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Academically CMU has a lot of great programs. There is a huge variety of fields that students can choose from and a wide variety of professors to help along the way. There are a lot of opportunites for students to expand their learning outside the classroom as well, with clubs and other organizations, debates and panel discussions about various topics there is always something going on. In the Spanish department there are professors who are native speakers as well as Americans who have learned the language, the clubs hold conversation hours which bring in more native speakers, and the professors that oversee the groups are normally very active in helping students with anything they need.

Academics.... class sizes very here, some classes are between 30- 60 while large lectures halls can hold around 300. some professors will make it their goal to learn everyones names as others expect you to put in the effort to intorduce yourself and get to know them.

I really like the academics here. The UP's are boring, but you cant enjoy everything in life. I know most of the prof's for my major, but the UP's I could really care less if they know me. Im just there for the good grade, and they understand that.

Most of my professors know my name. My favorite class by far is MKT 450 with Dr. Garver. It is a hard class but he makes it fun. Least favorite class was chemistry. I have been involved in numerous intellectual conversations with other students outside of class.

The only academic comparison I have to Central is my high school and the 6 credits I took at Kalamazoo Community College, but I find the curriculum here challenging, but not so challenging that you have no life outside the library or classroom. I'm majoring in Intergated Public Relations, and the majority of those classes have been in lecture halls and not in smaller class settings. I have enjoyed classes significantly more that were in small class settings, which correlates to better attendance and better grades.

The classes aren't too terrible. People don't usually study until the night before an exam and seem to do fairly decent. Personally I can study a few days before my tests and be fine. But there are some people who have to start extra early to get a passing grade. If its for a class that you don't really care about then chances are you can skate by with a C for minimal effort on your part. You are probably more like to hear a conversation about the party in Deerfield last weekend walking down the sidewalk than the Schrodinger Wave Equation, but hey... It's college.

I don't go to central.

Central has a really good Education & Business program. I don't think students study as much as they should be but most of my friends maintain average grades.

The professors are all really amazing, I have yet to have a professor that has not learned my name by the second week of class.

My least favorite class was a mandatory racism class. The teacher was terrible, called me a racist simply because I had other views than her. Class participation seems rather low and students study/do the bare minimum. The psychology department is fine, as far as what I've seen. I rarely spend time with profs outside of class. The biggest complaint I have about CMU's academic requirements is the required diversity classes. It was the biggest waste of my money yet.