how difficult is it to get accepted to asu or u of arizona for a kid from boston?

Question

I have a 3.1 gpa in high school and project getting decent sat scores.
I hate the cold weather and the dorms have pools, anybody go to either school?

Answer 1

I've spent quite a bit of time in Arizona. I think that U of A is quite a bit nicer than ASU and that Tucson is definitely nicer than Phoenix. U of A has a better academic reputation.

U of A is a huge state university (check the enrollment!) and you will have some classes that are gigantic. Sometimes they have lectures classes in the "State Auditorium" - I think that seats over 2000!!! But if you pick a major that is not one of the huge majors, you will get into smaller classes after a while. They have a lot of classes taught by grad students and some of them are probably pretty bad. But they also have some very good profs, including some who have retired after being famous for decades at other schools and who are teaching at U of A basically just for fun. They can be really world class teachers.

You should understand that a very large fraction of the students are from Arizona, so you can expect to have a large number of extremely conservative kids around you who think that anyone from Massachusetts (home of Kerry and the Kennedys) is basically the devil's spawn. But if you can get past that , you will find lots of interesting kids, and the landscape and surrounding environment will be a total change. When you arrive at school it will be 100 plus degrees and stay hot until October.

So, if it sounds good to you, then go for it. It will definitely not be a boring experience!

Answer 2

ummm well ur GPA could be higher..but it is a state school (ASU) so the requirments should be lower....UA might be tougher to get into...i say being frm out of state is a good thing...

just work on your grades and stuff...

good luck