South
Alabama has one of the cheapest out of state tuition
rates in America; but still, at US$6000 for a single
semester, it was not worth the money. I did not
feel challenged in my coursework at all, but possibly because
I (unwittingly) registered for classes that covered content I'd already
studied back in my home country... so, my bad. But
even for new material, it was fairly easy. I scored
straight As for all 6 classes the one semester I
was at South, and skipped a fair number of classes
while I was at it.
Students are fairly uncompetitive
and do not seem particularly motivated or concerned about their
grades. One of my classmates expressed her concern at having
to maintain a GPA of 3.5... (??? With the standard
of classes at USA, I don't really think it's that
hard. Sorry :/)
A fair number of adult students go
to this university so social life is pretty nonexistent, especially
if you live off campus. Not many chances to make
friends in class. International students are a fairly isolated community
and I did not interact with Americans outside of class
at all. There are international student groups though... all my
friends at South were international students. But USA being in
the South, interracial mingling is hardly common anyways...
I transferred
out because I found the curriculum completely unchallenging. However, to
be fair, I did have some pretty nice and engaging
professors, and the campus was pretty! I took a drama
class that I loved as well (theatre at USA is
fairly impressive to my untrained eyes). Students were friendly in
an arm's length sorta way.
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