University of Kentucky

must reiterate what an earlier review said: this school is about one thing, basketball. the parking is horrible, attempting to print on campus or at the library is a hassle and money racket. I enjoyed my program, but the professors I encountered while taking outside requirements were mundane, acted superior, and had little interest in truly teaching. basketball, basketball, basketball, and big blue: that sums up the foundation of this university. they do have a nice art museum, so I give it an «eh» overall. I have wasted 3 years of my life here.

We were driving around Lexington today and decided to look around KU, Lane’s dad went to law school there so we thought why not? It is BEAUTIFUL!!! I loooooved the campus. We are seriously debating moving here so I can go to school there. The whole surrounding area is pretty and everything is so close. The buildings are all in good shape and nothing looks dirty or run down!

Well, I don’t go here but I had been here to visit a friend.
The campus is beautiful and is so big that I almost get lost!
The reason that I give it 3 stars is because it’s hard to find a visitor’s parking lot!
It took me 20 minutes to find one. (Ｔ＿Ｔ)

My experience with UK was nothing but fantastic. I came to UK from the west coast without knowing anybody and graduated with a close group of friends, a great education, and several job offers in my field.

I have so much pride in my University. I got a full ride, so I cannot address the cost. I have only had 1 or 2 classes that were even somewhat crowded.

Was wondering what other businesses could possibly be on here besides restaurants and low and behold I found a university. O_​o
University of Kentucky is definitely a good university to attend; however, I think the best approach is to have actually been a resident of Lexington, KY. I, myself, was from California and I came here due to my father coming here for graduate school and pretty much the atmosphere was what the first reviewer had said.
Through my Freshman year of living in the dorms, it was not bad. I found social acceptance from my roommate. Heck, he found me before I even flew here for my first semester. Coming from the West Coast to a whole new region, it is great to feel respected and it makes it easier to get acclimated. Even more so, all my floor mates in Blanding Tower floor #3 were all easy to get along with. If there was one thing that was out of place, it was the females here. They can be, at times, timid and catty like Wildcats. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! O_​o
The education was not bad either, I would say it was more of a challenge. I barely passed some of my classes, but I blame that on myself. I never had a good background in Chemistry and Physics, coming into this university. This is why, I say, it probably would have been better coming from a Kentucky high school. There may have been more emphasis put on maths and sciences. Even more so, after I graduated, I realized that if one did well in high school, within the state, had a good ACT or GPA; you could get a full ride? WHAT?!
Sports, I am huge in; but I realized that it was not a big football college :/​. Primarily, with being rejected from all the big name universities in California: UCLA, USC, and CAL-​Berkeley; I would have assumed at least being accepted into a college, with a good football program, would do something. They do have football, but the overtime win against LSU in 2007 was probably as good as it was going to get. Oh I can say that I did see Tebow get a concussion, during my undergrad here though!
Overall, I have to say my experiences here were probably a bit better than the attention of what I would have gotten in California. One of the professors had insisted that he would be a guide and followed through when I first scouted this university out. Also, I did get to uphold some tradition of my father’s legacy and I did get to explore a new culture (well, I currently still reside here, so I am learning something new everyday). To this day, I still protest that the mascot should be a horse and to be named the «Thoroughbreds» since Kentucky is known for horse racing. Other than the females that had territorial behaviors like Wildcats, I have still yet to see a real Wildcat.

Other than basketball UK is terrible at every thing. The classes, housing, parking, teachers, campus life, and administration are all terrible. The worst thing is the cost is crazy high for Kentucky.

One star for affordable education (albeit in a state with one of the lowest education and literacy rates in the country). UK also offers a wide range of degrees, PHd programs, etc. (6 colleges, a graduate school, 93 undergraduate programs, 99 master programs, 66 doctoral programs, and four professional programs.)
Another star for being located in a small city, which means Lexington is a college town that bleeds blue and white. I guess the culture that is basketball (which hasn’t won in awhile) goes in this category.
A third star for UK’s library — one of the largest in the country both in terms of size and collection. By far one of it’s most impressive features.
No 4^th star for what it lacks in education — as a liberal studies major, I felt like I was in more large classes taught by TA’s rather than intimate classes (which the U does claim) taught by people remotely notable in their field (which the U also claims). I rarely saw a professor outside of class as they often had their TA’s facilitate their office hours. Never did I feel like my needs were met academically, both on large and small term scales.
No 5^th star because of the inbreeding that is UK. Unless you are from Lexington (or maybe even Kentucky), you are already branded an outsider and may have a hard time finding social acceptance. The drinking culture reigns over all other social outlets, and the Greek system is solid though often overwhelming.
Overall, the University of Kentucky is solid in terms of what is available in Kentucky, but is not one of those public state schools that rank high in terms of education and student life.