| Just transferred to UMiami for spring 2008 semester (second sem of freshman year for me)
honestly how are/is the...
academics: Amazing
work load: Moderate
food: "You'll definitely crave for mom's meatloaf"-stole from theU.com
dorms:freshman definitely want the TOWERS (HECHT/STANFORD). In Hecht, McDonald Tower is better I feel.
boys/girls: Gotta watch your back. Lots of rich snotty kids, but there are plenty of middle-class down to earth kids to make up for that.
club scene/night life: BIG CLUB SCENE (SO BEACH/ THE GROVE)/ NIGHTLIFE: ehh...came from MD, and it's def. weaker at MIAMI if you do not have alotta money to spend on clubs. Very few house parties and frats are really dick to guys if you are not a brother, you can't party.
greek life: Decent...not very big GREEK school but its decent
sports: Very school-spirited during football season, Basketball season was kind of a disappointment compared to the TERPS bball fans. Really good baseball team too, #1 in the country
students in general: above average as shown by the admission average stats (4.0+, 1300+)
professors in general: Amazing. Always there for the students and care more about teaching than giving out grades, LOVE THAT!
campus: very peaceful, serene and quiet. Laidback campus.
other questions:
favorite thing about UM? academics
what's the university's biggest downfall? quality of kids/ nightlife
what's the stereotypical Miami student like? jock/beach babe...drives an expensive car and spends heavy amounts of money on liquor and clubbing.
overall, are you happy you chose to attend? Yes...very! Though for graduate, I want to go to a school with less self-centered students. |