Bowling Green, OH
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus

I am currently a freshman living on campus and have only been at BGSU for a few weeks but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT HERE! I admit I was a little scared to leave home and be away on my own but I have made a lot of new friends and there is plenty to do here to get involved.

Bowling Green State University is a great teaching college. Their marching band is very interactive at games. Not all on campus housing has air conditioning, but portable air conditioners are allowed. Overall think it will be a good school to attend.

I had a great experience at Bowling Green State University my freshman year. The professors were very personable and friendly, and almost always available to help out during their office hours. The school overall was very diverse and there were plenty of opportunities to get involved, whether that be in a club, volunteering, or even taking part in activities that relate to your major. I definitely recommend living on-campus, I made so many friends just by meeting people who lived in the same dorm as me.

When I first went to Bowling Green for a school project, I did not know what to expect. After leaving, I knew that was the school I wanted to go to. They offered so many opportunities, even helped me when I did not even know what I wanted to major in. After living there for a year and getting acclimated to everything, I can proudly say that BG was and is everything for me. It is a beautiful campus with helpful professors. I am looking forward to ging back this upcoming fall semester.

Bowling Green State University is an excellent campus where people from all over can come together and join in community. The staff is wonderful and very accessible. Not to mention the buildings and resources are practically unlimited! There are always things to do on the weekends whether that be on campus or off.

Bowling Green is a place that becomes your new home within a day. When I arrived for my freshman year I was so terrified that I was not going to make friends, I was leaving everything behind and basically had to start over. The first night a met a great group of people that I am still best friends with two years later. The five of us currently live in a house together. These people were not only my friends, but turned into my family. Bowling Green State University is a very welcoming campus, no one should feel out of place. During the first week their is an event on campus where all of the organization put stands out where students are able to join new groups and learn more about clubs/organizations. It is very important to not hide in your dorm room all day or make sure to keep your door open, so you can make new friends. The Campus is walking distance from downtown and has beautiful scenery. The only downside of bowling green is the wind, one time the wind was so bad it bent the hinge of my car door. So if you hate wind this is not your place. But overall Bowling Green is a campus I would refer to someone who wants to get out there and meet new people.

My opinion of Bowling Green State University is that it is a great school for people looking for a quieter college campus. The campus is extremely easy to get around and it does not take long to walk to classes or to walk downtown if you wanted to hang around there. The education college is extremely good for people who want to be a teacher or an educator. Downtown is beautiful and they have great frozen yogurt! Classes are small and professors are great to answer questions. Living in the dorms can be difficult because some of the halls don't have AC and that makes for a very hot beginning of the year. However, some of the dorms do, so it just depends on where you live. Definitely try to make friends with people in your hall, it makes for a more interesting and fun school year!

My overall opinion of Bowling Green State University Main Campus is that it is very welcoming, and it was the right fit for me. Before enrolling to this college, the times that I have visited on the college tour, I knew that I wanted to go to school at Bowling Green State University. Being on the campus was very welcoming from the very beginning and it felt like home for me and I didn’t want to go anywhere else as far as college. From that point on, I knew that this college was the best fit for me. Ever since my first year of college, I have made some good friends that I will have for a lifetime, we have stayed friends ever since and after we all graduated. The classes were great, I was amongst some of the best professors on campus, I have learned a lot and I would learn something new everyday while I was in the classroom. The resources outside of the classroom is the one thing that I would recommend everyone to use if they need help. The resources that can help you are visiting professors during office hours, going to the library if you need help on a research project or an essay, and if you’re an education major in need of printing off items for your lesson plans, there is the CRC in the education building that is open for all education majors to take advantage of making their lesson plans ready for their classrooms.

BGSU is one of those places that has everything you need, you just have to be willing to find it. There are plenty of involvement opportunities for students to get involved in, many will actually give students the opportunity to become a leader or executive member of them. The professors are generally easy to get in touch with, and most, if not all, are willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that every individual succeeds. However, coming to BGSU is not the easy way out. Coursework will challenge students and push them in ways that the may not be use to. If students want to succeed here, they will. BGSU is a college town with almost everything you could need within walking distance. The weekend party scene is a lot of fun if you're into that sort of stuff. Almost all bars downtown are 18+ rather than 21+. The students at BGSU will find any reason to go out to the bars. Passed your exam? Go out. It's your birthday on a Tuesday? Go out. Checked your mail today? Go out. Greek Life is just big enough but not too big, and you can really get to know many people in many different chapters than your own should you choose to join. The largest chapters have 80-90 members and those are the sororities within the National Panhellenic Conference. Food options are endless, and every food option is marked with common allergens if that is something you are worried about. The sport life here is exciting, with Men's Hockey and Basketball causing an uproar this year. Additionally, Women's Soccer took the MAC Title. Football games are fun, but since our team isn't always great, the BGSU students make the most of the tailgate.

My first year was amazing had a lot of fun and exceeded in the classrooms. Professors were really helpful and wanted to see you pass. People are really friendly and nice to talk to. It is in the middle of no where but there are still a lot of things to do. And honestly my first year was one I will not forget excited to be attending BGSU again next fall.