Terrible University
Written: Mar 31 '03 (Updated Apr 13 '03)
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Pros: Good business school, the school likes improving the buildings...
Cons: Everything is GREEK, expensive, stuck up kids, snobs, high cost of living...
The Bottom Line: Don't come.... Read the review
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| moovaltine's Full Review: Southern Methodist University |
I am currently attending Southern Methodist University as a freshman, and needless to say from my title...I am transfering after my second semester. To where is not important.
Southern Methodist University...also known as "Southern Millionaires University", and "Smooo," is a place to come if you have lots of money, "connections," want to find a rich man, like using your looks to get things, don't mind doing idiotic homework assignments that take up time but don't enforce what you learned in class or help you with the next test, like patterning your life after MTV, enjoy talking about the "things you have," like superficial stuck up kids, enjoy meeting people from the Highland Park bubble, like being stereotyped because of your looks/race/income, and last but definately not last...you have a burning desire to join a frat/sorority and wear oversized t-shirts with huge greek symbols on them all the time.
SMU is a waste of time, money, energy, and essentially life. People warned me not to come to SMU, but after the visitation, which SMU is very good at puting on, I decided to come here anyway...I soon, and very soon, realized that I should have heeded the warnings. The school is not worth it....what is "it"..it is anything.
ACADEMICS
The only majors you should come to this school for is business, theology/religion and dance. That's it. The other schools are mediocre. Everyone at the school is business this...business that. etc. etc. Dedman college which was the first college in SMU, really has nothing to offer. The school prides itself in "weeding out" pre-med majors with BIOLGOY 1, and of course organic chemistry. However, the course work at SMU isn't really that hard, but often times time consuming and non-beneficial to test and class understanding, so the test can be unnecessarily difficult, and of course SMU will reward the professor, because it makes the school look like its challenging the students. OREINTATION was put together well by SMU...if you enjoyed being lied to and coerced into believing the school is "nice." They constantly spoke of diversity...there is none, all the girls talk like they're from the valley of California as do the guys, who constantly say "dude" and "guy." All the students are WASP.
NIGHT LIFE/ SOCIAL SCENE
Terrible. Need a car. You will only enjoy the SMU nightlife if you have a fake 21 ID, because all the bars and nice spots are 21 and up...don't believe MAXIM who says Dallas is so great...it is if you're 21. Everything at this school is GREEK. If you don't want to join a frat, or are not sure, or don't want to suck up to frat guys to get a bid when you rush...don't come here. The first semester is a good time i will admit somewhat, the week before school starts, all the frat houses have open house parties, with lots of alcohol and music, and its a great time, then they have bus parties where they bus students to rented out clubs to dance, mingle, etc. after that DOWNHILL, and since everything social is greek related, if there is no greek activities, at night you will be in your dorm doing nothing. The second semester everyone is concerned with RUSH...getting a BID...crush parties... formals...and other greek activities. During the day, everyone wheres large ugly tshirts with the greek letters of their frat/sorority stitched on the front. The topic on everyone's mouth is what are you pleding..what are you rushing...who gave you a bid...which house did you pick...why... AND what's worse, the profs get in on it too... QUESTION: "who is in a frat or sorority in this class?"... 96% of the class raises their hand... This schools social scene is ridiculously stupid and idiotic. This school feels more like a slightly larger high school than a college. There are 5000 undergraduates, yet I see the same people all the time, no matter how my schedule changes. DRUGS. If you're a pot head or a crack head, you will like SMU, people talk about smoking marijuana and doing coke the way other people talk about getting a bite to eat or a cup of coffee, its absurd...but then again we're close to PLANO (cocaine capital)... There are some good parts... We're in Dallas, so although you have to be 21 to enjoy yourself, there are some things to do.. i.e. the movies, amusement parks, sorry clubs... yeah , I know...high school all over again. Bottom line, if you want a decent...not good, but decent social life , go greek. It's the only way.
DORMS
The dorms are pretty nice with the exception of McElvaney which is ridiculously small. Rooms I mean. Boaz is terrible. It's nice for meeting people, but the rooms are small, the AC breaks, and there is always a distinct scent throughout the entire dorm. You wont be able to study because people are always making noise and it smells bad. There is no parking, and freshmen guys have to park in a lot out of the way, where thieves and vandals often break into cars and steal. This year alone there have been about 6-7 car jackings. NOT CAR THEFTS. Jackings, that means the driver got strong armed out of their vehicle and then their vehicle was taken, most never to be found. UPDATE: There was a shooting on the street directly behind SMU recently. Two girls were robbed at gunpoint, and one was shot twice, once in her wrist and once in her thigh.
FOOD
The cafeteria is disgusting. The first month or two, you will be in "SHOCK AND AWE" of it, but after that, you will detest it. THEN, the Chick-fil-A, Blimpies, and other restaurants in the student center will get tiresome, and you will find yourself ordering out all the time...wasting money you really dont have...
TUTORING
The tutoring center is a joke. The students helping you are not that bright. I am not a genius, and I knew more than the calculus tutors, they cannot even do word problems, which is what students need help with. The writing tutors are not good at all, and the english professors have to set aside a week before papers are due, just to help students.
SMU BUBBLE
For some reason, SMU students either don't care about current events, or are just too caught up in their frat/sorority life... When the USA declares war, Bush gives a speech, or anything major happens, noone at the school except faculty cares. The campus paper writes articles about it, and the students will say that that issue of the paper sucked, because it didn't have any "entertaining" stories...like stories on musical artists, movies, or clothing...
STYLE
You will not fit in at SMU if you dont own a Fendi hand bag, a Burberry Scarf and Jacket, and Minolo Blondik(spelling) shoes. ALSO, you need a pair of expensive sunglasses to where as soon as a crack of sunlight emerges, REEF Brazil thongs, and any other expensive items you see in the mall. If your car is more than 3 years old, don't bring it, you will get laughed at by peers/friends? and looked at strangely when driving. If your car when new does not cost at least 35grand, don't bring it.
This is a very opinionated review I know, but this is from my year here, as well as the years prior to mine of people I know, as well as the word of mouth experiences of people I have met.
SMU Tution and fees: $34,000.00
New car so as to not to look poor: $36,000.00
CreditCard debt at graduation for those who want to act rich: $45,000.00
Seeing a stuck up fendi bag holding, burberry scarf wearing SMU "sorority b**ch" falling UP the steps on her way to class: PRICELESS
Recommended:
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Location: Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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