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Samford is a fairly small Christian school with a beautiful campus. It sits in a convenient area of Birmingham in the middle of downtown and Mountain Brook. If I could change one thing about Samford, it would be the male/female ratio. Currently, there is about a 35/65 male/female ratio. I spend most of my time on campus in the quad. It is a beautiful grassy spot great for napping, chatting with friends and people-watching. Though Birmingham is entirely too big to be a college town, Samford is like a tiny town all by itself. This can be a positive and a negative thing. The most recent controversy on campus has been involving our campus safety officers. Basically, they have not been doing their jobs properly, and Samford's reputation has suffered. There is a bit of school pride involved with academics but little to none involving athletics. Most students complain about the price tag that comes with a Samford education.

The best thing about samford is it's smallness. I love the close-knit feel of it.

Samford is an amazing school. Even though it's kind of small, it's definitely not too small. You know lots of people and always see a familiar smiling face, but there are many people you won't know. The school is beautiful. When you come on campus you automatically feel welcome and apart of the Samford family. It's very relational at Samford and then not at the same time. People always ask how you are but sometimes it's just politeness, however, there re a ton of great caring people. There is always something to get involved with but in the Fall especially, people head to other schools. Our athletics are lacking so that's why a lot of people leave on the weekends. The Spring is better and most people aren't leaving as much. If you go to Samford, you love it. There is a lot of school pride. Samford is in Birmingham, AL which has about 5 colleges so it's kind of a college town but not really at all. Even though there are lots of colleges around, it's a big city in itself and it's not some big party college town. Birmingham is amazing though. It has so many things going on all the time and it has the big city feel and the small town feel especially since Samford is in Homewood. There are lots of great coffee shops!

the school is pretty small, but i feel that it's the perfect size. when i tell people i go to samford, they usually say "STANFORD?!?? good for you!!" :) when i'm not in class, i'm mingling or sitting at the ben brown plaza, a central place outside with a nice fountain and benches (everyone passes by there, and lots of people hang out between classes...sometimes during classes too). birmingham has several schools (UAB, birmingham southern, and some community colleges) in addition to samford, but it's NOT a college town. i feel that it's a young professional kind of town. people aren't obsessed with samford sports, but there's definitely school pride. people like taking advantage of campus safety, which is sometimes sad, but mostly a little bit funny. they jump in the fountains, climb all the buildings on campus, and try to get away with some goofy pranks. always fun... samford has a great spirit to it...awesome people. some downers, but they usually transfer. i have met my best friends here. maybe i'm being so optimistic because i'm graduating and feeling like i miss it already.

The best thing about Samford is the opportunity to be involved in activites that will challenge your faith. There are all kinds of mission opportunities, althought at times I feel like Samford focuses on serving people instead of building relationships with people through service. I think that's a drawback from the same category. Samford for the most part tries to uphold the Christian values it was founded on. Therefore, there a rukes such as no visitation after 10pm (it's earlier for freshmen), no parties whatsoever on campus, and of course no drinking on campus. Administration has deleted two channels "BET" and "MTV" from the cable we recieve in our rooms because they did not uphold our values. Don't worry though, we still have "VH1" "OXYGEN" and "E". Some things that would make Samford a bit better is if we became more diverse. There are 325 black students on campus out of the 4000 students that attend Samford. IF our campus becomes more diverse that's more opportunity to be exposed to people who are not like you and learn from them. Also greek like seems to be a BIG deal on campus. Teachers will be very lax in the classroom during "rush". Also just as big is STEP SING. It's too much detail to go into, but teachers also become lax during that time of the year. As far as school pride is concerned, I'd say the students are not very prideful in their school. Samford is th type of school where the library will be packed on the night of a football game. There's not a big support for the athletes that attend Samford.

The best thing about samford is the hospitality and the gorgeous campus. It is small but its nice to know a lot of people. When people ask me where i go to school I say "Samford" and they reply oh Stanford, wow. Its annoying. The worst thing is that there is not a lot of school spirit. No one comes out to support any of the athletics, its pretty pathetic and everyone goes home on the weekends. Students complain about the parking and about campus safety ALOT! The biggest controversy was the incident with our campus safety officer lying about a gunman on campus.

Campus for classes, lunch, and dinner, other than that not a lot going on. Studying and going to class is a dedication. Everything else can find time in between. No organization unless it is a new ministry or republican committee. Students care all too much about image they present to other Samford students and don't realize they live in a community of 3,000 homogeneous persons. It gets weary.

Samford is a small community and its awesome. The bad thing is that we can get "values" for things like boys in the rooms after visitation or without being signed in and we can also get in trouble for having alcohol in pictures even if its off campus. A lot of cool people go here you just have to find the click you fit. The biggest controversy was either the "gunman" on campus or one of our building's roofs collapsing. There is some school pride but no one goes to any of the games really, a select few... that needs to change.

Incredible school that provides an exceptional place for young adults to mature and grow in a great city surrounded by the best friends anyone could want. My favorite experience has to be the first root beer kegger I went to at the Shire, back when the original guys still lived there.

When coming to Samford, you pretty much get what you expect. A lot of genuine friendly people and of course some that aren't so friendly. We have an amazing faculty and our president Dr. Andrew Westmoreland is perhaps the most sincerely interested president in the country. Samford is a community where I have been challenged to grow in every aspect of my life. I have learned more than I could have imagined while at Samford...much not academically related.