whats everybodys opinion on UNIVERSITY oF ARIZONA?

Question

should i go or not ?

Answer 1

The U of A is a decent state university. That means, it is very large, there are many good students there, but also, many thousands of not very good students. There are some famous professors but also hundreds if not thousands of teaching assistants who teach many of the basic courses and discussion sections, and many of those grad students and upper level undergraduates are only mediocre in their subjects. In other words, it is pretty likely you will get a teacher who is not particularly good.

So, a lot of classes will be fairly easy to pass if you are a half-decent student and you take school seriously. If you approach school in a business like way, you should get a great GPA and graduate without ever having to work very hard. You will be able to party and relax and at the end you will have a degree. It won't get you much respect, but at least it will be better than ASU or U of Phoenix!

You are going to be treated like a number, and some of your classes are going to be really big - 500 students in a class would be nothing unusual. Unless you are in some odd major like Balkan languages or something, all your classes will be like that.

Tucson is an interesting city. The desert and mountains around there are pretty and a big change for anyone from back East. The weather is fabulous except for the summer when it is brutally hot.

I'd say U of A is a good school for anyone who wants to be somewhat educated but hey, let's not go over the top on this education thing!

ps a class of 50 is a big class. In many private universities the average class size once you get beyond the introductory level is more like 15 - 20, not 50. And in any school that has the student faculty ratio of U of A you are not going to get a lot of individual attention. If you aaare an in-state resident student you will pretty much get what you pay for. If you are from out of state, as the other answer suggests, you would be pretty much paying too much.

Answer 2

I agreed with Matt until he said, "Unless you are in some odd major like Balkan languages or something, all your classes will be like that." Meaning, 500 students in a class. Only my daughter's Psych class (a required Tier I class) had 500 students. French 102 had 25 seats. One Natural Science (Tier I) had 150 seats, another had 50 seats (also a Tier I). Logic & Critical Thinking had 50 seats. A Non-Western Cultures & Civilizations (Tier I) has 50 seats. Shall I go on to the upper-level classes? One Natural Sciences (Tier II) class will have 25 seats. And those numbers are only if the sections are completely full.

Frankly, the statement, "it is pretty likely you will get a teacher who is not particularly good" is true for any university - even highly ranked ones. In the two years my daughter has been at UofA, she has had her one poor teacher, but she has also had some very inspiring ones. And that's just in the core classes outside her major, as the department she's in is very specialized and all the faculty members are master teachers.

UofA is a decent school, overall. I disagree that "you are going to be treated like a number." Large schools are what you make of them and UofA has plenty of services, activities and devoted faculty members to provide a fulfilling college education.

Answer 3

It is the best university in Arizona. But if you threw a dart at a map of the United States, the odds are that you would hit a state with a better public university.

Look at the rankings at US News' web site for more details.

Answer 4

good AZ school

Answer 5

i don't know cause i live in florida not in arizona.