University of Kansas Top Questions

My school is great.

I like it, but it is very expensive.

To me, the size of this school is just right. It's not a huge university where you feel like you don't know anyone, but it's not so small that everyone knows each other. Going from the Kansas City suburbs to Lawrence, however, is quite a change, and I'm not a huge fan. The only reason I'm going to KU is because it's a short drive to KC and I can go back on the weekends to actually do things - there's not much to do in Lawrence. One thing I don't like about this school is all of the school spirit. Personally, I've never had any kind of school spirit, but a lot of people assume I do and start talking about sports that I care nothing about. However, this is probably true with most universities, so there's no getting away from it.

My overall opinion of this school is very high. I didn't think that a University that houses 30,000 students and is well known academic-wise as well as athletically would be able to offer opportunities to get involved for a nobody like myself. However, through networking and meeting people it hasn't been nearly as hard as I thought. The first semester my freshman year I wrote for the campus newspaper and this spring I will be helping the football team. This University is big enough to offer a plethora of opportunities, and small enough to allow you to get involved in virtually anything you are interested in. The University of Kansas is hard to beat! The location just adds to KU. Lawrence is one of the few "college towns" left. Massachusetts Street is always buzzing, and located a short distance from campus. It offers a variety of stores and restaurant and is a very nice location for a Sunday evening stroll. If you are the outdoors type, Clinton Lake is a nice place to get in touch with nature. Whether it is taking your boat out or pitching a tent, you will be able to get away from "city life" by only driving a short distance away from the heart of Lawrence. Overall, KU offers a unique unrivaled college experience.

The school pride at the University of Kansas is strong. Every student here has seemed to absorb the school spirit and this is displayed in the strong showing of supporters in all of our games and events. The size of the school is just nice and I feel comfortable walking among the students and getting to know new people each day. The best thing about this school is the culture that all students respect each others race, opinion and beliefs. As an international student, I am proud to be at KU where I am accepted for who I am. The experience that I will always remember is the Lunar New Year Party where I met a lot of Japanese, Korean,Chinese and American students whom all came together to make dumplings and sushi to usher in the Chinese New Year. It touched me to see so many students from different countries come together to learn more about each other. The most frequent student complaints are regarding the school's parking system. I t is very strict and sometimes unnecessary to hand out so many tickets.

When I was in an airport in Raleigh, North Carolina over spring break, I was sitting in a terminal with a Kansas t-shirt on. A man walked up, introduced himself to me, and told me that he graduated from KU recently. We talked for a few minutes and I asked him how he enjoyed his experience at KU. He replied, "I loved it." When my plane connected in Chicago, the exact same thing happened when I met a woman who attended KU over thirty years ago. If I am back home in Colorado and make eye contact with someone who is wearing Kansas gear as well, they will smile and say "Rock Chalk". Everyone really enjoys their experience at KU. Everyone takes great pride in being a Jayhawk. At KU, one gets the true college experience... A busy street that everyone flocks to on the weekend, a lively party scene, amazing traditions, students laying out in the grass, awesome athletic events. Lawrence is a true college town and an ideal place to spend your college years. There are a variety of dance clubs, coffee shops, eclectic restaurants, neat stores, and awesome music venues that attract great artists every month. The campus is beautiful. It sits on top of a hill and has many different levels to it. The red roofs can be seen from miles away. The campus has a great bus system so one doesn't have to walk up the hill to class if they don't want to. Everything on campus is within walking distance from another spot on campus though.

When I was in an airport in Raleigh, North Carolina over spring break, I was sitting in a terminal with a Kansas t-shirt on. A man walked up and introduced himself to me and told me that he graduated from KU recently. We talked for a few minutes and I asked him how he enjoyed his experience at KU. He replied, "I loved it." When my plane connected in Chicago, the exact same thing happened as when I met a woman who attended KU over thirty years ago. If I am back home in Colorado and make eye contact with someone who is wearing Kansas gear as well, they will smile and say "Rock Chalk". Everyone really enjoys their experience at KU. Everyone takes great pride in being a Jayhawk. At KU, one gets the true college experience... A busy street that everyone flocks to on the weekend, a lively party scene, amazing traditions, students laying out in the grass, awesome athletic events. Lawrence is a true college town and an ideal place to spend your college years. There are a variety of dance clubs, coffee shops, eclectic restaurants, cool clothing stores, and awesome music venues that attract great artists every month. The campus is beautiful. It sits on top of a hill and has many different levels to it. The red roofs can be seen from miles away. The campus has a great bus system so one doesn't have to walk up the hill to class if they don't want to. Everything on campus is within walking distance from another spot on campus though.

I think the best thing about KU is the laid back environment. I would change the hills if I could, walking up a giant hill to an 8 a.m. class is not much fun. I think it's just right, you can avoid people you may not want to see and still run into others you don't see enough. Since I'm from Topeka they don't really have much of a reaction when I tell them I'm going to school at KU. Most of my time spent on campus is either in class or at the library. I think Lawrence is a definite college town. I don't know much about KU's administration, I feel like maybe it isn't talked about enough. I think the biggest recent controversy on campus is trying to change the way the dorms deal with the underage drinking of the freshmen. Yes, I think there is plenty of school pride. We have White Owl, he's pretty unusual. I will never forget when we won the championship game, it was my Freshman year and we also won the Orange Bowl that year, it was the greatest Freshman year I could have asked for. I think the most frequent student complaints are about people smoking on campus.

Usually when I tell people I go to KU they give me a lot of respect. Normally because of the basketball and football programs but also because it is known as such a great university in the mid-west. If I could I would change the tuition rates that way more people from lower income levels could attend a great university at a more affordable price. Now that I am a senior I spend almost all my time in the Journalism building because that's where most of my classes and friends are. I try not to spend too much time in the library but when I need to study I usually am in Watson library because the others are way too loud. I like to hangout in front of Wescoe beach and talk with my friends. It really isn't a beach people just call it that but it is one of the more popular places to hangout because it's in the middle of campus. School pride runs deep within the student body. During homecoming there is KU stuff all over the City of Lawrence and the sororities and fraternities chalk pictures of Jay Hawks all over campus. Jay hawks are so unique because no other school has the same mascot or the historical significance behind theirs which is why school pride is a big deal in Lawrence. KU ALL THE WAY!!!!!

Best thing about KU is the variety of campus activities available and experiencing Lawrence.