<p>Anyone applying to SCSU? What are your stats?</p>
<p>Haha southern is such a terrible school, basicaly have a GPA above 0.5 and your garunteed to be in.</p>
<p>Oh so are you going to be able to get in? Just wondering:)</p>
<p>Here are southern's stats just in case anyone was wondering.......</p>
<p>Type of School
Public
University
Four-year
Coed
Percent applicants admitted: 49%
Regionally accredited
College Board member
Calendar: Semester
Degrees offered:
Bachelor's
Master's </p>
<p>Setting
Urban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
Residential campus
Size
Degree-seeking undergrads: 8,314
First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,419
Graduate enrollment: 3,863 </p>
<p>Student Body
1st-year students:92% In-state students
8% Out-of-state students
2% Part-time students
64% Women
36% Men
<1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
2% Asian/Pacific Islander
11% Black/Non-Hispanic
6% Hispanic
74% White/Non-Hispanic
1% Non-Resident Alien
6% Race/ethnicity unreported
5% in top 10th of graduating class
22% in top quarter of graduating class
61% in top half of graduating class </p>
<p>SAT Scores.......</p>
<pre><code> Middle 50% of
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<p>First-Year Students Percent Who
Submitted Scores
SAT Reasoning Verbal: 430 - 530 96%
SAT Reasoning Math: 430 - 520 96%</p>
<p>crap! there goes my safety! just kidding ;) i must express my regrets though jlime, i suppose its another reach you'll be knocking off your list. kidding again! i felt like being mean. i'm sure you are completly, absolutely brilliant. really. a joke. :)</p>
<p>In CT southern has a really bad reputation as highschool part II and everyone who didn't get into any place else goes there.</p>
<p>So I assume you will be going there........The reason I'm being mean is not because that is where I want to go. It is because I think that anyone deciding to continue their education after high school deserves the highest praise. All families do not have generations of college graduates. You might be putting down a first generation college student who doesn't have much money and has to go to southern. So I strongly suggest that you take that strongly into consideration. Be a little bit more mature.</p>
<p>I take both Jlime18 and EarlyGraduates points of view. I am going to be attending college after high school - the first in my family to attend college (son of 2 irish immigrants to this country - 1 dropped out of high school and one completed it) </p>
<p>I am hoping to get into a good college but I'm not going to be going to an Ivy League or Top Tier school. While it is fair to advise that an education at one college is inferior to another, it is not fair to make fun of students who are going there, because contrary to 99% of peoples' beliefs, just because you end up at a subpar college doesnt mean you were a slacker or your stupid it just might mean you had a more difficult life and a smaller amount of academic resources available to you then those attending higher tier schools.</p>
<p>Btw I'm not doing too bad ~ my grade for freshman+sophmore year= 92 </p>
<p>I'm working hard to prepare for SAT, and I hope to attend pharmacy school (0-6) - while I know I won't be a victim of people calling me stupid or a slacker because of what college I am going to, my friends will probably be going to below average colleges and I know I wouldn't want anyone making fun of them.</p>
<p>sorry about that</p>
<p>Actually, I'm at Southern right now in the Honors College. I had perfect and 95%tile marks on some of my SATs, and my HS gpa was somewhere above a 3.0. I graduated HS a while ago, after that I did a summer session at Harvard and then attended the University of Toronto--which, fyi, often outranks McGill. I transferred to Southern after my family went bankrupt.</p>
<p>It gets a bad rap in-state, mostly due to Ffld County snobbery. Jlime, I know; I grew up there. And when I got to Southern I was pleasantly surprised. It's a popular misconception that selective=good. In reality, selectivity is at best an indicator that a school is in high demand for whatever reason. That's about it.</p>
<p>Like any school, it has its ups and downs:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>I have met many very bright students. Like my roommate, who was just invited to present a paper at an academic conference. Try to be admitted to the Honors College and you'll see what I mean. </p></li>
<li><p>I've had some exceptional professors there; ones with PhDs from Columbia, Stanford, and USC. Best of all, these incredibly talented and often-published professors are there to teach. They're also well-connected within their fields. They're incredibly approachable and very understanding.</p></li>
<li><p>Everyone is coming from a different background there. It's incredibly diverse in many ways. Alot of people work full-time and go to school full-time. It means you get classmates with a breadth of experiences, making for some very interesting discussions. Have you ever discussed the politics of welfare with a former welfare mother? How about Iraq with a Marine who just returned, or someone who just found out they're getting deployed? </p></li>
</ol>
<p>There are some downsides to Southern. They're the reasons I'm applying to transfer.</p>
<p>1) However bright some of the students there may be, there are alot of people there who should not be in college for whatever reason. Also, it lacks a degree of intellectual character. You can be very smart and successful academically w.o. being intellectual--I've known people who went to HYP and were like that.</p>
<p>2) The administration is consistently uncooperative.</p>
<p>3) The administration has yet to get its budget priorities straight. For example, they constructed a new student center before breaking ground on some sorely needed library additions/improvements. Like removing asbestos from the periodicals section. The thing that really rubs me the wrong way is the lack of resources for undergraduate research and other opportunities. You really have to carve them out for yourself.</p>
<p>All that having been said, I learned more in my time at Southern than I ever did during my time at U of T. A friend who transferred to SCSU from JHU in Baltimore echoed those same sentiments.</p>
<p>The only ppl who will call you stupid or a slacker for attending a state school, Mike99, will be people who don't know any better. Prospective employers and grad schools will take you seriously; and that's who matters.</p>
<p>Good Comments pip-pip:)</p>
<p>Thank you, EG. I'm very proud of myself for being able to put together complete sentences. You know, seeing as I go to Southern and all, I <em>b-a-s-i-c-a-l-l-y</em> have the intellectual capacity of a four year old. It's pretty much <em>g-u-a-r-a-n-t-e-e-d</em> that I'll struggle with basic grammar, spelling, and punctuation for the rest of my life.</p>
<p>EG, you might be interested to know that we placed several students at top grad programs this year, including the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Those students also got generous teaching stipends.</p>
<p>Pip-Pip, please give us your impression of campus safety/security at SCSU and a general description of the campus environment.</p>
<p>Sure. I will be frank; that is an aspect that leaves something to be desired. I do not live on campus b.c. I have a small dog, and I'm a little bit older than most students who choose to do so. This isn't unusual; SCSU is in essence a commuter/suitcase school.</p>
<p>However, it will interest you to know that I will not live in the area immediately surrounding Southern because it is unsafe. Additionally, theft is a tremendous problem on campus. Assault is also an issue during the warmer months. Campus police is stretched thin, and so the only campus escort service is run by a fraternity. Which makes me, a 23-year-old woman and assault survivor (not from my time at Southern), more than a little nervous. </p>
<p>As a result, I have chosen to live off-campus in the Yale grad student section of town. As I said, a significant portion of SCSU's student body are commuters, and the university has arranged student activity meetings so that they are compatible with this. So I don't feel isolated in that respect. Additionally, the Honors College hosts a number of events; so dorks like me can hang out together.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what you mean by campus environment; but I hope this helps.</p>
<p>You satisfied my questions exactly. Thanks much for the candor.</p>
<p>How about some curret opinions of SCSU?</p>
SCSU’s Honors College is about $19K/yr complete if paying full boat. Students from SCSU’s Honors college go on to top graduate programs (including Ivy) as many of the professors are Yale and even Columbia professors (Yale is about 10-min away). Also, one of the best nursing as well as teaching programs in the state. Honors Colleges in public universities are an excellent option for bright students and are grossly overlooked.
Has anyone heard back from the Honors College regarding admission?
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