High Point University

Date: May 23 2012
Major: Communications (This Major's Salary over time)
Here's the legitimate breakdown of HPU. The campus is absolutely beautiful and it's really not that hard to do well, just go to class and put in minimal effort. The women around campus are beautiful and the fact that people disagree on this site is crazy to me. The party scene is nothing too crazy but you can still have fun if you want to. Pregaming and going to some bars wednesday and thursday and frat parties on the weekends. A major problem I have with it are the kids. I have a lot of good friends that im really glad I know. I also surround myself with positive people because thats how to have fun, but there are plenty of people who are content smoking in their room all day complaining how theres nothing to do and how everything sucks. That's how the school get's a bad name, I hear kids complaiing so I say things like "ok well lets go meet up with girls at the pool" only to get a response like "eh fuck that" makes no sense. In all honesty I am a crazy partier and even though the parties are nothing crazy, I still have a good time. One major problem with the parties is there only frat parties, so when the school doesn't let them have parties (some weekends they dont) the party scene sucks. The frats try and take over the school but I don't let it bother me, I was even dancing with a girl and she asked me what frat I was in, i told her none and she just laughed and walked away from me. The rushing is very "fake" its like a week of dry get togethers in the frat house to decide if you get a bid, so it's not even like a real fraternaty. One thing I haven't even touched on is the strictness of security. Since it's a private school you sign all your rights away from day one. I was caught smoking marijuana and not only did they call the cops on me to get a state ticket, I had to pay $700 in fines, random drug testing for the year at my expense (fail=kicked out), counciling sessions twice a week, and probhation which means if your are even caught drinking or violating the rules, you will be kicked out. That to me seemed a bit strict but there was nothing I could do. All in all, I do like it here. There are things I woudld change but thats true for every school. The people who are giving terrible reviews about this school obviously don't know how to sieze a great opportunity and would rather sit around bitching. Good luck wherever you go.