Elizabeth City State University — Attraction in Elizabeth City

I had the opportunity to attend ECSU a few years back in an attempt to refresh my math skills before attending graduate school. I won't go into details but consider the fact that an Elementary Calculus for the Social Sciences text was used for MATH MAJORS!!! In the preface the author stated it was to be covered in 1 semester or 2 quarters. The math department at ECSU in their infinite wisdom used it for all 3 semesters for their MATH MAJORS. Betty Crocker math ring a bell? That is but the very tip of the iceberg.

Students go there, make straight A's, and then wonder why they can't score high enough on the GRE, MCAT, LSAT, etc. to be accepted to quality graduate schools. This school has and continues to do a disservice to its students. ECSU graduates are unprepared to grasp the skills needed to learn their jobs if they happen to be hired for a job. ECSU has the reputation among the academic world as being the worst school academically in the state of North Carolina and it has lived up to that reputation for decades.

Think about it ... this is a school that has the lowest admission requirements of any school in the state and accepts 50% of its applicants! If you think you will be surrounded by an intellectually stimulating environment, you need therapy.

If you are reasonably bright, want to learn the skills needed for a career and want a degree worth more than a blank sheet of paper, avoid this place at all costs. Even if they pay you to attend (which is how they get most of their warm bodies), it is a waste of your life.

One last thing: There are numerous reviews here telling you what a wonderful education you can get there. Also you get out of it what you put in. Sadly they are clueless and have never attended a competative division I school. You can learn 100% of the information you are exposed to at ECSU and still be in the bottom 25% at any other major university in North Carolina. I wish I was incorrect, but...

Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is a public, historically black college located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. ECSU, which enrolls nearly 2,500 students in 37 baccalaureate programs and three master's degree programs, is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, as well as a member-institution of the University of North Carolina system. Elizabeth City State University was established by the North Carolina General Assembly on March 3, 1891 as the State Colored Normal School at Elizabeth City, in response to a bill calling for the creation of a two-year Normal School for the "teaching and training [of] teachers of the colored race to teach in the common schools of North Carolina." Peter Weddick Moore was its first leader.The school provided training for teachers of primary grades.

The campus quadrangle and six surrounding buildings are included in the Elizabeth City State Teachers College Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic...

I do not suggest this school to others. My department was good and prepared me for my future. That being said... campus safety and living conditions are poor at best. Money goes missing in the buisness office and receipts are not issued. There are a few key people working there who do an excellent job however as a whole I cannot recommend this university to anyone unless they live off campus and have instate tuition because they would be going for free if they set it...