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Didn't you wish someone told you more about the school you were going to, before you actually got there? I do, so I hope I can help some Goons out so they jump into their new school with success and not into a minefield. What University Do You Attend: How Long Have You Been Attending: Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): What Advice Do You Have: Me First What University Do You Attend: UC Santa Cruz How Long Have You Been Attending: 1 Year Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Dorms (Planning to live in College Nine apartments next year) Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Just Dorms in a double. What Advice Do You Have: Here is the most important thing I can tell any UCSC student. Come up to Santa Cruz and spend an ENTIRE day walking around the campus. Our school has one of the best campuses but i can be also one of the worst. The campus is broken down into 10 different colleges, almost all of them are COMPLETELY different and your experience will change completely depending on which one you live at. Here are the colleges on campus and their usual stereotype, they are also ranked from best to worst (IMHO): Stevenson College: Dorms are alright, but apartments are to kill for (newest ones on campus). Sits on a knoll that has the best view on campus. Close to the gym, the bookstore. Cowell College: Dorms are the smallest ones on campus, but the apartments are nice. They don't have the awesome view that Stevenson does, but Cowell is a really socially active college. They also have the great location that Stevenson does, close to the gym, bookstore etc. College Nine: College Nine is the 2nd newest college (built at the same time as college ten). It has the best dorms and the apartments are decent. The only problem with College Nine is that the rooms are too big. It's too easy to stay in your room all day with a bunch of friends, while at Cowell/Stevenson the rooms are tiny and everyone is forced to go out and do things. College Ten: Same as College Nine. I go to College Nine so I am bias. College Eight: College 8 Sights on the other end of the campus. They get a beach view and they have decent sized rooms but their location completely sucks. If you have to go to the bookstore it would take you a poo poo load of time. Porter College: I have mixed feelings about porter. A lot of crazy people go there, but they are a community over there. When I walk around, it really feels like a college campus. Rooms are a decent size. Crown College: Crown sucks, it sits on this huge hill that is a pain in the rear end to get to, and its sister college (Merill) sucks completely. A lot of science majors go here, so its pretty nerdy. Merill College: One word: Grungy. Kresge College: Kresge college is weird. It's the only college on campus that has all apartments and no dorms. I don't like it at all, a lot of hard core druggies go there, but that may just be my college nine bias speaking. Oaks: I hate it. Furthest away from the bookstore, and I never go there. Nothing happens there except for a random dance every once in a while. Here is a picture of the campus, as you can see it's sort of shaped like a horse-shoe. For me, the far right side of the campus is the best part and as you go left it gets worst. The only exception to the rule is college 8.  If you do come up and visit the college, is here is a checklist so you get everything: Do you like the location? Is it near the gym, bookstore, etc? Do you like the atmosphere? Some colleges are quieter than others. Do you like the dorms? Some are terrible some are nice. Do you like the apartments? My college has the best dorms but the apartments are so-so. You will probably be living in the apartments your second year, so check! I hope this helps. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions future UCSC students. ses110 posted:So I used some php to parse the html code out of this topic to compile a list of the MAJORITY of the colleges mentioned and outputted in a convenient format. Not all colleges mentioned in the thread may be listed here because I used the "What University Do You Attend: college here" format and there may be a few posts that don't follow it. Enigma89 fucked around with this message at Feb 19, 2012 around 10:41 |
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Requesting SCAD if possible 
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I'll do this for the school I graduated from in '06. It was a couple years ago but it's loving Mines that place never changes. What University Do You Attend: Colorado School of Mines How Long Have You Been Attending: 4 years 2002-2006 Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): n/a Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc):I lived in the dorms 1 year (Weaver West), Summit View Apartments (every mines goon knows exactly where I'm talking about) and 2 off campus houses. What Advice Do You Have: You're going to be miserable and all of your friends that went to CU, CSU and DU are having a much better time than you. It used to not be so bad, but now with facebook you get to see pictures of it all the time. That thursday night when you failed a chem test and spent all night working on EPICS your friends were all out drinking. Golden doesn't help much either. It's a waste of town that doesn't even get moderately entertaining until you turn 21. Then you can go to Coors Lab, Golden City, and the 2 bars worth going to. Drinking in the dorms is like playing with fire while drenched in gasoline. I lived in Weaver West which is suite style. You'll have a much smaller room than you would have in the traditional dorms but you share a common living room which is nice. And you split 2 toilets/showers between 9 guys. Weaver is older than the traditionals but is a lot of fun for hanging out. Classes are classes. If you signed up for Mines you know what you're in for.
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What University Do You Attend: UC Davis How Long Have You Been Attending: almost 4 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): off campus apartment complex Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Lived in the dorms my first year, they're alright What Advice Do You Have: I always liked the campus the first time I visited. Not as nice as say, Berkeley or LA, but it's flat and logical to get around. Davis is kind of a typical college town, there's some stuff to do but most of it entails college parties. Lake Tahoe is about an hour away, SF is about an hour away, Sacramento 20 minutes...there's places to go if you have a car. BTW, having a bike is a must. Unless you feel like shelling out $200 a quarter to park on campus, get yourself a bike. The bike paths here are some of the best in the world, so it's easy to get around. Davis has a good reputation in a lot of areas...myself, I'm majoring in Microbiology and it hasn't been easy. Davis is one of the few schools to offer an undergraduate-level full-blown Biochemistry lab (its 6 units), and all the local Biotech companies around here (Genentech, Novozymes, etc) absolutely love it. In general, there's a lot of opportunities to break into biotech here. Outside of science I'm unsure, but I would guess that being near the capital of California would offer a lot of opportunities to Poly Sci majors or Pre-laws. UCLA was my first choice, but in some ways I'm glad I went to Davis (my second choice). It doesn't quite have the reputation that LA has, but in the next 10-20 years I wouldn't be surprised if it caught on. Davis has so much land (unlike the other UCs) that it's constantly expanding and improving it's infrastructure.
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What University Do You Attend: Texas Maritime Academy (Texas A&M at Galveston) How Long Have You Been Attending: 1 1/2 Years Where Are You Living: Dorms (A Double) Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Just the dorms. [b]What Advice Do You Have: Don't come here if you want the "Big University Experience", seeing as we only have about 1600 students. The actual campus is on a man made island just off of Galveston, and you can often smell the sulfur from the not too distant refineries and plants. If you want to have an interesting job and make a poo poo ton of money once you graduate, come here, join the corps of cadets, and get your sailing license. A lot of people come here for marine biology, but don't ever do that.
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What University Do You Attend: The University of Florida How Long Have You Been Attending: 4 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Off-campus apartment Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Rawlings Hall for a summer, then Jennings for 1 year. What Advice Do You Have: The dorms suck. If you are social and able to make friends without being in them, do it. They're cramped, dirty, and your poo poo gets inspected often. It's a huge hassle. Meal plans aren't as huge of a rip off as they once were (the food has gotten better) but you're still better off not getting one. There's enough good restaurants around that you'll generally not make use of the meal plan. When you move into an apartment, they hand you a checklist. The checklist is to note any preexisting damages to the apartment. DO IT. Make some poo poo up while you're at it. Anything that breaks or scuffs after you've done the checklist is on your tab. Many apartment complexes here WILL gently caress you if you don't pay attention. Join an organization! Greek life here is pretty big, but there's lots of alternatives to it. I personally prefer the service/professional/honor fraternities. Lots of partying and socials without all the stigma. Get a good bike. You can get pretty much anywhere on a good bike in town, so buy one. If it's at Wal-Mart, odds are it's not a very good bike. Explore! For a smaller city, Gainesville has a lot to do. Don't be afraid to go to the Millhopper (adult/professional area) or the East Side (generally lower income), there's lots of awesome restaurants and places out there too. If you want to study at the library, go to the top floor of Marston or the Norman library. They're both usually abandoned.
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What University Did You Attend: University of Texas at Dallas How Long Did You Attend: 2000 - 2004 Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): On-campus apartments, formerly known as Waterview Park What Advice Do You Have: UT Dallas is a computer science/electrical engineering school created at the behest of the founders of Texas Instruments. As such, we are a nerd school, and we are not ashamed of this fact. The biggest sports are soccer and chess, and the school mascot is a comet. "School spirit" is not really an issue. All on-campus housing is apartments. In the past few years the school has been building freshman apartments with four individual bedrooms, two shared bathrooms and a common living and kitchen area. Apartments are different than dorms; you must provide your own bed and other furniture, and take it with you when you move out of the freshman apartments. On the other hand, it's your bed; get one you'll be comfortable in. There is a cafeteria, of sorts, but it's only really open during the weekdays from 9am to about 7pm. Bring plates, cups, silverware, and kitchen utensils and prepare to cook for yourself. All apartments have a refridgerator, dishwasher, and clothes washer & dryer. You should coordinate with your roommates ahead of time to figure out who's bringing the microwave and other needed appliances. Bring a laptop; the campus wireless internet coverage is getting better. There are several computer labs dotted around campus, but you'll have to fight for an open computer. You'll probably want a car or a friend with one, or some other form of reliable transportation. You can walk to class, but groceries and other shopping are all at least a mile away from campus. Even though the school is UT Dallas, it's a few miles north of Dallas proper and several miles from downtown, so you'll need a car to get out of campus to do stuff. If you do bring a car, get an apartments-only parking permit and walk to class; do not use the color-coded campus parking at all. You may not be able to finish your engineering or CS degree in four years; this is okay. Among other things, the engineering school offers a "fast track" program that will start you into graduate-level coursework as undergraduate upper-level electives; you will graduate at least a year later, but you'll have your Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the same time.
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Requesting William and Mary. Where do you attend: Michigan State University How long: One year, in dorms (Hubbard) Advice: Don't live in Hubbard. It's far away from everything, and the train is incredibly annoying. We're supposed to have the best food, but I find Snyder Phillips to be the best location on campus. There's late night options in most of the complexes, and there's usually a healthy alternative if that is your thing. We're a huge school, both personally and land-area. Our bus system is great, but a bike is great when the temperature isn't below freezing. If neither of those suit you, then prepare to walk a lot-- the campus is 1.5 miles across, and five miles around. Freshman can't have cars. Don't come here if you want to stick out in the crowd. We have 65 thousand people here, so it's pretty hectic. We have really good nuclear physics, poli-sci, education, and agriculture programs here. There's stuff to do on the weekends besides partying, but if you aren't a big fan of drinking, this might not be your ideal location. We get pretty recent movies for free, and Grand River has a bunch of stuff to do. The university activities board has some cool stuff, sometimes.
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I can talk at length and in great specifics about : Purdue University: Specifically English & Engineering Reed College: Everything If people want to hear about them, ask.
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Where do you attend: San Francisco State University How long: 1 year Advice: This is a commuter school, be prepared to deal with meeting people you probably won't get to hang out with much. I personally have been commuting from the east bay. Don't go here expecting a typical college experience. Campus housing is limited and expensive BUT there are lots of surrounding apartments and an excellent public transportation system. Its all expensive of course, be prepared to go into a lot of debt for a seriously mediocre education. A lot of the students are busy working to pay the high cost of living. There are a lot of bitter professors. The humanities department is retarded DO NOT take phil 101. Avoid morning classes. Try to set your schedule in a way that doesn't destroy your day. I'm kinda having a lame time and a lot of people I know are dropping out to go back to community college or transferring to other state colleges. Its looked down upon by snooty community college kids who think they are gonna go to Berkeley or Davis. Essentially, its been a transfer school for the longest time and only because of SFSU 's publicity campaign down in socal has it become more of a freshman school. Its still essentially 50 % freshman /50% transfers. As well as the fact that 30,000 people go here and only a few thousand live on campus while the rest live in the city or surrounding cities. Any questions feel free to ask
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Requesting University of Wisconsin- Madison, Please
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What University Do You Attend: Hofstra University How Long Have You Been Attending: Coming to the end of my 3rd year here Where Are You Living: On campus dorm (single) Where Have You Lived: On campus dorm (4/5 person suites) What Advice Do You Have: Housing: Live in a suite, at least your first year. Not only do you meet 3-5 new people instantly, but you in-turn meet 3-5x new groups of people. In addition, the private bathroom is a God-send, provided you keep it clean. As time goes on, a single isn't a bad alternative, provided you're prepared to get yourself out of your room and do things. If not, get ready to be lonely and bored. Campus Food: Sucks poo poo. All food on campus is over-priced, poorly-prepared, and you'll be feeling sick within an hour of eating it. Try to eat off-campus or order-in if you can (I suggest Napolini for good Italian and Great Wall for decent-enough Chinese; the old stand-by's of Dominoes and Papa John's are there too, but that's a choice I leave to you), but if you have to eat on campus, I highly suggest either Kate and Willy's or Dutch Treats; even though they're owned by Lackmann, they tend to actually do a decent job at preparing their food. Also, we're apparently getting a Subway sometime next year, so chances are that'll be a safe bet too. Greek Life: I'm not involved in any Frat stuff, but I have friends in a few Frats and Sororities who seem to enjoy their decision of joining a Greek organization. They throw the only openly accessible parties around here, but aside from that I don't know much about the process they go through (besides seeing my suitemate once coming home covered in sand and stinking of hot sauce at 4AM during pledging, but I'm sure that's normal). Classes: Go to them. No matter where you go. Most professors I've had have an attendance policy of "more than 3 absences=Fail/lower final grade by a letter", though it's hardly enforced. We're primarily a Multimedia/Business school, but I'm here for History and Political Science (why? I really don't know.) so I can't attest for the quality of those programs, but every professor I've had so far is fairly knowledgeable and accessible to his/her students, so make good use of professor's office hours and do your drat work and you'll be fine. Other stuff: Hofstra will suck your bank account dry. Unless you are offered a good scholarship or have money to burn, I'd think twice about coming here. You would probably get the same or better education and the same "college experience" at a cheaper school and still come out with the same job opportunities available to you. Hofstra loves to waste your money on stupid things like the amusement park-like signs being put in front of all the buildings while repairs to bathrooms and out-dated classrooms remain ignored. We're spending a lot of money on trying to appear more "Harvard-like"; indeed, we're gaining some national attention for our winning bid on the final Presidential debate in October, and the standards of classes and students are going up all the time, but all in all the good is balanced out by the bad qualities of the school. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad school at all and I really like it here. But if you've got other schools available to you and you're not dead-set on going to Hofstra, definitely don't rule them out.
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Requesting William and Mary for graduate school. What University Do You Attend:Western Washington University How Long Have You Been Attending: 2002-2006 Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc):2 years on the ridge in dorms, 2 years in houses within a couple miles of the school. I bussed from off campus, which is pretty easy. What Advice Do You Have: Live in the dorms your first year. Put some thought into where you live. I lived my first two years in a substance-free dorm, and did all of my drinking in the summers with my old friends. My crowd at school was nerdier, socially inept, and fairly focused on school. I fit in well, and did well academically because I wasn't getting drunk and laid all the time. Sometimes I think it would have been more fun if I had dumped my g/f from back home and partied the whole time. In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't. After leaving the dorms I ended up drinking a whole lot more. Western is academically surprisingly good. While it's possible to skate by and learn little, I was able to accomplish quite a bit and learn. Because we're not a research school, professors are quite accessible. I had only 1 class taught by a grad student the whole time, too. A Western diploma may not carry as much weight as a UW or WSU diploma, but I think the level of discourse and study at Western can approach those two schools. At Western you won't research as an undergrad, but you'll have plenty attention from professors if you'd like, unless you're incapable at the subject, at which point you'll need to give up your major or go to CWU, both of which I witnessed. Western doesn't have big sports or Greek life. This I also enjoyed. Maybe you wouldn't. Bellingham is a fun small town. People dress all funny and waitresses are uppity because they are cool and you are not. There are antique and junk stores, and just this weekend I bought a VCR for $1 at a sidewalk sale in front of someone's house. People leave their semi-usable junk on their front lawn and other people come take it. It's a great system. Come here because: It's cheaper than WSU or UW while being clearly superior to EWU or CWU. You don't want to live in Cheney or Seattle. You either can't afford UPS or it's too small for you. You want to be able to switch your major 5 times. You want to study languages and get lots of face time with professors. You dress funny. You can motivate yourself to learn and accomplish in the these days of grade inflation. Don't come here if: You need a big city. You need lots of republicans or country folk or Jesus (you can find these in some dorms, harder to find in the town or classroom). You need research to get into grad school. You can get good money from a better school somewhere out of state.
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NotoriousEagle posted:Where do you attend: San Francisco State University
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Enigma89 posted:drat that is harsh. I have friends that go to SFSU and they are not really super happy with it. Yeah and I imagine they actually live there and are having the "college experience" right? Look its not a bad school its just not fun at all. Everything is just severely fractured. The students are spread throughout the city and surrounding regions. There are fraternities and sororities but some don't have houses. Ideally, a class could turn it around, but its not gonna be mine.
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Requesting Syracuse University.
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Runoir posted:I can talk at length and in great specifics about : I'd like to hear about Reed, if at all possible. I know very little about UF and New College, as I've visited both.
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Smiggles posted:Requesting University of Wisconsin- Madison, Please What University Do You Attend: University of Wisconsin- Madison How Long Have You Been Attending: 2 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc) Off campus apartments Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc) Dorms: sellery ; Apartments: near Camp Randall What Advice Do You Have: Get in the southeast dorms! Thats where all the socializing/partying goes down. The difference between lakeshore and southeast is that the typical lakeshore dorm has like 250/dorm whereas SE dorms have ~1200/dorm. Steps to hooking up with mad bitchez: When you get here during welcome week just walk around, someone outside will be talking about a party. Walk into peoples rooms (they will all be open) and recruit. If you're the guy with the party, you will get rear end, plain and simple. School here is challenging but awesome. Listen to your advisor. Like 75% of them are awesome, and, if yours is a retard, change it up. Those first few weeks: GET NUMBERS! Guys, girls doesnt matter. The more people you know the less likely you are to be sitting around on a friday night knowing everyones going out and you don't know where its at. I'm kind of sick of this but other things worth mentioning are football games and overall school culture. People here go HARD in everything they do be it school, partying whatever.
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Requesting University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign . Particulars about Materials Science and Engineering, or the college of engineering in general, would be be great. Keeper of Bees fucked around with this message at Apr 30, 2008 around 21:01 |
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rear end in a top hat Businessman posted:What University Do You Attend: UC Davis Awesome! A UCD goon! I've been trying to find one of you. I'm transferring there in the fall and have some questions. How competitive are the bio classes? How large do they tend to be? Are there any really notoriously lovely apartment complexes? How well air conditioned are the classrooms since it gets so warm there? Are there a lot of job for undergrads in the biology field, or are they hard to get due to the high percentage of students being in the biology major?
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Enigma89 posted:Didn't you wish someone told you more about the school you were going to, before you actually got there? I do, so I hope I can help some Goons out so they jump into their new school with success and not into a minefield. that's all pretty specific to umd - go elsewhere for general college advice overall i wouldn't really suggest umd, i don't particularly like it for any reason other than my friends. classes are huge, it feels very impersonal, the people in general are pretty loving retarded, and i don't feel i'm getting a particularly great education over any other college. Take this with a grain of salt as a lot of people who go here LOVE it - i'm just not one of them. avey fucked around with this message at Apr 30, 2008 around 01:12 |
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What University Do You Attend: CSU East Bay How Long Have You Been Attending: About three quarters Where Are You Living: Still at home with the family. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Same place What Advice Do You Have: Don't come here expecting your typical "college" experience. Come here expecting a commuter school vibe, as the "college" events sparsely scattered around. The main populated zone is a strip leading from the library to eventually Mehjkilaihagjkjgaeijbiajij (I cant spell it) Hall. In between, you will usually find some booths and a band playing on a outdoor stage nearby midday. I have not really been in the dorms, but from my experience, I could NEVER live in those dorms. They are the type of which one room holds a small living room, a bathroom (just a toilet and sink), and three bedrooms. I would never, ever live in one of those. I actually really wanted to get out of the place for a little while. I also don't have much of a social life, but do have acquaintances. You usually will talk to someone for a while, and then only seem them a few times after (from my experience). Then it hit me. I have never had one bad teacher and have loved all of my classes so far. All of the professors have office hours and are willing to help you out. You also get much more of a....I don't like saying this, but "realistic" view as opposed the ideal bubble world that other colleges seem to create. Be prepared to find a lot more young married people, older ones with kids, and people going there to get their education out of the way. Come here if you like business. We have a very good business program and regular events that tell you how to do an interview, what to bring, and how to dress.
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What University Do You Attend: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) How Long Have You Been Attending: 3 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): West Hill Apartments (currently) Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Susquehanna Hall, Harbor Hall, Hillside Apartments What Advice Do You Have: Academic: UMBC is known for the sciences, and is a strong school academically, but academic advising is weak so you should be proactive in planning your classes and major/minor. There are a lot of adjunct professors, but they're often the best teachers so we don't mind much. There are scholarship opportunities, but I don't think they give any full rides anymore (but some scholarships cover >90%. The Honors College is kind of a joke, but its getting better; there are too many requirements and few benefits aside from the notation on your degree. There are a lot of job fairs, etc. and underutilized resources to help students get jobs/internships. Social: More than half of the school commutes, so the evenings and weekends are pretty quiet. It is the kind of place, however, where your social life is what you make of it. We have the whole range of people from reclusive WoW players to the uber-social Greek community. Most of the students are from MD, but there are a lot of international students, particularly Asians. For the most part, people at UMBC are middle-class and down to earth, which can't be said of some schools. Other: The SGA is retarded. The administration is short on money thanks to budget cuts and lower-than-expected enrollment, so there has been a hiring freeze and they're behind on building maintenance. The best way to get something fixed in your room if you live on campus is to make friends with the maintenance assistants. There is no football team, so basketball/soccer/baseball/lacrosse are the big teams. The swimming teams are really good. Men's and women's basketball both went to the NCAA tournament this year. Do you like the location? UMBC is near a lot of things but there isn't much to do on campus or within 5 minutes drive. Within about 15 minutes drive, there is all kind of entertainment and resources, though. Do you like the atmosphere? There are 10,000 undergraduates but only ~3900 live on campus, so it has the atmosphere of a very small school. Do you like the dorms? Erickson and Harbor Hall are the nice dorms; Potomac is the worst, Susquehanna, Chesapeake, and Patapsco are decent, and have been renovated. For freshmen, I highly recommend Sus/Ches/Pat because the rooms open to the hallway and it makes for a very social atmosphere. Do you like the apartments? Hillside and Terrace are virtually identical except for an oven, but are very tiny and the D room is literally in the bathroom. West Hill units are bigger, but they're built as temp housing so the quality is poor. Walker Apartments are awesome, as they are huge, have full-sized beds, full kitchens, and in-unit laundry, but they're overpriced. How's the food? We're getting a new caterer for next year so anything I say will be invalid. They are supposedly bringing in outside restaurants to break the monopoly the last caterer (Sodexho) had. If anyone has any specific questions, I could go on forever. Ask me.
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What University Do You Attend: UCI How Long Have You Been Attending: 3 years, 1 quarter Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Newport North apartments (very close to campus) Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Middle Earth dorms, Campus Village apartments, Park West What Advice Do You Have: For all students, especially liberal students, prepare to hear some real stupid stuff from time to time by the UCI Republicans. They basically do not like minorities and most of them have their rich daddies paying their way through college earning sociology/psychology degrees. They also really, really hate Muslims. Also, expect lots of Asians, cute AND ugly Asians. Just because you live in a dorm doesn't mean that's all there is to life, join a club! There's basically a club for every interest and ethnic group. If you're an engineer thinking about going into the automotive industry, find out about the SAE club and join it. Like ping pong? They have a club too! Filipino? Kababayan! Hate filipinos? That's cool, join FUSION instead, they're filipino but less clique-y and you go to Magic Mountain from time to time. Enjoy the beach, it's not very far, although parking will be a bitch. The UCI ARC is the largest athletic gym I have ever been to, and it comes with the tuition. Please go there at least once to examine how loving big it is. Also, if you have to live in Campus Village (they might force you as an incoming freshman because they SUCK at housing right now), go to the programs. They're fun, they have free food, and they are usually not boring. Lots more to say, but these are the big ones.
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Requesting University of Oregoon Particulars: Campus, Party scene, dorm quality, accessability of things without having a car, and all the other stuff everyone is posting
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Requesting The Evergreen State College, please.
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What University Do You Attend: Virginia Tech How Long Have You Been Attending: 1 year (ending freshman year next week) Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): On Campus Dorms Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Pritchard Hall What Advice Do You Have: The freshman orientation program is amazing and will answer all the basic questions you have. Some little things: As a freshman, you're pretty much stuck to a bunch of 40 year old dorms. The only way you can get AC as a freshman is to get into the leadership suites, the honors program or have asthma or something. You'll most likely end up in Lee, Ambler-Johnston, Slusher or Pritchard as a Freshman. (All except Pritchard are co-ed, Pritchard is all male. There's a few other dorms freshman get put in, but the ones listed are the biggest ones.) The radiators in the rooms get hot in the winter, turn them down with the little knob in front. Fans are almost required in August until fall hits in September and the weather cools. If you apply for on-campus housing after Freshman year, you can try and apply for suite-style (New Residence hall and Harper Hall, built within the past 10 years) Dorm life is what you make of it, really. All the big dorms have at least 1 lounge with a big screen TV, a foosball/pool/ping pong table and such. (AJ has pianos!) The RAs tend to not be assholes, but will call you out on your poo poo if you are being an idiot and write you up. Drug use (other than alcohol) is pretty much an instant suspension at minimum if caught. Alcohol violations are more lenient, but only the first time. Don't be dumb. The RAs won't go through your room to try and bust you, but if they see something out in the open, it's your rear end. You're in the south now. You will hear accents you thought only existed on TV here. Not that everyone here is a redneck, just that the 'southwestern Virginia' tends to show more than you would think. You will love football and hate the freshman lottery ticket system. Be careful selling tickets you've won, as they will take away your lottery privileges if caught. (Not allowed to sell student tickets for profit) If you really want to get in a game and can't buy a ticket beforehand, wait until after kickoff; the scalpers outside drop prices like crazy. Check out the other sports! Everything except Football and Men's Basketball is free and are always a good time. Use http://www.ratevtteachers.com ! For the love of god, pick out good teachers ahead of time wherever possible and save yourself headaches. The food on campus is amazing. I'm sure someone has pounded that into your head by now. A lot of people tend to run over their meal plans, adding money is pretty painless. Avoid shopping at the Bookstore/General Store on campus for stuff you can get at Wal-Mart for half the price. On similar note, the Blacksburg Transit buses run pretty much anywhere you need to go, including all the shopping in neighboring Christiansburg. It's free for students with your ID. Bring a very good set of winter clothes (hat, scarves, gloves, coat, etc) as the wind gets absolutely brutal. Hell, today (April 29th) we had flurries as I walked to class this morning. Last week it was in the 70s. Weather is crazy here, you get used to it. School rarely totally closes for snow, but individual teachers may cancel class A bike can make life a lot easier on campus. Don't ride against traffic on the drillfield, as you can get ticketed. On similar note, the cops are pretty chill and won't harass you if you don't deserve it. The gameroom in Squires Student center is pretty good and is cheap for students. Prices go down to below a buck a game for bowling or an hour of pool during the lunch hours. With all that said(wow that was long), I'm open for questions. I'm a University Studies student transferring into Mechanical Engineering this fall, so I can field questions for both the US and the ENGE freshman stuff as well. Hit me up here, PM or AIM.
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I went to UAB for about five years, and lived at home th whole time. DO NOT GO THERE. The professors are good, but the bureaucracy is hell. I wish that I had gone anywhere else. Also their website (which everything is done through) is the worst design I have ever seen.
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Lackadaisical posted:Awesome! A UCD goon! I've been trying to find one of you. I'm transferring there in the fall and have some questions. UC Davis goon checking in. I'm a 3rd year Viticulture and Enology major, but before that I was Biotechnology. Anyway: quote:How competitive are the bio classes? How large do they tend to be? The bio department just recently killed off the Bio1 (intro to biology) series and now its called the Bio2 series. This is irrelevant to your question, except for the fact that the Bio2 series must be taken in order instead of any order you would like. Because of this, you'll be taking Bio with everyone else (unless you start a quarter late) which means lots of pre-meds in your classes and pretty high test averages. Once you get to upper division bio, expect even higher competition. Class size tends to be pretty large, especially for lower division biology (bio 2 series). Expect 400-600 people per class and then 150-400ish for upper division bio. Labs only have about 25 people per classroom. quote:Are there any really notoriously lovely apartment complexes? No idea, I live in a house. http://www.daviswiki.org has a ton of info regarding apartment complexes. quote:How well air conditioned are the classrooms since it gets so warm there? Every class I've had during the spring has been very comfortable temperature-wise. quote:Are there a lot of job for undergrads in the biology field, or are they hard to get due to the high percentage of students being in the biology major? The nice thing about UC Davis is that we have an insane amount of internships and jobs available. The bad thing about UC Davis biology jobs is that a lot of them don't pay. Talk to your professors and visit the ICC (Internship and Career Center) to get an easy internship. Hell, I have a friend who just e-mailed a bunch of people in the biology department and landed a sweet lab job that pays.
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What University Do You Attend: Michigan Technologican University How Long Have You Been Attending: 4 yrs Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Off campus Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): 1 yr dorms, 3 years off What Advice Do You Have: Don't loving go here. The administration wastes money like no other, they raise tuition amazingly, and it's in loving Michigan, so no wonder they have to raise tuition, our economy is in the shitter.
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Any info on the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor?
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What University Do You Attend:John Jay College of Criminal Justice How Long Have You Been Attending: 1 Year Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Apartment Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): No Dorms here What Advice Do You Have: Not very social, most people just go home after classes. It's similar to high school. Commuting is fairly easy as its int he city. It's also right next to Columbus Circle. If you don't smoke, start smoking.
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What University Do You Attend: Marlboro College How Long Have You Been Attending: Since 2005 Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc):Off campus Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc):Howland (4 semesters), Marlboro North (1 semester), Married Student Housing (squatted half a semester), in town (1.5 semesters) What Advice Do You Have: If you can't write, you're hosed. Please don't even bother. The amount of writing you will do is tremendous. By senior year you would've probably turned in 80 - 100 pages of writing, not including your Plan. If you can't stand solitude, you're hosed. Campus is about 15 miles from town, and Route 9 is one of the worst drives ever in wintertime. Virtually everyone I know who owned a car has ended up in a ditch at some point. There's not much in town either. If you want food between the hours of 10PM and 5AM, your options within 45 minutes is limited to one McDonald's with half a menu and a Price Chopper. There is only one liquor store within driving distance open past 6PM. Also, as one would expect in Vermont, there's no Mexican food. Then, there's the winter. It will snow from November to April, quite possibly non-stop. You can very well be snowed in, iced in, lose electricity, heat, and all sorts of fun things like that. Your water might be contaminated. The dining hall sucks and if you miss a meal you might have to wait 18 hours for the next food service (on weekends). We don't get any TV channels, cell phone reception is almost nonexistent, and there's a dorm full of furries and LARPers who are very vocal about their "preferences". This is a hardship post with the other 320 kids fortunate enough to go here. About 60 - 70% of you will drop out. The administration is getting more and more Nazi about things and all the sacred institutions they put on brochures to advertise the school are probably going to be rendered ceremonial soon. That includes Town Meeting and most of the student-led initiatives, from the school farm to campus parties. So why should you come here? Well, if you ever had an interest in literature or writing, we have a fuckton of professors in those fields. Disproportionately many. While the History department is a one-man show and the same can be said for Asian Studies, Psychology, Sociology, and actually just about every field, we have something like 9 or 10 literature or writing professors to 320 kids. They're all fairly competent at least, and some are down right amazing. Of course, if you survive here long enough, you'll have the privilege to have one on one tutorials about any subject you can find someone to teach. You can even apply to teach your own courses with a faculty sponsor. We get to know our professors to a disturbing degree. I can tell you my history professor's favorite brand of wine. None of the buildings on campus is ever locked. Ever wanna pull an all-nighter in the library? By all means. Wanna play piano at 3AM? Go for it. Have a hankering for free soda in the dining hall at a bizarre time? Sure, why not. The campus is very open and free. Sometimes we have strange people crashing in common rooms. I personally squatted in a cabin for a while to do work. Nobody cares (as long as the administration doesn't find out, and sometimes you can hide for a very, very long time). The community is small and pretty motivated for the most part. Traditionally the school has been very lenient on all sorts of things. Getting caught doing drugs is a 5 dollar fine. Police isn't allowed on campus, but they usually don't bother driving this far out into the boonies anyway. The RAs aren't allowed to bust you on anything and are more likely to hit that bong with you rather than rat you out. Underage drinking is rampant but we have tons of straightedge kids nowadays. All this is probably changing now that our dean is an ex-meth addict who happens to be the king of passive-aggressiveness, but so far the parties still happen so things are still okay. You won't get to pick your dorms as a freshman, but basically, Howland is the dumpy party dorm, Happy Valley is the slightly less dumpy party dorm, Random North and South are straightedge because they don't have a common room (some student designed it for his plan and forgot that the ground wasn't level), Schrader is straightedge and for some reason you're not allowed to wear shoes inside, Halfway is the quiet smoke-free and girls dorm, All-the-Way is the rowdy freshman dorm, Out-of-the-Way is the nicest dorm but also most easily forgotten, the Trailer is... well, a trailer, and usually filled with weird anti-social people, and Marlboro North is for all the people for various reasons can't hang out on campus proper anymore. You'll notice cliques forming very quickly. You will probably never meet some students even though it seems impossible for a school that small. Oh, and there's no diversity on campus. We can't attract minorities even if we tried. It doesn't help that we have a history of kicking out the one or two black kids we get.
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NotoriousEagle posted:Where do you attend: San Francisco State University Ever heard of Cal State East Bay? It's a commuter school too but pretty cheap and probably a lot easier to get to if you live in the east bay lawl. "What University Do You Attend: CSU East Bay How Long Have You Been Attending: About three quarters Where Are You Living: Still at home with the family. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Same place What Advice Do You Have: Don't come here expecting your typical "college" experience. Come here expecting a commuter school vibe, as the "college" events sparsely scattered around. The main populated zone is a strip leading from the library to eventually Mehjkilaihagjkjgaeijbiajij (I cant spell it) Hall. In between, you will usually find some booths and a band playing on a outdoor stage nearby midday. I have not really been in the dorms, but from my experience, I could NEVER live in those dorms. They are the type of which one room holds a small living room, a bathroom (just a toilet and sink), and three bedrooms. I would never, ever live in one of those. I actually really wanted to get out of the place for a little while. I also don't have much of a social life, but do have acquaintances. You usually will talk to someone for a while, and then only seem them a few times after (from my experience). Then it hit me. I have never had one bad teacher and have loved all of my classes so far. All of the professors have office hours and are willing to help you out. You also get much more of a....I don't like saying this, but "realistic" view as opposed the ideal bubble world that other colleges seem to create. Be prepared to find a lot more young married people, older ones with kids, and people going there to get their education out of the way. Come here if you like business. We have a very good business program and regular events that tell you how to do an interview, what to bring, and how to dress." Sup. I'm on my second quarter there and it's been okay. The teachers are about the same level as community college which is all I've had before so I don't know if they compare to the big schools. A lot of my teachers are Asians with horrible accents that is okay for me but I would expect if you aren't used to talking to people with accents it will take awhile for you to understand what they say. I'm used to some pretty horrid asian accents so I've been alright and stuff. Pooperscooper fucked around with this message at Apr 30, 2008 around 20:43 |
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What University Do You Attend: Truman State University How Long Have You Been Attending: 6 semesters Where Are You Living: On-campus apartments Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): The dorms What Advice Do You Have: If you don't mind having a really really lovely campustown, then you'll be fine. The school is pretty and everybody's nice. The number of students is fairly low as well, so you'll have a lot of contact with your professors. I could get any professor in my discipline to write a letter of recommendation for me.
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What University Do You Attend:Arizona State University How Long Have You Been Attending:3 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc):Fraternity house on campus Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc):Dorms, Apartment, Fraternity house What Advice Do You Have: Incoming freshmen: Moderate yourselves. If you party... manage your time so you can have the party life and not get put on academic probation. GET INVOLVED. There is so much to do at this school that anybody who complains about being bored has problems. There is something for everybody whether you like playing video games all day or like going white water rafting. Academically, try to get into the honors program. ASU has a top notch business program, but is just alright in a lot of other fields. While ASU is very easy to get into, I can't tell you many ppl fail out their first year cuz they get caught up in the party scene. Also, use ratemyprofessor.com before you pick classes. This website has saved my rear end on more than a couple occasions. For dorms... if you want to party, Manzanita has a reputation for being the craziest. It is also the shittiest and most run down. If you want to go greek Manzanita, PV east,west,and main are good options because they are right next to the fraternity houses. Hassyampa is one of the nicer dorms where most of the business students live. Feel free to IM me if youre coming here in the fall I'll tell you what's what and go into more detail. AIM sn: supraomnibus
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F^2 posted:If you can't write, you're hosed. Please don't even bother. The amount of writing you will do is tremendous. By senior year you would've probably turned in 80 - 100 pages of writing, not including your Plan. But yes, people who can't write (or think 10 pages/semester of writing is a lot) probably shouldn't be in college... EDIT: Late-night posting = typo that makes no sense. Imaduck fucked around with this message at May 7, 2008 around 03:36 |
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NRC posted:Any info on the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor? What University Do You Attend: See Above How Long Have You Been Attending: 1 year Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Dorms Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Dorms What Advice Do You Have: Get around town, there's way too much to do. I waited until the last month or so to really check out the town, and regret it. Ann Arbor has everything, take advantage of it. Take a class with Ralph Williams if you get a chance, it's his last year and he's a legend. If you're engineering/music/anything on North Campus, live on North Campus. If you're not, go for the Hill. It's a slightly longer walk to class, but you get more peace and quiet at night...once you get used to the ambulances. Don't buy books from the University Bookstore, go to Ulrich's or Shaman Drum...or do the really smart thing and get them online. Get Cottage Inn Pizza whenever possible. Like football. Don't plan on too many parties during the week, but they're easy enough to find on weekends.
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Someone should post up for U of U or U Dub or university of colorado @ boulder
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