University of the Virgin Islands

Date: Jun 06 2011
Major: Biology (This Major's Salary over time)
I am an alumni that obtained a BS in Biology on the St. Thomas campus. The education I received was challenging and helped me to grow. I was able to do cool labs which included scuba diving at the beach, hiking in guts, working in the lab, or going to the beach to quantify marine life. For the most part my teachers were friendly and approachable only one had a tendency to be conceited at times. They gave assignments that were worthwhile and allowed real word application to text book theories. During the summer I was able to work on projects as a research assistant and traveled to present the results during conferences or symposiums in St. Croix or on the mainland. I was also on some of the athletic teams and we traveled quite a bit for competitions. I lived on campus for a couple years and even though there were cliques you could easily sit at someone else's regular table in the caf without causing a problem. The cafs food was great rarely, ok some times and mediocre most times. The grill or salad bar was always a good back up. Before I left there was some tension between the students and the caf manager. He had a attitude and complained that the students took too much food and that most of it ended up in the trash. Also that the students were giving their food away to non campus students or visiting family which was against the rules. The campus didn't have a night life every night but there would be events on campus especially on Friday or Saturday. If anything there were local bars and clubs you can go to if your 18 or over. Overall I enjoyed my experience and would do it again. If I could go back I would pick a different major. Mainly because I've found it difficult finding a biology related job.