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Virginia鈥檚 Old Dominion University is a progressive, metropolitan research university that offers its 19,000 undergraduate students more than 120 majors, state-of-the-art facilities, and millions of dollars in annual funding for ongoing projects. Online and night courses provide the flexibility needed by the wide-ranging student body and the 鈥渇ocus on internships and gaining experience鈥 and 鈥渟erviced-based learning鈥 is valued for a group that is ready to enter (if not already in) the workforce. Technology is king here, and the school caters to all types of learners and is adaptable about 鈥渦sing programs like WebEx to have distance students participate in the actual lecture.鈥 The 鈥渓ab facilities are excellent,鈥 ODU鈥檚 trading floor has the most Bloomberg terminals in the state, and there are many different types of classrooms to best serve the swatch of majors, including 鈥渢ypical lecture halls, classrooms, [and] open floor plan rooms with whiteboards covering the tables and walls.鈥
Most of the professors 鈥渉ave designed informative lectures and study materials, and gear their classes not just towards theoretical knowledge, but real world application.鈥 Students readily admit there are weak teachers in the bunch, but most are 鈥渁bsolutely wonderful,鈥 鈥渉ave many office hours available and are open to appointments,鈥 and appreciate 鈥渢he amount of effort professors put in to make sure everyone is successful.鈥 鈥淚鈥檝e had numerous professors help me outside of the classroom with projects that did not even pertain to their class,鈥 says a student. The school is 鈥渧ery research oriented,鈥 and offers many services to students, such as 鈥渃ounseling, health care, [and] accessibility,鈥 as well as a writing center that 鈥渁llows students to bring in papers to have them reviewed by a professional鈥 so they can receive tips that will help to strengthen their writing.
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