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Utah State University is a large, affordable, research-oriented school that offers over 200 majors and 鈥渙ne hell of an engineering program.鈥� The College of Education is 鈥渢op notch鈥� as well and there are strong programs in agriculture and business. 鈥淕eneral education courses absolutely suck to take鈥� and they 鈥渁re much too large.鈥� 鈥淪tack 鈥榚m deep; teach 鈥榚m cheap,鈥� says a poetic Spanish major. Overall, though, 鈥渢he academic experience is superb.鈥� 鈥淭he professors are saints as far as I鈥檓 concerned,鈥� declares a civil engineering major. 鈥淭hey are here because they love teaching and seeing their students succeed.鈥� 鈥淚鈥檝e had some crummy professors, but only two or three out of 30,鈥� estimates an accounting major. 鈥淭he good far outweigh the bad.鈥� Administratively, 鈥渢he registrar鈥檚 office could be a little more organized鈥� and there are the typical big school frustrations but USU generally 鈥渞uns very smoothly.鈥� 鈥淭he administration鈥檚 main focus is on the students,鈥� lauds a speech communication major, 鈥渁nd that is apparent from the amount of effort that they put toward student services and functions.鈥�

鈥淓veryone is pretty laid back and conservative鈥� at USU. Students describe themselves as 鈥渟tudious,鈥� 鈥渧ery motivated to achieve,鈥� and 鈥渘othing but welcoming and nice.鈥� There鈥檚 a decent-sized contingent of international students on campus but there is 鈥渙nly a small percentage of minority students.鈥� 鈥淭his is northern Utah,鈥� says a sophomore. 鈥淢ost of the students are white and Mormon.鈥� The Church of Latter-Day Saints has 鈥渁 strong influence鈥� here. Scores of students 鈥渄o not drink, smoke, or have sex before marriage.鈥� 鈥淢any are married鈥� already and 鈥渉ave a part-time job.鈥� Some students say that 鈥渋t鈥檚 tough fitting in as a non-Mormon.鈥� Others say that the 鈥渢he LDS community at USU is very devout but at the same time very accepting.鈥� There are 鈥渟ome overzealous Mormons鈥� who are 鈥減retty nearly intolerant and look down on other faiths,鈥� they say, but 鈥測ou get those nut jobs with every religion.鈥�

鈥淵ou can find a club or organization for just about anything鈥� at USU. Sports are reportedly 鈥渜uite popular.鈥� 鈥淎ggie Basketball is huge.鈥� However, other teams are 鈥渟ickeningly terrible.鈥� There is a smattering of Greek life and there are 鈥減arties with a lot of alcohol involved.鈥� However, nobody really comes here for the party scene. This is 鈥淢ormonville.鈥� 鈥淒inner and a movie鈥� and a lot of good old-fashioned dating are far more common than drinking. The surrounding town of Logan is 鈥渟mall鈥� and 鈥渋n the middle of the mountains.鈥� It鈥檚 鈥減retty steep鈥� around here but it鈥檚 鈥渁n incredibly beautiful and inspiring place to live and learn鈥� and 鈥渁 great place for the outdoors.鈥� 鈥淓veryone goes sledding on Old Main Hill in the winter.鈥� For serious skiers and snowboarders, there is a resort 鈥渞eally close鈥� and 鈥渢he snow in the canyon is awesome.鈥� 鈥淎 lot of people miss class after a good snowstorm to hit the slopes,鈥� observes a junior.