University of Houston Top Questions

There's not a lot of stereotypes on this campus. It's a very diverse campus, and its a campus where someone can actually feel like they belong there. Its a campus full of different races where everyone gets along and does not discriminate. When there's a big game, everyone tries to come and support the Coogs as one big UH family. You would high five everyone that you do not even know, and they each come from a different background of race. I feel like this is the campus that you will be most certainly comfortable at. I know I have.

UH isn't really a stereotype school. We get too many people from too many different backgrounds to actually even get a strong stereotype. Sure, there are your general cliques but you can usually find those mostly hanging around the frats and the clubs. We're not like UT or A&M who specialize in snobbery or snobbery with an air of good ole boy. If there is a stereotype, though, I suppose it's working-class type. A good amount of the student body are people who are returning to complete their education, so there tends to be a bit more maturity than most other places.

We have an amalgam of different types of people at the University of Houston. Houston in itself is a melting pot and has many features that attract various people with various goals. There are many fraternities and sororities present on campus. We have an excellent football team, basketball team, and much more. We have many nerds on campus as well because people that go to UH want to be successful in the future. We are a Carnegie Tier One school in research. Some of the smartest people from all around come to UH to attain education, knowledge, and an experience that will be extraordinary compared to any other college in Texas.

Since University of Houston is located in an urban area, there is often a stereotype that most of our students are "ghetto" and "uneducated." This could not be further from the truth! By being located in an urban metropolis, we have one of the most diverse campuses in the country! Here you will get to meet and interact with all kinds of people, which is the main reason I love this place so much.

Since University of Houston is located in the fourth ward, a lot of people have the impression that all the students are "ghetto" or poor. University of Houston is commuter school, and it is common for people to assume that we don't have that real "College" feel because some students are only on campus to go to class and leave. There is also a large number of transfer students who come here from other colleges, which make it seems as a back-up school, or only for students who didn't succeed at other colleges, away from home, giving the impression that only "failures" attend University of Houston. None of these stereotypes are true, I for one was a transfer student and it was not because I failed at my other school, it was because of money and I couldn't afford living in a dorm.

Occasionally the University of Houston is referred to as Cougar High, which implies that its students are at a high school level in terms of their depth of understanding and are not as intelligent as students at other universities. This is completely inaccurate. The University of Houston has extremely intelligent students that attend this University from all over the world. In one of my classes, I have peers from Morocco, India, Pakistan, Serbia, and a few other countries. The University of Houston has one of the most diverse campuses in the United States and one day my friend heard five different languages walking across campus.

University of Houston doesn't get near the recognition that it deserves. It's an older campus, so we don't have the nice fancy buildings that UT and A&M have, and we are often considered the odd stepchild. The neighborhood that the university is built in isn't the best either, known for its high amount of crime allows us to be titled the "ghetto" schools. But honestly the schools taking a lot of money out of its pocket to make the campus look nicer, by building nicer buildings. And we have one of the most diverse, intelligent campuses in Texas, most of which are Indian and Asian students from the area. We are a tier one research university and we are rated as one of the most difficult skills to get A's in. We never get the credit we deserve.

No stereotyping. If people do it is pointless