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| Average | IU is a great school and Bloomington can be a very fun and interesting town. Be cautious though, aspects of living in the city can be very predatory on the student population, stay out of the large student apartment complexes, stay on campus or rent a room in a house. It'll be more interesting and less headache, trust me.
IU is big! I have had administrative issues with class size, professors not noticing I wasn't enrolled till finals due to waitlists, lost scores, etc. There is an appeal process that works but it's a pain. Keep all your work till the end of a class. | Campus Aesthetics: A+, Individual Value: B- |  | | |
| | Nov 11 2009 | 4th Year Male --
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| Quite Bright |
Like everything in life IU is what you make of it. That said, there are some downsides to this university, there is a huge emphasis on partying and greek life that can leave those on the outside feeling like there is nothing to do. While this is not true (Bloomington is an incredible town for the arts, dinning, and other things) the greek/party scene could probably be brought into check.
Academics so far have been what I expected, I greatly enjoy SPEA and my professors do an excellent job of challenging me as well as being interested in helping. Between IU's Jacobs School of Music, SPEA, Kelley SOB, the journalism school, psychology, and other top programs I have no clue why IU as a whole is not ranked higher by traditional rating systems. My only guess is that they might find our school incomplete in that we lack an engineering program.
Overall my experience at IU, thus far, has been good, though my academic experiences have been much better than my social experiences. | Education Quality: A+, University Resource Use: C+ | | | |
| | Nov 08 2009 | 2nd Year Female --
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| Quite Bright |
Having graduated quite a few years ago, my experiences as a student are probably mostly irrelevent. (We wrote our papers on papyrus and stone tablets), but as a long-time resident of the city, I can talk about Bloomington. I am, I'll confess, quite baffled by the many reviews that talk about there being 'nothing to do'. Bloomington is a lovely and vibrant city, and if a person can't find anything to do except drink and go to frat parties, she isn't trying. There are literally HUNDREDS of on-campus clubs and organzations, ranging from sports (fencing, judo, etc.) to cultural/religious, to academic interests, to volunteerism to music and dance to student government. If you can't find a club to meet your needs, you can start one. There are two large multiplex movie theaters, 3 large 'live' theaters (two on campus, one in town), plus multiple smaller and more specialized venues. Any night of the week you'll find plays, concerts, poetry readings and more. There are sports events (IU has multiple sports teams) as well as intramurals. There are hundreds of restaurants, fitness clubs (both on and off campus), parks, and so on. I can't imagine what anybody would expect to find in a mid-sized city or large university that ISN'T in Bloomington and Indiana University.
When I chose to come here to go to school, I was largely motivated by the beauty of the campus, the wide range of things to do, and the friendliness of the town. While much has changed since then, these are three things that haven't.
I have, incidently, taken a few classes in recent years as a continuing education student, and find the professors just as friendly and approachable. | Preparedness: B, Reputation: B | | |
| | Oct 21 2009 | Alumna Female --
Class 2000 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Bright |
I am a freshman at IU, and Im somewhat a mixed bag on my experience so far. After doing research about the school and deciding to enroll, my expectations of Indiana were through the roof, probably a bad thing to do regardless of where your going. The teachers and professors here are good, very open to individual help. The students themselves are touch and go, I very commonly see groups of kids who went to the same high school just transfering their clique on to IU (since the school is a bargain for instate residents), and for me, I didn't know really anyone from my high school coming here. Big plus is the girls, all very good looking and big in numbers, but don't expect to get close to them without being drunk.
In terms of the social life, its obviously good. The greek community is very overpowering though. I was told that you can have a good time without going greek, but thats completely false, I am joining a fraternity, but it is off campus and much more casual than the hardcore frats. Most frats are really fake and just conform to whatever they were told while pledging.
In terms of the town, bloomington is very disappointing. Its a nice town with restaraunts and shopping, but the transit is a pain in the ass, and theres nothing outside the town, almost like your trapped. The bars here are 21, and very strict, most of them requiring 2 or 3 forms of ID. | Education Quality: A, Individual Value: F | | | |
| | Oct 07 2009 | 1st Year Male --
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