University of Nebraska-Lincoln Top Questions

UNL is loaded with non-traditional, rural community and foreign students providing an atmosphere that is centre-focused, that is on the self. If you find yourself to be the type that prefers to stand alone, this campus, in general, will only accentuate that trait. Everyone also has an opinion about everything and feels everyone else cares to hear. This, by far, is not the case. Discuss key issues and support your opinion, don't announce your insanity across Union Square.

i think that UNL is the perfect size of school for nebraska. Some kids come from a small town and adjusting to a larger one may be difficult. It's not too big but not too small. There are a wide variety of things that you can get involved with if you choose. I think that anyone would say that there needs to be more available parking. with the university growing somethings need to change in order to accomodate the changes. For me with the major i chose i don't have as much free time as I would like and i don't get to venture to many different parts of the campus as often as i would like but when i do i love it. i don't think i would have picked a different place to attend undergraduate school.

When people hear that I am from Vancouver, BC Canada many ask in a condesending tone....and why would you come here?? Why not? Yes there are things I miss about Vancouver and about home but I am really happy with my choice to attend school here and think it was a great opportunity for me to live some where different and learn new perspectives, and at the same time help share some of the experiences and culture that I have experienced from home and abroad that many people here have not yet.

I think that UNL is the perfect size. It's not too big and not too small. You can still get to know alot of people on campus and have many more yet to meet. I really like that it's not a small campus because when the campus is small, everyone knows everyone's business. I think Nebraska has alot of school pride. Our football fans are hardcore. People know us from our football tradition. It's partly a college town. Not as much as Lawrence, KS or anything but that's just because Lincoln is bigger and our students don't overtake the town.

The biggest issues I feel are associated with the expansion of the campus. They are always giving excuses as to raising student fees and tuition that have nothing to do with expanding the campus or replacing buildings, but something is always being built. Now with the state fair moving from Lincoln to Grand Island they can get their hands on the state fair grounds. How much is that going to cost. I do understand that inorder to provide an education that is on par with and exceeds other schools, they need to update continually and be flexiable. But really; it is excessive and the planning is not done very well. Take parking for instance. In order to increase enrollment, the University repairs, updates and builds new facilities; student enrollment goes up, and then the University over-sells parking leaving dorm living students without a place to park even though they paid for it. The cost of parking is also horrid, so I use public transportation.

For me, the best thing about UNL has been the academic advise I have recieved. From the advisors in General Studies, all the way to my current advisor in the College of Education & Human Sciences, I feel as though I have been well advised. It can be a very intimidating process to try and select a major, understand what it will take to complete your degree, and the most efficient path to that completion; but the advisors whom I have worked with over the last four years have always been great about answering my questions. I have never felt confused or mislead by any advice that I was given in regards to the completion of my degree and that has been very, very nice. Through my experience, it is usually the students who do not take advantage of the General Studies advisors who end up confused about what they need to do. Kudos to UNL's advisors.

I love how big the school is, but at the same time, I see familiar faces all the time. The classes are geared for your major so you have a lot of the same people in classes and it is easier to make friends that way. Campus is so much fun in the fall, the weather is great and students are always outside playing frisbee or sitting by the fountain at the union! I love it. The worst thing about UNL that I hear students complain about ALL the time, are the attendance policies. It is foolish to throw adults into the real world, have them live on their own and make their own decisions and then give them high school attendance policies. I don't generally skip class, but there are times I cannot make it and I hate being pentalized and have to worry constantly when I am sick. I go to class when I am sick because of the policies and that is how germs and viruses spread across the whole campus. We are adults now and college was a choice we all made, so we should have the choice of whether or not to attend.

The Best thing about UNL is the Culture. Culture goes hand in hand with school spirit and pride that all the students have for the University. When first coming here and knowing no one, I felt very comfortable when meeting new people that were Nebraska natives. I was welcomed with open arms and that it was has kept me here to this day. When talking about school spirit and pride it's just awesome to know that everyone is so passionate about anything and everything that goes on, from sports to academics to social life. I've never seen anything like it! Back home in Hawaii I never heard the phrase "I was born to be a Warrior." Here it's very much a common phrase when I have asked most Nebraskan's why they came to Nebraska. I definitely do not regret coming here for college.

The school is a perfect size. Its not too big and its not too small. The one thing I would change is trying to get a better and bigger rec center. Nebraska is very centrally located and easy to get anywhere. The traffic of the city is not bad but its a large city. Not like living in the middle of no where. You get the city life without the crazy traffic.

The size is really good...not too big or too small. The town of Lincoln is also a nice little town. I wish they had childcare.