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the class sizes vary, as well as the relationships with the professors, you have to really try. My favorite class so far is Women's Chorus. Students study at all hours, some for days some just for hours. Students are competitive because the school is so large, you must work your butt off to get what u want. Depending upon your major, it is geared towards getting a job.

Academics are very important. There are plenty of different things offered in order to make sure you get as much help as possible. There are tutors, extra class, teachers office hours, free study sessions, etc. UK makes it easy to find opportunities to make academics the number one priority.

Academics are very important. There are plenty of different things offered in order to make sure you get as much help as possible. There are tutors, extra class, teachers office hours, free study sessions, etc. UK makes it easy to find opportunities to make academics the number one priority.

Class sizes are big starting out but get smaller as you go on. For me, I'm in the Honors track where class sizes are less that 20 people so that's nice to have at least one class where I'm always interacting with the teacher and other students.

At first the classes are huge and it is unlikely the professor will know you. As time passes, and classes progress into harder levels, teachers are much more attentive. Class participation in my major is kind of rare. I find that a lot of students have trouble speaking up. The most unique classes I have taken are those in French. In all actuallity I have found the foreign language students to be the most intellectual and though provoking. I'll be honest. I am currently living in New York City and most kids at UK in my major tend to think if they graduate with a degree, they'll get a job. I think UK sheltered us very much so. I am working at a PR firm and I had NO idea what I was doing at first. College can only take you so far. Experience is everything. I think that Kentucky also has limited opportunities. Up here, people get jobs through connections. It doesn't matter if you graduated with honors from UK and were in PRRSA.

In my experience, you had to work to get the best education possible out of UK. It is very possible to take the classes and do as little as possible, party a lot! and still make good grades. Theres also ways to skate around taking difficult upperlevel classes and I don't think any professor outside of the honors program ever knew my name. That, however, is as much my fault as the schools. IF you went to office hours and made an effort to get to know professors personally they seemed to be available.

Professors generally will make an effort to learn their students names in smaller classes. My favorite class was CLD 320, basically we argued about topics of interest at the time. One thing to remember, if you say something ALWAYS be prepared to back it up because even if the Professor does not ask for an explanation other students are entitled too (and will generally). Least favorite would have to be Chemistry. It is a class designed to weed students out of certain majors, very hard class. I use to study quiet a bit but the longer I am in school the less I tend to work at it. I will say that in HS I never had to study and I got straight A's. That is most certainly not the case at UK. You WILL have to study, sorry to bust your bubble. By the way, absolutely no one will care if you fail out of College other than your parents. Intellectual conversations do occur outside of class but normally not till a Junior or Senior standing, with the exception being the geeks who try to convience the world of how smart they are. Side note, no one (except of other geeks) cares about how smart you are, everyone is smart unlike HS. HAHA, the UK students are the most competitive people I have ever met in my whole 22 years of life! Students are always competing whether in class, driving, drinking, sports, etc. I would have to say Atronomy. Very interesting stuff and I only signed up for the class so I had something to skip and still get a good grade but I ended up going to every class... odd. The College of Agriculture is a lot more "down home" then any other College. Folks generally have a hospitality about them that makes the College very enjoyable. I will state that if you are not southern/rural folks there are fairly rude and you will always remain an outsider. I have spent time with my professors outside of class before, it is very educational and I would suggest it. But don't be annoying to the Professors, simiply be yourself. Well, UK's academic requirements generally are very low from what I can tell but you will get as much out of College as you choose to. From what I have seen the education is geared toward learning for its own sake.

There is a large variety of colleges at UK and many opportunities to pursue a career path of your choice. There are many resources available to assist you in choosing a major that is right for you. My freshman and sophomore year I had big lecture classes, with anywhere from 300-500 students in them. Now that I am a senior I am enjoying the small classes because it helps me get to know people in my college better.

I was a Civil Engineering major at UK and it was a very challenging program. Most of my teachers knew the students in their classes. It was a lot of work but helped prepare me for the future.

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