University of Connecticut Top Questions

The football and basketball games are the best thing that UConn offers. The computer system is horrible. I spend most of my time on campus in my dorm or quad. It is definitly a college town; everything revolves around UConn. I think the administration is moderatly poor. The biggest controversy on campus is the limited number of student tickets at the basketball games. There is an imense amount of school pride. Greek life is getting huge. The most complaints are about class size and availability.

UConn is HUGE on school pride, especially for football and basketball. We make a big deal out of everything at our sports events. Too me, UConn is the perfect size, having grown up in a small town and wanting more things to do and people to meet. Everyone is always interested when i say I go to UConn, especially since I am part of a small major.

The best thing for me was reconnecting with old friends who also go to Uconn and making new friends. You find out who your true friends are. It's pretty easy to find a place to hang out. Uconn is large, but it becomes smaller as time goes on. When I tell people I go here, they often say how they also knew someone there, if they didn't go there themselves. People in general respect Uconn. I mean, it's getting more and more competitive, and most majors are pretty rigorous. The campus is pretty centralized, but at least there's a lot of places to meet friends on campus. The Student Union has been done very well. It's huge, I still get lost in it sometimes.. there's a good food court, lots of study rooms, and lots of activities happen here. Some people have a lot of pride. There is a LOT of pride about sports at Uconn. Many people get tired of Uconn though, honestly, and can't wait to graduate. But this seems more like they're tired to academia in general. Uconn has the most amazing ice cream in existence. More frequently, students complain about how windy Uconn is, having to get up early for morning classes, and the food. Also, students in science and math classes complain how unnecessarily ridiculous they usually are.

A good sized school however not too big, spend a lot of time at the library, a ton of school pride

The best thing about uconn is the variety of clubs, activities, and majors. I think UConn is a good size for a university because although it is extremely large this offers the variety of events, clubs, etc, resulting in many more ways to meet people than at a smaller school with less to offer.

I love going to a big school, because it has so much to offer & there is so much to do. I would change the campus & have much more culturally diverse events on campus. I would like to have more shops & entertainment around campus. Storrs should somewhat be converted into a collge town & offer more services & entertainment to students, friends, & families. There is definately a lot of school pride, people go to every sport, every game. They wear school colors, sometimes paint themselves blue, scream for the Huskies, & show as much pride as they can!! Most people on campus choose to spend time in different areas: dorms, dining halls, but most people spend a lot of their free time ( not studying) in the Student Union. It has several cultural centers, food court, convience store, hair salon, game room, lobbies, radio & tv station, & much more.

I love the people at UConn. My friends and I like to hang out at the Student Union and go to sporting events. Also, my friends in the dorms were a lot of fun to hang out with. I think UConn is the perfect size, and I wouldn't change much about it except maybe update the gym. I think most people love UConn from the beginning or end up falling in love with it. It really is a great place to be.

the big picture is that uconn is a big school. you can only expect of it what a university of its size is able to sufficiently provide for its student body. if you are looking to be babied through college by professors and advisors, uconn isnt the school for you. you need to go out with your questions and figure them out on your own. your best guidance counselor or advisor is going to be you. again, with such a big university with so many different colleges and degrees offered, very few people are going to have the answers to your very specific questions. be prepared to do a lot of walking from unknown building to unknown building looking for faculty you dont know so that you can ask them a question that they too may possibly not know the answer to. if you are proactive and independent, you will do fine, but if you are used to mommy and daddy holding your hand, maybe uconn isnt for you. reason to not go to uconn- there is no college town! you are in husky nation, thats it. if you need a the hustle and bustle of a city, you wont find it in storrs. granted hartford and mohegan sun are both under an hour's drive away, but many dont have a car and gambling isnt for everyone. uconn's enviornment is perfect if you are a laidback personality. if you are down to just hang out at a local bar and have a drink with your friend, you will certainly find something to do. lets also not forget, however, about the infamous carriage house and celeron apartments. if frat parties is your seen, you will find them at uconn just about monday through friday! and if sports is your thing, come to uconn!! great basketball programs fuel the school spirit at husky nation. there is nothing like watching a game at gampel!! football games keep the students occupied during the fall season, and tailgating every saturday morning after a long night of partying has become almost tradition to the student body.

UConn is VERY big and it's located in a college town (where the college consumes the entire town, as is there are very few, if any, people who don't attend the college that live in the surrounding area). It definitely helps with school spirit and there being less complaints about loud parties or anything. The only problem is a lot of things that you may need to go to (such as the mall, CVS, etc) you must drive to because they are so far away. And the fact that you can't have a car on campus until you are a Junior makes things ten times harder.

UConn is a big school, which may be intimidating to some people. However, you find you niche - your group of friends, organizations or clubs you belong too, people you live with - and it becomes smaller. The nice thing about the size is, if you don't want to run into someone, chances are you won't. You can always meet new people, whereas at a small school you meet everyone in 2 weeks and that is that. Also, big schools have more to offer - more majors, activites, sports, etc.

-UConn offers the BEST study abroad experience- I just came back from spain and i loved it so much i'm going to return for another semester. Everyone i've heard from that has studied abroad through UConn has loved it also. -We have the best school spirit- waiting in line at 6am/camping out for basketball tickets says something. Tailgating is insane, along with the following for our soccer teams. -There is an even balance of time spent between my dorm room, dining halls, classes and soccer practice. I prefer to study in my room or at the library. -I definitely dislike that there is nothing around the UConn campus. I really wish it were a college town, like UNH has with a grocery store (walkable distance). Everything, including the packie, we need to drive to. -UConn might be a big school, but it becomes small very quickly. You can walk to class and see at least a few people you know, attend parties or just go to the dining hall and know a lot of people. There are small-world connections everywhere.

The best thing about UConn is the diversity. There are so many different sorts of people who attend. Its a large school which makes it great for meeting and getting to know many different types of people. Most of my time on campus is spent in my dorm complex. I love knowing everyone I'm living with. School Pride at uconn is HUGE! everyone loves attending sporting events and it is so much fun to participate in campus wide activities.

UConn's pretty isolated, but that's what I expected since it's in Northern Connecticut. You can take a bus to most things you need though (grocery store, movie theater, etc). The administration seems to like to find ways to waste money. They recently paved walkways and put up lamps in an area where they recently knocked down a building but they are already planning to build something new there so why bother paving it? Also, they put the president in the president's house but his wife was allergic to some kind of mold in it. So now they've moved them to a $4,000/month house near campus and are removing the mold from the old but considering buying the house they are renting anyway. As for size, I really like UConn. I was a transfer student from the Ohio State University (~45,000 undergrad) to Eastern Connecticut State University (~5,000 undergrad) to UConn (~16,000). I feel like UConn is the middle ground for me on that.

One thing that is upsetting is the amount of attention the sports department receieves. It's great to be proud of the sports teams, but the school doesn't show recognition to the rest of the student body. The administration is not very student-oriented. Faculty members are too concerned with their own personal growth. The school is not very accepting of homosexuals, either.

The best thing about UConn is The school is large, but it's not like you feel overwhelmed by the amount of people or the fact that you won't see them all the time. Storrs is no where near a college town. Storrs Mansfield, is one boring town with farms and old people. And closest "mall" (Eastbrook) is crap. The one in Manchester is great. The only things to do are within the campus and the campus is like one big town, with places to eat and etc. UConn pride is strong. Even for myself, someone who doesn't even watch sports. You feel a great sense of pride to go to UConn. Students mostly complain about the lack of things to do/places to go. They also complain about financial aid.

UConn is on the larger side as far as colleges go. People coming from small towns find it daunting - for about the first week. And, as time passes, the campus gets smaller and smaller to you. The great thing about attending a huge university like this is that it is easier than you think to fall into your niche, if you just go exploring a bit. There's a club for practically EVERY interest imaginable, as well as many sororities and fraternities to rush. It sounds hokey, but it's really the truth - so get off your butt, turn off the Wii and go make some friends!! (And then invite them back to your dorm for a Wii party. But that last part's optional.)

it depends what your major is and what school you're in, for me i was in nursing and we were basically a cult and had all the same schedules and could basically only hang out w/ each other by senior year, the new dean is making some good changes in the program and hopefully the nclex pass rate goes up, otherwise some teachers are god awful, some are amazing. the best thing about uconn is that it's huge but you can still manage to run into someone you know, i think the size is just right, depending on the year i spent most of my time at the gym, in my room, in class, walking around, at the co-op and senior year i was almost always at the bar, the biggest recent controversy is that girl that got hit by a drunkd river last year, there is a ton of school pride, storrs is a definite college town, i'll always remember everything about uconn b/c it changed my life, i'm so glad i went there, housing, parking, traffic, classes, and the police are the most frequent complaints, and the fact that the gym is always packed

The sports and Husky pride is the best thing about UConn. Being from CT its still common to go to UConn but its harder to get in and respected bc of athletics

Uconn is literally it's own city. When you look at a map of the campus it is at first overwhelming. But the truth is it's not that big. I spent most of my academic career at regional campus's that were VERY small I finally took a class up at storrs last semester and couldn't believe that I was afraid of this campus. It's is amazing and there is something for everyone.

The best thing about UConn is its diversity. Because of the large size of our school, no matter what type of person you are you are bound to find your own niche. Be it a group of friends, sports, Greek life or clubs, there is something for everyone at UConn, which I think is great. I've heard that no matter what a person's expectations before attending UConn, they always end up loving it when they are there. This is very true. I was not excited about coming to UConn before I moved in, and after my freshman year, I can honestly call it my home. One stereotypical idea about UConn is that it is boring because of its kind of remote location. Although it may be known for the farm, I rarely venture to that side of campus anyway. UConn's campus is huge and like a town on its own. There is always something to do and it isn't boring.