Had my daughter's graduation there, and before it even started, the power went out!! Waited for 3 hours to have it postponed until the next day, and many family members had to fly home and missed it!!!

Graduated from northeast with no debt and a 3.2 GPA. Transferred to ETSU. Counselor planned my first semester. Financial aid said it wouldn’t pay for one of the classes so I had to drop the class. ETSU had no other classes I could take, they were all full or not open that semester. Was put on financial aid warning, can no longer get financial aid before the semester ever started. I emailed and called a variety of departments trying to figure this out and get it situated so I didn’t owe six thousand dollars but they either couldn’t help me or never answered. Emailed my counselor that started all this with her “counselor approved elective” and she had pointed me to the disability department and round and round it goes. Do not attend this school unless you have the money out of pocket because admission and counselors don’t care whether they are helping or hurting and there is zero accountability from the higher ups. As a person who is disabled and trying to make something of myself I am beyond angry. You can expect to see me back when I get my credentials and if changes haven’t been made I’ll be making them. ETSU has lost the plot. Education is about bettering yourself so stop pandering to the people who’ve never had a struggle in their life and start trying to actually help the people who are trying to lift themselves up out of poverty or to better themselves or be the first person in the family to get a bachelors. Be an actual beacon of human upliftment and not one of the many many many obstacles holding these people down. If you’re looking for a college do yourself and the college a favor and don’t choose them. Until they start seeing numbers decline they’ll never change anything. Until they change something they’ll never be an actual college. Just a place where people pay to learn stuff and yes, there’s definitely a difference. There’s a reason the graduation rate is only 49%. When they say their mission is to help improve your quality of life they mean by offering you their services, not helping you get an education.

I graduated in May 2021. I studied Biology and minored in Geology. My experience was no different than one would expect. I felt adequately educated, had all the fun and struggles that come with that. The financial aid department was scary and the workers were soulless. The library was good, nice "quieter as you go up" floor structure. The testing center student workers were polite. Some buildings were confusing, but made sense once you figured it out. Culp center renovations ruined the snacking options. So I had to leave to get anything to eat. That sucked. I mean eventually there were food trucks, but having those darn renovations going during my entire time there was a huge bummer. The parking situation was improved with the parking garage- that and a little common sense will get you far. Don't try to park where there's not spaces, just go to the back of the freaking lot!! Chemistry made me cry, so did physics. I just wanted to learn about animals!!! The professors got me through it. I didn't do many gen ed courses here since I went to community college, but even the adjuncts were cool. Some Bio classes were hard, but I had more fun with them. Raven Ragsdale is a great bio lab coordinator, very sweet. The grad students who instruct the lab courses were relatable and didn't take themselves too seriously. The professors were excellent people, I miss them dearly. I wish they could keep teaching me without the associated stress and debt. Dr. Chris Gregg, and Dr. Ingrid Luffman in Geology, Dr. Hugh Miller and Dr. Rebecca Pyles in Biology, and epically Dr. Fred Alsop and Dr. Thomas Jones all made a difference in my life. They may not remember me, but I'll remember them. Dr. Alsop made me obsessed with birds- made me look at nature differently and want to know everything about it. He warned his students that would happen. Dr. Jones learned me things about spiders I never knew I could know before! The campus is very pretty, I loved seeing it in all the seasons. The student body was decent. Nobody bothered me. Students were polite. I didn't go into too much debt. All my scholarships ran out cause I took too long- cause I'm human. Overall, I'd recommend this school and experience.

I am most impressed with this campus. It’s is glorious. Clean. They have a wide array of various types of trees. Emergency poles are located all over campus. They do have a yellow brick road in case you’re looking for the wizard.

My alma mater so I may be prejudiced, but it's a great university for certain programs. If you're interested in one of them, I would check out ETSU.