Course - Value for Money San Jose State University
- VenkatIndia
- San Jose State University, USA
- Electrical Engineering
- Undergraduate Degree
- 2008
College Experience at San Jose State university right now was average. Lab facilities and faculty were appropriate but needed extra facilities to take care a large body of students. Courses are not that hard and so the course syllabus needs to be redesigned and taught much more effectively. Projects do not really draw a lot of energy and time to work on the projects. I had the opportunity to take non-ECE classes, so I suppose I did use the other classes to learn other non-technical stuff.
It was very easy to get into the college. I had a decent SAT score, but my SAT score was very high compared to the average admitted student. Visa process was never painful, and the tuition is cheap too. Travel experience was never a problem.
I did not receive any tuition fees or scholarship.
Electrical engineering courses have considerably less assignments and projects with deadlines needing about two hours for every assignment. Projects are usually after the mid semester requiring a lot of literature review and learning from other materials apart from the text books to gain insight into the project and deliver adequately. Exams were easy because the questions were reviewed in the classes already. The course was a value for the money, but could be enhanced more. My advise to all the students to contact the seniors and receive assistance from them to learn strategies to easily get an A in the class, and how to use the class effectively to learn stuff. Lectures are helpful in most classes, but the TAs varies depending on the courses. The course was a value for the money. Staff and facilities at school are decent.
Average campus facilities. People are friendly at San Jose. The most interesting things to do are shopping and night life in San Jose and many tourist places. Accommodation is expensive compared to other states. I worked part-time on campus. It was very hard to get a part-time job in campus as a lot of students compete for the same job. Student union has all the required facilities. Except for Indian student organizations, I do not know of any international student clubs.
My job prospects were not bad considering the university is close to all the major electrical engineering companies. Many companies came to the job fair to hire people. I will keep in touch will alumni. I do not know of any alumni association yet.
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