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The University of Tampa

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityB Faculty AccessibilityC
Useful SchoolworkF Excess CompetitionB-
Academic SuccessB Creativity/ InnovationC
Individual ValueF University Resource UseD+
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyA+ FriendlinessB-
Campus MaintenanceA- Social LifeB+
Surrounding CityA+ Extra CurricularsC+
SafetyC
Describes the student body as:
Arrogant, Snooty, Closeminded

Describes the faculty as:
Condescending, Self Absorbed

Male
ACT:25
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Quite Bright
Lowest Rating
Useful Schoolwork
F
Highest Rating
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty
A+
He cares more about Individual Value than the average student.
Date: Apr 12 2010
Major: PreLaw and Legal (This Major's Salary over time)
OK so here is the deal. I'm a freshman student from the Midwest. I was looking for something a little different in school and not just what im used to. This place looks beautiful and the first week you feel like you are in heaven. The first month you think everything is fun and things are great then you realize you need tos top partying and get shit done. Thats when this school turns to shit because you realize all there is to do here is go out. you cant really get involved because there isn't much for someone to do that doesn't want to drink or smoke a blunt. Besides the social aspect of how bad this school really can be, they have convicted felons on work release cooking the food and everyone is pissed off to the extreme and doesn't want to be working there. I don't blame them but its not the students fault. The food tastes like shit and whatever but thats to be expected. Now the teachers. I have had one teacher from The University of Tampa each semester. They say quality teaching and no graduate students teaching thats bull shit because they have graduate students teaching just not from UT. The teachers are mainly adjuncts that work at USF or some other school. I had a teacher this past semester who taught at 3 other colleges.. and you wonder why i never had homework or tests in that class. Then not only having a problem with not learning anything in that class, the guy was late or didn't show up half the time. Last semester I had an math teacher that taught at HCC (community college) and she couldn't speak English, couldn't do math and she was supposed to be teaching us.. yea fucking right. we as a class went to administration and they chose not to do anything the first time. when the horrible shit continued we went again they did nothing. then she had the nerve to call me out in class and tell me I was a horrible student because I wasn't learning anything. Truth is I wasn't because she couldn't get the examples out of the book right. Next thing I guess is security. This is 50/50. I have been really close with security ever since an incident in my first semester. But the other security guards that i didn't know were and still are assholes. One of them told me to fuck off when i asked him a question. Some are lazy some are fun and will understand that you're in college and want to have fun but the ones that are not cool or understanding will totally fuck you. Then on top of that the "sentencing" is ridiculously overweighted for violations of the " spartan code". If you have a car as a freshman you will learn quickly that security tries to make money on your car as quickly as possibly. The 2nd week I was moving stuff up in my room and was parked in 15 min parking, came back out after my second trip with groceries still in the trunk that fat fuzzy dwarf was writing me a ticket. I appealed it with supporting time stamps of phone calls and texts to my roommate, and they didn't care. The second instance was when i was "parked" illegally in a commuter lot that was open to all students from Saturday to Sunday night.. I parked there at Saturday at 3:15 am and the ticket even said the time and they wouldn't appeal it. Then the third time I was parked in a city parking spot and the school made an announcement at 10 o'clock in the morning that the students were illegally parked (which was a false statement) and it just so happens i was in class and they towed my car. I got a statement from the police, and the city saying it wasn't in the legal premise of the school and then went to the school to tell them that I was going to report it and they then said that they would compensation for the cost of the tow and everything included in it. That never happened they still owe me 300$. Not to mention the fact that along with me and 3 other people (that i know of) had there loans fucked up. The school openly admitted to misplacing the forms. Unluckily for me i was able to stay, the other 3 couldn't afford the steep price of tuition and had to leave. Luck them. Overall, this place is a BEAUTIFUL campus, but thats just a front. The school cuts costs cheats you out of money and lies to you to try and get you here. This is a good place for fuck ups to be and get a college education that is worth something, but best advice to people who are looking for something serious is STAY AWAY. You're supposed to have fun in college like i want to, not pay 22K + room and board and extra fees to party. Besides the house parties run out of alcohol and the clubs get boring after the first month anyways. The education isn't serious. If you haven't guessed I am leaving to go back home next year and I was lucky enough to get accepted into a big 10 school. I did very well here even though it wasn't hard. I did more than my fair share of partying and got lucky. so if thats what you're looking for then maybe this is the place for you. If you want a serious education with education first and partying only at the right times go somewhere else.
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