Naw let me go off real quick.
This is the worst university I've come across outside of Livingstone. Went here for 2 years and change. Professors openly refer to it as a second chance school
for other professors. After my first semester, my english and ethics professors pulled me aside, sat me down, and encouraged me to transfer
my dumbass said "No, even though my on-campus living was a condemned building with wiring coming through the roof, even though crackheads regularly stroll on campus, even though campus admin is constantly on the hot seat for embezzling money, even though the number one cause of burnouts for promising students is that they get ran into the ground promoting the university at non-profits because the school can't highlight itself in any other functional way - I want to stay"
Absolute fukking shytshow of a university where they can't even say with certainty their accreditation is safe. Tuition rates make absolutely no sense and are openly predatory for out of state students. Please take note of the washout rates too.
Their most notable majors in computer sciences and business remain outdated and unsupported by third party institutions in comparison to similar schools. They do not have a networking pipeline worth mentioning tied to the school. The only building worth talking about on the entire campus is the library.
Sports? The basketball court doesn't even measure up to a modern high school facility. The football stadium is a cut out
these clowns have the train tracks too close so there's only half a stadium. I'd actually give props to the sports medicine spot on campus - if they weren't known for leaving people high and dry when it was time to revisit athletic scholarships. Jamaican junior olympics and amateurs used to work out with our track team and it was a huge statement towards the campus' commitments internationally - but they fukked that up too with recruiting violations.
I've got stories for days. From a pimp coming to our basketball dorm to cut a player who didn't want to pay his girl, to a party bus full of freshmen getting robbed right after orientation, to personal information being stolen from the campus provided laptops regularly, even to myself not being able to count to ten in spanish but passing spanish I and II because the prof didn't want to draw attention to the fact she was fukking half the class.
The best thing JCSU has going for it is the city of Charlotte. You're walking distance (its a bit safer now at least) to Uptown and all that offers. If you're an ambitious, highly capable, resilient individual from the jump - you will find a way to succeed anywhere. JCSU is not a credit to your success though but a burden you overcame. If anything, they put an unreasonable burden on their best students to overcompensate for the mess they are regarding everything else. It is prohibitively hard to transfer from a school constantly jacked up in one way or another.
And the worst thing is, I didn't even know how jacked up the school was until I started traveling more. The small campus allows everything to be rationalized and compartmentalized.
So about the out-of-state percentage, I believe DC, Maryland, and a few other states get a grant or something which drives down the initial costs the first few years as long as students maintain a certain academic standing. A very attractive offer to people wanting a change of scenery. Its referred to as a trap by many because the acceptance rate is too high or that type of thing - many of those kids end up fukked and require loans to stay enrolled after that. There is no corrective action or support for a school with high professor turnover and a revolving door of students.
Also, the basketball tournament and several football games are held *off* campus. There's an older football stadium not far down the road that's in a great area and the basketball tourney is held where the Hornets play lol.
i will say that the band took care of its people better than the athletic department took care of their own.
