(UHM) I am a transfer student from a community college

How this student rated the school

Educational Quality	A+	Faculty Accessibility	C+
Useful Schoolwork	A-	Excess Competition	A
Academic Success	B+	Creativity/ Innovation	B+
Individual Value	A+	University Resource Use	A-
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A+	Friendliness	B+
Campus Maintenance	B-	Social Life	A+
Surrounding City	A+	Extra Curriculars	A+
Safety	A+

Describes the student body as: Friendly Describes the faculty as: Helpful

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Super Brilliant

Lowest Rating Faculty Accessibility	C+

Highest Rating Educational Quality	A+

He cares more about Faculty Accessibility than the average student.

Date: Jul 01 2008
Major: Business - Management and Administration (This Major's Salary over time)
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.

Responses

Hey man thanks so much for this entire review, very motivating. I am attending Baylor University right now with a 3.3 and plan on transfering to Hawaii and ideally living there for the rest of my life, I have two questions:

How hard is it for a non-local to find a job/start a business in Hawaii?

Also what are you doing as of today?
Thanks so much

I posted this in 2008 and had a heck of an experience in Hawaii. It is not hard for a non-local to get a job in Hawaii. If you have the aloha spirit, love the islands and the dynamic culture (Asian or Japanese, Pacific Islanders including Polynesians and Micronesian and some American presence) then you should be okay. Join a club, get an internship and make friends then you will be okay. Also, business in Hawaii isn't big business but of the local kine. As Hawaii is isolated from other mainlands of the world and the island is strongly hippie liberal (though the taxes, prices of goods and house prices are not liberal - lol). I am currently back on the east coast after college. Since I was supporting myself out of state (gained in state after doing year at part time, etc.

Wait, so you can gain in-state tuition? Please explain

Yes. Just google gain in-state tuition. You will find a lot of things. Also check out UH-Manoa's policies. You will find the Hawaii Residency Requirements at:

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