My favorite campus traditions include homecoming and the De-stresser that the campus puts on during finals week. This university knows how to have fun and get rid of stress by providing activities, massages, and even kits for finals week.

During football season, most weekends are spent at the games or watching the games. Otherwise, students go to the movies, bowling, dancing, or to the bars. Also, both Fort Collins and Cheyenne are only an hour away so a lot of students make a quick weekend road trip.

The campus is great its so beautiful and its just the right size. And Laramie is in a great location. We live 45 minutes from Cheyenne, an hour fro Ft. Collins, and 2 hours from denver.

It is not considered wind until it is above 45 mph...

There are some things that you should know before coming here, in some ways Wyoming will feel like a different world because it is pretty different from everywhere else in the US. It has a very high elevation (7220 ft, that's almost a mile and a half) so it may be hard to breathe when you first get here. As such it can also get really cold here too. Windy almost every day and snow as early as September to as late as May. Do not be surprised if it is -10 degrees outside. It isn't common, but it can happen. Parking is usually a problem too throughout town and there is not public transportation. All in all though, Wyoming is a great choice.

Wyoming is an amazing place and we are lucky to attend school here because it makes us different.

Many people on campus have cars, in fact almost all the students do. If you're from far away like me and won't be taking a car to campus, keep in mind the arrangements needed to get to and from the airport and the hassles you may have to endure. Also, if you prefer a city with lots of public transportation then this is NOT the place for you.

The friends I've met here are AWESOME, Rocky Mountain Democrats are AWESOME, the gym is AWESOME, the Fine Arts programs are AWESOME, and the overall atmosphere of the campus is AWESOME, but the wind sucks ASS.

Overall, I really love going to school here! The summers in Laramie are gorgeous! I wouldn't change schools for anything.

Yes, professors know our names. My favorite class is Gender and Religion. I love this class and I am thinking about adding on a religion minor just because of this class. My least favorite class is Gender and Society. I study usually for five hours Monday through Thursday and the weekends at least six hours total. The most unique class I have taken is Women in Poverty in the United States. I have two departments. Both are a lot alike in that they are very active in helping students. The women's studies program is very involved on campus by hosting events and being a part of the campus community. I did spend time abroad with my professors in the Women Studies department and I see my advisors in both departments once a semester. I feel we have a very competitive University with challenging courses and classes. I feel that this University really prepares students for the real world and is very helpful when looking for jobs!

UW is a great school, which will challenge students academically.

I think the most unique classes I have take were Deviant Behavior with Malcolm Holmes and Criminal Psychopathology with Scott Culhane. The nature of the course as well as its presentation made them interesting. I joke with my parents that I was learning about sex, drugs, and rock and roll. And while that is what I learned about I learned about it from a sociologists perspective.

Very untrue! We do however have an excellent Ag. program here at UW.

At UW we have a really great group the puts on entertainment for the weekends. It is called Friday Night Fever, they put on movies, bring in Comedians and host bands to come an provide an aternative entertainment option for students. I am not, however, saying that we are completely devoid of parties, unlike BYU, joking! There are keggers and drinking parties but that really isn't my scene so i can't actually tell you a whole lot about it. And if you are looking at colleges and pick one because of is easy access to alcohol and drinking then you really shouldn't go to college, infact i would discourage it because you will only be wasting money and taking up spots for others who really need to further there education. Ok now that my little warning has been said i will continue. Football. Basketball. Track. These are big things here at UW and we always support our athletics department. The Frats and Soroities are also big here, even if they can create problems sometimes. The party scene is usually, no, always off campus. But my friends and i also like the movies, the bowling alley and the ice rink for fun as well. Then you can always drive 45 minutes to Cheyenne, the capital of WY for some more options.

As far a living in a college town and going to UW, well for some it is not as easy to handle as it is for others. Laramie,WY is known as home to the University of Wyoming and basically over winter and summer break the town loses half it populaton. I personally think this is very funny. UW, itself is a great place to come. The classes are like some of the major colleges and Ivy League schools on the coasts but different. I have taken classes ranging from 20 students to 150 students. In the 150 student classes i feel every bit as much involved as in the 20 student classes. Ironically enough we also talk outside of classes. I don't know how many times the issue in my Pol Sci class has been turned into a full blown argument with my friends who don't even take the class. From the students that i have met, competition is a must. Not the hardcore, i am going to wipe the floor with you competition, more like i will ignore you and still kick your butt on the test then rub it in your face. Ok maybe that is a little bit of an exageration. More like the person who got the best grade makes everyone else who didn't feel better. We are here to learn and that is what our profs tell us but they also know that we are paying for this education, ok more like our parents, and that sometimes school can just take over, they trust and know that we are adults which makes going to calss even better cause the person teaching you understands you.

I'm a big sports fan, so the D-1 sports are my biggest draw. It's not big with all students, but the ones that are into it are really into it. People from all over the state also come to the games, most of them driving 2 hours or more one way to get here, and the atmosphere is really good for a small place. Football is king like it is in most places and has been able to get good teams to come to Laramie lately (then #2 Texas and #4 TCU in 2009, Boise State in 2010, Nebraska in 2011, Oregon and Missouri are expected to come soon). Men's basketball will bring people from all over the state too, but the students and Laramie locals actually enjoy the women's basketball maybe just a bit more. Friday Night Fever is a group that plans activities that usually involve movies, games, or entertainers. In the time I've been here, the University has been able to get Blink 182, Switchfoot, Elton John, Lynard Skynard, comedian Lewis Black, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood from "Whose Line is it Anyway?", and the sketch comedy group "The Second City" comes yearly, just to name a few. Like I mentioned earlier, there are so many outdoor things to do also that I can't even really count them. The social and dating scene will be whatever you want to make of it, but the opportunities are most definitely available.

There are people from all around the world and then people who live next door. It is a great place to be because of the differing backgrounds yet it has a hometown feel.

Oh Hell Yeah... For the most part. The university tries hard to have activities that are fun. The town of Laramie just has nothing other than the college going for it. As far as the people most aren't cowboys.

I'm super happy with my art classes and my Japanese class. Japanese is definitely unique and is probably my favorite because it's so small and informal and our instructor is awesomely Japanese. So far, I've liked all but one of my professors, so that's a good sign. Actually, I was somewhat surprised at how much discussion takes place in classes, so that's cool too. And I'm down with all the requirements, but as an Art major, I'm pretty sad that I have to take lame-ass math because I hate it. But whatev.