Eastern Michigan University

Date: Dec 02 2010
Major: Psychology (This Major's Salary over time)
Eastern is a slacker school I cant speak for every person attending this university because some are not slackers but most of the people who go to eastern are after spending one semester here I can say that with confidence. I honestly felt like I was in high school I could get homework assignments and be able to push them off last minute and still get A's with little or no effort on my part. This is college and I expect to be challenged I expect to learn so I can succeed and eastern doesn't do it for me. What I mean by slacker school is since it only takes a 2.0 to get into eastern they let everybody in. Most of the people Ive seen around dont even study and their still hanging around campus. I had roommates and friends who hardly did any homework and were passing all their classes. Its a slacker school this is the school were people who didnt try in high school get into. If your educated and dont wanna be surrounded by ignorant people dont go here seriously. If your smart and actually want a degree that you worked for and want it to mean something dont go to eastern its just like highschool. Eastern is ghetto and an easy university to not only get in but stay in its not challenging at all.The social life is a joke sure people say its diverse and it is diverse crowd but its still segregated people stay in their own clicks pretty much based on their race hence asians hang with asians whites hang with whites blacks hang with blacks so segregated especially in the eastern eateries by the dorms you will see what I mean I mean some people hang around different crowds but for the most part its segregated. Since eastern is a commuter school everyone goes home on the weekends parking lot is dead empty and ypsilanti is such a boring town theirs nothing to do but to go to Ann Arbor. There are no partys on campus dorms are too small and police crack down on it eastern used to be a party school but now not so much. The partys are usually off campus in Ann Arbor good luck if you dont have a car or the Kappa frat parties but lately some have been getting shut down. On campus is safe but a few miles out your not as safe. You even get get emails almost everyday on your eastern mail account telling you about off campus crimes a few miles from the university. Rarely you will get one on campus its usually about a theft. The only reason the university is safe is because EMU has their own police force. Even so I would still lock my door and double triple check the lock. Girls I have to point out the girls. Eastern doesn't have the finest girls . Most of the girls I saw were straight but nothing really special few fine girls in between but for the most part nah not that fine or even sofistiacted for that matter based on my experience. The football team sucks thats pretty much all I have to say they hardly win any games the own football team wasn't even hype at the pep rally and it shows in their performance. The good programs they actually have like the forensics team get underrated when their actually the only programs succeeding at EMU. Now eastern is polished and looks good on the outside with its nice college campus and library and computer lab but its not really all there. There some positive things about this university but most of the things that really matter in a good school lack the academics are easy its not even remotely challenging to pass any of the classes and your paying so much money for a education thats not really there. I had one class with a teacher who missed 3 weeks of the entire semester unannounced. No partial refund no nothing. Ypsilanti the surrounding city is dangerous and boring the social life sucks people stay in their own groups and clicks and keep to themselves otherwise. No partys eastern is no longer a party school like it used to be a few years back according to some past eastern alumni I asked before coming here. Im disappointed with eastern michigan as a school and Im transferring out to another university maybe U of M which is right down the street in Ann Arbor. Bottom line if you wanna get into a easy university and get a easy degree with little work involved and don't wanna be challenged in your college education and don't wanna work hard for it eastern is for you. If you plan on working hard for and education and take pride in your academic experience don't go here try U of M.