what are the most important parts of a college campus?

Question

food, housing, academics, nightlife, facilities, clubs....yeah sure.

but what else?

thanks!

Answer 1

I believe social life is very important in a college campus. It's a good way to relax and form group study buddies for your midterms/exams.
- Food isn't too important if you are able to cook your own food, which will save you some money. I usually don't have time to go outside of campus and eat between classes because the weather outside is too cold and it's too far away from my class. So I usually just eat what the college offers (usually subway) and most people just live on coffee instead of food (Starbucks, Second-Cup).
- Housing: Depends what your budget is, and where your college is located. My college is in the middle of a downtown city area, so there are lots of housing available. I usually just commute back and forth to school (which doesn't give much of a social life, but it does save money). So if you want to make friends and join clubs, housing near your campus is a good idea (since some of my favourite clubs seem to happen at night, it would suck to end school at 3pm and wait for your club to start at 9 pm).
- Nightlife: I personally don't have one since university can be quite busy, but that also depends on your university and how well you work haha
- Facilities: Facilities isn't that important in North America, but I find that studying in a nicely designed (and new) library is important to me.
- Clubs: They're important if you want to make a difference for your college, good for your social skills and probably something good to look at on your resume
- Academics: Check out www.princetonreview.com and search your school. Look at some of the reviews and statistics they have there. For instance, average GPA, enrollment, popular subjects/majors. A very useful tool in my opinion. For me, I believe the most important statistics listed is the Student Faculty Ratio: 26:1 because it's harder to learn in a big class (and i'm talking about 1 professor vs at least 300 students in a room). 15:1 sounds like a reasonablely good ratio.
Also, choose a university/college that is at least reputable for your subject, but make sure it's a school you'll definitely enjoying learning in. In my opinion, reputation isn't a huge factor unless you're in graduate school. If you plan to go to graduate school, make sure your undergraduate school is somewhat reputable, but a good environment to learn in (ex: good professors, class discussions, student-professor ratio)
Do some research, and good luck!

Answer 2

1) Academics - if you're getting a crappy education, it's not worth the price. Make sure they have a good reputation in whatever field you're interested in, and have a good track record for getting students jobs /into med/grad schools.
2) Housing - you have to live there, after all.
3) Food - you can always order out, but that gets expensive.
4) Facillities - gym, libraries, etc.
5) All that other stuff - if you have time for it!

Answer 3

I see you really have your priorities set about your education.
It 's so nice you are concerned about clubs, nightlife, food, housing instead of the library, access to faculty, # faculty having Phds,
What are you majoring in, beer?

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