Long Beach State Dirtbags Review

the way classes are taught it seems more like a technical school than University

it was nice and there are lots of good restaurants their

Came here for a conference. The faculty (at least in the physics department) is very intelligent and has a great sense of humor. Beautiful campus, but they still have their fountains on and lawns kept green, despite the drought.

Great programs. Great facilities. Great location.

love the campus! great professors at the cba, the accounting program is pretty good.

In regards to the other reviews, EVERY Cal state's parking SUCKS not just Long Beach! Every university is impacted, therefore, parking is FULL!!! Of course you will get a citation for parking on carpool space and employee spot, wouldn't that also apply ANYWHERE else?! People find any STUPID excuse to downgrade this school. Any employer will tell you "Cal State Long Beach is a great school" because it happened to me during interviews! The professors are awesome, of course it's not easy but it's an higher education; it's not suppose to be easy, just like any Cal States. I love this school and I wouldn't change it for the world. I recommend this school 200%. You won't be disappointed!

oh! and the school's bookstore won FIRST place out of the whole region for great service! and that trophy is placed in the bookstore's entrance for proof. :)

LB State is a great school with wonderful professors and staff. If you are a student, I would recommend joining ASI so that you can be part of the community on campus and participate in all of the fun activities. Joining a club can be really nice, as they have clubs like surfing or salsa dancing. They also have those as actual classes so if you're considering that, super worth it. On the campus there are three food places outside of the student union that serve actual food and are great places to hang, each with their own style and feel. The campus is fairly easy to traverse and everything is fairly close to each other. The gym offers a lot of different activities including rock climbing, massages, and even acupuncture. while you're there, don't sleep on the student union as there are a lot of areas to meet, hang out, play pool or even go swimming. If you are going to the school you will find your Zen, whether it is on a field, at the gym, at the library, or at one of the many hang out places across campus. I had a great time there and I think you will too!!

Awesome school, I've been here for 3 years and love the environment, people, and teachers are amazing

California State University, Long Beach is a public university in Long Beach, California. It is the third largest campus of the 23-school California State University system and one of the largest universities in the state of California by enrollment.

First thing I learned at this school was the importance of conformity. The director of the History Department (David Schaefer) told me not to fight any grades and that I should just conform in the future work place. Professors are petty, show favoritism, and ignore students they dislike. Conservative students are singled out the worst but it's pretty much anyone who disagrees with anything big or small. Also not a social campus. Lots of nerds that just show up, study and retreat home. I'll give it a 2 star just because the campus itself is gorgeous.

One of my favorite California Universities based on location price and diversity. I loved attending and live the people who are proud to Go Beach

Great business school. Parking can be tough, street parking and a skateboard/bicycle maybe the way to go. Save you time and money.

This is not a University--meaning, this is not a repository of knowledge nor is it a place where knowledge is cultivated and expanded. The students' future and needs are not of their concern. This place treats their students like cattle; they want to move students through as soon as possible to graduate. I asked multiple department advisers if I could switch majors, and they each replied with an unthoughtful 'No'. Mind that I was only a freshman when I requested this change, trapped in a major that didn't have much investment value... University is an expensive investment that is supposed to reap a return of intellectual and skill enrichment and also create possible economic mobility--however, it seems that this University is in the business of profiteering, not education.

Amazing campus. Location. People. Everything. Visited and fell in love when other colleges like UCSD and SDSU had accepting me, being on campus completely sold me. I am attending next year.

Dear CSULB, I remember I have visited you before, and all I really have to say is, I love you very much. You are such a very beautiful university I've ever seen in my entire life, and you are the best university EVER!!!!!
BTW equally important, I want to become a physicist (just like Ronald Mallett). I want to invent a time machine and not only travel through time (especially to the past), but also stay remaining completely young forever (like in our teen/young adult ages) and never grow old. Those are my dreams and those are to show you that I got very talented experiences, which shows how artistic I am.
-Diego Bustamante

New Track, it's just a perfect place for the athletes to work out and have new PRs. The Field is perfect too. The long jump pits and the runways make you want to compete. The runway for javelin the same. Excellent place to do some pole vaulting.

Hope they make more study places. Food courts or cafeteria are not the study places (it can be, but its packed). The engineering department has been changing LAB, professors, and class rooms just recently (2015). As a ME student, I m not sure the education quality is higher or not. I plan to take the PE exam and wish them to follow PE exam problems a bit. CSULB lacks of ME profs, so it causes less classes. This makes problems with the class confliction and hard to take classes. If you try to take like 400 classes, there are usually 2 or 3 classes. I will graduate soon, so I cant do anything with it, but at least this helps you.
One more. No study place leads everyone goes home after class. Your friends in University are very important especially in the same major. Study buddy makes very good connection and you learn very much stuff with them even though prof isn t good at teaching.

CSU Long Beach South of Manhattan Beach, my friends Mark Thomas and Alli Haase wen there

Japanese garden, shark lab, bowling, movie theater, billiards, gaming station and so much more

University cool
But ALI stupid.
And san fransisco is the best.

Not a member of the PAC-12, but still a great institution!

Over priced i agree but not bad of a college and it helped me alot but except the things were over priced thats what made me kind of suprised

Great school. The campus is huge and the weather is great. The psychology department has tremendous resources available as well as knowledgeable, efficacious professors.

The beach was fun, but my friend starved me of food and wi-fi which wasn't cool

Graduated in 2012 as an international student. The campus was good and the gym was super nice.

I love this school. Engineering programs are top notch.

Nice Campus, good services. Originally, i was going to use the word "beautiful" when describing the campus, but people reading this might have their own idea of the word so i decided to use a more "generic" adjective. The campus it self is big, and it's really nice in my opinion. There's plenty of food options inside, a nice bookstore, a big library that is always busy, and a huge campus that's easy to the eye. The place also has good advising centers, BUT when it comes to the instructors... I'd give the place a 3/5. I do feel however that my dislikes with the instructors is in big part connected to the way college in general works. This place is nice, heck...it's great, and i'd recommend it.

i obtained my master degree here and it was great experience.

Defiantly miss it. Studied my master degree there. Parkside is a better choice for people seeking a nice dorm.

WORSE SCHOOL EVER! They overcharge you for everything! Parking SUCKS! Constantly giving students tickets and no matter if you buy the parking for $130.00 each semester, there is no way you'll find a parking spot if you come in after 9:30 each morning. The school constantly look for excuses to charge students more and more. The departments hate each other and are in a constant competition with each other. No one cares about student. If your major requires you to take classes from multiple departments, you are in a big trouble, since the departments do not check their schedule with each other, so all classes overlap. Everything is too political and racist in this damn school. Never doing my graduate studies here. Our department is begging me to stay, (they offered to waive my tuition, hire me as a TA and pay me on top it), but NOPE! Never in million years. No one cares how good you are. Hispanic students get lots and lots of opportunities, whereas other races have no programs or opportunities. FYI, I have nothing against Hispanics, but places like this make you wonder, why them and not me? Because I'm not Latino? Really? Scholarships are based on whether you know someone in the committee or not. (I have tested that myself!!) Research opportunities are for Hispanics only or people who have connections. Someone need to audit this school ASAP! Hated it!

I'm biased because I went here but, yeah, it's awesome.

Class materials are outdated. Parking is too expensive. Paid parking is enforced at all times even when there are only a few cars on the lot. You should check and learn other campuses parking rules. Stanford university won t charge parking after normal business hours. Don t get too greedy.

I spent 5 years at CSULB completing my undergraduate degree in dance. There are so many ways to get involved and vast opportunities to meet others like or unlike self. I definitely made the right choice in going to this school. If you like beautiful weather, mellow atmosphere, and people watching, this school is simply amazing.

Beautiful campus, all buildings are surrounded by tree..

Loved my experience at csulb in the fine arts department. Excellent professors and supportive peers.

I am a parent on a campus tour. The noise from construction on both sides of the campus at 9 am was excessive. I could not carry on a conversation without being a foot away from the person talking. Often having to shout. I could not find a peaceful part of the main campus public areas. Then add in planes overhead and gardeners with leaf blowers, I would prefer my child not go here. The single second year dorms at Hillside felt like a closet. Parkside freshmen dorms seemed much better with dual occupancy. No known kitchen facilities in the on campus dorms nor quiet study areas. The recreation area which was very nice, was quite a distance from the dorms. The town was great but lots of traffic. Price to attend, weather, and location are great.

Parking is over priced and over sold.

Dealing with staff is typical government. They have a job and can't be fired.

Classes hard to get for this second rate school.

They tend to discriminate against non minorities.

The book store, get this, won an award. Only department on campus that has won anything. Unfortunately this award has no reflection on the institutional portion of the school.

Poorly laid out campus. Doze the soccer field and put in more parking. They have a lot of wasted space.

Fees keep increasing out pacing inflation yet class size and quality of professors get worse.

Best campus among other csu.
Love it.

I love long beach university always have
my brother's went there my friends and I play soccer there the athletic department very profecional .

You can't stop yourself from falling in love with this school and this active friendly campus. Go Beach!

When I was in high school, I was only allowed to apply to two schools that my parents chose. One of them was CSUF and the other was CSULB. I was mopey for awhile because I really wanted to go to schools like UCLA or UCSB, but I guess my parents' wishes were a blessing in disguise. I am currently a sophomore, and am grateful that I am a 49er! (I heard the mascot is changing, so I'm not sure if this comment will be relevant in the near future). I can say that 90% of the professors that I had were spectacular! They all want the best for their students, and you can always meet up with them for help in office hours or by appointment. Also, unlike other colleges that I have visited, CSULB has a very unique mellow atmosphere. Everyone is so down to earth and so... mellow. There really is no better word to describe this school. It's most likely because there are trees and foliage everywhere. The campus is relatively large as well, but there are shuttles that come around every fifteen minutes or so, which transport students around campus. 'Tis very helpful. The only critique I can make is that CSULB needs more parking spaces. Finding a parking space early in the morning is easy peasy, but it takes me at least half an hour (if I'm lucky) to find a space past 11 A.M.! Other than that, the school is amazing. It's filled with many opportunities to get involved and meet new people, has convenience stores scattered all around campus so procrastinators can purchase green books and scantrons five minutes before class, and employs hundreds of faculty members whose job is to help every student succeed. Choose the Beach! You won't regret it.

Staff Writer, Samantha Diaz wrote an article saying Milk is racist. Social Justice Warriors, the radical alt-left are losing it. They have watered down the word "racist" to no longer have meaning to it. Poor kids today in liberal colleges and universities are being indoctrinated into Saul Alinsky's desire for to become a communist country. Before attending this school, see how much diversity is allowed and new ideas are presented from a conservative view point. Find out the ratio between liberal professors vs conservative professors. Will your children only learn one side (liberal ideas) or will debate be offered without out of control leftist that silence conservative voices? Everything is racist. Thanks to brainwashed lefties.

A large, nice and quiet campus!
I love this university!
Go Beach

Parking is easy to find in the mornings, but hell in the afternoon. Busiest hours are between 10am-3pm in my opinion~

California university's one of the most famous around the world, recognized for best knowledge, advanced study,technology and large teaching experiences.

Engineering Studies in a park like setting, boyhood dream to attend & play ball for CSULB

One of the best University in the area & facilities.

MPA program very disappointing. I picked it because the curriculum looked better than other similarly priced programs but the experience has been horrible so far. Details: 1) Couldnt get any night/weekend classes, 2) Orientation was given by an angry rude man who was the opposite of welcoming, 3) 1st class the professor assigns 100 pages of heavy reading & 1,000 words writing each week for a 3 hr class & immediately leaves on vacation & doesn't answer emails, 4) 2nd professor holds VERY low standards for class work, definitely not Master's level education. Only a small percentage of the students seem to have had a decent undergrad education.

Beautiful campus, though the school itself looks like it's due for a bit of a refresh. The surrounding area appears a little dense.

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What a nice ENVIRONMENT to pursue EDUCATION. A place where TECHNOLOGY and NATURE, coexist in HARMONY.

Not a STUDENT, but this UNIVERSITY is one of the many I could suggest the Younglings to add to their BUCKET LIST