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Living on campus is the biggest rip off of all times. Doing the math you pay approx 720$ a month for a shared room. Living in downtown Burlington the AVERAGE home costs 650$ a month with utilities included, I myself pay around 475$ a month. The food is some of the worst things in the world. The "points" thing is a joke. If you can stomach the dining hall food stick to it, otherwise you spend all your money in half the semester. Not to mention the quality of most of the food. Fried Chicken or Fried Tofu, your choice every day, no variation. As well weekends, forget getting food before ten if you have to be at work...what a waste of time... The school has to much money and burns it even faster so tuition just raises and raises with no indication of stopping. Waste of Money overall bad buy. Spend the same amount of money for a GOOD education at any top tier school or half the amount for the same at any state school anywhere else

The administration is extraordinarily arrogant. The cafateria food causes diarrhea.

I think i've done that haha. I may sound cynical but I think thats because my experience at uvm has been just, well awful. Its boring, a lot of the people suck. The programs aren't fun, its like I"m still in high school, or like life with your training wheels on. and a phys ed credit? I'm an adult for crying out loud, I know whats good for me at this point. If I don't excersize than shame on me, not "no you can't graduate because you couldn't find time to go bowling" also, bowling is not a phys ed. I don't care what any professional bowlers tell you.

The davis center gets the gold leed certification to be the only building in the nation, except it's huge as all fucking hell.it doesn't fit in with burlington, vermont, or uvm. it's great that uvm wants to be noticed as the most green school in the nation, but let's focus on our current awareness of composting because people mess that up all the time, not all light systems are automatic, which will save energy, recycling isn't as great as it used to be either, our food doesn't necessarily have the most sustainable practices, because the portions are often large, wasteful and expensive, the marche should encourage the use of actual dishes by providing them, as well as silverware. The list can go on, but my main point is, how can we be seen as the most green school if we have forgotten our fundamental environmental habits. We're so socially aware we drink Coke. Killer Coke is trying to green wash the public by abiding by europe's new rules with production of consumer goods, several years ago when dasani came out in britain 500,000 bottles had to be recalled because traces of ddt were found in the water. guess what??? they were forced to do it. like, they are forced by the public and make things worse overseas. places like kerala, India were subjected to bottling factories on their land. A by product produced by this bottling plant was then given to the people of kerala as fertilizer, then suddenly people started to get sick. This by product possessed a carcinogenic and was labeled poisonous. give us some freedom. we are college students, at that, responsible students. remember this is survival of the fittest, people should be able to live their lives as they please and if they do well, then shit they deserve it. life shouldn't be entirely about fear from the man to be ourselves and not feel refrained at any extent. you're trying to mold us into adults, treat us like adults. so there UVM, there's my rant.

I wont lie, it gets cold here for a long time and its easy to get cabin fever in the late winter months. You really have to visit to get a sense of things. The food on campus is mediocre at best but off campus restaurants are some of the best I've ever had. UVM pretty much hates greeklife and has set up a system for it to fail but its a great way to get involved. I came to school with no intention of joining a fraternity but I found a great group of guys who I know I would have been friends with even if I had met them from a bowling club or something.

College is all what you make it. In a way it's a new start to becoming the person you want to be and the person you want others to see you as.

In the past I have been skeptical of UVM becoming a "public ivy", simply because I have grown up within this community and did feel as though UVM was my ultimate back-up school until actually enrolling. However, as I have become involved, I have been impressed with the administration, student efforts, and town-gown initiatives that are attempting to make this the best in-state university, which I believe have proven successful. I think this is one thing that current students have a difficult time accepting, especially if from VT, but too one of the best parts of the University. With the efforts that have been established within the past five years, the administration has extended student input by creating more Presidential commissions, committees, and discussion, which is something most students do not take advantage of. But it's definitely something to think about...just how far this University will extend within the next few years.

I feel that when it comes to certain issues that people unfortunately deem to be to the right, it is very hard to find professors who will support you with their department funding to help you bring a speaker with that issue. It is also hard to be a religious Jew at UVM since there is not kosher dining on campus.

the state of the world is pretty horrific right now, and i hope uvm can show the country what's up. i don't understand why universities across the country aren't riling up right now. there's an unjust war going on that needs to end, and for the most part, we're quiet, even when our very school is investing in the very corporations profiting from that war. (halliburton, general dynamics, dyn corp..) it would be awesome to see the school come together and make great changes. if the administration doesn't divest and give livable wages soon, tent city/shanty town will return, and i hope everyone will join the gathering, and stand up for what's right.

The school's changing a lot and I'm not sure if I like the direction it's heading in, but it could just be the direction of our country.