The University of Houston

Date: Jan 27 2011
Major: Sociology (This Major's Salary over time)
I'm a transfer student who recently started the spring semester at UH.

I'm originally from California so I might be bias, but the standards to get accepted here are low…very low. The semester has just started (spring 11') but already I can tell that the quality of the education I am getting isn't much better than the quality of the community college in California that I came from. The teachers are all very nice, informative and you can tell they know there stuff, but the reputation of UH being an easy school is absolutely spot on. Also, many of the students here don't really seem to take their education seriously at all. I've met some very smart people, but the vast majority of the students here are just ignorant (or dumb), which is surprising given the diversity around campus. Maybe the reputation of UH being an easy school lures the ignorant people here like a light to a bug. I don't know…

I came here because I had read how well the Texas, and Houston's economy was strong and healthy. That it was a great place for college graduates and jobs after graduation were plentiful. Everybody knows about California's fiscal woes, but why was I unable to read anything about the huge crisis looming in Texas? This is disheartening information for me as an out-of-state student who moved here specifically for the prospect of getting a good job after I graduate in a stable economy. It's amazing that Texas, a state that prides itself on the reputation of being fiscally conservative have allowed themselves to be 25 BILLION dollars in debt.

Although my tuition is about the same as if I was to go to any UC, the quality of the education, like I mentioned above is not up to par with how much I'm paying, especially after hearing the announcement that UH is now a Carnegie Foundation Tier One institute, only one of three public institutions in Texas.

Although it's a good school, I'm regretting the gamble I made to move to Houston, as it seems things aren't much better here than they are back home. Except that is, the cost of living, which is cheap, but that also doesn't include the cost of utilities, which in Houston, will be used a alot. It's technically winter time, (End of January) and it's already humid.

The campus is nice, there is always activity going on, and the new facilities on the campus are very nice, specifically the Library, and Moody Towers dining hall. However, when it rains the campus seems to flood, since Houston is very flat.