The University of Houston

Date: Jul 04 2007
Major: Math (This Major's Salary over time)
This site is full of many biased and unfair comments about UH. I saw that one person even claimed that he was an executive at a company and proceeded to ridicule the quality of UH grads and education. The facts are these: UH is mostly a commuter school, though it does have a lot going on; UH has fantastic faculty and rigorous educational standards; UH does lie in the midst of a blighted section of Houston; The campus of UH is one of the most unique and well-kept in the state; UH grads are very competitive in grad school admissions and the job market; and last, YOUR TIME AT UH IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT! The bottom line is, UH is a unique place, its own little world. People who love the other schools in Texas don't neccessarily like UH, and on the other hand, most Cougars wouldn't be comfortable in Lubbock, either. In my freshman year, I chose to live on campus in order to better get involved with social life. I made about half a dozen good friends that year and ended up rooming off campus with two of them for the next three years. For what UH lacks in spirit and active campus life, it more than makes up for with its proximity to Houston. And this bunk about UH grads being uncompetitive in the marketplace and grad admissions is just that, bunk. I did two very valuable internships as an undergrad (Lockheed Martin, HARC) and was accepted to grad school at Rice University (the enemy!) upon graduation. The fundamental truth of life in the competitive world is that your desirability as a grad student/employee is based mostly on YOUR personal merits, not on the school you attended. Yeah, I'm sure that Harvard grads turn more heads than UH grads, but that is way overblown. I work with several people who went to "prestigious" schools like UNC and Emory, and I can't tell a difference between their work and that of my other coworkers who went to the University of Arizona and UNT. UH is a great place, and I wouldn't trade my experience there for anything. Being a senior living in Montrose and having the whole city as a playground was a great time, especially with only 6 hours my last term. Go Coogs!