Leroy L. Murad

I began my career at CSU in fall 2019 in electrical engineering then switched my major to EET during the 2020-21 academic year, graduating in May 2024. Overall, CSU is a good school, a lot cheaper than many other institutions yet still offering a quality education. While some of my professors were subpar at best, I also had many great professors who went the extra mile to connect with their students and make lectures interesting and engaging. I also met people from all walks of life and have made several lifelong friends. The reason I rate CSU only 4 stars is because of how the current leadership is running (and ruining) the place. During my time at CSU, I was a residential student, having stayed in Euclid Commons during 2019-20 then again from 2020-21, and in fall 2021 I moved to the Langston, which at the time was NOT owned by CSU. A year after I moved there, much to the dismay of its residents, it was acquired by CSU in an attempt to transform the university into something it isn't: a residential campus. CSU has always been a commuter school since its establishment in the 1960s and I feel like the current leadership is trying to change that. Since CSU's acquisition of the Langston, not only has rent drastically increased, but tenants are also subject to the same BS rules imposed in the dorms, and each floor has RA's who will enter your apartment/unit without warning (which I'm pretty sure is illegal) and clearly have nothing better to do with their lives than make everyone else miserable. There's also security vehicles that drive around at night with strobe lights that shine into the windows. While I understand the need for the security vehicles, can they please be more considerate of people who are trying to sleep and maybe turn off their lights? While I was able to extend my lease at The Langston 6 months post-graduation, I was forced to vacate a month early as I wasn't willing to pay $800 to keep my garage space the last 3 months. $800 SERIOUSLY?!?!?!? FOR 3 MONTHS??? That means I'm paying almost $270/month just to park my car! Not to mention the rent for the apartment itself is already over $1k/month. A bit outrageous if you ask me, especially when prior to CSU taking over the rent was under $900 a month INCLUDING the garage! With that aside, overall I had a great experience at CSU. The campus is decently sized, and all the main buildings are connected by the "Innerlink", which is especially convenient during the cold winter months. I regret not taking advantage of more of the programs offered to students, and wish I had spent more time at the state-of-the-art rec center. The good news is, if you don't mind forking over more money to CSU, the rec does offer an alumni pass (I think it's $44/month, which isn't bad), although depending on how far you are from campus it may or may not be worth it. Just know if you plan on living on-campus, you may want to consider checking out other nearby housing, as it may be less expensive in the long run. Rumor has it CSU might sell The Langston back to its original owner due to financial difficulties they won't tell you about, which would probably be for the better. P.S. If you need to take physics, I HIGHLY recommend Dr. Ulrich Zurcher. He's hands-down one of the best professors at CSU. His exams are tough, but he's extremely passionate about the subject and really cares about his students. I had to retake PHY221 not once but twice, and it was because of him not only did I pass, but I gained a better understanding of the subject.

We did a college visit. The people were very nice. The facilities are new, clean, and the amenities are really nice. Barely any green space as it's in the middle of downtown Cleveland. Small school with a mostly commuter population.

The assistance provided to international students is really disappointing. You are confined to paying the housing and tuition fees for the first semester, according to the first. However, when we arrived to the university, they made us pay a full year's worth of tuition, accommodation, and required meals. In order to communicate with undergraduate students, their behaviour is quite poor.

They have very disappointed service for international students. The first told you can pay only 1st semester fee of housing and tution fees. But when we reached at the university they forced on us to pay whole year payment of tution, housing and compulsory dining. So their behaviour is very bad to communicate with undergraduate student.

They're not clear about fees with international students. My friends are facing problems related that universe first told that students can pay 1st semester of tution fee and housing compulsory. And when they reached at the university first time the global staff at University forced on the atudents to pay whole tution fee, and compulsory housing And dining. And this is the reason that many students are facing problems in the fall 2023. They have very bad services for students, they only care about money and not about education, they do not let any student enroll for classes without paying fees for 2 semesters in advance, they make international students college life very bad in USA. You can consider others universities instead of this.