Jaclyn
I absolutely love UK! I was scared it was going to be too close to home, but that is certainly not the case. An advantage of not being hours and hours away is that it is easy to go home for the holidays or if you need to go to your hometown for any reason during the week/weekend.
If I could change one thing about UK it would be the parking arrangement and an update to the dorms. The school is huge and needs an renovation of the residence halls. Nonetheless, the dorms provided me with an amazing experience that I wouldn't trade!
I spend a lot of time at William T. Young, UK's largest library. It is an enormous library, and also happens to be very beautiful! There are study rooms and quiet study areas that allow you to get a lot done.
Aubrey
the best thing about this school is the people, the spirit, and the passion. Lexington is DIEHARD wildcat fans, and we have some of the best fans in the world. the University is huge but once you get involved, it becomes much smaller. I will always remember the greek life and Chorus here at UK.
Aubrey
the best thing about this school is the people, the spirit, and the passion. Lexington is DIEHARD wildcat fans, and we have some of the best fans in the world. the University is huge but once you get involved, it becomes much smaller. I will always remember the greek life and Chorus here at UK.
Taylor
I really enjoy being at UK. I have a lot of friends from my high school here and have met tons of new people. The campus is really large but I appreciate the size. I didn't want to feel like I was still in high school therefore, I looked for a big college campus. There is TONS of school pride on campus. Everyday you see students supporting UK in apparel.
Kent
UK is awesome, I mean how can you not like a school that's #1 in the country in basketball. Great education, great sports, and although UK is a bigger school there are plenty of ways to get plugged in a meet a lot of people.
Kate
The school is just the right size and the perfect college town-almost. I went to another sec school before UK and it was BEAUTIFUL, well maintained and the layout flowed very well. There were also transit systems. Uk is big enough to have a bus system of some sort. It also isn't very pretty and the night life is very skewed. All the bars are spread out from campus and are pretty far walks.
For the most part though, it is a great school. There is a lot of support and pride for athletics, its located in a supportive town that is willing to hand out student discounts left and right, the academics are fairly challenging and its a fun place to be with kind smiling faces.
Allie
Kentucky is amazing!! There's a great social community and a nice balance of college bars and the downtown scene. Lexington is very much a college town and a lot of time there is not much to do if you stay for the summer. It's a huge school so you have to be able to find your own niche.
My favorite part about kentucky was the athletics going to basketball (and football) games is awesome and theres always a ton of camaraderie and pride. Tailgating is also fun. The greek life is very active and alive if you're interested in that sort of thing.
The dorms suck (well the old dorms do, i think they're building a bunch of new ones that might be much nicer) but there's a ton of resonably priced college apts off campus that are always a blast to live in.
Major problems: parking (but you'll ifnd that everywhere in college environments)
size (its a huge school)
Ryan
UKY offers students the chance to view the world in new ways. I would change the cost of tuition, it is too high for the state of Kentucky which is one of the poorest states (Commonweath if you want to be technical) in the Union. It is a large University but the individual colleges offer a smaller feel. I never hear anything bad said about the school in the state with the exception of UL fans. I spend most of my time in the College of Agriculture. It is a College town most certainly. The entire administration needs to be fired. LOL, there is always controversy on campus. I will say that UK resides in the Bible Belt and if you come you can be assured that you will either get "saved" or at least tried to be saved. Tons of school pride, arguably to much. UK is a very hateful school when we talk about any other school. We literally cheer for only UK and no one else. You will probably have to defend your reasoning for cheer for ANY other school, and you will still probably get taunted. UKY is unusual in that it is the most self aware school in terms of its geographical local to the Mason-Dixon Line. You will have people that feel very strong that it is or is not southern. Mostly people from northern and western states feel that it is southern while the opposite is true for states further south of KY. Folks in KY feel the strongest about it either one way or another and fights have broken out of the issue. (This is even more true with the College of Agriculture and Frats) There is no one experience that stands out in my mind. Students complain about everything. Currently it is the tuition increases but it is always something.
Tara
When coming to UK I was nervous because it was a much larger school than I was used to, coming from a small town. The one thing that I really take pride in at UK is the tradition of UK basketball. There is not a student at UK who will tell you that basketball is tradition at UK. It makes such a large student body feel like a family and it brings everyone together. The campus is beautiful and there are always activities going on in the student center to keep students focused and taking part in the social aspect of college. UK has made my college experience so positive and the list could go on about how wonderful I think my school is!
Alex
The best thing about Kentucky is the people that create the institution. We all come from very diverse backgrounds and experiences. It is through sharing these experiences that we ourselves become better people and are able to carry that forward to the next generation of Kentucky students.
I feel our campus is about the perfect size. Although you cannot know everyone on campus, you can establish a core group of people that can help you through all of the hard times, as well as, the great times.
People think of Kentucky as the "Beginning of the South" with the vibe we always project. Lexington is a college town that is under a large city blanket. It is an urban campus with downtown only a half mile away. It has some very original night life in the form of The Dame, the World Famous Two Keys Tavern, Rosebuds, Cheapside and so on.
Kentucky's administration is composed of many dedicated individuals that do their best to ensure that we are recieving a top notch education.
The thing I will remember most is the Greek community. We compose some of the most dedicated people that UK has to offer. We do much work that goes unannounced to the campus as a whole. I am very proud to have served the fraternities through IFC.