Oregon State University Top Questions

Limited opportunities within the area. Although Corvallis is a lovely town, anyone wishing to pursue career opportunities in their field of study must head to Portland or Seattle.

The people here are not intellectual, they are boring. They party all the time, watch sports, play video games, talk about video games, and are generally uninterested in learning. This is a gross generalization, but it's how I feel most of the people here are. Some people may like this, but it's not for me. In addition, the classes are huge and there isn't a lot of teacher-student interaction. It's extreemely frustrating.

Some of the classes are huge and it's hard to get in depth during class because so many kids have so many questions that take up all of the class time.

It's enormous, and sometimes had to find things.

For me, this university (and it may be the same with others as well) is highly geared toward the typical college student- if you are a non-traditional student,: older than average, married, children, etc., it can feel like you don't fit in very well.

I think the dorms are the worst its hard to live with people you dont know.

Oregon, as you might know, is a very rainy state. That doesn't mean it's pouring rain every day, but the winter here has 80-100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} cloud cover just about every day. The lack of direct sunlight can certainly affect your mental wellness if you don't take steps to counteract it.

I find it hard to find nice, affordalbe housing close to campus. The engineering program is difficult but to be expected. I don't like how much it costs for tuition and books.

I think that the worst thing about school is the core curriculum, those classes you have to take and have no interest in. It is also one of the best. The core requirements allow you to have a more diverse education, see the world from a different perspective and be exposed to other disciplines. If you keep an open mind they even can help you in your major. I have never been an environmentalists but I took an environmental philosophy class and it helped me to see ways that corporations can realistically help the regions with the resources they use.

I am not taking a single class in my major this term due to the fact that I had to register late. There is even talk of cutting classes in the future. I don't like the fact that at such a large university it is so difficult to get into classes that I NEED to take.