<p>Opinions???</p>
<p>I would rather go to WSU since I f'n hate Arizona.</p>
<p>I don't know anyone who goes to Arizona, but I've been on the campus. I know kids at WSU but I've never been on the campus.</p>
<p>WSU is in eastern WA and is the dominant school in that part of the state--it's huge, has room for groups for just about everything, and is in a climate that ranges from very cold and snowy to very hot in the summer. It has some fascinating agriculture programs, including a growing oenology (wine) program that (IMO) will eventually be as good as UC Davis.</p>
<p>The people I know who went to Wazzu (as it's locally known) are often fanatic about it; I know three women in their forties who have never failed to attend the Apple Cup (UW vs WSU). One of them named her dog Wazzu.</p>
<p>The U of Arizona is in downtown Tucson, which is a desert. I happen to think Tucson is a lovely city.</p>
<p>Another real difference is that WASU pretty much is Pullman, where ASU is part of the Phoenix urbo-blob. If you don't want to go to school out in farm country, ASU would be a better choice.</p>
<p>I know very little about ASU, but I know a lot about WSU. I can't begin to count all the family members from several generations of our family that have gone to WSU, we love the place. It is very isolated, but if you are looking for the traditional college town experience this could be it. </p>
<p>That being said, as with any college, there are some programs at the school that are better than others. Depending on what your interests are, WSU may or may not fit your needs. Feel free to ask any questions here, or PM me if you find that easier.</p>
<p>As I posted elsewhere, I believe that WSU overall stronger than ASU. Perhaps minimally so, but stronger nevertheless. I admire the WSU school-wide writing requirement, its life sciences departments and the Honors College.</p>
<p>If you are from one of the two states, choose the less expensive. The differences between the two are really not worth parsing (other than WSU being in the middle of wheat fields, and ASU being in the middle of a shopping mall masquerading as a city.)</p>
<p>For Music, Business or Architecture. ASU.</p>
<p>WSU is close to the border of Idaho and easy access to Montana and Wyoming.....Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Big Sky and Ceour d'laine (I know I am misspelling that one). All very, very beautiful. However, it is in Pullman, which is not a garden spot.</p>
<p>If you're from SoCal, ASU is pretty much a SoCal style. Students love it, if you need the academic challenge you can go to Barrett Honors College which I've heard is a top-ranked honors college; if you're more laid-back, ASU is renowned for the excellent college experience... ;-) But seriously, between ASU and U of A I'd pick ASU everytime (Tucson is, in my opinion, really boring, sorry to above poster) and I think that's the one you were referring to. Not sure about WSU but definitely ASU is sunnier... and getting increasingly more funding every passing year, every time I'm on campus it seems like there's a new fabulous building being constructed. It'd be a great place to go to school (if I wasn't so set on OOS!)</p>
<p>SoCal18,</p>
<p>What kind of experience/environment do you want? The two are different in that regard. ASU is more represented in SoCal for jobs, although I don't know how strong SoCal recruiting is at ASU.</p>
<p>Couldn't be two farther apart environments to choose from. ASU is a big campus as mini said in a series of shopping malls pretending to be a city. Wazzu is a small farm town engulfed by a college with one very small mall on the border. </p>
<p>ASU's campus is large and spread out, Wazzu's campus always seems to be uphill somewhere. Both schools party pretty hard from what I understand. It's a question of country or city party. </p>
<p>It's going to depend on what you want around your campus? there is an extreme difference between places.</p>
<p>Well I can't really decide on which school to apply to because they each have their strong points. WSU is much cheaper (WUE scholarship), and has all of my major interests (sport administration, business, and public relations). But ASU has warm weather and is way more urban. Also I think I would prefer ASU's atmosphere to WSU. So I'm pretty indecisive right now.</p>
<p>My safeties are SDSU and Indiana, so I want one more. And I can't decide between WSU and ASU, so your opinions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks...</p>
<p>I live in Phoenix and we visited ASU, which is in Tempe, AZ...pretty much in the middle of Phoenix Metro area.</p>
<p>ASU has a nationally ranked Honors College <a href="http://honors.asu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://honors.asu.edu/</a>
ASU has a nationally ranked W.P. Carey School of Business.
It is in the top 3 largest universities for enrollment.</p>
<p>Arizona has hot weather, but that doesn't really start until June and the extreme heat (3-digits) is over by October. The rest of the year is just beautiful. </p>
<p>Tempe is a wonderful town and the campus area is vibrant.</p>
<p>My D opted to attend University of Arizona in Tucson because of her chosen major, but she was very impressed with ASU.</p>
<p>They are not far apart academically, so I'd pick the cheaper one and the one with a marginally smaller rep as a party school.</p>
<p>Yah as much as I don't like 100 degree weather, I know it's only for the summer and I used to live in Las Vegas so I can handle desert weather.</p>
<p>So do I go to the school that actually has sports administration and public relations, and will be less expensive or to the school in the better location, nicer weather, and a lot more things to do?</p>
<p>To give you more background on my college list...it goes like this. </p>
<ol>
<li>University of Miami</li>
<li>Loyola Marymount</li>
<li>UC Santa Barbara</li>
<li>Univ. of San Diego</li>
<li>San Diego State</li>
<li>Indiana University (IU's rank changes between 2-6 everyday)</li>
<li>Pepperdine and Syracuse (not for sure)</li>
</ol>
<p>SoCal
D went to ASU (music major/Barretts Honors) loved it there.We're from NY and she loved the desert weather,even in summer.
I think Tempe/Phoenix is much more than a series of shopping malls.There is no Sports Management major for undergrads there.
S is currently a Sports Management major at Univesity of South Carolina.If you are agreeable to the location,look into their program, it is top notch.
If you want to stay on the West Coast,look at U of Oregon.
S applied to and was accepted at Miami.He had spent a summer there and loved it.It lost out to USCarolina upon his visit to USC's dept. He didn't apply to Indiana,he wanted a bigger D-1 sports program.Theres a current CC poster named A2Wolves who is at Indiana in Sports Management.Be careful of Syracuses program,it's brand new (2 yrs old).One of the most important aspects of the major is your internship experience and the connections the dept has in the field.Syracuse has tended to place their majors (so far)for field experience in the athletic dept of the University,which is okay if you want to work in college athletics.If you are interested in upstate NY,look at Ithaca as well(though Syracuse has better sports lol).
PM me if you want more specifics on ASU or Sports Management!</p>
<p>blucroo,
just to clarify, Yellowstone is about 575 miles from Pullman. It's like saying that Washington DC is "easy access" to Portland, Maine. ;)</p>
<p>SoCal18, I live in eastern WA and Pullman is very isolated. But the school is so big that I think you'd find plenty to do. Have you visited the campus? It does get cold here, and it does snow.....but we're not talking several feet of snow piling up for months on end; it's not the north pole! And compared to CA and AZ it will of course be colder, but again, not constant sub-zero temps for weeks on end (although there might be a couple days here and there when it gets near/below zero). </p>
<p>I know nothing about ASU.</p>
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Well I can't really decide on which school to apply to...
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Why not apply to both? Visit, spend a night or two on campus, then decide.</p>
<p>I don't want to apply to both schools because I think having four safety schools is unnecessary. Also with college lists you have to make a limit, and personally I think having more than eight schools is a little ridiculous. </p>
<p>But thanks for all of the comments. Right now I'm leaning towards ASU based solely on location. However, if Pullman isn't as bad as it sounds than I would definitely choose WSU.</p>
<p>Thanks again...</p>