During my application process I was obsessed with rankings. I cross referenced D1 wrestling schools with top 50 engineering schools and used that list to choose where to apply. In hindsight I realize that this was not the smartest approach. Rankings can only give you a general picture of what students at a certain school excel at. They are based on test scores and starting salaries but say nothing about the atmosphere or environment of a school. When it came down to actually choosing where I wanted to go, I...

It is impossible to walk 50 ft across the ASU campus without seeing some kind of advertisement that proudly states that we are ranked #1 in innovation in the country. Although this ranking is the butt of many jokes around school ,it does have a grain of truth to it. What I realized after enrolling was that ASU sets itself apart by the fact that every student has an opportunity to truly...