The University of Houston

This school is supposed to be diverse. the irony is that i felt more distrust for foreigners than any other school that i have attended (UTA,HBU,ACC,Delmar,TSU). although, i was born in the USA. maybe, this is an indicator of the discontent of the student body. in my upper division physics class, my professor from NASA complained for 30 minutes during his lecture that the Japanese were stupid and that he could prove it scientifically. one of his NASA assisstants told me that i was a spy. i'm a korean born in the USA, not japanese. i'm not aware of any space programs in Korea. ironically, my friend of 20 years is the son of an astronaut. his mother mentioned how close the NASA community is. my family donates over half a mil to A&M. is that what spies do?

Alumnus Male -- Class 2000

Do not go there!
I can make a long list of reasons why you should not go there. I hope somebody told me these before I went there at the first place.

Basically,
1) Class room SUCKS big time. Bad instructor, bad teaching method, bad assignments, too many irrelevant rules, no english speaker.

2) CS dept core class requirement is the worse structure I even seen, the lame rules limit your choice to only classes that really really SUCKS and never been used in real life... nobody want to take it .. get real!.. I think they changing sth but still not meet the minimum standard other univ do.

3) Pre-requisite classes? c'mon, they need all of students even you have solid CS background to take exact class names before taking credit classes toward degree, otherwise, you need to take them here. And they are too many! and almost all of them are also SUCKS, bad teaching. Somebody spent 4 yrs just to finish his master degree. This sins will go to all of committees for this.

4) Admin...ahh... they have some serious issues about "service mind". They think students are homeless who need your money?

5) Bad environment, unsafe, worse dorm ever - check cougar place (they lure all new students to go there first), no good food around, etc.The only thing good in UH is research side, but however, if the univ cannot create a good environments and good teaching method... closed the department and only develop a research institute instead! SERIOUSLY!

1st Year Male -- Class 2007