Appalachian State University

I loved it here as a student and enjoy coming back to visit. Driving through campus is hard so I would suggest parking in the visitors deck and walking around. The campus is large and beautiful. I had fun checking out my favorite spots like the student union and library. People here are very friendly.

Parents and students should be forewarned: there is not even close to enough on-​campus housing for students!!! Freshman usually get a dorm, but after that-​there is a lottery with NO priority or seniority for anyone! (unless you are an athlete-​although they don’t openly admit that, everyone is aware) And once you live off campus, you are ineligible to return to more affordable on-​campus housing, even when it was NOT YOUR CHOICE TO BEGIN WITH! I have not had to deal with this from other colleges with other children, and the stress it causes parents and kids is just unacceptable! Guess they have gotten too big to care. They really need to get their act together, especially with the unfortunate and horrific rate of student suicides in the last 2 years! There is a lot of room for improvement!

I love visiting my sweetie’s Alma Mater. He always shows me cool, hidden gems around the campus.
I love seeing how it grows every time we go!

Wasn’t for me. The vast majority of the students come from small North Carolina towns basically an hour or two away, for most of them, that’s a real stretch getting them out of their small towns and coming to a place where they don’t already know everyone. They room with someone from their hometown, never really want to go beyond that. I’m sure for the ones that come from these small mindedness backgrounds, this place is sheer heaven. Limited cultural and social activities on campus.
You’re mainly going to meet people from small towns where the majority go back to their hometowns. Nothing wrong with that, but that’s the general population here.
Beautiful campus. Great location, but it’s very cold, prepare for snow boots 4 months out of the year.

I spent my first 2 years of college here. I loved every minute of it. This is an area of the country that you truly fall in love with if you spend enough time. There are so many activities to do here it would be hard to list them all. I loved all the outdoor adventures I went on, hiking, camping, exploring. I still love coming back to the area whenever possible. I had some great professors at ASU, that fired up desire for higher education. The campus has grown so much since the time I attended and looks even more beautiful now. A great place to go to school.

I love this university and miss it so much. I graduated here in 2011 and absolutely loved every minute of the 4 years I spent here. All the professors and staff are so friendly (I think it’s because they get to live in the mountains). The campus is gorgeous and you can walk to anywhere on campus within 15 minutes. I was in the best shape of my life from walking up and down the hills to class! I know my friends and I complained a lot, «there’s nothing to do in Boone», but oh my, there is! So many fun shops along King Street, an AMAZING football team, a bunch of ski slopes to choose from, the Blue Ridge Parkway to explore… Ah! Now I’m getting homesick. I would go back in a second if I could!

Best University around. Awesome campus with tons of things to do. Football here is amazing… GO APP!

It’s ok on the mountains. In recent years increased enrollment and lack of fund has significantly impacted the quality of education.
And it’s not a comparative environment. kinda hard to find people to do «research» (I mean STEM, not some research paper for general education).
General education requirements force students to take 3 semesters of useless and classes…

I’m biased… I graduated from here and look how I turned out… oops. Perhaps that is not the best way to review.
I went here a while ago and it has changed a lot since then. But the school continues to have a great faculty, staff, and programs that I’d go back for a second time if I could *grin*.
Serious about both academics and sports, you can tell by the amount of development that has occurred in both those areas over the last 10 years or so.
The campus is compact to say the least and getting to class is a breeze no matter where you are on campus.
The town of Boone is right there so food, drink, and everything else is right at a students finger tips.
FYI…the steam tunnels are still fun to explore if you don’t get caught…*evil grin*

This is a great school. Great faculty, great teachers, good students, and some top notch researchers. They are our «competition» but they are also a school I’d send my boy to.
Tons of outdoor stuff, cool college town in the making. They need a brewery and a few less chains.

My alma matter! No better school to tailgate in the cold on a fall Saturday morning, it’s great to be a Mountaineer! It’s a beautiful campus set in the beautiful blue ridge mountains especially known for the School of Education, School of Business, and the nationally acclaimed Graduate School of Accounting (and who can forget the National Titles in Football?)

«I said it’s great to be a Mountaineer!»
I’m a happy Appy grad from the class of 1998! I love my alma matter & am so proud of the changes & achievements this school has made over the past 13 years.
Long known for being an education college, we now can brag about being one of the top schools for business! Of course, I can also brag about our awesome football program & gorgeous stadium!
Appalachian definitely is «beauty & brains!» Beautiful campus & smart people! :)