University of Michigan-Flint

There’s a lot of reasons this University is world renown. Many of the most highly regarded leaders in business, agriculture, and even tech for their education here. The professors are not always the traditional idea of how you might think of teachers and that’s likely for the best. They teach at the forefront of modernity rather than relying on books that are often outdated by the time they’re printed, though they do use the relevant parts as supplement to the core of the content.
The enormous campus has housing and almost never cancels class. There’s all kinds of events all year round and plenty of student clubs. Thankfully the long walks are made easier on the winter by the skywalks the have between buildings and the shuttle bus around campus.
The downtown location is also beneficial for taking care of business between or after classes. And there’s plenty of parking no matter what building you’re going to, and you can even use it on days you don’t have class if you have business downtown.
Overall it’s the best school around and if you’re lucky enough to get in you won’t regret it.

I love the Thompson Library, especially in the Fall. I can write for hours and hours. When I need a break, I just stand up and look toward the river. It’s beautiful, and, yes, it IS Flint, Michigan.

I don’t like dead bodies in Flint river next to my car or needing security walking me to the parking lot after night class. Not cool seeing a mom push a stroller with a baby in it and smoking crack right on the street.
Professors make you work your ass off and then they just will NOT give you an A to save your life. One told me after he gave me an A on a huge book report I wrote, he wished he could take that grade away. He changed his mind. WTF? One professor would flunk the whole class and get away with it. Also, I took a year of Spanish here and I don’t understand a word of it when I hear it. They cram it on you so much and so hard you just forget it.
Some of the professors shove it down your throat, «this is U of M, this is U of M and … blah blah blah.» I got so sick of hearing that. Well the REAL U of M won’t take you without a 3.8, I’m pretty sure this school takes something like a 2.5 to enter. Huge difference. Mott is way better and cheaper. I transferred to USF in Sarasota, Florida and WHAT a difference.
Expensive, tuition goes up a lot every year for being just an average school. I earned a scholarship. They awarded me $ 1,000. And what the hell was that going to pay for? A few books? And, the food court sucks. Bring your own food and I could NEVER find a parking spot on Tues. am or Thurs. am for some reason. Very long walk to class.
Three things I like, Mark the IT tech guy … he is so helpful and knowledgeable. And Dr. Litwin (sociology/​criminology), his classes are fun and interesting. Athletic/​pool sports building is amazing. But whether you use it or not, they charge you for it every single semester.
Once they put the dorms in that really changed the feel of it … for worse. I had class while they were banging away yes I heard jack hammers for pete’s sake! …it was so loud we could not hear the professor talk but the school had to make MORE money on those dorms. I just thought more crowds, less parking.
I have friends who got one bad grade early on and the rest good but they were refused admittance to the grad program.
Students cliquey. Physically and creatively the farthest you could get from Ann Arbor U of M. Night and day.

An all-​around excellent public university.
Good professors, a vast catalog of classes and excellent graduate school programs. The campus is looking better and better all the time and UM-​Flint currently boasts some terrific new on and off campus housing in the way of upgraded student residence halls. Both the English and History departments are first-​rate. Average student-​professor class ratio is about 23 – 1, though that varies across programs. As a student, I had intro level Biology lectures that had well over 100 (more like 160) students and upper level English lit seminars and graduate classes with only six students. It all depends.
As for the campus, UM-​Flint has one of the nicest university libraries around in the form of the Thompson Library, which overlooks the riverfront. Its collection rivals that of any university library. There are numerous computer labs, an excellent writing center, tutorial help if you need it, plenty of arts/​cultural happenings on campus, a wonderful recreation center, and a growing Greek life among students.
Tuition is still more affordable when comparing it to other universities and you still get a UM degree, minus the added cost of matriculating at UM-​Ann Arbor.

This campus is a great environment. I like the small class size and the professors are great and are always willing to help! This campus has grown so much since I have been attending here !

U of M has much to offer high school students as well as college students. There is a program called HCOP. The Health Careers Opportunity Program offers a 20 wk. program called Saturday Morning Academy or SMA that’s designed to increase 9−12^th grade students’ awareness of health professions and enhance their ability to successfully compete for admission into college health profession educational programs. The program runs from mid October through mid March on Saturday mornings. SMA is a Saturday event and participants are expected to attend all sessions, arrive on time, actively participate and are expected to behave in a mature and acceptable manner.
Curriculum: SMA includes health career exposure; math, science, ACT preparation, computer literacy and reading/​writing activities to enhance students potential for college success. Students also have to maintain minimum GPA of 2.5 of attending school. The Benefits during this program is that students will gain knowledge and experience to help them increase their academic success. And by participating each student can earn a stipend of up to $ 600. This program is magnificent and really helps students with test taking skills of the ACT in order to help gain entrance into colleges.

I was invited to speak to a PT class regarding my life experiences as a former Ms. Wheelchair MI and gun shot survivor. I really enjoyed my experience here and the students seemed to enjoy the presentation. The professors were professional and even gave me a small stipend for coming. The was the only experience I’ve ever had with this school so I can’t comment on the other negative reviews, sorry!

UMF gets 1 star ONLY because Unilocal won’t let me give it zero. (I really wish it would let me give a zero.)
I was a student of UMF in 98 – 00, and a decade (and three degrees) later, I can honestly say this was the worst college/​university I ever went to. I recommend getting a better education for cheaper at Mott Community College, and using that as a springboard to more quickly get out of the greater Flint area. (The teachers at MCC did a lot more teaching. They cared a lot more.)
My experience with UMF was that a student teacher failed over 90% of our class because he was on a power trip. He ended up losing his job over it, but UMF still wouldn’t correct my GPA, so I lost my scholarship in my first semester of college AND couldn’t transfer to MCC because it put me on academic probation. Garbage!
Another of my friends JUST graduated after 11 solid years of attendance, due to their requiring him to retake courses he’d already completed, since they were previously taught by teachers (employed by UMF) who weren’t certified.
This school has NO idea what it’s doing.

I got a UM education, a UM degree, at way less than a UM-​Ann Arbor tuition. Owned!