University of Nebraska-Lincoln Top Questions

I know a lot of kids in the Greek system who work very hard to maintain their high grades. Same with the athletes. Although their may be a few rotten eggs, most of the stereotypes are not accurate.

Yes and no. Football is big here, but many other sports are popular too. And, yes, there are some big lecture-style classes, but the majority are less than 25 students, especially as you progress within your major.

YES!!!

I believe that the level of one to one time in working with teachers really depends on your major. As an art education major, I have very small classes that involve quite a bit of discussion/critiques.

I would have to say yes and no. UNL is more than a football college, but the football season is a fun thing to experience at least once.

Like I explained, UNL isn't really a party school compared with other institutions and I think that it stems mainly from the fact that Lincoln is just a much smaller town and there are fewer places to get in trouble. LPD (Lincoln Police Department) really cracks down on underage drinking and UNL is a completely dry campus - some campuses allow students that are 21 to drink in their dorms as long as certain rules are followed, which makes it really easy to drink underage. The focus on athletics here is also misleading. Yes, it's a very strong part of UNL but there's a lot more going on here, it just sucks that it gets the most attention and the most funding, or at least it seems that way.

Not entirely. Some of us might be football fanatics, but not all of us are.

Not at all! I'm an Army brat and haved moved all over. I hate corn. I speak three other languages, am in the military, and am applying for law school.

This stereotype is absolutely not true. I have not had a problem fitting in or getting involved. My class sizes are appropriate and professors are easy to communicate with through e-mail and office hours.

For the first stereotype - a resounding YES! People are crazy here. Some students come here BECAUSE of the football team and student tickets. Game days are intense. I came here as a non-Husker fan (AHHHHH!!! Don't tell anyone) Although I haven't evolved into a SUPERfan, I've come to respect the game. Funny story - as a freshman I was walking around campus on a game day (I watched the games from my 11th floor window at Abel dorm that year) and I was wearing a blue shirt. Everyone else around me was wearing black or red. I eventually felt so out of place I had to go back to my dorm and change! If you get student tickets, being inside the stadium is crazy-go-nuts fun, even if you aren't a big fan. The crowd has crazy energy and it is hard to resist getting drawn in. Besides, where else can you see a guy dressed up as Jimmy Hendrix walking next to a man in red-and-white plaid overalls donning a stunning corn-cob on his head? Well, probably a good Halloween party... moving on! As for the second stereotype - completely false. Although a small crop (haha I made a funny) of students who grew up on farms in tiny Nebraska towns do reside at UNL, most of the students here are your average collegey student. We come from all over the place, we do have indoor plumbing, and most of us are socialized. Going along with that second stereotype, I have two favorite portrayals of UNL that I've seen since I came here, one emphasizing the hillbilly stereotype and one mostly negating it. First, in the 2007 Husker football season when the team was, er, struggling to do well, the sportscasters kept referring to our student body as the "Children of the Corn." Now that's not fair. Just because a few guys on the team were misguided by a questionable coach doesn't mean we're being all creepy and putting spells on each other in cornfields, or whatever happens in that movie. Besides, wasn't that shot in Iowa? The second portrayal was in the lovely show entitled "Tommy Lee Goes to College." Tommy came and hung out on our campus for a few months (I met him in the cafeteria, he was touching my food...ew!) and pretended to be a student. The show itself was kind of quirky and clever, and it gives you a great idea of what our campus and general student body is ACTUALLY like.