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I am in a small major so my classes are small and the professors know my name. In class participation is very common in my major but your first two years you hardly ever have to talk and you can usually skate by never saying anything. WSU education is definitely geared towards getting a job and working in the real world. You have to have a internship with real experience in most fields in order to graduate.

Academics. . . I think people visiting are often surprised about how well regarded and highly ranked many of our programs actually are. Many programs are placed in top 10-20 brackets in national ranking pools. Professors are for the most part pretty accessible, giving exception to a couple stodgy academics. Classes at least in my tract are very much geared to finding a job, the program kind of seems to be taking an experiential learning emphasis.

My professors do not know my name but it's because I'm still finishing up my general education requirements so the class sizes are too large. However, in my labs the TA's know my name. My favorite class was so far would have to be chemistry. My least favorite would be either Human Development or Comparative Ethnic Studies.I think that class participation depends on how large the classes are. Because the bigger the class, the harder it is for the professors to hear.I think that how often the students study depend on how hard the class and how motivated they are. My friends and I do some sort of studying or homework everyday for at least a little while. I believe that the education is geared both towards getting a job and learning for its own sake. It depends on how far into your major you are.

In my smaller classes, the professor knows my name, but half my classes have around 300 people in them. Those ones don't know my name My favorite class was Animal Science 101. I loved the labs where we got to see all the different facilities on campus, and I am really interested in animals. My least favorite was Chemistry 106. I ended up dropping it right before spring break because it was stressing me out too much and I wasn't doing good on the exams. I don't study as much as I should. I usually spend maybe an hour a couple times a week per class. The only class that participation is common is english for me, because it is such a small class. I don't have intellectual conversations all that often, but occasionally. Usually it's just catching up with people and talking about what your plans are Some students are competitive, but I don't think its that common The most unique class I've taken so far was AS 174-beef cow calf management. We went out to the beef center once a week and worked with black angus heiffers and halter broke them. And for our final, we had a show-off to see how much we had learned and how well we had worked with our cows. My major is animal science in hopes of getting into vet school to be a large animal vet I have only met with a professor once outside of class, and I pass some of them once in a while around campus, but that's about it. I think the academic requirements are pretty high. I have had some difficulty with exams, which has brought my grades down quite a bit. I think the education is geared mainly towards learning for its own sake for the most part because there are a lot of prerequisits that I really don't feel apply to my major, but I still have to take them

Academics are great. Friendly teachers make it easy to approach with a question and they are good at what they do. They make sure that you will learn something and have fun doing it.

I transfered to WSU for my Junior and Senior years. I came from a small private school in LA. There were only 1200 students at my previous school but I feel much more at home at WSU. The faculy in the Philosophy department truly care about me. The are always there to talk about life and my confusions with my place in it. We have some amazing discussion and great times at BBQ's they've hosted. They welcome you as part of the family and if you earn their trust and respect you'll be rewarded with a wonderful education.

Yes, my professors know my name. My favorite class was the philosophy of religion--the teacher was really sarcastic and dry. My least favorite class was anatomy--I hate classes that are all about memorizing things. I don't know how often students study but I usually just study right before my test. Class participation is pretty common. I partake in intellectual conversations outside of class so I assume others do as well. Some students are competetive. The most unique class I've taken was probably the philosophy of film. My major is pharmacy...I think that most of the students in my class have sticks up their ass because they think that they are better than everyone else b/c they will be well off financially after college. I do not spend time with proffessors outside of class. I feel that WSU's academic requirements are fair. I think people make what they want to make out of the education they recieve here...if they're only purpose was to get a job after coollege that is what they will do and if they want to learn for the sake of learning they will do that.

As for academics, the school's actually becoming a lot tougher to get into and the education you receive here can be very beneficial to you. Most of the professor's are very friendly and more than happy to talk with you. And the counselor's do a good job of helping you look for internships, as well as jobs.

You can get by without ever talking to a professor or them ever recognizing you in your first couple of years. However, once you get into your major, your classes get smaller and its tough to skate by. I never study too much and get pretty good grades, just make sure you attend class and participate. A lot of classes make attendance like 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of your grade.

At this point in time I am taking the required courses to be accepted in the Business Department So my classes are really big, and if you want to know your teachers you have to make a series effort. Sophomores generally study about one and a two hours a day of course juniors and seniors probably an hour more. Class preparation is common although you can get by in many classes by winging it. Students generally do not have intellectual conversations outside of class and if they do it’s probably because they are so shitfaced that they have finally taken the time to think of something bigger their immediate life circumstances. People are generally concerned with completing assignments and the next party, with little to no conversation of intellectual substance. WSU’s academic standards are starting to increase because of our new president. I feel that WSU teachers do a good job of pushing student without breaking them; however overall in my experience teachers are not very engaging and inspiring. WSU Is geared to getting jobs especially in the Business Department but all of the colleges combine to participate and indorse such events as the career fair which happens once a semester.