(UHouston) I went to U of H for approximately a year

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Describes the student body as: Closeminded Describes the faculty as: Helpful, Arrogant

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She cares more about Surrounding City than the average student.

Date: Jul 26 2012
Major: Math (This Major's Salary over time)
I went to U of H for approximately a year. I came in with nearly enough credits to graduate; my goal was to do so as soon as possible.

U of H is my fourth university; I've attended what are considered better and worse universities previously; as such I feel that I hold a unique perspective.

I hated every second of UH. Here's why:

1. I wouldn't describe myself as super-brilliant, but I was smarter than all of my professors, except for the math teachers. Even worse, I felt that I was 'older', or more emotionally mature. This was depressing. I found myself a couple times unwillingly in a stature war with a couple of them. I was under the impression that they found me intimidating. The math professors thought I was arrogant, and failed me on purpose the first set of exams in order to 'teach me a lesson'. This brings me to the second point.

2. All the kids at U H are white, suburban, and have no will or personality. Right—that's obviously false if you look at the U H demographics, but it seemed to be true of the math department. I'm rather shy and retiring myself, but the work I do requires me to yell at people, lay down the law, and generally put myself out there. I'm used to dealing with conflict and generally saying what's on my mind. I felt very out of place in the U H classrooms. It seemed that the other kids in my classes had gone to reasonably decent public high schools where they actually taught you things, had stable home lives, jobs which paid a living wage, and didn't have much experience in the adult world except at UHouston. Many of them struck me as overachievers; reasonably bright kids who worked really hard and had become really good at school. The coursework we did reflected this; for the first time in years I was required to turn in homework, and we had quizzes every two weeks. I understand that the professors were trying to 'keep us on track', make sure we were learning things, but for someone like myself who had a lot of bullshit going on in the background, having to be constantly accountable for the course material was not feasible.

I love school, I love learning, but after a pretty awful spring semester juggling work, family, and really stupid feuds with arrogant old men with bad attitudes, I think I'm going to need a good long break before I'm ready resume courses.

Hopefully something I've said in all this will be useful to someone considering attending UH.

Responses

I am transferring to UH as a math major, how is the math department and the classes?

I didn't like it. I generally think the professors at UH are dismissive of students. There's a lot more focus on the quantitative aspect rather than the concepts themselves, which was hard for me. It was more like engineering school in that respect. The classes are tougher than I expected, but a lot of that was because I didn't have the time to really do the work. I'm sure it's doable if you're willing to work hard enough. Honestly the other kids in my class didn't seem that smart.

Thanks for your input

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