I mean it is a good school, nothing spectacular. I...

I mean it is a good school, nothing spectacular. I sort of wish I went somewhere else sometimes. Sometimes I'm glad I go here. I've had professors who have changed the way I see the world, opening up doors that I would never have gotten from not coming to ETSU....But I've also had plenty of adjunct professors that have been sub par at best. (Mostly due to under funding certain departments).

A lot of people are excited for football, but as it is going up (being paid for by students who wont see its completion) We are seeing a lack of funding to several departments on campus. Our professors aren't paid enough and it tends to show. Personally I went to school to further my education and feel that those goals are taking back seat to a future football team that I will never see.

As for student life, there are plenty of student interest groups that offer leadership opportunities and social engagement and for me, that is one of the best things about going to ETSU. The downside, is I would have had that if I had went to ANY UNIVERSITY. Other Universities also have better student centers that are better designed for student activities, ours is quite dated, and the 'improvements' they are making to the culp center are long over due.

If you like parties, we've got them!

If you are afraid of your sons or daughters being assaulted in their first few years, we have that too, more people have been coming forward in the past few years claiming to being sexually assaulted on or around our campus. In ETSU's defense, this is a problem across the board but the way we are responding to it isn't exactly great either. More could be done to prevent these assaults.

We have a good recycling program on campus, that's a plus. But that doesn't really cover the fact that ETSU has the biggest carbon foot print in the area...more could be done to make ETSU Green....A lot more.

The dorms are either really nice, or really crappy. This is where you will get your first taste of the world, and its all in how much money you are willing to spend...or go into debt. The affordable ones for men only recently had air conditioning installed, and even the fancy ones are too small and super limiting. I lived on campus in the hopes to stay closer to my classes, but since recently I moved off campus into the tree streets and life is 1000X better. I live a safe bike ride away and life is good.
There are also off campus apartments, but those are like dorms without RA's. loud parties all the time, which is fun for some, I just don't want to live in that.

ETSU is a place to get a degree, it has things I like, and plenty things I don't. The biggest reason this school is half decent to me is more from my personal engagements with life changing professors and priceless friendships and connections I have made along the way and less so anything ETSU had a major part in. I hope to get my degree in the next year, but beware, ETSU is a 5 year school, with averages around 5-6 year completion rates don't let them lie to you with all this 4 year jargon.