<p>Sven: It was just a summer semester when I went to KU. I took a Bio, a Philosophy and a social work class (9/10 credits in one month.) I thought the classes were good deal easier than my regular classes at Albright. Bio was very well-taught, but the tests, labs and assignments were all very easy - this was to fill my gen ed requirement, it was a course for non-science majors. The social work class only had one written assignment and a few very easy readings and tests, it was pretty much a joke. The Philosophy class was the only one of the three with a fair amount of work - we had 2-3 readings and a paper due every class(4 days/wk) and the grading of those papers wasn’t super easy either - I felt like I got my money’s worth for this class. </p>
<p>The dorm was very nice, I had a large double - directly out of my window I was looking at the graduate center along the “main” street, (which had horse and buggies going down it quite frequently.) The dorm had hardwood floors, large closets, air conditioning but it did have hall bathrooms. What I liked most about it was that my morning class was in the same building - so I could wake up and roll straight to class. Since it was summer only the main dining hall was open. The food there was decent; there seemed to be a good number of other options that would be open during the regular school year. The campus was nice, very clean, everything was spaced out pretty far so I did a good deal of walking there.</p>
<p>I only stayed there Sun-Wed nights, and went home every weekend, (it was my summer after all.) So during the nights I was there, it did not seem like there was a large party-scene, but my view was limited. </p>
<p>I liked the students I met there, but they may be a self-selecting group, since they were the ones who stayed for summer semester. Many were not traditional college age, (they were in their late 20s and 30s,) and a few were from other schools, (e.g. I went to Albright during the regular year, my roommate was a Pitt student, a girl in my Bio class went to Elizabethtown.) They seemed to be mature, responsible, motivated people who were well-grounded. Most were engaged in our classes and everyone seemed to keep up with the work, I really don’t remember there being slackers in my classes.</p>