University of Wisconsin
- Academics

Hard but Worth It

The academics at UW madison are very demanding. I wouldn't say they are unmanageable but very few students are often on top of all their classes at once. It makes you work hard, but you work for your partying at the end of the week.

Large Classes, They Are What You Make Them

Here at UW, classes are usually large lectures and most (not all) demand the attention of a student as if it's your only class. Although the lectures are large, if you form relationships with the professors or TAs and really study the material you can get a lot out of the class.

Sciences = a+

The sciences at UW-Madison are extremely competitive. UW-Madison is the school to go to in the midwest if you want to become a doctor or be a professional in the health industry. Other than that, the business school is ranked highly among the others in the nation and so is the communications department. It is pretty common that someone you would meet at a party is a science or business major. Most people just roll their eyes when they find out someone is in the busines school--it's looked down upon by the science majors. Most of everything else is just meteokre compared to other D1 schools in the nation. Fashion Design will get you a job in retail and Theater and Performing Arts will get you into the local theater program. Our band is outstanding though! Registering for classes stresses a lot of people out, but I think that is probably common throughout other schools. The workload is insane. The professors expect the students to only focus on their individual class, making it hard to do anything else that needs to be done for other classes. I don't think they really believe that all the students will get everything done that they are assigned!