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The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville is 89%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020 , _____ students were offered admission. The number of males who applied was _____ vs the number of females which was _____.
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What should every freshman at your school know before they start?
I would tell my senior self that it'll be alright. My former self will already know this, because I wasn't afraid to leave home. I was aware of how lonely it could get, but I left determined to make the time at college awesome. So I guess I don't really need to give myself any advice...well, besides preparing for the smell of burnt popcorn and Ramen every night in the dorms. But you can't really prepare yourself for that one.
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What kind of person should not attend this school?
The kind of person that isn't willing to spend time diligently focusing on compelling subjects.
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What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?
Beautiful campus, great apartments, cool classes
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What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?
Encouragement from advisors., because some advisors dont seem to care about the actual success of the students, but more care about money.
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What's unique about your campus?
It is close enough to home for me to visit on the weekends. I am very close to my family and have a boyfriend whom I have been dating for a year and a half so it is very important for me to get to be at home often.
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Describe the students at your school.
My classmates come to class prepared and organized with binders, notebooks, and pens.
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What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?
The people in the town of Edwardsville do not like the college students very much. Wish that there was a better party scene/more of a college town, able to walk home from parties/ bars. No school spirit here.
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Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.
A peaceful learning environment.
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Here's your chance: Say anything about your college!
Has a great campus environment aided by the very attractive campus layout, friendly people, and entertaining classes. Campus is growing and is currently undergoing a transition to be a division 1 sports school. Over 260 student organizations are active on campus so there is always something available to do. Also, SIUE has the lowest tuition rate of any state university in Illinois.
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What's the most frustrating thing about your school?
The geese. Just... the geese. They leave their droppings everywhere, and they get really territorial around this time of year. I can't walk around on campus without fearing that a goose is going to come after me! Generally they're pretty docile, but there's a lot of them, and they're SUPER noisy...
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What kind of person should attend this school?
Someone who wants a close knit kind of community.
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Describe your favorite campus traditions.
Our nature scene. We are the largest campus in the United States. We have miles of land, but do not have that many students. We have an awesome campus.
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What is your overall opinion of this school?
I totally regret my college life experience. If you want anything near a normal (every person I know that went to another school) fun, diversifying college experience, you will not find it here.
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What are the most popular student activities/groups?
There are no Greek organizations. There are groups that try to be, but the city of Edwardsville has an ordinance that is strictly enforced of more than four unrelated individuals to live under one roof. If you do research on the relationship of the City of Edwardsville and SIUE it is very ugly. The state moved quickly to build the school and took farm land from some of the citizens. Still to this day, there is almost a full mile of empty land between the school and town, a strong tension.
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What is the stereotype of students at your school? Is this stereotype accurate?
I can honestly say that I don't see a particular stereotype. We have frats and soroties as well as many talented athletes. There are so many different clubs and activities available that everyone is free to float about and be a part of things on campus, not one particular thing is considered the "best" or "biggest".
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What are the academics like at your school?
Small class size is a benefit. But, it comes at a HUGE cost, both in time and money. The school limits the number of students per class to such a small number that roughly 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students that register for a class get squeezed out. Why does that matter? Myself and each and every member of my 30 person group of friends through out college did NOT graduate in 4 years. By the way, many required classes are strategically scheduled only once per semester, so if you don't get in, it is a FULL year before many classes are offered again. I pushed this point with my department head, that person changed 3 times in the 5 years I attend SIUE, sounds like a roll over in staff huh? When pushed the department head said that it is so theoretically students would graduate in a perfect 4 year time frame, when I provided physical proof (list of classes and semester offered, clearly showing that at minimum 4 and half years is required), he stammered and had a sudden meeting to attend.
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What is the stereotype of students at your school?
Small School
Virtually no nightlife
No city life in Edwardsville
An extension of Edwardsville High School (or any other local "feeder" school)
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What are your classes like?
Intense, hard, challenging, a pain in the butt! lol Im taking really hard Chemistry and Biology courses but at the end of the semester(s) and I see I still maintained a great GPA i feel then it's all worth it. :)
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Is the stereotype of students at your school accurate?
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