<p>I recently came upon the college because my dad told me about. He used to sell chemicals and such to them and he has been to that campus so many times. </p>
<p>From all that I have heard from him it has an amazing campus and a great location, but I keep on hearing that it is too laid back and no one cares about their education. I'll admit I'm not the most acedemically centered person, but my gpa is always above 3.0 and usually between 3.3 and 3.67. Which seems to be right in the middle for people accepted, according to collegeboard.</p>
<p>I just wanted to know is it a "bad" school where the education system sucks. Does anyone have any thoughts in general about the school, like the campus and education?</p>
<p>Sorry, I don’t know much about the school’s academic offerings, but I’ve been to the campus and it’s a great location. I was there about a month ago, and you can’t beat the weather or the unique culture that Hawaii has to offer. It seemed to have a laid back atmosphere, hey, that’s Hawaii. The students I spoke to were as friendly as could be.</p>
<p>I want to go to UH Manoa as well and I’d also appreciate some input on the school.
I’ve only heard bad things about the school, but at the same time I’ve heard it has a fantastic Asian Language program, which is good because I plan on majoring in Chinese.</p>
<p>I live basically on campus and my mom is a graduate student (getting a master’s in special education) so while I’m far from an expert, I am pretty familiar with UH. It’s definitely not an intellectual campus culture, so if that’s what you’re looking for I wouldn’t recommend it. That doesn’t mean people aren’t smart, they just aren’t hardcore into academics. For the most part, people in Hawai’i who care about academics leave for college. It’s also largely a commuter school because the majority of people attending are from O’ahu. People often also complain about the administration and bureaucracy, which can involve lots of red tape and be very slow to respond. Just as an example, my mom had to try for over 3 weeks before she could finally meet with her academic advisor.</p>
<p>However, I know a lot of people who really love the school. The architecture isn’t as pretty as a lot of mainland schools, but for natural beauty you can’t really beat Manoa, which is a very lush, rainforest type of setting. There are lots of great, affordable restaurants and some pretty nice shops right by campus and a really convenient bus system that takes you to Waikiki and Ala Moana (the largest mall) or to the largest movie theater. Partially because of that, people tend to hang out off-campus. Asian and Pacific Languages/Studies are some of the top programs there, as well as a bunch of sciences (the geology and astronomy in particular are really great) and the business and engineering programs are good if you want to work in-state. Not sure how well they carry off the islands. </p>
<p>If you have any other specific questions I can try to answer them, but that’s all I can think of at the moment.</p>