California State University-Los Angeles

What attracts me to California State University, Los Angeles is its consistent praise for its education in the field of criminal justice. This field is something I want to pursue and obtain a career in. Because of this, I explored past that and saw much more advantages. This campus is not only the ideal size for me, but the financial support provided is perfect. They offer grants, scholarships, and programs that cover most of the costs of tuition, allowing students to earn an education stress free from finances.

So far I've been enrolled in Cal State La for a semester, and I can say it's been an overall good experience. Coming from a community college that was empty most of the time I'm glad to see changes when transferring. Some of the negative aspects of Cal State LA (and what many students can agree with) it's the poor service provided by Financial Services. Most of it it's done by call, they take forever to answer, and when they do usually you talk to different people, and each of them give you different and wrongful answers to whatever your question might be, even they don't know what's going on.

When I first arrived at California State University Los Angeles, well my first impression was that I thought it was going to be the same as high school just bigger, professional and authoritarian serious like you had to be always like you're in an office all the time and act professional all the time and let loose only on the weekends but during my freshmen year at CalstateLA it was an phenomenal experience as it excited my expectations as the teachers were fairly lenient, helpful to break students out of their shells and resource to help with improving on work. CalstateLA has also opened me to many opportunities to further my knowledge in skills within my major and future career that I want to pursue, to seek communities that I identify with and meet people within them, and also present me with variety of clubs that align with extracurriculars that I want to learn about.

Middle school has more academic rigor than this campus. They spend more on advertising drag shows and "Lets Talk About Sex" than student services. All the administrators have six figure salaries while adjuncts teach most classes. Forget about office hours and being treated with respect. Since there is no signficant on campus housing and no football, there is zero campus life. A Graveyard has ore life than this. Unless you want to come back here and work as an adjunct, then do not attend here. Cars are stolen on a regular basis. South Village has a horrible smell even though it was just built in 2021.....a clear sign that LAHD or the City of Los Angeles ignored many code violations. The dorm food, The Spot and any Cal State LA owned vendors do not follow basic food safety handling. The mac and cheese is poison so stay away from it. The new Panda Express is making people sick. I attend this place now and this is the truth. Stay at community college and transfer elsewhere or just apply to one of the lower-tier UC campuses. Even better, there are many not as competitive private universities where you might actually get an education. Cal State LA promotes gender theory over market value of a degree. Run away if you are smart.

In my opinion, the school has been given a bad name which I don't completely understand. I can see that it isn't on the level of the UCs and probably not most Cal states, but I primarily see it as a funding issue. The buildings are old, and the campus is small compared to other schools. However, I don't see that being the school's fault. Every teacher I have met so far really seemed to want and help every student as much as possible, which I was surprised to see. There is this notion that professors don't care about students and are there just to teach the class but not here. They want you to succeed, and many of them like being here because this is one of the only schools where you can have an appropriate academic relationship with the students. Everyone is down to earth and knows about struggle, so we all have a lot of stories and diversity. It's a beautiful thing. I only gave it such a low score because it isn't funded well.

Great University. Lots of opportunities to learn and grow. Have various clubs and organizations. Encourages co-curricular activities. Very helpful and supportive faculty and student body. Keeps students' interests in mind. Motivates to do better both Academically and Professionally.

It’s an ok school. Not much school pride. Food diversity is not the greatest. The Starbucks on campus is too packed all the time. Professors always complain about our school.

Overall, I really enjoy going here the tuition is affordable and the professors are excellent.

CSULA is a great commuter school that offers a great financial aid services for low-income students. The programs on campus are excellent and allow our students to gain access to high paying careers in the future. CSULA has many free resources, such as tutoring services and writing centers that are equipped to help students exceed in their studies. There are also various health resources on campus that keep our students healthy, both physically and mentally. CSULA also hires students to work on campus as student assistants. These paid positions allow students to have a steady job that takes their class schedule into account. An asset that CSULA does have is that they have their very own train station on campus. This Metrolink station is great for the many students and faculty who rely on the train as their main source of transportation. This train station makes it possible for many students to save money by staying to live at home rather than living on a dorm or apartment. However, CSULA needs an addition to their facilities services to better serve the students and faculty on campus. There has been many times where I am on campus and I see trash or graffiti found throughout campus. Also, there are many elevators on campus that are known to break down and leave students trapped inside for a short period of time. This must be nerve-racking for students and faculty with disabilities who rely on these services to get too and from class.

I like the school and it is not very difficult to get in. There are a lot of impacted majors and there is a lot to be offered as well. The con that i have to say is that parking is terrible in school. I would say come 40 minutes before your class starts in order to find parking.

I love the unique diverse population! This school has a majority Latino population, and a very large population of Asian/Asian Americans. It's nice to be surrounded by such a unique group of students. I also really appreciate the way my professors seem to really care about the student's learning, as evident by the way they are available and are willing to take the time to make sure students are understanding the information. I also really appreciate the support I've received by the advisor of the Pre-Health Post Bacc program that I am in!

I absolutely love Cal State LA. Everyone there is extremely nice and friendly. The school cares about their students and their mental health. It is accessible to people with disabilities. They have many great programs. You can easily make friends as well. They have student events all the time at the university student union.

Cal State LA is a school that is upbringing its game. It is remodeling new buildings and adding new parking structures which proves it potential of being an upcoming modernized school. Before, it looked like a traditional school in which some buildings did not have any sort of AC, just fans. However, now many buildings have AC and are being remodeled and upgrading the technology. I think it's a great school to start and potentially transfer after.

It is overall a safe and enjoyable enough school to go to. However, there are issues regarding the school's hub website for both students and teachers that could interfere with classes and/or funding. It's not the best college, but it's far from the worse so it's a worthwhile school in those regards.

It is a good place for education and can be better in the party section.