California State University East Bay

CSUEB is an excellent place for learning. The ATP has been very helpful with my husband's recovery from his stroke.

The University is Ok but not my favorite.For instance, I was gaslighted by a professor that made me traumatized to make friends in the campus. I felt like I was not treated like a human being income of their departments.

It is move-in day today (first-time) at the apartment at Cal State University East Bay Sonora Apartment. I brought the whole family to tour/check the place for we were excited and was looking forward to it. To our surprise, this is what we saw.

Check out the pictures I posted. More than three overflowing trash cans, dirty and messy kitchen, dirty living room, dirty and messy bathroom countertop - dirty clothes left on top of the countertop. These places were shared and common areas!

This was reported to the Resident Assistant (RA) at that time but was told to contact the housing office this week. The RA even told me that the place should have been inspected and clean prior to a student's move-in date. Well, it seems like no inspections ever occurred before or after the holidays!

Upon reading the school's apartment inspection policy, it is the RA who was responsible to conduct the inspections. It is very concerning - for this is a health and safety issue! First impression of their campus apartments and very embarrassing!

This clearly requires the attention of the City of Hayward Environment and Safety Department. For it is against their current program about protecting the community and going green on hayward housing!

I go to school here so I m a fan, however, it is very, very, very far away from civilization (BART/Bus/etc.) and it's up a huge hill. But that being said, I like all of the online stuff they have for students. I can say that as a graduate student, I liked the fact that I could borrow a computer, buy my books and other things from the bookstore, and have them sent to me. And I can do all of this online. My program is all online and uses CANVAS and it's great. I get an email account as well. The only issue is my student ID which I need to get in person - argh!!! I want the discounts so I have to inconvenience myself to get it. But that's a rich, fancy person's problem. My fave is that when I graduate, we will have a double CSU East Bay (Hayward State for the hubs) household. But all in all, I have liked my experience here and would advise anyone else to go.

UNETHICAL business lecturer Aquilina. He kept telling me when I asked him questions about the exams that his side hustle was making his exams more difficult to get side cash from students that paid him to get the "practice questions," which were actual questions ahead of time. I refused to give him any money or engage in his ways. Be aware!

Pleasant setting for a soccer game. Free parking. Seven food trucks were brought in for food. Bring a hat with a brim since the seats face the setting sun.

The financial aid department is an absolute joke!! They asked for my 2021 financial information (standard procedure I know) but this is vastly different than my current (2024) standing so they told me I could file an appeal. I filed this over 6 months ago and it sits there unopened until I call and ask then they suddenly "just found time to view it." But it's constantly denied. They tell me they need more information and it's always "oh we just need this one document then we'll be done." And then it's something else and I have to call everyday or they don't even look at what I've submitted. When I call I am always on hold for at least an hour and the people are rude. Unless you can pay your tuition in full without any aid do not attend this school!

I wish I never transferred to this college. I signed up for spring classes and registered for 16 units -- low and behold the first day of the semester began on 1-17-23 and half on my professors are MIA or do not have the classes set up. The do not have an established platform and I'm switching between Canvas, Blackboard and Gmail to get my syllabus and textbook information. In addition, the university requires two factor authentication every single time I log in. This is mighty annoying to do several times a day. On top of that, two of the 4 classes disappeared and have absolutely no content besides a course number. All that's listed is "to be announced." I'm not a able to drop these classes without admin approval and I've already been charged around 4K for these courses. I'm beyond livid over the price I am paying for a garbage educational setup that is not doing its job. I cannot remove these two classes from my registry and there is no valid class!! What a disappointment.

Decent University.

If you are looking for a Graduate degree program in this University, you can find more details in my post below.

https://www.quora.com/How-is-California-State-University-East-Bay/answer/Sudhanshu-Mehta-7?ch=17&oid=76876936&share=97f3dd6a&srid=hSJXv&target_type=answer

The financial aid office at the school is awful. It's not even the fact they're incredibly difficult to get ahold of. Ftr, I understand being short staffed, but our time is valuable as well, and we shouldn't be expected to wait on the phone for an hour or more before getting a human being. They want everyone to email them, but if they reply, which is rarely quick and always anonymous which prevents accountability on their end, many replies consist of brief responses with insufficient information that don't give you enough information to deduce what's going on, and see you needing to call anyway. There were many times I'd get a nameless response from someone, reply, and then I'd never hear back from them, which would lead me back to square one. They are also woefully inadequate about properly educating students on what they're eligible for, especially beyond undergraduate studies. This department and their lack of proper information dissemination has left me in a really bad spot this school year, to a degree that will have long repercussions for me financially. I wish I had a different school for an option because I wouldn't have chosen this school based on bad experiences with them several years ago.