Tuesday 8 October 2013

Most Well-Rounded Universities: California State University Los Angeles

By Eric Witter


Along the eastern part of Los Angeles, you will see the California State University, Los Angeles in all its glory. It sits on top of a hill right in front of the San Gabriel Mountains and just a few miles away from Downtown L.A. With its very unique location, this university does not exactly give you the whole "college vibe" that you normally see in the movies. This is definitely not a minus on the part of the university for a few particular reasons.

First, it is practically a living museum. All the structures and buildings can attest to that. CSULA shelters a humanities shelter, a space research center by NASA and the nation's first Charter College of Education. As you walk around campus, you will immediately sense the history that it is just beginning to create. Not only that, you can also find there a couple of specialty high schools- the Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School and the Los Angeles Country High School for the Arts. Once you get a glimpse of what they do inside their classroom, you will bet that they will be famous one day.

Secondly, this is a commuter school and so the vast majority of students don't really lodge at campus during the weekends (well, except if you have a Saturday class). Considering that just a few decide to board inside the university, you've got a variety of travelling alternatives you could use. If you have the luxury of owning your car, you could park in one with their underground parking places, which they actually created to minimize the over-crowding of vehicles around the campus grounds. In my honest opinion, I really think it's great to just ride the train to get inside and outside of the university. You can take the bus or even the local shuttle service, whichever one's easier for you.

Third, the idea that going to college will tie you down in debt for decades to come is practically nonexistent in CSULA. It is one of the least expensive schools in the state and not only that, your school guide will actually demand you to do complete a list of financial aid applications from every type of funding source you could ever imagine. What's more, you can also work inside the campus so those long breaks between classes will really fly by.

The one thing that holds the 'college vibe' is the academic programs. U.S. News rated their business program as the top in the U.S. Also, the School of Nursing is highly recommended that uses the most impressive teaching approach to students. However, don't become upset should you not intend to take them as one of your specialties, simply because all of those other courses have the advantage of utilizing some of the most technologically innovative faciliates in the state.




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