The University of Vermont

This school is a pretty typical university. It considers itself cutting edge but it's pretty banal.
You may read this school is a party school, that is a lie. Those stats a based on how many people say certain buzzwords on social media or self report in surveys. For example the words smoke, party, 420 friendly, lit = loads of parties apparently. Yes, people smoke here; no, not much more than other schools. This state has a heroin problem (don't do it).

This school is ruled by progressives and liberals. It is very pro minority but has very few. Attacking people with conservative or traditional beliefs/backgrounds is considered OK, and promoted as part of a good learning experience. I alter my southern accent when at school. I am afraid to tell people I am in the military at this school. I have been called a "baby-killer," openly by a student. I am not in Greek life but, this school will openly bend and break rules to target anything they feel diminishes the school's image. UVM's stance on Greek life has been negative for decades. This is an example of how the university will posture itself against you if someone makes enough fuss. If you are offered a scholarship to entice you to come to the school, have them in writing guarantee and explain it. They will, and have re-written policies to reduce aid to fit a distribution of the student population. The university does not care if you do or do not graduate. You are a tuition payment to them. A pattern you will see is the departments are run by real people, and the university is run more corporately. Do not forget higher education is Big-Businuess.

The Athletic Training program is above stellar. It is the most competitive major at the university. The classes and hands on learning experiences are the best in the region.

If you do come here please look for good people in the crowd. They are there, I promise, probably hiding. I will not give my email for fear and threat of reprisal by the university.

3rd Year Male -- Class 2018

Useful Schoolwork: A, Individual Value: F

My own experience at this school was pretty bad overall. Seemed to be a lot of wealthy, snobby kids that finally got away from mommy and daddy and lacked any sort of depth. A lot of smoking weed and not a lot of genuine opportunities for a good time, (nothing against weed, I like to smoke it occasionally). But I really failed to connect with many people and found myself having a lot of acquaintances I would only say hi to passing by. I was looking forward to all the fun aspects of going to school in the beautiful Burlington Vermont, but rarely even got downtown. And when I was there I wasn't having much fun. Burlington isn't even much of a college town. The police are looking to get you a ticket for drinking and the bars have the best doormen in the world so good luck getting in there. This was only my experience and I knew a lot of people who loved it, but for the money you pay, you are better off going somewhere else.

1st Year Male -- Class 2019

Campus Aesthetics: A, Individual Value: D-

To be honest, most students here don't even care about academics. The only ones who do and actually came here to get an education are the ones in tough majors such as majors in the college of engineering and pre-med majors such as Bio, Neuroscience, and Chem. The rest of the students (the majority) come here so they can spend most of their time hanging out, smoking weed, partying, get drunk, etc and even though they don't get top grades they still pass (because they tend to majoring in something so damn easy that even a monkey can pass), and passing is the only thing that matters to them academic wise even though they don't learn shit. So if you aren't coming to UVM for a tough major and want to be surrounded by openmined and hardworking kids who actually care about success, then I'd suggest you find another school. I can transferring to a school where kids party but still find time to care about their schoolwork. And believe me, it's great to have fun once in a while but the majority of the kids here do it 24/7 which is unnecessary. My notion is Work Hard, Play Hard, which doesn't apply to the kids in this school.

1st Year Female -- Class 1920

Faculty Accessibility: B, Innovation: D-