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Get the inside scoop on Arizona State (ASU) admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


Status
Admissions Survey Excerpts
Current Student
There wasn't a whole lot to the admissions process. It wasn't that selective. You had to fill out some forms and things. There wasn't an interview...   READ MORE
Alumni
Sent in the Application and was approved. No essay, no interview. Had to meet their requirements of SAT score, class percentile, and/or class ra...   READ MORE
Alumni
Very easy. No essays to write for admission. just need to meet certain benchmarks regarding SAT, GPA, or ACT. Once exceed those benchmarks you ...   READ MORE
Current Student
Relatively ordered admissions process. Transfer and/or international students often may have problems transferring grades and/or courses. Importan...   READ MORE
Status
Academics Survey Excerpts
Current Student
The quality of lower division classes is pretty poor, depending on what you're taking. There are a lot of teachers of lower division classes that ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Quality of classes depended on the department. The English and Foreign Language departments were very poor. Their Art department is excellent. ...   READ MORE
Alumni
For Finance the school provides an excellent education. It lives up to it's ranking in the major papers. It gives you more than enough tools to ...   READ MORE
Current Student
The nature of the W.P. Carey School of Business Finance and Marketing programs (I double-majored) is good. The professors are generally always ope...   READ MORE
Status
Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Current Student
It sounds like the school can be helpful with that. I personally have not looked a whole lot into that, so I don't know.    READ MORE
Alumni
Internships were tough to get. They had very few and the requirements wre insanely high to get them. They have a career resources center, but I foun...   READ MORE
Alumni
You can only really get careers in Arizona and Southern California. The degree does not transfer out of those areas. Career Services gets a fair amo...   READ MORE
Current Student
Finance program seems well-respected (third tier B.school). Internship opportunities are OK, a lot for personal financial advisor-type of internships....   READ MORE
Status
Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
The quality of life here all depends on what kind of life you want to lead in the first place. If you want to spend most of your time surrounded b...   READ MORE
Alumni
The dorms range. Some are newer and way too expensive. Some are older and cheaper, but about to fall down. The dining facilities were terrible ...   READ MORE
Alumni
The quality of life is great. The housing, recreation center, and buildings are top rated. I have been to a few campuses and none have matched A...   READ MORE
Current Student
Housing not a problem. If living on campus, availability might be a problem in the Fall semester. Numerous appartment complexes around campus (bik...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
Detailed. I think there is too much of this type of thing to be detailed about it. We have Mill Avenue -- which is just the shortest street in the...   READ MORE
Alumni
The greek system is clichish and snooty. There are many bars and restaurants nearby in downtown Tempe. But downtown Tempe has become more expens...   READ MORE
Alumni
It is a big bar school. Lots of people go to bars all the time. There are a fair amount of parties to. Everyone is very nice there. There are ...   READ MORE
Current Student
Social life is probably one of the best in the U.S!(which makes it a little bit harder to study, though). Tempe (ASU) and Scottsdale can show off ...   READ MORE

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