<p>I've been accepted to both...which one should I chooose??? Both have my desired majors, so now it comes down to location....Hawaii costs more to fly, but its got beaches, etc.......but then again I hear it's a commuter school, with terrible dorms....</p>
<p>ASU is the biggest school, and has its party rep, which is sweet....but which one is better?</p>
<p>The dorms at UH aren't quite as bad as people make them out to be but they are still pretty bad...cockroaches everywhere. And yes, it is a commuter campus with a very 'high school' feel that I don't like at all. Everyone who is from Oahu lives at home and maintains there group of friends from high school. The few people that do live in the dorms (which is basically just some of the first years because after that its almost impossible to get housing) are in general, not to serious about school. What is your major? If it's marine biology or International Buisness or something I'd consider University of Hawaii but if not then go to ASU. ASU has a MUCH nicer campus. I actually think ASU would be an awesome school to go to and there honors program is great--much better than UH. Sure there are beaches in Hawaii but you'll find that once you're here you probably wont go as much as you think. The only beach thats close is Waikiki Beach (which is probably the most famous beach) however it gets old pretty quickly. Because its so well known its always super crowded and if you try to surf there (on the miniature waves...) you are surrounded by people. The nice beaches are on the other side of the island so its hard to get to them without a car (and there is no parking for first years...) Hawaii isn't so much a party school because there really isn't a greek scene and no one lives on campus (there's like one 'fraternity' off campus but its not even run by the school officially so ...yeah) That doesn't mean that people are studious though. IMO, people are always stoned/drunk but not from parties-they go off in small groups and just drink or whatever as a group and then go walk around in Waikiki or go to clubs. Not much happens on campus at all. I dunno what exactly you are looking for in a school but I would reccomend ASU. It looks nicer (rather than the old buildings at UH...some classes are even in portables...eww), and it has more of a college feel. No one in my graduating class wanted to go to UH really... If your heart isn't set on the beach, go to ASU. It's warm too!</p>
<p>Wow, I'm glad I applied to both...I was leaning towards ASU anyways because of it's size and obviously fun factor...always something to do. The residence halls at ASU look amazing, and I just applied online to them (hopefully I will get an on campus assignment). I want to go into a medicine-related career...and ASU has a Pre-Med Exploratory program where you take courses in medicine and later specify your major...I'm thinking either nursing, biomedical engineering, or something similar...</p>
<p>What's the status of ASU as a party school now? I've heard the President it trying to get rid of the image, but on the Playboy College issue, it featured mostly ASU women...and I believe it got ranked #1 again for 2006 party school list by Playboy or somewhere.</p>
<p>ASU is and always will be the party school.
That may be generalistic but empirically proven.</p>
<p>I think each student carves his or her own school experience. If you want to go to a school and party all year long, you can do that in any school; if you want to go and study all year long and not get involved in other activities, you can do that in any school too; If you want to study, join the Honors College, have good time (party), get involved in EC, you can do that in any school too. BALANCE! that is the key. The opportunities are there and you may choose to take advantage of them. I don't think it is the school, I think is a matter of the choices you make while attending school.</p>
<p>Regarding the Playboy issue, have you seen the list of schools? Do you know UCLA is number 3? Does this make you think different about UCLA? I can't see the correlation of that kind of ranking and academics at a school. The personal choices of a student do not correlate with the academics of the school they attend. It is a job, it is ego, it is publicity, it is a way for Playboy to sell magazines and make $$. Well, that is what I think.</p>
<p>Has anyone here ever been to Arizona? How is it?</p>
<p>Here is the link to Arizona tourism:
<a href="http://www.arizonaguide.com/nature.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.arizonaguide.com/nature.asp</a></p>
<p>I think Arizona is beautiful! Check out Sedona, Scottsdale, Tucson, Grand Canyon info. The Hispanic influence is everywhere. I love the architecture! Very nice weather from Sept to May and hot (dry heat) in between. If you like baseball, it is a good place to be - Spring Training is hosted there. Major shopping areas, I have never seen so many stores in one place. People are nice and everyone drives fast. Phoenix is a big city and it is spread out. Rush hour traffic is like traffic in any big city; try to avoid it if you can. I am not familiar with their economy, but I know tourism is a very big industry there; the number of resorts is incredible.</p>
<p>A friend of mine just got back from Arizona on vacation. He toured Northern Arizona and ASU. He said that ASU looked like a cool campus and he was pretty impressed I guess.</p>
<p>Hi,
I went to ASU years ago (!982-1987) and got a bachelors in Electrical Engineer. My experience was that ASU can be what you want it to be...it has solid, reputable programs in many fields, but there will always be some percentage of people there to party instead of study. With ASU's enrollment of over 60,000 attending (40,000 when I attended) that small percentage can still be a whole lot of people. So at ASU, if you want to party, you'll have plenty of company. But if you want to be serious, you'll have plenty of company too. One thing I did to stay serious was to avoid the whole dorms/frat scene...I chose to live in an apartment off campus to the west (to the east the area used to be known as 'sin city' due to party atmosphere.) I had heard from many people that it was difficult to be serious if you lived in the dorms, and more so if you were in the frat/sorority scene. So I chose to avoid all that, and had a fairly quiet and studious experience there. Academically, my impression is that ASU is a mid level school...for sciences, probably Univ. of Arizona in Tucson is a bit better. Northern Ariz. Univ. in Flagstaff is known as a laid back party/snowskiers place, but they have some well known programs, such as nursing. One downside to ASU is that it is so large that many classes are taught in auditoriums, with a professor teaching, but to 200 students or more. When classes are held in smaller rooms, often the instructor is a graduate assistant. I assume this is true of any big school, though, not particular to ASU. All in all, you'll get out of ASU what you put into it.</p>