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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] History/Histories (art history/etc.)  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I feel like I got a solid education and I liked the campus. It is beautiful. The weather is just bad. Very cold in the winters and hot and humid in the summer. Social life was fine, but I feel like the school is geared towards pre-meds. Athletics really don't exist here and I have friends at other universities, even the Ivys who say it is a positive. I wouldn't know. St. Louis is fine if you stay around WaU, but if you are looking for a city school, there are better cities. I had some super teachers, but I felt like I could have gotten a better liberal arts education at a smaller school or an Ivy or a number of other universities. I did not have a bad time, but in the end, for what you spend, I felt like I could have been better served elsewhere unless I was pre-med. Academically, this is still a very good school, but I am also getting tired of explaining that I did not go to the University of Washington. Faculty Accessibility: A-, Innovation: B- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 07 2011 4th 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='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=77883&uid=768'></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 Anthropology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright OK. So I'm ancient. I went to Wash U thirty years ago.I've been reading page after page of comments by much more recent grads, and you know what. the graduates and attendees who wrote positively about this school repeat my experience from the late 70's early 80's to a T. I love(d) this school. I worked hard all day and into the night and then went out almost every night late at night on weekdays and weekends. Except for my science classes, all of my classes were average to small in size. I did neurochemistry research at the med. school, modeled in the fine arts department, took chinese with about eight other kids when no one took chinese, and made the best friends of my life. I'm about to go back for my 30th reunion in a couple of weeks and can hardly wait. I would trade twenty high school friends for one Wash u. friend. Simply put, I had a great time here. I worked hard, but I played just as hard. I didn't stay just on campus either--I lived in U. City for a few years and explored much of St. Louis and environs. Having come from the New York city area, the openness and friendliness of people on campus and in the midwest was a breath of fresh air. The premed scene brought my science grades down, but I made that up with with lots of A's in my last couple of years. I got accepted to graduate school on a full fellowship that was competitive, and I think that the breadth and quality of my Wash U. experience helped garner that. And yes, the weather in St. Louis can be hell--especially if you stay for the summer. If you want perfect weather then go to the Univ. of Hawaii. However, if you want a stellar, well-rounded experience with the opportunity to get involved in almost anything your heart desires...if you want to get to really KNOW your professors and have your ideas taken seriously, if you want professors with open doors who really teach their classes (not TAs) then come to this school. Wash U. just keeps getting better and better, just like a good wine. It may not have the cachet of Yale or Harvard, but the effort you put into your education and life here will come back to reward you tenfold. Take my word for it. Individual Value: A+, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 05 2011 4th Year Female -- Class 1981    Forward  Blog it! 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