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nlhm09
Ball State University '12
Majoring in English
Member since 10/10/2011
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Not Worth What You Pay
Apartments around Muncie are reasonably priced - if they were in a big town like Indy instead of tiny little Muncie. For the price you pay, you get a rundown apartment with plenty of problems that you can rarely convince your landlord to fix. Much easier to just suck it up and live on campus. You end up spending a lot more money for a lot less in return.
Oct 10, 2011
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Party Groups
Girls and Guys vary at Ball State; the only problem is that people tend to party with the same people every single week, so if you don't like who you're hanging out with, it's unlikely you can meet someone new easily.
Oct 10, 2011
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Alcohol Is Everywhere
Most people I know who attend Ball State come in sober. At least five of my friends have had breakdowns due to drugs and alcohol and are now addicts to both. Everyone drinks every single weekend, and if you try and drive any day after ten, you will have to avoid hitting drunk people. Smoking pot is everywhere on campus, and drunk people - even drunk drivers - are frequently seen at any time of day during the entire week.
Oct 10, 2011
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I Am Smarter Than My Professors
I feel like my classes are a joke. I have been here two and a half years and have yet to learn anything. Professors get angry when you know something they don't and will grade you unfairly based on how they feel about you personally.
Oct 10, 2011
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Random Guns
Every so often, students get emails about students being held up at gun point at various places around campus. It happens more often than is really comfortable. Campus police doesn't really do anything except drive around and stare at scantily clad drunk girls.
Oct 10, 2011
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No Financial Aid
I don't know of anyone who received adequate financial aid from Ball State. Apply for plenty of outside scholarships and be from Indiana to get in-state tuition or else it is really not worth it.
Oct 10, 2011
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It Is Pretty Hard to Get Arrested
Students frequently walk around drunk, sometimes even carrying bottles of alcohol right in front of campus police cars. They don't really do anything unless you attack their car or someone else. Dorms, however, are pretty serious about alcohol in the dorms. While they will never check unless someone else complains about you drinking, if someone does, they will check your fridge for alcohol. If found, you receive a warning, and after three, you're out of the dorms permanently. All in all, not hard to avoid getting in trouble.
Oct 10, 2011
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Gay Everyday!
One third of the Ball State Campus is homosexual. That alone should let you know that BSU is full of diversity everywhere. While not everyone is accepting, there is always a club for everyone wanting to feel like they fit in.
Oct 10, 2011
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No One Cares
Only 9% of the students participate in Greek life. Fraternities have nice houses that through pretty crazy parties, but only fellow Greeks or desperate female freshman tend to attend. Sororities live in a dorm, and thus don't throw as many parties. They have a strict non-hazing policy and a no drinking policy as well, but that sometimes gets violated.
Oct 10, 2011
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Tickets Galore
My freshman year I got almost $500 in parking tickets. This is not rare. Parking Services is a bit of a devil on campus - ask anyone. They are hard to reason with and do nothing all day but drive around giving as many tickets as possible. Parking is usually far from any academic buildings, and metered parking by the buildings is available for 45 minutes when classes last for 50 minutes - and it is guaranteed that Parking Services will give you at least one ticket during those five minutes.
Oct 10, 2011
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Buildings Updated All the Time
While there are a few eyesores on campus, most of the buildings are updated frequently and look fantastic.
Oct 10, 2011
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No One Cares
While football games do have tailgaters turn out in droves to get drunk, that pretty much sums up the entire school spirit at school.
Oct 10, 2011
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