Utah Valley University

I think one of the pros of being a UVU student is there's a lot of great professors there. They're really awesome.

You don't ever have to go outside, so when it's freezing cold, you can just stay inside and walk to all your classes.

The pros to UVU is the interconnected campus, so you can go from one building to the next without going outside. It's really nice during the winter time. UVU is kind of a quirky school where, you know, they don't have like a lot of sporting events that you can go to, but they always have something going on, so that's what I really appreciated there. I felt like the professors were really easy going. Not all of them, but when you're doing like your undergrad, it's, they're definitely really nice and really helpful professors.

I used to be a UVU student, I just graduated not that long ago, and it was a great experience for me. One of the things that I love about the university is the sense of community, different social activities, different clubs, different things to do outside of the classes and of course the professors. I think also one great thing is that you don't really have like a big huge classes with tons of students and so the professor gets to know you better and you get to know better your classmates and ask for the help when you need it.

I loved UVU. One of the pros about it is just the sense of community. Even though there are thousands and thousands of students, you can always find your group of people within your major. There are so many groups to join and there's a great sense of community and learning. So the environment there is really positive and kind of a growth, a growing environment. I also really love the connected buildings, which you can walk anywhere, almost anywhere, indoors. So it's really great in the winter and also you can get around a lot quicker.

Another great pro of UVU is the library. There's tons of open space, pretty quiet, so there's always good room to study. There's computers, anything you kind of need there, so it's a super great place to be able to focus and study and just have a good time there.

There are so many good things about UVU, but there's two things that I really love. The first is that you can get almost anywhere on campus without having to go outside, which is really nice when it is freezing and it's winter time because Utah is cold. And then the second thing that I love about UVU are the class sizes. And maybe I just got lucky with the classes that I was taking, but generally the class sizes are like small and manageable, which was really helpful for me and my learning.

Another benefit of UVU is that all the buildings connect and so like you can go outside and you can walk like from building to building that way but in the winter it's so nice because you don't have to walk through a foot of snow and the freezing cold and you can just go through all the buildings which is super awesome and they have a really great student wellness center. It's got a like big rock climbing wall and they switch out the, I'm trying to remember how often, but it's like every couple of weeks they switch out the, they switch out the climbs and yeah it's great. They've got a lot of deals and different things for students. Would recommend.

UVU has a great environment for collaborative work and for learning from others. The students that were around me, although we were from very different ages and backgrounds and experiences, really helped me to succeed. And I felt a lot of camaraderie there and not as much competition as I was expecting in an arts degree. So I highly recommend UVU. It's very progressive and allows you to learn things that you may not learn other places. And I appreciate how supportive the professors were in helping me reach my goals and giving me opportunities that I would not have had at other universities.

I love UVU. I'm a transfer student. I went to BYU-Hawaii for two semesters before, two semesters, two years before I went to UVU, and I feel like it was kind of night and day in the way that I was able to balance my life. I was able to have more of a social life at UVU than I was at BYU-Hawaii. I feel like BYU is really good at making their classes a little bit more unnecessarily hard, and UVU did a good job at still having them be challenging, but able to balance life, especially utilizing my professor. I felt like I was able to pick really good professors that also helped with that, and I've had a really good experience at UVU so far, and I'm glad I transferred, although I do miss Hawaii for those asking, but yeah, that's what I would say.

One of the biggest pros about UVU is the fact that your professors really care about you. I'm wearing some BYU gear, but I went to UVU and my wife went to BYU and she talked about how a lot of her professors only cared about research. At UVU, I never got that vibe. I always felt like I was the priority to the professors. I would message them over the weekend. Half my professors would give out their personal cell phone number and say, hey, if you got questions, text me. And it was amazing. I loved that the professors felt like they were interested and cared about me as a student. And it really was just a night and day difference from hearing about my wife's classes with a professor who wouldn't answer and TAs that were belligerent and me just being like, oh, well, my class, there are no TAs or there was only one or two. And the professor knew all of our names and you always reach out to the professor and they were always there for you. And so I feel like that's a huge pro about UVU is that the professors are real. They're up to date, they're current, and they're interested in the students.

UVU hands down changed my life. It was one of the greatest college experiences because I did, I graduated not just with a degree but with a resume and with friends and connections and networks that still to this day impact my life. And so I think that's why I'm such a big advocate of not just going to class and then going and you know hanging out again at your your dorm or your apartment. Like get involved, let the school become a part of you. So much of the experience that you're going to have at Utah Valley University is dependent upon you and how involved you get and it will give and give and give and give and give to you and it will be one of the sweetest experiences that you ever have. I owe so much to UVU. I owe so much to the leadership program at UVU. It gave me perspective and insight into the possibilities of what could be in my life.

One pro that I love about going to UVU is that you can get everywhere from being inside the building. So when it's snowing and it's raining in Utah, because you know it can be so sunny in the morning and then all of a sudden we can have snow or rain, you don't have to worry about the fact that you're in a short sleeve or that it might be cold or whatever because you can get to every place from being inside already. So it's really nice.

One of my favorite things about UVU is all the different people on campus. There are so many different people from all over the place and they're so fun to talk to. All the diversity, it's definitely more diverse than BYU and some other schools around there, but you know, wherever you end up going is good.

One of the pros of UVU is the amount of windows the building has. And so anywhere you are, you can always see light, always see a good view, and it just makes studying and doing homework feel so much better. So that's one of the great pros of UVU.

So I did construction management at UVU and I think a big pro of that degree at UVU is they worked really well with internship opportunities. They allowed us to work while we were going to school and so because of that I felt like I was able to learn a lot in the field and then I had these classes that supplemented what I was learning. So I feel like Utah Valley University worked really well with schedules and also being able to get you into the work field and get you not only teach you about you know the book smart and things like that but also give you opportunities to go learn in the field. So I was a big fan of that.

One of the biggest things is they focus a lot on like inclusion. So if you're a first generation student, if you are have a different sexual orientation or identity, or are part of any minority group, they really have a ton of resources to help. Not only do they have a lot of resources, but they are very vocal about them and they make access to those resources easy, which is awesome. And I think they also just have a wider variety of life experiences and diversity in people's experiences and beliefs, which is really cool. It's great to learn from other people.