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The school is the using its past reputaton of being one of the public "ivies". The academics at UVM have gone down hill over the past 20 years to the point that UVM is barely rated in the top 100 colleges and universities.

I had a great academic experience here. In 4 years I probably had only one or two professors I did not like. I certainly have had a couple that really changed my life. I was a double major.... I had a couple of outstanding polisci professors that really taught us so many interesting things and really pushed you to work hard and think critically. I have continued to try to learn more and read related materials to these classes because it was just so interesting to me. The education at UVM is pretty much what you make of it....you can do well here without applying yourself too hard if you have an easy major, or you can really get a lot out of it.

The teachers in general do get to know your names but you have to make yourself known if its a lecture hall. Well in my program (medical laboratory science) my teachers know my name, i try to make myself known. The professors are actually willing to spend a lot of their time to help you out with what ever you need. Yea students are particularly competitive when it comes to academics. The weird thing is the students who don't look like they care about their academics are the ones who have the highest averages. The education at UVM is geared towards getting their students a job right after they leave.

I think there need to be more required classes that deal with minorities be it sexual,racial,ethnic,religious etc.

Professors will definitely know your name atleast by the middle of the semester if you introduce yourself when you ask a question at the end of class. Professors are always, and i mean always available during their office hours, and if not you can make an appointment with them through an email and most of the time it will work with them. All the professors are very friendly, and they want you to do well. I personally think that business classes the best. Also psychology classes are a good time because a interesting discussion is always stirred up.

The academics are about average. There are great professors, but there are also terrible ones. My best piece of advice would be to look at ratemyprofessors.com before registering for classes. It gives you a good idea of what kind of professor you will be dealing with, and you can decide whether you want to stick with them or not. Other than that, it helps to get to know them, they will be much more willing to help you out if they know who you are.

If you make the attempt to know your professors they will know you by name and always have office hours at which you can attend them and show you care. Favorite class was listed by the diversity requirement SOC (sociology) 19 with Thomas Macias (a mexican american) the class covered race relations in the United States. Students study constantly, you can have saturday off no doubt, but the library is pretty full on SUNDAY! Yes there are intellectual conversations. Students are competitive in the science majors specifically biology!

The academics are nice too. I learned a lot during my freshman year, and every professor I had seemed really passionate about their field, and you could tell they wanted to teach. As for the music department, where I am most of the time, it's great. There are so many musical opportunities, and I learned a lot. I wish they had more musical theater though!

Academics can be both good or bad, although I found I liked more classes more than I disliked them. I really enjoyed my Poli Sci classes (espeically any Middle East class with Prof. Gause). The Natrual Resources class were very good as well most of the time. There are a lot of interesting alternative energy classes and a lot of students are getting heavily involved in that whole movement which is exciting. Music classes are alright. I didnt find students to be very competitive. Although students regularly held intellectual conversations, sometimes related to course work outside of school (even at the bars ironically).

The academics at UVM are great. The professors really are there for the students and it's rare if they don't know your name. Classes are hands on, and usually you can always go to the professors for help when needed. I'm a double major (History & Anthropology) with a double minor in Music & Archaeology, and if I can say anything about the academics at UVM is that they are so diverse and stimulating, that you can't help but really feel the need to get involved 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}.