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When I first started attending Clemson, I wasn't a die-hard Tiger fan. Trust me, that will change after attending Clemson. Clemson is all about pride. It may not have a huge student population, but its students are VERY, VERY loyal. Clemson is big into traditions, and soon...very soon, you'll become one of the all the other Tiger fans. GO TIGERS!!! Clemson is definitely a college town...well, really the town wouldn't exist without the University. The actual town of Clemson is very small, and there isn't too much to do off campus - except all the frat and sorority parties. Most of the entertainment is on campus. CLEMSONLiVE, the entertainment organization on-campus, is the organization that is alloted the largest amount of money out of all the organizations on campus. There is always something you can do on campus whether it be a party, a speaker, a movie, a concert, etc. You don't ever really need to leave campus except to go to Walmart, of course, which is only about 10 min off campus. I love the size of Clemson. I thougth that it might be too big for me at first (around 18,000 students), but I've realized that I like the larger student population. I like seeing new people all the time. Plus, you can make more friends when there are more friends for you to meet. Plus, I think that only about 6-7,000 students live on-campus. Most of the upper classmen live in off-campus apartments - there are tons of them in Clemson.

Clemson is an interesting place to go to school. I wouldn't recommend it if you require having a big city nearby as the university is really the only thing in the area that truly resembles a city (although Atlanta is just 1 1/2 hours away and Greenville is about 1/2 an hour away). Overall, it's a fun place to go to school. While there might not necessarily be as much going on in the city it's pretty easy to walk around campus and find/make something to do. For example, I don't know of too many large cities in which it would be okay to have office chair jousting in front of the library.

I love the Clemson football games. There is a ton of school pride. There isn't enough parking though. Its the perfect size not to big or to small. I really like the size of my classes, most of them are small.

big enough to have good programs with money, small enough that you become friends with your profs and that when you meet people you find out what a small world clemson really is. this is a rural school! There is greenspace and people try to keep each other entertained, there isnt a lot to do besides go to dinner or the bars but thats the way we like it... rural. You can go to Anderson for an adventure or even all the way to greenville!!!

The best thing about Clemson is the people. We love our school and love to support our school in every way: sports, school spirit, groups of people and friends, organizations, intramural sports, etc. The parking on Clemson's campus is one thing I would change. We need more of it and the parking police can be ridiculous at times. They tend to forget that they are only parking police. Clemson is the perfect size. It's big enough to have 80,000+ people at a home football game and small enough that you know alot of the people in your class, just from seeing them around campus week to week. When people hear I go to Clemson, alot react by saying, "I"ve heard thats an awesome campus" or "Clemson, a jock school"...On campus, I spend a lot of time at the intramural fields, the library, and Tillman Hall. Clemson is definitely a college town. The town and shops revolve around Clemson, its tradition in sports and academics. For the most part, the administration is great. Everyone I know, including me, love our President Jim Barker. There are certain professors in every major that people don't like. I just graduated this past May and there was one professor in my department that I did not like and there were plenty of others in agreement. I can't remember the last controversy on campus, honestly. Clemson is full of school pride. If you ask students who transfer from other schools to Clemson, why they transferred, most will say its because of Clemson's unbelievable school pride. Clemson is one of the few land grant research universities that has ties to all 50 states. Another unusual fact about Clemson is that we are just now reaching 100,000 alumni since our school has been in existence. I will always remember Homecoming week in 2006. Clemson played Georgia Tech in October for football. We were ranked 12 in the nation and Georgia Tech was ranked 13. We had the ESPN college gameday show come to Clemson for our Homecoming weekend. We had the largest gameday of the season and we won the game, beating Georgia Tech 31-7. I will never forget that weekend experience. Most frequent student complaints are definitely with the parking police on campus.

Clemson is a fantastic higher level institution. The best thing about Clemson has to be the great sports' programs. The one thing I would change about Clemson is the parking, I would make more parking room. Our school is just right, not as big as other Division 1 schools but bigger than a lot of schools. People usually react positively when I tell them I go to Clemson because they know how phenomenal of a school it is. I spend most of my time either at Fike recreational center, edgar's, or studying in my room. The Clemson administration is extremely friendly and very knowledgable. Clemson has the most school pride I have ever seen.

I love Clemson. I have been coming to football games here since I was 2 months old. My Dad's family always had season box tickets so I ahve grown up loving Clemson. It is such a great environment. When you're walking to class, you can see a person you had in class with you Freshamn year and you'll say hey to each other. It is large enough to have a huge variety yet small enough that people you know Freshman year, you will see out Senior year and still stop and say hello. It is wonderful. When my friends found out I was going to Clemson, they were shocked I got in because it has such prestige as a university. Clemson is great because it is in a small town. The town is built around the university. All the local shop owners know most of the students by name and will greet you the minute you walk in the door.

Clemson itself is a very small college town, but is surrounded by Seneca, Anderson and Greenville, so there's never nothing to do. And if you find friends in the right places, you're never bored. The academics are strenuous, although some are more demanding than others.

I never wanted to attend Clemson until I went for a campus visit. I fell in love in 10 minutes. Turned to my mother and said sign me up...I'm going to school here. My mom even loved the campus saying it reminded her of her college years at Purdue. The best thing about Clemson is the fact it is located in a college town. Everyone there lives and breathes Clemson University. The friends you make and the memories you have are worth just as much as the name on your degree. But your education is important as well. Our classes are not easy. I have had many times where I worked my butt off just to make a C in a class. I believe the size of the university is just right. As a freshman you think it is huge, but by your senior year you realize how cozy it really feels. Clemson has a great national reputation. I have always received positive reactions when I tell someone I went to Clemson, well except from South Carolina fans. The best place to spend time on campus is Lever beach!! This is really the grass hill behind Lever dorm. The minute it is warm, everyone is out there tanning and goofing off. A lot of people spend insane hours in the library. I'll be honest, I only went to get coffee. There are so many things I will always remember about Clemson. Many involve the hours spent tailgating with my roommates (future bridesmaids) There is no explanation for the memories Clemson brings. School pride is insane and football is our god!!! We live for football season because that is where BLEED ORANGE really lives!! I guess there is only one way to sum up the big picture of Clemson: "It's the Esso Club during the summer, it's Littlejohn on the floor vs Duke. It's hating UGA, USC, and UNC. It's a cold night in November in Death Valley, it's walking across Bowman on the way to class, with the dew messing up your shoes. It's talking with a professor about life as you wait for the CATBUS, it's cutting class to go watch baseball at Kingsmore, it's saying hi to a person you had class with freshman year and you still don't remember their name. It's a Sunday at Fike, it's shaggin on a Friday before a football game at Explorers in October...It's so much more, and most of all, it's part of you. It's Clemson. The Best Damn Place in the World"

Clemson is awesome, I'd never been on the campus until my Senior year in high school, but when I toured it I knew it's where i wanted to go. I grew up in a small rural setting and hate being in a big city for more than a few days. Clemson is big enough that there's always something going on, but small enough that a country boy like me doesn't feel overwhelmed. Clemson is definitely a college town, there wouldn't be a town if it weren't for the college; and I mean that literally. Clemson offers a wide variety of things to do, I spent a lot of time playing pool and bowling. The biggest complaint that I've heard from students is the massive amount of Freshman "weed-out" courses. In every major there is one class that exists for no other reason than to fail people. I know of several of these where the curriculum taught in them actually doesn't help you progress in your major but the class is required to move on.