(Texas-A&M-College Station) I came to this university and department to get

How this student rated the school

Research Quality	C	Research Availability	D+
Research Funding	F	Graduate Politics	C
Errand Runners	C-	Degree Completion	B-
Alternative pay [ta/gsi]	D+	Sufficient Pay	C-
Competitiveness	F	Education Quality	B-
Faculty Accessibility	C+	Useful Research	B
Extracurriculars	C	Success-Understanding	B-
Surrounding City	D-	Social Life/Environment	D-
"Individual" treatment	C-	Friendliness	C-
Safety	D+	Campus Beauty	F
Campus Maintenance	D-	University Resource/spending	C-

Describes the student body as: Friendly, Arrogant, Approachable Describes the faculty as: Helpful, Arrogant, Self Absorbed

Male

Lowest Rating Research Funding	F

Highest Rating Useful Research	B

He cares more about Campus Beauty than the average student.

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Anthropology (This Major's Salary over time)
I came to this university and department to get my Ph.D. During my stay, they changed the curriculum so many times and did not inform graduate students about it. Student advisor kept changing every semester; not helpful at all.

There are huge political gaps between nautical program, CSFA, and the rest. Political issues in the department seem more important than teaching and training students. They are mainly evaluated based on how much money they bring to the university and the number of publications, so they have no reason or motivation to care about students, unless their personality or belief or philosophy drive them to do so.

There are good professors and bad professors. Bad ones treat their OWN graduate students like disposable. No compassion. And they call themselves Anthropologists…ironic. Others fall between OK to good and empathetic towards their students.

In the department, unfair and unreasonable treatment of students happened in the past. If you are on the wrong end, you can get kicked out of your program without notice. Department doesn't take any action about it. I don't recommend this department for graduate degrees.

The University itself gears towards diversity, but sadly it is only superficial diversity, just trying to increase the number of people from diverse background without facilitating the support system. If there is, it's hiding somewhere, not easily accessible. New international students remain mainly clueless unless they contact the student association of their nationality before they arrive. Chinese, Indians, and Koreans comprise most of the internationals. White Republicans dominate undergraduates and the campus. Very conservative.

But don't get me wrong. Of course there are a lot of good-hearted people in the university and community who really care about people. You treat people with respect and care, they treat you with respect and care. I've been helped a whole bunch when I experienced tough times. There are really selfish arrogant people too. It's just like everywhere.

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