Pros and Cons of SIUE

[horn12007]

Pros: It's a pretty nice looking campus. Prices were too bad (at least when I first started).

Cons: If you don't double check the advice they give you they'll fleece every dime from you they can (though a lot of colleges are guilty of this now).

Oh, and killer geese.


I went for a B.S. in Geography, Specialization in GIS and honestly felt I learned much more from my GIS professor at SWIC in Belleville (Mr. Arnold, who is honestly the best teacher I've ever had for anything). They have a nice growing Geography department with some good professors but their GIS classes could use some work.

I went to SWIC also. Never took geography, but several science courses. The best teacher I had there was Mr. McGarrity in the history department. If you really like history take his class.
Also for those who think that a University is harder than a community college, that is simply not true. It depends on the teacher. I had some very hard classes (by hard I mean I had to put a lot of work or had a lot of homework)...
At SIUC there are a lot of lecture halls that you don't even need to go to, just show up for the test and you pass.

Yea I double check everything the colleges say when it comes to money and what classes to take. I actually pick my own classes because too many people get screwed by not double checking.
(Cant say its always the counselors fault, if you try to go see a counselor the week before school starts, they are busy as hell)

If I do go to Edwardsville, then it will be my 4th college I've gone to.....lol. So I have a very good idea on the way they work.

and the prices there aren't bad. (yes in general, college is too damn expensive)

[gcef89]

im at siue right now not much of a party school like siuc girls are girls where ever u go u can always find an easy one tuition isnt bad about 4500 a semester its classes are building up and so are the buildings its got a lake for fishing + and a new nice workout gym sports not that good other than soccer and yes lots of killer geese

[m6speed]

i've bounced at pinch when i went to siuc, and now i bouce at big daddys in edwardsville, i can say that kids at siuc weren't as fucking annoying as they are in eville. All the guys at siue get super tough when they are across a parking lot, all the girls are super sluts. on a side note the girl to guy ratio at siue is like 4 girls to 1 guy, so thats always a plus!!! lol

[Bwill9886]

I went to SWIC also. Never took geography, but several science courses. The best teacher I had there was Mr. McGarrity in the history department. If you really like history take his class.

I had him as well and I'd definitely rate him in the top 5 teachers I've had. Really interesting guy to talk to and to have teach you history.

He is an example of the point you made where even though it was a community college course, it was definitely tougher than a lot of SIUE's classes I took. Mr. Arnold was the same way.