University of Wisconsin-Madison Top Questions

This school is uniquely diverse both in population and class content. You can find some very specific and rare classes here in almost anything that interests you. Most of the professors are very experienced and good at what they do. The art and music scene is very prominent here. Also this school is on a beautiful campus right between two lakes. It offers both scenic, natural areas and a culturally diverse city.

Something that sets apart the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the school pride that is found there. On football game day, you can see the crowds flocking to the stadium in a sea of red apparrel. People are prideful in being, and having been Badgers, and that forms a comraderie which last for a lifetime.

My school is unique because it is located in a large city and yet still has a small town feel to it.

This school is more like a small city within a city. The campus is pretty much the entire downtown area of Madison. This school is very challenging yet at the same time extremely social.

I had applied to three Big Ten schools; Purdue, Univeristy of Minnesota-Twin Cities and University of Wisconsin-Madison. I choose UW Madison over the other universities because it suited me best. UW Madison had a lot to offer as it was more affordable and closer to home. Madison also has academic prestige that very few schools surpass. It was a tough decision to make, but what really pushed me to choose Madison was my campus visit and tour. The instant I walked around campus, I knew Madison was the place for me.

The most unique thing about the University of Wisconsin-Madison is that it uniquely blends into the city of Madison in a way that I have not seen from other colleges and universities. It is a strange feeling, knowing that it is a college campus, yet it is also just part of a city. Yet it is a balanced mixture. Other universities in urban environments either feel like a protected campus that happens to be in a city, or a massive city that happens to have a campus in it. The University of Wisconsin-Madison perfectly meshes the two environments.

UW-Madison has a very strong sense of community and school spirit. The city itself is largely centered around the school and its students, and students are united in their Badger pride, whether it is in excellent academics, exciting athletic events, or record-breaking snowball fights. Although UW-Madison is indeed a large school, this atmosphere gives students a sense of belonging and common ground and attracts top students who want to have a great college experience at one of the nation's best universities. One is not a "number" at this school; one is a Badger.

We have several all campus events that any one can do if they wish, such as a snow ball fight involving more that 300 people. You also come in contact with a lot of people of different social classes (upper through lower).

Although I attend a university of more than 40,000 students, many schools are located within the university. This is great because you can get the big campus feel with a smaller group of professors and peers in your area of study. I really like my university because I get the best of both worlds.

It has wonderful research opportunities. The professors here are very knowledgable and also find time to do research. A lot of the research is changing the lives of others and is therefore important. I'm doing research in cognitive development with one of my professors and the goal is to improve teaching methods for math which I feel is very beneficial.