University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

This place is bad, i dont like it. Why would anyone one willing go here. I only came here cause i was promised pie after.

The review is actually 3.5÷5 stars, but I’ll round up.
Pros:
Small, intimate setting with less than 12,000 students.
Close, in proximity to Illinois, and in between Madison and Milwaukee.
Tuition, for it’s price, is a steal for Wisconsin residents. For out of state residents, it is also relatively cheap.
Most class textbooks can be RENTED FOR FREE!
You can use the library printer FOR FREE!
Everything is pretty localized and minutes away on campus.
Business School. It’s one of the best in the countries for the price. They also have a program that lets you simultaneously get your bachelor’s and masters in I think five years.
Greek life is non-​essential.
The recreational William Center is pretty sizeable
The campus is totally all wheelchair accessible.
Library has a good collection of recreational CD’s, DVD’s, Video games. Enjoy!
The Disability department is probably the greatest in the nation.
Several bars in downtown whitewater!
Most professors are very accommodating. I’ve only had a handful of complaints.
Mathematics department is the best! Drucker, Geetha, Fe, Powel, Sobitha and more were all helpful to me when I minored in math. I was not a fan of the former department chair: Julie Letellier. She was not approachable like the others. I’m glad that Fe was elected chair. Sorry Julie.
The Campus police are surprisingly friendly, and are not out to get you.
Very little special interest groups like Campus Crusade and other bible thumping nonsense. Don’t get me wrong. I have no problems with religious people. I dislike dogma and blind faith.
CONS:
Suitcase college. Everyone leaves to their hometown on weekends. This is one of the most disappointing social factors in student life.
Scott Walker is the governor and will raise your Tuition and threaten the livelihood of every professor whether tenured or not. Hey, don’t blame me Wisco, I did not vote! Teachers deserve to make beyond subsistence level, right?
If you stay on campus during the weekends, the only thing to do is drink, watch the Packers game
Unless you are work-​study, getting a part-​time job on Campus or around campus is insanely difficult.
The main cafeteria – Esker hall –was better than eats at my former college, Bradley University. But, if it had off-​nights, boy the nights were off. Had taco night like every night. Most of the meat was bland as hell. You can always opt for the sandwich and stir-​fry right? Special ticket nights were mandatory.
Psychology Department. Barbara Beaver and Roger Knight are the only staff members I had the pleasure of having a class with that I can remember. My advisor, Meg Waraczynski, was emotionally callous and insulted my sensibilities when she refused to recommend me to field study even though I earned A’s and B’s in my class. What’s her problem? The chair, at the time, Cook was also not approachable. She told that because I did not knock on her door, I was basically a social misfit that needed therapy.
The department is underfunded, so unless you just want the textbook lecture, you can forget about the cutting edge technology or making use of interdisciplinary research between departments!
Parking on campus is horrid, since there is limited space.
Parking enforcement is overzealous and would not hesitate to leave you the fifteen-​dollar ticket if you are so much as one second late to the meter. They have their enforcers in their weird little tractor like cars passing out tickets like an usher taking admittance for the newly anticipated Star Wars film. They give out so many tickets, they install a drive thru to handle the demand. I got my car towed once. That, in itself, is an ordeal.
Since the whitewater police have nothing to do, they prey upon college students who make the Hollywood stop on main street. Don’t fall into their trap and make a full-​stop. They will show you no mercy unlike the Campus police.
Library is not open ²⁴⁄₇.
Some classes utilize the standard A, B, C, D, F system, while some classes will have +/​-​thrown in. I think it should be more uniform to be honest.
Lack of leisure activities around campus.
Resident Life takes their job too seriously. Good job, you’re cool. You kicked out a freshman for smoking pot even though he probably is passing his classes. I spent the night in the lounge on my friend’s floor as the weather was less than ideal for my commute to Janesville. Next day literally, I had to talk with Campus affairs. They told me I was in violation of the law as it forbids non-​residents from sleeping in residential rooms. Unbelievable. It was one night! I pay out of state tuition for Christ sakes! Cut me some slack.
Career Center needs to step-​up it’s game. They did not respond to any of my emails or ignored it completely. It appears instead of networking, they prefer you be not working. I have yet to network with a single Warhawk.