I used to think that State was best known for the idiots, fake thugs and sluts who go there (this makes it a fun place to be on a Saturday night), but now they'll be known for having some of the most idiotic drug dealers, and some of the best snitches of any SoCal University.
It would earn the school some "street cred" had these kids not been such fucking idiots. Drugs "on sale"? Are you fucking kidding me?
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One star for the professors who actually care about their students and who know how to teach.
The other four stars ? Never will I give it to SDSU. The only big things on campus is the Greek life, the hard partying, the wasted students the next day in class, the rude staff and faculty members.
If you're looking for a university where the students are dedicated in their studies and who aren't so pompous and stuck up, look elsewhere. I made the choice of coming here because it was my last resort and here I am, just finishing my first year and I hate it already. Oh yes, don't forget the 'slow' students as well. There are plenty of those.
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If you want an STD, a loose anorexic girl with no self esteem to go home with (60% of them) or some coke, SDSU is your place to be.
If you give SDSU money, you leave with a degree, no matter what a screw up you are or even if you cannot read, speak or write English at a 9th grade level. SDSU is an example of exactly what is wrong with providing everyone with an opportunity for a college degree and is nothing more than a glorified high school.
I came in here with a 3.75 Honors A.S. degree in English from one of the top ten community colleges in the nation, this place wants me to take 14 credits of remedial freshman Literature and English! HA! I only set foot here because UCSD wouldn't take 50 of my previous credits and there are no other decent and affordable colleges in this idiot town.
The professors here, for the most part, are a friggin joke, and the students are just as bad. I doubt that I did more than 10 hours of active class time work and participation because my classes were full of idiots and the professors cater to them all. A lot of these professors are good and adjunct from UCSD but many have admittedly "dumbed down" their SDSU courses! THAT BLOWS! Some people actually deserve and want to be in college and learn things for the sake of being being happier, more intelligent people, 85% of the students at SDSU don't. Many of the professors know it and act like they could care less just as the students do.
One year, thousands of dead braincells and $8K in students loans later, I am leaving SDSU and going back to SUNY, where they actually challenge people's intellects, and aren't afraid to weed out the idiots when they don't step up.
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I am ducking behind a row of cars.
"Mason!! Mason!! Come out slowly with your hands up."
I crouch down and move slowly away from the voices.
"It is no use running we have your friends. We can find out where you live in on time"
I put my head down. I have been had. My comrades have just dropped a dime on me. Covering their own asses I see. Now I officially know how they roll.
I stand up and walk towards the group. Two police vehicles with the lights on. One officer is searching our getaway car. The other one is safely parked outside the parking structure. My four associates are standing in s semi-circle all looking defeated and staring at me.
The officers grab me and throw me against the hood of the police vehicle. They seach me then have me stand there as they completely tear apart the car. They find various knives, weapons, and bullet proof vests. Good thing they did not seach inside the airbag compartment. Where the passenger airbag used to be.
After about an hour of getting drilled with questions and myself almost getting the shiny handcuffs and a free night stay downtown. I end up leaving permanently banned from SDSU unless actively enrolled in a class.
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I am not giving those stars to the stupid sorority girls or fraternity meatheads that think they "are so narly!" I am not giving those stars to the dumb losers sitting by the trees that got nothing better to do than waste money and skip class. They're not for the terrible parking (go trolley!). And no those stars are not going to the inevitable sophomore slump.
Those stars are (believe it or not) for the fact that I'm actually learning something here! I've had my share of some good professors, so I can't say my academic life is fully terrible.
I am giving stars for the Koala, which gives me a great laugh whenever they print an issue. I love reading the anonymous rants about the most annoying people at school. I love its humor.
Stars for the ARC. Oh how I miss the late night work outs.
Those student loans aren't going to complete waste I think. Ahh but how I loathe the impacted Business major! But State, you are one of the top business schools so I won't be as bitter.
Key to surviving State? Get good teachers. Ignore the dumb girls giggling at the young professor. Bring your own lunch. Read the Koala.
3.5 stars, yes that will do. Just because I don't feel helpless and agonized whenever I'm on campus.
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Yay for learning!
I had many good experiences at SDSU. Made great friends. The food was fuckin horrible though. Hare Krishnas to the rescue!!!
I think the majority of the student body needed a few good years of discipline. Maybe daddy didn't beat them enough. Whatever the case for the wide spread self-worship, they were all pure entertainment.
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Your mom gos to college.
No really I go here and am graduating so love it.
Word.
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So I tried to sell my books back this morning. I got 26 bucks!!
WTF MAN???
And they wouldn't take my Art book back cuse it didn't have a CD. Hello?!?!? It didn't come with a CD in the first place, and I paid $76 for it!!
And I got a parking ticket. On my last day of class ever?!?!?!?
Fcking Bastards!!!! They can take their books and their parking spots and shove them up their a$$!!!!!!
I'm over this place.
Blood suckers, and they wonder why the students are selling drugs.
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I'm trying to graduate in 1 year instead of 2.
enough said.
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Thanks Monty for bearing with me through grad school. That degree has helped, but the networking was far more fruitful. At the end of the day, I loved everything about you that I didn't get at UCSD: Sun. Sports. Music. Girls. A social life.
When I have to bring a girl home to momma, I'm gonna bring you with me.. If there was a Hall of Fame, I'm taking UCSD, but that's a whole different story that I don't have time to tell. Trust me. Thanks Aztecs.
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Once upon a time, not long ago, I was a blonde haired, blue eyed misfit of SDSU...that found many positives from this embellished establishment. The Greek system isn't really my thing....but the beauty of going to a school in San Diego is that there are plenty of other social networks to jump into....from surfing to kayaking to pub crawls to sports teams....plenty of cool people to meet.
Great campus, great variety of people, great location. Like any big school, there is always to exuberant amount of red tape involved in any process...but that should be expected. It IS a public school.
I can say great things about the Hospitality and Tourism Management Program. Small class sizes, industry professionals, and networking opportunities up the wazoo...not to mention one fun, personable group of students.
For a few closing thoughts, Zura, aka the zoo, is what it is....and I loved living there my first year. A little dirty....but it's college...it's not supposed to be squeaky clean.
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I can't believe I'm reviewing school. Well, I came here straight out of high school and hated it. The only thing I remember doing was when I actually showed up to school, I would skip class, steal huge mugs of soda from rubios, get snacks and go stir up some trouble in the library. Something about the library here makes me feel delirious and silly. I can't even tell you how many times I've spent giggling and feeling loopy finding hiding spots in the library and having snack feast. The only good thing about SDSU is the library, thats mostly why I'm reviewing it.
They have how many stories in the library? Like 7 I'm not quite sure. There are so many places to get lost in. Kinda hard asking anyone to meet you there because I can never tell which way i came in, where i am etc. They even have a media center to check out cd's, watch movies and record players! The dome in the library has a lot of comfy chairs to sit and read or sleep which is most likely the case for a lot of people.
OOh and the turtles! They have a turtle pond at the bottom of this grassy hill that come out in the sun and lay out. Nice relaxing place to sit. Other than that sdsu is pretty mediocre.
Hey Quinn Z,
What's it like to be WRONG?
In all seriousness, it was a blast. How can you not like a school where you talk about it being the "5 best years of my life", and, not only are you not joking, but nobody else takes it as such. Of course, most of those people are probably on the six-year plan (Thanks, Communication Department!).
Granted, the frat guys tend to give this place a bad name, but the Greek system isn't especially strong here, so they're easy to avoid. Unless, of course, you prefer being aggressively called "bro", by spiky haired dudes in wifebeaters.
All that being said, how much can you dislike a school where you can go to class in shorts, a t-shirt, and sandals on 99 days out of 100?
PS: True story- I once had to tell an SDSU girl that monkeys didn't live in California. Not only this, but I had to put forth a convincing argument (Not being a tropical climate, lack of canopy jungle, etc.) before she would believe me. The ladies tend not to be the smartest of the bunch, but I'll be darned if she didn't have a heart of gold!
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Is it just me, or does it seem like as soon as you transfer from a community college to SDSU, you get dumber and lazier? This is my second semester as an aztec, I work full time so i'm in and out of the campus and have nothing to say about the other activities that occur or even the other clubs and organizations that are available to students, however, i will say a few things just from my experiences so far...
Dear SDSU....
I am a transfer student from Mesa college and have completed all of my general education courses, for that, could you cut me a break and give me a decent registration date and time? I understand that there are students that have priority, but do freshmen really have to have an earlier registration day than juniors who are not taking 100 or 200 level classes? Perhaps I have my information wrong, but seriously...give us juniors a break!
I would like a brief explanation as to why I have to pay $135 for parking each semester when throughout the course of each semester, you block off PS4 for students because there is an event happening in Cox Arena. Seriously...it's not cool when all of your classes are in the general vicinity of that parking structure but you have to park all the way on the other side of campus just because some dumbass decided to schedule a freaking concert on a damn school night! Not being able to sit in class until 745 when class starts at 7 does not give me my money's worth for what I pay for to attend these classes.
Oh, and I know a lot of students go to work during the day just as I do, but do the latest class really have to start at 7? Why can't we start at 6 or maybe even 630?
Your financial aid office team sucks...they are rude and not helpful at all!!
So I guess I have just 4 requests...take a look at your registration policies and fix it...lower the damn fee for parking or don't block off a freaking structure for a damn concert or event, whatever happened to the good old golden rule of first come first serve? and third, is it really necessary to have students on campus until almost 10 o'clock?? train your staff to be a little friendlier to students, especially since we're already stressed out about our classes, we don't need to deal with dumbasses that are rude.
I will say a few good things though, the classes are all interesting and the professors i've had have been great, so your faculty isn't much to blame, it's the institution...so, i say, fix some things and you'll get that 5th star you deserve
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If you want a business degree then SDSU is a good education at a great price. It keeps getting impacted so it is only going to get increasingly difficult to attend. If you are looking to get a degree in something other than business management, then consider your options carefully; there is no point in wasting time and money for a worthless degree.
SDSU is filled with sexy women and I love every one of them - plus it has a bar on campus and some really strange statues. the library is the Love Library. don't be afraid to drop a class if the grad student (or the prof for that matter) teaching it is a dumb ass. better to drop the class than deal with an idiot with a syllabus telling you that you will be graded on "spelling and grammer". i recommend going to class a little hi to take the edge off.
I love my school. My school, not my classes. I'm almost done and an enjoying this well needed break! Parking sucks, love the gym! Only bad thing is you have to be "one of those girls" you know, the where's makeup to work out girl, because you never know what kinda hotties you might see! And there are alot of them! I've gotten my hottest dates there so far in my 2 years here.
My bff and I both agree on this review...Boycott the bookstore! The counter biatchs are soooo rude! buy your books online, much cheaper anyway!
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I spend no more time than I have to here. I go to class and get the f out of dodge. Classes are hard to get into. I hear parking is tough too but I take the trolley.
My favorite thing about school, is watching all of the idiots walk around. All the girls look the same and all the guys wear sandals... I think its funny.
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SDSU is a great University. I graduated from the SDSU College of Business in 07. The SDSU College of Business has many nationally ranked programs and is gaining attention for is academic excellence. I had some awesome professors at SDSU and some that were not so great. Overall I had a very good experience at SDSU. We had the CEO of Jack in the Box speak to our class, which was cool. A lot of the professors have professional connections in San Diego and really try to help their students. Also, last but not least, SDSU has some of the best looking girls in the World.
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At the risk of offending people, let me reminisce on my lovely institute of higher learning (riiight...)
SDSU - what happens when you forget to give a shit about studying in high school and have to come up with something fast come senior year.
OK, I admit, partying in the dorms (Tenochca baby!) was awesome. Being able to just randomly walk down any of the hallways and stumble into people doing something ridiculous and happy to have you take part was something I missed once I was living farther from the campus. Then again, if I was actually still living in the dorms those few years later, I'd probably have had a different point of view. If nothing else, SDSU certainly taught me that the party circuit gets tired once you've made your rounds.
So why two stars? First, the bros and bro hoes. I saw enough cheap bleached-top blondes with empty eyes and unflattering denim cut-off skirts paired to Uggs or flopping plastic sandals to last me a lifetime. Too many loud, overcompensating meatheads gunning around in lifted 4x4's that would never actually see a dirt road attempting to spread the legs of those aforementioned blondes. Waaaay too many damn Von Dutch trucker hats. Way too obviously a product of well-to-do, uninspired parents and the herd mentality that often takes root in their children.
Yes, I'm speaking in generalizations, but seriously, for every interesting character I met at SDSU there were five more human idiobots repeating the same ten phrases in the same two tones to anyone unlucky enough to be in their presence. It got to be demoralizing.
I remember one of my favorite classes freshman year was an entry-level philosophy class - Morals & Ethics - taught by a younger, charismatic professor who unfortunately also happened to have his class be one of the General Education requirements. The result - a classroom full of people that had no interest in what he was teaching, and couldn't be engaged by him in the least. I loved the class, because he was a great teacher, and given I was one of only a handful of people who actually attempted to keep up with him during his questions to the class, I had a good amount of time to bounce ideas back and forth. That actually felt like school. I was actually learning. It didn't matter that I was surrounded by a room full of morons etching the Volcom symbol into their binders over and over again. It did matter when Prof. Sweeney (I think that was his name...) was fired and the only inspirational teacher I'd had up to that point no longer had classes I could take.
SDSU is a huge university. The end result - it felt more like a factory than a supportive learning environment. Any poor fool that has had to deal with the Registrar's Office knows what I'm talking about. Huge lines, lots of red tape, and some downright idiotic rules. Furthermore, the classes tended to be overcrowded, and were often times taught by graduate students not much older than me. Some of them were cool. A lot of them didn't seem to give a shit, and quite frankly, many of them didn't know a whole hell of a lot more than the students. Finding quality teaching was hard.
Hard, but not impossible. Doctor Michael Stoddard is the main reason SDSU has two stars in my book instead of one. He is the reason I switched majors. He took me to Mexico to study abroad, and then to England, where I stayed on and studied for a year. He was unquestionably my favorite teacher, and had a knack for engaging everyone, which was a damn hard thing to do. For the two semesters I took his class (and the summer of studying abroad after) I actually enjoyed being a student.
Of course, that wasn't to last forever. Upon returning to SDSU after my Junior year abroad studying at Oxford (made possible largely because of Dr. Stoddard) I found out my credits wouldn't transfer. The reason? I had failed to jump through the right hoops before leaving, and given that Oxford was not on their list of accepted study-abroad partners, they didn't trust I had received the standard of education required to grant me my credits.
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Oxford.
I'm not much for math, but I know this equation holds true:
Oxford [greater than] SDSU
Not in their books. I lost 16 credits (an entire semester) and they did not accept ANY of my grades. At the risk of sounding like a pompous ass, I did really well when I was at Oxford, much better than I did at State (coincidence?). To have that discredited and effectively wiped off my transcripts by SDSU pissed me off. I did my extra semester, walked, and never looked back. San Diego was never much my cup of tea to begin with.
Final verdict? Study in high school. And if it's too late and SDSU is in your future, pray Dr. Stoddard is still teaching Poli. Sci. 101 & 102.
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I have always been a charming and devilishly handsome sunuvabitch and if you can believe it, I used to be rather smart as well. I was one of those people that other people hate but can't stop looking at...I got away with everything. It was kind of sick. It was kind of awesome. Things all changed when I chose San Diego State University to shape my young mind.
You see, ladies and gentlemen, I went to La Jolla High School, one of the top public high schools in the country and definitely in the top 5 on the West Coast. My high school was so challenging that 90% of my English class senior year were Ivy League bound. I, being poor white trash, chose the more economical route of SDSU. My first semester at SDSU was spent taking primarily GE courses. In addition to my course load, I drank an awful lot of alcohol and had unprotected sex as much as possible. However; my escapades seemed to have no impact on my GPA. I was taking 18 units as a first semester freshman and I was getting almost straight A's. What the hell was happening here? I was getting my money's worth but not from an educational stand point.
I ended up settling for a lesson plan that worked a little better for me. It consisted of learning the lesson that 90% of the GE classes at SDSU are a waste of time. They are taught by lecturers not to be confused with a professor. You see lecturers usually have the degree that you are working towards not a PhD. In addition, they are usually young assholes with poor public speaking skills and a chip on their shoulder. It is not about helping you learn about mitochondria (the power house of the cell), it's about getting paid boyeeee!!!
I instituted the 5 steps to success in lower division GE. Step 1: crash said class, get syllabus, and add code. Step 2: Find out when the midterm is scheduled and what scantron will be used. Step 3: attend said midterm after spending the morning looking over the test material on wikipedia. Step 4: repeat step 3 on second midterm Step 5: take final exam, turn in final exam, wink at lecturer and say "good test, it was a pleasure taking your course.".... These five steps were usually followed by me waiting to see my A posted on web portal. Yeah, that's right SDSU, I smoked your classes and am dumber for it. Thanks a bundle!
* My degree in funny faces (Theatre) is sure paying the bills nowadays.... Now that's just my own damn fault.
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Years after I graduate they FINALLY get the San Diego trolley to come directly through the campus to take all the college kids to downtown DUI free. Typical.
Education: From what i recall decent. And by that i mean the classes i made it to.
Social life: Pretty awesome, and even though i really only have 8 good friends that remain from my time in SD, they are worth it for sure. I had a lot of friends that "I lost in the divorce".
Memories: will last a lifetime. I'm a girl with my stories, and for that i am thankful. The stories i could tell would take up pages...so I'm keeping this review brief.
Now the question is....am i doing anything related to my Communicative Disorders BA or with my teaching credential that i stuck around an extra year for? Nope. But i guess that's my issue...not SDSU's. Ahh...good times and no regrets.
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I'm in graduate school at UC Berkeley now, and every morning I trudge on to campus, and it's forty degrees out, and I had to stand on BART because there were no seats, and the "scenery" is just a little too formal . . . I miss SDSU. Great four years here, I'm proud of the education I received, and had a great time otherwise. People find it fashionable to look down on "state" schools, but having been at both I can honestly say I'd recommend SDSU for the undergraduate experience and quality education.
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I only spent a semester at SDSU. I lived in a dorm hall for that semester too. My fondest memory here is the first time I ever blacked out from drinking a little bit too much and having to go to class the next morning because I had to turn in an assignment with the worst hangover ever. Hehe. Roommates got to take some funny pictures of me too. Anyway, with that said SDSU has a nice campus. It was a bit humorous finding people actually asleep on the couches at the library. I found it kind of interesting that they had a couple of bowling lanes at the recreational center. I've never seen that before at any university. I attended the commencement at Cox Arena and I must say it's a great stadium even if you're sitting from the nosebleed section. It's probably nice to watch an actual basketball game from there.
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Due to recent events I began reflecting on my good ol' alma mater....
What a place. Back in the day all you had to do to attend is have a pulse (GPA???? What's that?) If you could stand the impacted classes (good luck getting the class you need, let alone the professor you wanted) maybe 7- (yes, that's how many years it took me- with a couple of semesters off here and there for work and a trip to Alaska) years later you would have a degree in SOMETHING. I was never really into school (as in extracurricular events on campus); I was raised in sunny San Diego. I commuted from Bonita M-F in my ever-so bitchen '70 VW Fastback. When not in class I was biking, surfing, studying and soaking up the sun (pretty much in that order). The football team had it's ups and downs, but we also had Marshall Faulk (that was the definitive "up" time for the team). The baseball team sucked- Tony G. was still playing for those loser Padres (I have no idea who the coach was back then). On Thursday afternoons I would ditch that boring Linguistics class (which I had to subsequently repeat...thank G-d for "course forgiveness") and drive with my pals to "The Murph" (who knows what it's called now), sit in the $4 bleachers, drink $3 beer and watch those Padres lose. I got a degree in teaching (great school for this degree) and minored in English. 15 years later I'm living in the Pacific NW working as a retail manager. (I decided I didn't like teaching all that much.) That state-of-the-art library wasn't completed til after I left and the mall was behind our own version of the Berlin Wall for two years while they constructed that building that now stands there. But man, I wouldn't trade a single minute of it.... What a beautiful campus- continuous sun, warmth, and palm trees.... It's a cool campus in one of the most beautiful cities on the west coast. I don't think the bell tower ever had a "real" bell, though. If you choose to attend SDSU you can't NOT party hard- just remember to study harder and enjoy every minute of the time you have here.
Go "Spaztecs"!!!!!!
Me: Class of '92/'93
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Oh come on. Nobody's rated SDSU? UCSD has two reviews! C'mon Aztecs. Where's the love???
I spent three of the best years of my life at SDSU. Now I don't mean that I partied the whole time and somehow made it through with a Recreation degree. Nope. I studied hard, got involved in school clubs and worked at KPBS. Back then, I thought my life was hard after going to school at 8:30am and not getting back home until 10pm with a few breaks between classes. I'd say life is much harder now. But boy did I learn a lot and enjoy myself. Aztec Center concerts, Monty's for a beer around 2pm on a Tuesday, fall 1999 documentary and propaganda film class on Thursday nights, concerts at the Open Air Theatre, sociology classes in Storm Hall.... the list goes on. If I could go back and do it again, I would.
The only drawbacks were the idiots who would give the school a bad name. The frat guys would fight in the street and get suspended. Some of the local houses would get broken into (not frats, the local residents' homes). :( But I guess that gives the area its color.....
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