University 🏫 : Southeastern Louisiana University

University 🏫 : Southeastern Louisiana University

Major : Computer Science

Disclamier: These insights are based on my experience and things I have observed. The numbers provided are subject to change so therefore please check the university website or contact respective departments. Anyone with a SAT score greater than 1400 can disregard this post as you will find better options for sure if not this can be your safety college.

For CS and IT students:

1.      Career environment in southeastern for CS-majors is good. As most of the seniors or alumni you know have had received their first internship in their junior or sophomore year. It strives you to work even more hard like them.

2.      SLU has 3-4 core project classes which makes their CS undergrad degree rank higher in the southern region of United States compared to ULM and LSU.

3.      You can meet the local tech industry in various fairs organized by southeastern like tech-connect, career fair, handshake, etc.

4.      There is a Club called (ACM) Accredited Computing Machinery which hosts tech-savvy people, former alumni’s working in high-tech companies, etc to give a talk, and do a question-and-answer session, every Thursday in the university.

5.      There is a lab called Envoc created for CS and IT students where you can meet most of the CS and IT students with different classifications hanging out. You can easily make new connections.

General Information

1.      The tuition fee could be high compared to other universities, but is manageable if you go to a big city for work in the summer break.

2.      There are handful of off-campus jobs which could be hard to get as your seniors are already working over there. You have little hope and depends on availability.

3.      You can get a $12/hr paying Math tutoring job if you have a good SAT Math’s score, the job depends on the availability.

4.      When you reach Sophomore or Junior year, you can get a $12/hr paying CS tutoring job if you have good grades in core CS courses, the job depends on availability.

5.      Most of the other jobs you do on campus has a pay of around $8/hr.

6.      University cares about its international students as it provides food scholarships for eligible international students to use it in their canteens.

7.      There are various churches near southeastern which provides you free food every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday depending on a semester.

8.  International Student Organization at Southeastern has been partnering with different donors to grant international students living off-campus with transportation issues by providing free-bicycles every semester.

I URGE EVERYONE APPLYING SLU TO APPLY AS EARLY AS YOU CAN TO GET QUALIFIED FOR PRIORITY SCHOLARSHIP WHICH ADDS UP A FINANCIAL AID STARTING FROM $400- $1000 COMPARED TO A PERSON WHO APPLIES AT A REGULAR TIME.

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