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-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.