Appalachian State University

During my recent admissions call with Emma at the admissions call center, I was uncertain about my future educational destination. While I considered institutions like Wake Forest or UNC, I was particularly impressed by the exceptional kindness and care I received during my conversation. This positive experience has significantly heightened my interest in attending Appalachian State University.

I’m currently in my junior year and so far appstate has been pretty good to me. Lots of construction going on but the community and environment is still really nice .

We had a wonderful time at the App State football stadium! My wife says she'll be back because she loves listening to the band and I like watching the football.

Freshmen orientation and Appstate couldn't have been any better than they were today. Very informative, active, and entertaining. The staff answered just about every question imaginable. The only issue I had was that ASU charged us for meals and orientation. If I'm getting ready to spend 80k on tuition and fees, charging for showing up and being ready for the next semester is asking a bit too much. I don't care if all schools do that.

Not as good as another mountain school but solid place with great staff, I was a commuter though so can't comment on the dorms and stuff like that.

My son loves Appalachian State. I wish I had gone there 30 years ago when I had the chance.

A truly wonderful college in an unforgettable location. I'm proud to be an alumni.

Boone genuinely sucks and is too overcrowded for a small town. Students here are stupid af. Go somewhere else

Going to Appalachian State University was the worst educational decision I have ever made. I cannot speak for other majors, but I studied Recreation Management with a concentration in Outdoor Experiential Education. Of the things I did learn, I cannot think of any real world application for most of them. I was required to take class after class of topics that had nothing to do with why I wanted to go to ASU. I know that college is sometimes about taking classes that will rarely or never be used in the future, but the classes I found least helpful were most of the ones in my core curriculum. I may have taken one or two courses that I actually had a desire to take and have felt value from since. For a career focused in recreation or the outdoors, I would have been better off going to a number of other outdoor leadership institutions such as NOLS or the AMGA and I would have gained valuable knowledge and experience, two things I gained very little of at ASU. For anyone interested in this major I would suggest instead going out and gaining as many outdoor certifications as you can and become part of an outdoor organization like the ones I mentioned above. You will go so much further in a career in recreation and you will save money as well. On a positive note, I did like the teachers in the Recreation program for the most part. They were pleasant and had passion for their teaching. I just gained very little applicable knowledge from the content they were teaching. Also, the campus and surrounding mountains are beautiful.

Beautiful campus. But this is the only one school I couldn't find any restrooms, buildings were all locked (library, bookstore, cafeteria, ...).