Current UC Freshman Here To Answer Any Questions :)

sophtransfer
Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:17:31 +0000

I am a current sophomore at Ursinus and I strongly urge all of you to disregard what Fly is saying. This is not an accurate picture of UC in any scope. First off safety is not a problem to any degree. If you can keep yourself safe in a typical suburb you are fine at Ursinus, the biggest threat to your safety is going to be occasionally crossing main street. I have been to many many other schools to visit friends and I can tell you the party scene at Ursinus, while it is vibrant and people do have a good time it really only consumers Friday and Saturday with some light partying on a Thursday night. Relative to almost any other school the partying is quite tame, especially considering local schools such as UDel, West Chester, UPenn, Temple and Drexel and is on par with places such as Haverford, Swat F&M and Dickinson. There is no more or less threat to anyones health and safety than these schools. If you want to party there will be a place to go, and this is part of being in college, of course people will be doing stupid things and if you don’t want to do it you don’t have to. The parties are mostly confined to Reimert and some Main St houses, so if you don’t want to be part of the party scene you don’t have to go.

Most people at Ursinus complain because of the lack of alcohol related events not the over abundance of them, and if you make a decision to not look at Ursinus because of this its a mistake. Honestly the only way you will find a tamer experience will probably be by attending either a suit-case school or a christian college.

As for some other things as a freshman I would recommend living in BPS or BWC as opposed to a New Building because there is a much better community feel in these buildings and you have a much better chance to make some great friends that you live with. They actually are very nice relative to freshman dorms at UDel and Haverford that I have visited. The buildings themselves are old but the insides are actually pretty well maintained.

The academics here are great, probably not the best in the liberal arts world but pretty damn close, the pre-med students overall are extremely motivated and intelligent along with many IR and politics students. There school also has some great philsosphy and english professors that I have had.

There is a lot more that I have to say but sadly im tired and need to go to bed. Please do not let one obviously disgruntled student who seems to have a little bit of a ax to grind about safety for some reason turn you away from a great school. College is a time to enjoy yourself and get exuberant at times and it is also a time that you need to focus and UC offers probably one of the best balances of the two in the college world. I myself chose UC from a few different LAC and I am glad i chose it. (Sorry for the bad grammar and typos)