Cleveland State University

Testing Center: 4 stars!
I go to an out of country university now for grad school so to take exams my university arranges me an appointment at a testing center. On the 12^th floor of this university’s Rhodes Tower is the testing center I was assigned to. The staff herein were very friendly and I have no complaints with how they carried out their invigilator duties. I was a bit surprised however to see the staff (even the personnel not of university age and probably on a work/​study assignment) wearing sweats and a t-​shirt — not very professional even if you are a student worker. That aside, the exam room is quiet enough — within the testing center main office there is another mostly glass enclosed room where 4 test takers can sit and be alone while they can still be monitored. The building this is in is one of the older campus buildings (there are newer ones) but was still clean — multiple crews could be seen around the two times I was in the building. Parking for this particular building is located just right underneath it — there are many other lots as well. Testing center experience:
School as a whole: 2.4 stars!
Whilst going for my undergrad degree I also took some classes here; my experience not as positive. I found the class sizes to be too large (definitely not what I was used to from any prior grade of school). In some classes I had near 100 classmates. I realise some people may like that, but for me it was a negative. It was a negative for a few reasons: 1) interaction with the professors decreased 2) fewer if any class discussions could occur and 3) fewer if any written assignments could be assigned let alone be graded. I also did not like that the age group of the students was so different. Again, I’m sure there are people who don’t care, but having students aged 18 to 60 all mixed together really changes the classroom dynamic and introduces problems into the classroom that are not usually there. I’m all for diversity and learning from others but this particular mixing was not handled in a beneficial way. Being such a large school however they do offer a lot of summer classes so no matter what university is your main home base you probably can find a class or two here to help you get ahead in school.
There’s a new student center and some remodeled areas such as the chem labs. There are lots of older areas in need of updates however included the ochem labs. Some old areas are easy to avoid (pick to study in a new lounge versus an old one) but when your class is assigned an old room not much can be done there. The Inter-​link walk way connecting campus buildings is a plus in Cleveland winters. The new gym isn’t bad either. I can’t comment on the dorms; I never stepped foot in them. The new construction Langston building looks pretty nice though from the outside.