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LOVE it. Very cold but great community and college

Ever since I've been here my freshman year I've always loved the vibrant atmosphere and hospitable ways of the students and faculty at UND. Even the community is always at events whether its the Culture nights at the Union or the football game that weekend. It's a great college town to be in and everyone is welcoming. Many resources are free to students which allow you to make the best of your experience here, both in and out of the classroom. It's fun and easy to get involved. I've never been involved more in anything than I have at UND and it doesn't have to be just in sports. While everyone might think the debate of losing our Fighting Sioux nickname is hurting our school, it really is bringing us closer together to show our pride we have for the university as a whole.

good instructors, good majors, good ameneties for a public school

Overall, I am glad I chose to attend the University of North Dakota and for good reason. Although I attended primarily to pursue my aviation education, I like the fact that this institution is not just dedicated to the study of aerospace. The liberal arts education ensures all students are well rounded. I appreciate that I can meet students in other fields of study outside of aviation and learn from them. Grand Forks may be a small city with not much to do, but there are always opportunities. This can range from being involved on campus to give back to the community through volunteer work to going out and watching a hockey game with your friends during the weekends.

It is a small campus, where you can easily walk from one edge to the other, but if you dont feel like it you can use the bus system. UND has many different majors to choose from and an excellent aviation program, with very nice equipment. The one of the big problems with UND is that the college was kind of built on one edge of town instead of in the middle so if you dont have a car it is kind of hard to get around the town.

The best thing about UND, for me, is that it's close to home and they gave me oodles of money to go there. I think that Grand Forks is a great place to live if you can stand the stench of a potato chip factory that makes the town smell like rotten, rancid grease about half the time and the -40 F temperatures in the winter, and I'm not talking wind chill. I like that there's a medical school right there and I think that going to UND gives me a little advantage when I apply there. There are a lot of things to do on and around campus for those who want alternatives to partying every weekend. I do have a gripe, though: the school seems to be out to make money, not to educate students. They are always increasing the price of tuition, fees, and housing. In fact, since our current student body president has been going to UND, the tuition alone has risen, I forget exactly what he said, but it was something like 65{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} in the last four years. They told me personally when I wanted to move out of my dorm and into my sorority at the end of the fall semester last year that I couldn't. The reason THEY gave me was that if I did that, they wouldn't be making money on my room or on my meal plan (not that I pay for it anyway; they do, but whatever). The administration also recently signed a contract with a bank somewhere in New England to send every UND student what they're calling the "UND Pride Card," which is a way to reimburse us our overpaid tuition. Umm, hello, we had direct deposit before! We didn't need to send bunches of money to some bank halfway across the country to fix a system that had no problem. The Pride Card thing is new for the 2008-09 academic year and it has some students in an uproar. If I remember right, we're having a Pride Card burning event this fall sometime. The things that makes me really angry about the pride card are these: One, the contract is with a non-state bank. The Bank of North Dakota has been very helpful to those students who need financial aid and does the University do their voluntary business with them? Do they keep our money in our state? Nope. However, more important here is number two, the administration didn't even ask the students before signing this contract. I emailed the student body VP about the Pride Card and he said that Student Government wasn't even asked about this issue before administrators gave it the nod. I cannot imagine that this was an isolated incident. The school is out to make money, that's that, and who gives a darn about what the students want? I digress, and lengthily. Overall, it's a great school. I'm glad to be going here, but no place is perfect, and UND is a good example.

UND could use more entertainment. More specifically - Grand Forks as a city could attempt to embrace the students of UND (who are under 21) by contributing something more than just bars.

best thing is the hockey games, teachers are SO helpful, perfect size, i spend lots of my time in /at fraternities (Sigma Nu) great guys, fun atmosphere, especially when weather is nice!

I love the school and the people in it. I am never ashamed to say the name of my school, but I do not enjoy the city of Grand Forks because of the terrain or lack there of. My love for my school out ways my dislike of the area, campus and town are two completely different monsters . When coming to UND you should read up on our issue with our logo to stay with the only current issue that matters. Its an unfortunate time for the Sioux name that was been so proud and the past years and the fact that a few will ruin it for everyone is a shame, but to each his own, just as long as we are not named the flicker tails (ground squires) I think I should be ok. My home on campus this last semester was firmly planted in O'Kelly hall in the Geography wing and I would trade a moment of my time spent there for anything. I have made a lot of life long friends and meories that I will carry with me for the rest of my days.

Family and friends were pleased to see me go to UND