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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Business - Management and Administration  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant I am a transfer student from a community college in Virginia. And with my 3.5 GPA getting into the school that only required a 3.0 was a breeze. The application was the easiest I have seen in my life. Maybe even easier then a community college; very simple. The positives of the school is its location. Hawaii is sweet. Its laid back atmosphere, maybe too laid back educationally. This means you do not want to go to a college and hang out with your crazy homies on the block. But if you are looking to excel in honors, honor programs and beat everyone else this place will work with you. Anyone can make a lot of friends here, even if you are white. I dont happen to be white (black and a little native american, about as native as the native hawaiins here-hint) but from observation and whatever, white people can get along fine. Housing is ok and jobs on campus are readily available. Truth is, if one is open to new friendships and exploration of a program they will be very very satisfied. Ok, the positives are over whew.... that was a lot. The negatives are pretty known. The reguraly known list - housing is wearing down, out of state tuition is expensive, anybody can be called a haole, especially whites (get ready for some foriegn butt kissing), the schools are not top notched (with a few exceptions), airplane travel back and forth from states is killer (get ready to settle down in hawaii, aloha), and lastly and my most favorite financial aid is an hastle. Fill out the form before due date because your funds will be cancelled - lameo. You should know that this university is what you make of it. Relax and have some good times with friends when appropriate. And study whatever you want with a passion. You can still graduate with honors, get an internship, have an excellent career postion after college and get accepted into an Ivy League College. ALO(face) HA(breath).......ALOHA, the essence=Life, the outcome.........Kealoha no. Peace and much love from your brother man. Education Quality: A+, Faculty Accessibility: C+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 30 2008 1st Year Male -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=51117&uid=357'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   PreLaw and Legal  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright In Summary: Come if you are Low-income, less competitive, preferably of Asian decent (FOB++), not intellectually curious, have few expectations in Life and have no ambition to network outside HI but want to feel empowered by admiring xenophobic, non-progressive, socialist, cliquiest, authoritarian minority officials! Feel empowered! No one does business in HI, they just cut deals. Pay cheap; get cheap and hang out in poverty speaking pigeon (they will pelt you if you speak Mainland english). UH staff are as old as the buildings so they ain't going anywhere! Rest of you haoles et al. go sit on a b*@#*"! PS. Excellent programs are sponsored by the US government i.e. Bush. Surrounding City: A+, Collaboration/Competitive: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 22 2008 3rd Year Male -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=50256&uid=357'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   History/Histories (art history/etc.)  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I’ve seen a lot of mixed reviews about the UH campus. In my experience it has been a fantastic school. I believe the university will be useful to you as a student depending what your major is. I am an Asian History major who plans to go to Law School. UH is one of the top rated schools with regards to Asian studies, language and/or focus. They also have a great marine biology, Architect, and MLS program. Their law school isn’t bad either, especially if you have an interest in Island politics/law. Remember now, Hawaii is an island and their way of life is completely different from the mainland. Even their politics is different: and that can be aggravating. I’m not originally from Hawaii; I came from Michigan and a great University (UofM). However I prefer Hawaii as the campus is more friendly and small. This has worked to my advantage as I have networked with some powerful Hawaiian leaders and professionals and don’t have to worry about the cutthroat competition at school. However, some students do have a bad experience here. That’s mostly because they don’t take the school seriously and treat it like a vacation. Also, the buildings need a lot of work, the equipment is outdated and the faculty can be difficult to work with at times. But most of the professors are great; a lot of them come from Harvard, Brown, Cornell, Oxford, Smith and so on. Hawaii’s tuition is incredibly cheap because of an act that was passed to make the University accessible to Native Hawaiians and as a result the tuition cannot be raised. If you want to learn about different cultures UH is great because the student body is mostly international. The grounds can be friendly, but you have to put in the effort to communicate. Many locals accept the fact a lot of transfer students are just passing through and as a result may not seem sociable. So, to determine whether or not UH is right for u determines on what kind of person you are. Island life is more laid back and multiculture. If you can't respect this then you're going to have a hard and frustrating time here. It’s different from its mainland counterparts and is run differently. You either love it here or hate it. Campus Aesthetics: A+, Campus Maintenance: C- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 19 2008 2nd Year Female -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=50090&uid=357'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Language - French/Spanish/etc.  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright I strongly discourage anyone from coming to UH. If your looking for an education or a social life, avoid this place like the plague. The professors here have all mentally checked out and don't care about you or your education. The faculty and office employees are rude and aggravated all the time. This is a commuter school so the campus is deserted after 5pm. The dorms are falling apart, the buildings are ancient, but the campus nature is nice. Everyone working for the school has no idea what is going on, you will be nickel and dimed for everything, and racism is wonderful part of everyday aloha. As for the surrounding areas, they are usually nice. It is easy to get to the beach and there is lots of shopping. Traffic is insane! There is however nothing to do after awhile. You can only play tourist for so long. As for the people, they are decent as a whole, but everyone is so close minded and defensive it makes things hard. Race and heritage are a big deal, so if you are coming from out of state be prepared to handle this. Overall if your looking to escape to a beach and go to school at the same time, try somewhere else. Campus Aesthetics: A-, Faculty Accessibility: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 01 2008 2nd Year Male -- Class 2010    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=46625&uid=357'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... 12    Next

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