<p>I would love to hear insight from current/former students. What are some things that you love/hate about UK?</p>
<p>I loved UK when I was there, but that was a long time ago and didn't have many options at the time since I was from Lexington and my parents said they would only pay for a local campus. I lived off campus so couldn't tell you much about the dorms. I majored in Economics. If you like sports, its a great town and there is a huge alumni Network of basketball fans even in Boston where I live. If you live out of State, I don't think UK can give you much of a leg up in jobs. I did a summer abroad in Hungary/Vienna with the business school and had an experience of a lifetime, but most schools offer that kind of thing now. </p>
<p>I couldn't find a job after school and so I went straight to grad school MBA at George Washington U in DC. I ended up working at the State Department and for a Congressional subcommittee, but it was a steep climb competing with many Ivy League students, but if you work hard you can pretty much get to the places you want to go with a state school degree. I found that many of the people that I interviewed with loved to talk sports so in that sense it is up there with Ohio State, North Carolina, Florida and I always would use that as a discussion point to kind of break the ice with interviewers. </p>
<p>My husband ended up at Harvard Business School and I can tell you that UK is world's away from the opportunities that were offered him just from the network of students. They set aside an entire semester so all the Investment Banks can come in and interview. You won't find that at UK, but my opinion is if you aren't going to an Ivy then there isn't too much of a differential between UK and other schools.</p>
<p>I don't have direct knowledge but my D looked seriously at UK for the music program a couple of years ago. UK is working to improve its academic climate and I think it's making some headway. D was exploring the honors program which appeared to be quite good. There are learning/living communities in the residence halls and New North Hall is a beautiful new residence hall facility on campus. UK is not Michigan but from what I saw, it is a solid public university and is a very decent value with some good merit aid opportunities. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>I loved everything about UK when I attended as a "non-traditional" student in her 30s, back in the 1990s. Well, almost everything. One negative is its size--it's huge, a city within a city, and thus, some of the 100-level classes are gigantic. But then, this is true of many/most state universities. On the plus side, there were a million classes to choose from and interesting professors that ranged from good-to-great.</p>
<p>I have been told before, there are not much differences between schools if u are not comparing them to Ivy’s.</p>
<p>UK is the best in the state. But still not known out of state?</p>
<p>So, if u may have to look for a job out of the state, two unknown universities are not different? E.g. UK & Oklahoma State in MS of Electrical Engineering</p>
<p>i dont go there but i live close. there is always stuff to do since it’s downtown lexington and just a 5 minute drive to the mall and everything else. the fan base is HUGE for basketball and football</p>
<p>I’m in my last semester at UK, major in psychology, not in the greek system.</p>
<p>Favorite things: going to football games early on (before Joker), going to basketball games, winning the mens basketball national championship and celebrating with everyone in the streets, classes were what I expected, I was intellectually stimulated in a handful of classes, I met a few great people. I had a lot of leadership opportunities like teaching UK101. UK has a lot of diverse student organizations you can join, I am in 2 and it has really enhanced my experience there. I think the campus is beautiful.</p>
<p>Least favorite things: If you’re not in the greek system, it is harder to meet people, not impossible, just more difficult. The way I met people was through mutual friends or people I met and became friends with people at sporting events, internships, clubs or in classes. As well as my random roommates. I didn’t like the dorms, but it was an interesting experience I’m glad I had anyway. Food in the dining hall is pretty bad and fattening, but that’s standard, I guess.</p>
<p>All in all, Kentucky is really what you make of it. You just have to know yourself and reach out to things and people that interest you. If you like to drink and party and consider yourself a social butterfly, rush a fraternity or sorority. If that’s not your thing, there are plenty of other ways to have a good time at UK. Go Cats!</p>
<p>Also, about class sizes: yes, I’ve been in 200+ classes, but I’ve also had a class of SIX people. Your freshman year will be a lot of those big classes, but even with those there is usually a discussion class that is about 30 people where you can get more attention.</p>
<p>I love being at UK. While you may not get all the “elbow-rubbing” experiences you do at Ivy League, you also won’t graduate with an insane amount of debt. Not to mention the fact that UK has greatly improved its research atmosphere. UK may not have been on top of things when karenteic went to school, but it has certainly made an impressive amount of headway since then.</p>