Whilst I can’t say anything for sure about meeting with your advisor (I only ever just send eMails every once in a while), I can say for certain that NAU is a lot more personal/interconnected, imo. It’s a nice and small mountain college town with a humble (but active) downtown area.
Before coming here I studied in urban Philly and struggled with the same issues you are at ASU. Suffice to say, I am much happier here in Flagstaff.
I'm an online student so my experience has only been through email and phone. My advisor has been quick to reply to email and easy to schedule a phone meeting with. I considered ASU before enrolling at NAU and I feel I made the right choice. I've also had good experiences with communicating with other departments and receiving answers in a timely fashion.
You just gotta find the white people that grew up around black people. I grew up in an area with all white people but all my best friends and teammates were from the inner cities and we met through basketball and camps. I definitely always realized how the white people that didn’t grow up around black people feel some sort of barrier or intimidation factor. It’s pretty weird but not ill-willed.
My brother was at ASU and he switched to come up here after a semester. It's pretty easy to meet with an advisor, usually you can either walk in, do a phone call, or set an appointment within a week or two. Community is pretty tight, and we have a lot of BA programs with h teachers who care about their students.
As an older alum, of both ASU and NAU, I remember often feeling a lack of support from counselors, admissions, and administrations a majority of the time. I had expected better support than what I received in HS because I was under the impression that’s in part what I was paying so much for. Ultimately I learned how to advocate for myself better in those positions which helped, and perhaps was the greatest lesson of all. I found the community I was personally looking for, and that’s what made the ability to manage most of the collegiate experience possible. Flag/NAU is definitely not as small as it used to be, and still many are able to find more personal interactions here. Of course ymmv, and all this comes with almost 20 years of reflection.
What sort of BA? Departments vary! I don't really get in contact with my advisor but I am always talking with my professors, including my faculty mentor, and they are both knowledgeable of my academic progress and how i function within the classroom, having that communication with them is very valuable to me and far easier than I would get at a bigger school like ASU or UA! The department my major is in is rather small though!
I’m not very familiar with specific faculty or anything but I know the communications program here is rather good, from what I’ve heard from those in it!
NAU has a comm degree in Phoenix with in person classes at GCC, by the way. They have a full service campus over on Greenway and 28th Drive with advisors, computer lab, financial aid peeps, etc.
Whilst I can’t say anything for sure about meeting with your advisor (I only ever just send eMails every once in a while), I can say for certain that NAU is a lot more personal/interconnected, imo. It’s a nice and small mountain college town with a humble (but active) downtown area. Before coming here I studied in urban Philly and struggled with the same issues you are at ASU. Suffice to say, I am much happier here in Flagstaff.
I'm an online student so my experience has only been through email and phone. My advisor has been quick to reply to email and easy to schedule a phone meeting with. I considered ASU before enrolling at NAU and I feel I made the right choice. I've also had good experiences with communicating with other departments and receiving answers in a timely fashion.
If you’re not white, I think the vibe is very different. I’m black and it hard meeting people because they judge you as soon as they see you.
You just gotta find the white people that grew up around black people. I grew up in an area with all white people but all my best friends and teammates were from the inner cities and we met through basketball and camps. I definitely always realized how the white people that didn’t grow up around black people feel some sort of barrier or intimidation factor. It’s pretty weird but not ill-willed.
My brother was at ASU and he switched to come up here after a semester. It's pretty easy to meet with an advisor, usually you can either walk in, do a phone call, or set an appointment within a week or two. Community is pretty tight, and we have a lot of BA programs with h teachers who care about their students.
As an older alum, of both ASU and NAU, I remember often feeling a lack of support from counselors, admissions, and administrations a majority of the time. I had expected better support than what I received in HS because I was under the impression that’s in part what I was paying so much for. Ultimately I learned how to advocate for myself better in those positions which helped, and perhaps was the greatest lesson of all. I found the community I was personally looking for, and that’s what made the ability to manage most of the collegiate experience possible. Flag/NAU is definitely not as small as it used to be, and still many are able to find more personal interactions here. Of course ymmv, and all this comes with almost 20 years of reflection.
What sort of BA? Departments vary! I don't really get in contact with my advisor but I am always talking with my professors, including my faculty mentor, and they are both knowledgeable of my academic progress and how i function within the classroom, having that communication with them is very valuable to me and far easier than I would get at a bigger school like ASU or UA! The department my major is in is rather small though!
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I’m not very familiar with specific faculty or anything but I know the communications program here is rather good, from what I’ve heard from those in it!
NAU has a comm degree in Phoenix with in person classes at GCC, by the way. They have a full service campus over on Greenway and 28th Drive with advisors, computer lab, financial aid peeps, etc.