University of Richmond Top Questions

Richmond is a small private school with low class sizes, great professors, and diverse academic opportunities. The campus is beautiful, as well. The food compares favorably to other schools' situations. Students are generally friendly, but social life can be cliquey depending on Greek affiliation and membership in other groups. The campus is secluded, but the city and surrounding suburbs are a short drive away. A car is definitely nice to have and all students are able to park on campus.

Best thing about Richmond: solid, challenging academics, beautiful campus Would change school by: having more socioeconomic diversity -- its a bunch of rich white kids, tuition is ridiculously expensive I'm from Chicago, and most people around my area haven't heard of Richmond Definitely "what college town?" -- it's a huge bubble surrounded by a mile in every direction by extremely rich, isolated neighborhoods, not a lot of good places to hang out on campus like you would find in a typical college town

People usually don't know that U of R exists, if I tell them I go to U of R they always mistake me for saying I go to VCU.

The good Richmond is a nice place to study. The campus is very beautiful, the library open 24 hours a day, and 24 hour access to certain buildings. The staff mostly are helpful, with a few exceptions, the gym is very nice and has pleasant hours. The dining hall and grill on campus have equally reasonable hours so that students do not go hungry, even if the meal plan gets worse every semester. The school is also just about the right size, and has opportunities for students to get involved in, as well as an absolutely stunning lake, and decent shows at the modlin center. Buses can also be taken to the surrounding city, but most people on campus have cars anyway The bad For most people there arn't that many negatives. For me, I feel like the CAPS (campus psychology services department) is very cold and unfriendly. The medical staff also can be somewhat difficult to deal with at times, but are nice. I also had several problems with the student advising program, I hate to blatantly say "don't trust your academic advisor" but in a lot of cases, they can be misleading about actually caring for your personal academic interests.

The administration has been known to crack down on students in a seemingly harsh manner, however from what I've seen and experienced they do give you a lot of leeway. And while they may seem to be giving you your death sentence, their punishments are really just annoying and rarely will they have any long lasting effects. The police force, on the other hand, is the most useless and pathetic group of out of shape idiots. They have the mentality that they want to screw over any student as much as possible. Once, one was hiding in full camouflage in the woods trying to catch people smoking pot. Anyway, these are two reasons why I think it's best to get off campus as much as possible and don't put too much energy into dorm parties because you always get written up if you stay long enough. There is so much to do either down town or in other niches of Richmond. Tons of music comes through here and there are a lot of fun bars or clubs around. Basically, the school is small and the campus does not have a lot of options, so try doing a lot of different things with your weekend nights because the more you vary it up the more fun you will have.

I love it! The campus is beautiful, the professors are helpful, fun, and very intelligent. There is tons to do on campus and around Richmond. There are plenty of bars, clubs, restaurants, shopping centers, movie theathers, etc. There are also a lot of historical sites to visit. I think UR has a great reputation. There are always going to be negative stereotypes at every college, but the positives at Richmond outweigh the negatives. I grew up living in Richmond and the University has a great reputation (aside from the fact that tuition keeps rising).

Richmond's great. Truthfully. But at the end of the day its just a huge group of immature kids, and there's drama and stereotypes that come with all of that. We do love to drink, can't deny that one. If you don't like to party, its not like you can't find your group of friends, I have plenty of sober friends, but we love to party. Actually that's nice because our weekends are mostly spent on-campus, and you do get to meet more people that way. I mean I don't know, its a crazy fun college experience. I wish we had more like school spirit when it comes to sports, but we're all proud to be spiders.

UNIVERSITY OF RACISM IN THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD BLACK FACE, A BLACK DOLL HUNG FROM A NOOSE, AND ANTI SEMITIC COMMENTS SANCTIONED BY THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER. UR PRETENDS TO BE DIVERSE BUT USES THE SAME MINORITIES ON ALL OF ITS LITERATURE. MOST MINORITIES I KNOW HATE IT AND WANT TO TRANSFER BUT DON'T BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL AID. ONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS CALLED A NIGGER DURING HER FIRST YEAR AT UR. I HATED THE MAJORITY OF MY COLLEGE EXPERIENCE DUE TO SIMILAR EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS.

Richmond is a bubble-basically everything happens on campus. It could be good or bad, it depends on the person. Richmond is small, which can also be either a good or bad thing. It's great seeing people you know all the time all over campus, and almost always knowing at least one person in your class. But sometimes it can feel too small-it's hard to avoid someone you don't want to see. It also can feel like you've already met everyone, even if you haven't. Richmond is cool because there are a lot of traditions that other schools don't have. Richmond is very hit or miss-it seems that people either love it or hate it. It is an amazing school and soooo much fun if it is your type of school!

People don't realize what the city has to offer... outside of Shockhoe Bottom/Slip. They have no idea what the city really is like, nor what else is in Henrico/Chesterfield/Hanover/etc besides Short Pump.