The University of New Hampshire

Date: May 16 2008
Major: Communications (This Major's Salary over time)
First and foremost I am a firm believer that you responsible for the school you pick for better or worse. If people did their research ahead of time and fully engaged a university they plan to attend then they know what they'd be getting into.

I am surprised about people saying there isn't anything to do in town. That might be true if you aren't 21, but you think you'd research that before you decided to attend. There are beach towns such as Portmouth and other towns like Dover which are 10 minutes away with buses that go to them if you need scenery change. The bar scene started to suck when I left. I was in the GREEK SYSTEM AND BY NO MEANS DOES IT DOMINATE CAMPUS LIFE. ONLY 4-6% MAX OUT OF 15,000+ students are in FRATS or SORORITIES. What I find funny is people leaving comments about how UNH sucks so bad, then why did you stay for 4 years and go to frat parties?

The campus layout is good and the campus is fun if you get involved. Some of the classes are huge lecture halls. The advising is non existent and the career services department is deplorable. I visited them on several occasions and they just put me in front of a computer to assess my interests and told me to research the binders in their office. The job fairs were small in comparison with the amount of students who attended them.

Overall, it's a good school with good sports. I take grad classes at SNHU now and the learning environment and support is 100 times better than UNH. If you can self advocate and like the clubs and variety that UNH has to offer then it's a good choice. The diversity has gotten better since I was there too. It's a school for students more concerned with the college experience than the outcomes.