Wednesday, April 7, 2010

True Life: SFSU life

I've been here in SFSU for about 3 years now so I know my way around the place. My experience here has been quite something to me. I've experience the deals of finding and getting classes, group projects, the protesting of angry college students, and the annoyance of solicitors handing you flyers you don't want. i don't really live here on or around campus so i pretty much commute everyday going to school. It's a hassle having to come all the way out here and going back. when it comes to clubs and fraternities, i don't really get involved in that since Im just here to learn and get my degree. In terms of comparing my experience to those that go to Notre Dame, its not all that easy and is much more tougher. unlike those that attend Notre Dame, i am able to be here in SFSU on the support of financial aid. i know well that the students in Notre Dame are supported well and are paying their tuition with the money of their parents. Another thing I noticed between the schools is school spirit. I’ve walked around SFSU enough to see the little support we have for the teams that we have at this school. I don’t really attend the games myself, but I can’t say a lot of people attend the game themselves. Knowing my knowledge on Notre Dame, I can tell that the school is really supportive in what they love the most, football. They show a lot of sprit when it comes to that sport, it’s like the one sport the school is actually proud of. I’ve seen a lot of different races here at SFSU and it seems like this school is open to anyone that wants to attend this college. Notre Dame on the other hand is much secured of who can attend the school and who can’t. The school is in fact private and Catholic, the diversity at that school is very limited. It’s a hard school to get into seeing what requirements you need to fulfill in order to get in, so the school must expect a lot from you. SFSU on the other hand is a easy school to get in to that doesn’t need a lot of requirements to get in to. Another thing I experienced at this school is that everything is in walking range of each other. I mean you may be in the Humanities building and have a class that is across campus, let’s say Thorton Hall, it doesn’t talk that long to get from one end of the school to the other if you walk at a decent pace. Notre Dame on the other hand must have a huge campus and would require transportation to get around. When it comes to teachers and the courses they teach its really wide and differs from other teachers. Plus, the course that they provide here at SFSU is a wide variety and can take someone anywhere and guide them to what they want to be.

2 comments:

  1. You bring up some really interesting points. I'm not actually sure how big the Notre Dame campus is, compared to SFSU (ok, I just checked on the ND website, and it says the campus is 1250 acres -- that sounds pretty big!) Also, I'm guessing that San Francisco is a more interesting city to be going to college in than South Bend, Indiana...

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  2. This is my first year at SFSU and my mentality is similar to yours. I don't live too far away from campus but I do have to commute every day. I'm not in any clubs or anything and I'm just here to learn and get my degree.

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