Eastern Michigan University

Date: Apr 01 2013
Major: PreLaw and Legal (This Major's Salary over time)
I'll be honest - I only came to Eastern because I was offered $4500 per year in two scholarships. At the end of my first semester, I lost all of that money because the university failed to post anywhere on their site that the better of the two scholarships was contingent upon keeping the other. If I could do it all over again, I would have gone to my first-choice school rather than this place. In the two years I have been here, I have heard of a murder, a shooting (where only one non-student was injured), and dozens of armed and unarmed robberies. I'm terrified to walk around campus at night, which is a shame, because the beautiful campus is the only thing Eastern has going for it. Do not be fooled - if you want a true university experience, this isn't the school for you. This is a HUGE commuter school, and even the majority of people who live on campus go home on weekends. There is nothing to do on campus, and the clubs/organizations are difficult to get any information on. People are very closed off here - I haven't made any friends that I plan to talk to after I transfer. Ypsilanti is a mediocre city - There are quite a few great restaurants (if you're ever in the area, check out Aubree's and Tower Inn), but other than that, there's nothing to do. You have to drive the twenty minutes to Ann Arbor to be able to do anything, which sucks if you're like me and don't have a car, because the public transit is more confusing than the coursework here. Professors range from great to horrible - I've had one amazing professor in my minor, but a horrible professor in my major who made me despise that field. Overall, coming to Eastern was the worst decision I ever made, and I can't wait to transfer out of this school at the end of this semester.