University at Buffalo: Off the Record - College Prowler - Softcover
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University at Buffalo Students Tell It Like It Is
University at Buffalo Students Tell It Like It Is
UB offers more academic programs than any other public university in New York State or New England, but is this just a policy of quantity over quality?
A school that sports over 16,000 undergrads can definitely seem overwhelming - do UB students feel lost in the shuffle?
Many of the most important American architects have major buildings in Buffalo. But do UB students really appreciate aesthetic beauty over functionality when it comes to their dorms?
You've got questions? We've got answers! It's all inside our College Prowler guide to University at Buffalo. Here's a taste:
National Recognition
"UB's English department is one of the nation's best. When the 2001 edition of the Norton Anthology of Contemporary Poetry was published, four of the poets in the anthology were UB professors. The following year, a UB English professor was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry."
Buffalo - Buried in Snowfall?
While Buffalo has suffered through many epic blizzards, including a week-long storm in 2001 that dumped 12 feet of snow on the city, the average annual snowfall is lower than Rochester and Syracuse. Buffalo has a higher percentage of summer sunshine than any Northeast city.
World-Renowned Architecture - Beauty or Burden?
"The Governors Complex was designed by IM Pei, who also designed the addition to the Louvre in Paris. With such high standards, you'd think the complex would be a dream. It's not, unless your dreams include being locked in a maze that never ends. There's nothing distinguished about Governors, which is a series of interconnecting identical suites. After an entire year, I still got lost finding my way to the dining hall. On the upside, though, it's quiet and clean."
Find out if Buffalo truly has something for you, straight from the students' mouths. Visiting campus isn't enough.
Read our University at Buffalo guide and discover what it feels like to be on campus for 4 years.
Discover if UB is Right For You.
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Once a book is written, additional students serve as editors and check for accuracy even more extensively. Our bounce-back team—a group of randomly selected students who have no involvement with the project—are asked to read over the material in order to help ensure that the book accurately expresses every aspect of the university and its students. This same process is applied to the 200-plus schools College Prowler currently covers. Each book is the result of endless student contributions, hundreds of pages of research and writing, and countless hours of hard work. All of this has led to the creation of a student information network that stretches across the nation to every school that we cover. It’s no easy accomplishment, but it’s the reason that our guides are such a great resource.
When reading our books and looking at our grades, keep in mind that every college is different and that the students who make up each school are not uniform—as a result, it is important to assess schools on a case-by-case basis. Because it’s impossible to summarize an entire school with a single number or description, each book provides a dialogue, not a decision, that’s made up of 20 different topics and hundreds of student quotes. In the end, we hope that this guide will serve as a valuable tool in your college selection process. Enjoy!
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- PublisherCollege Prowler
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1427401403
- ISBN 13 9781427401403
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages180
- EditorKelly Carey, Matt Hamman
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