The University of Wisconsin - Madison
“MAdison provides a great learning experience for everyone.Finance
MAdison provides a great learning experience for everyone. It is an extremely underrated university. Not only are the profs well prestigious, but they are very approachable with their required office hours. Most of my profs allow me to get personal contact information with them, which can be very helpful.
The student body is also very enthusiastic and outgoing. STudents of the university enjoy learning and participating in our unmatched extra-curric. activities and athletics.
I chose this university because of the great nightlife combined with incredible athletics. The colleges i was accepted to, but chose madison over, were New York University, Boston University, Syracuse, Villanova, and Miami (Ohio). This school has an incredible learning atmosphere, and is not simply a party school. Certainly there are parties occuring, but for the majority of students, academics come first.
view full review→Jun 26 2007
Male -- Class 2000
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“Why bother applying?BrightBiology
Why bother applying?Okay so I was all ready to head out to Wisconsin and try it out. I decided to ignore the negative comments and just focus on experiencing new things. Then, I realized that Wisconsin never sent me my financial aid packet and the date to turn in my deposit was fast approaching. So I called them and guess what? They didn't know when they would get around to my financial aid but they still expected me to spend $100+ by May 1st and if I didn't I would lose my spot. I couldn't believe that they wanted me to make my decision without even knowing if I would be able to afford to go. The lady at the admissions office was rude and didn't seem to care about my problems at all! For those who haven't applied yet and are out of state, don't bother, even if you want to go they won't make it possible for you to.
view full review→May 01 2007
1st Year Female -- Class 2011
Friendliness: D, Education Quality: F
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“Concerning the LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE-Not so brightUndecided
Concerning the LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE-
Oh Madison Madison, how you almost drove me mad. This factory of diplomas conceals nothing, it is an excellent place for our fear-gripped consumer who believes in joining the grand rat-race prematurely. Please don't confuse this monstrosity with a "place of higher learning". Instead it's a poisonous enterprise of conformity because it graduates "intellectually SATISFIED" minds aka multiplied ignorance.
Oh Madison Madison, how you almost drove me mad. This factory of diplomas conceals nothing, it is an excellent place for our fear-gripped consumer who believes in joining the grand rat-race prematurely. Please don't confuse this monstrosity with a "place of higher learning". Instead it's a poisonous enterprise of conformity because it graduates "intellectually SATISFIED" minds aka multiplied ignorance.
Unfortunately our classification of what "learning" is has not caught up with the complexity of society. "Learning" is all you will ever recieve from an institution like UW-Madison. It is not a place of knowledge. "What is the sense in knowing things that are useless?" -don Juan. I long for the days when there was a clear line between vocational schools and liberal arts schools. This is a neutral review because I do not wholy deplore attending UW-Madison. However I strongly urge those Curiousos who are financially priveledged and mentally sane to attend an independent liberal arts school because DUH, if you can postpone setting foot into the rat race (oh yah, one of the many applauses UW-Madison recieves is that if you can make it through the spiritual starvation of that hell then you are ready for the REAL world, why the urgency?) then by all means do it! At least when you inevitably join the rat-race you'll have some back-bone to offer for all the spineless and aimless scurrying others.I desired an Organized educational experience AKA "liberal arts college" that would lift me up and not be an exclusive preparation for the "real world". Cause ladies and gents, what is the "real world" anyways? And yes, you may say it's the world of survival, but this is also a characeristic interpretation of a fear-gripped mind. So my only advice is, don't attend a college with the misnomer of "liberal arts" in a university if you can avoid it!
view full review→Apr 14 2007
2nd Year Female -- Class 2009
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