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The University of Arizona

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityD Faculty AccessibilityD
Useful SchoolworkC Excess CompetitionD
Academic SuccessC Creativity/ InnovationD
Individual ValueD University Resource UseC
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyC- FriendlinessC
Campus MaintenanceB+ Social LifeB+
Surrounding CityB+ Extra CurricularsD
SafetyB
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He cares more about Extra Curriculars than the average student.
Date: May 01 2012
Major: Computer Science (This Major's Salary over time)
The CS program at U of A is several instructors that actually teach the material. At least half of them do not teach what they expect you to know. Lectures are just stale PowerPoint presentations that will not even work as a reference for programming assignments. In fact, the textbooks don't teach you how to do the very problems that are assigned from said book. Basically, they make the subject matter arbitrarily difficult so that you must teach it to yourself, spend much time with profs/TA after class, or just be a friggin genius. I wasn't the best student by any means but I don't feel my education was taken seriously by many of the tenured staff.

There is a strong Greek presence there and a lot of kids driving BMWs from NJ and CT.

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questionIs CS a strong program at U of AZ? How's it compare to Purdue? How's recruiting senior year? What are you doing post grad with your degree?
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