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The fall 2020 acceptance rate for University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is 73%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020 , _____ students were offered admission. The number of males who applied was _____ vs the number of females which was _____.
What should every freshman at your school know before they start?
The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Campus is the best university of Puerto Rico because have diversity of academics programs this programs are competitive and recognize in the world. For example the engineering programs is very important. Many multinacional companies recluting the students in this campus for example Nasa, Procter & Gamble, Verizon, Job Goverment Federal in others. The professors are very competitive. The different acredition that have the different school.
Read all 35 answers What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?
I brag to my friends about the not anybody can attend to my school. You must have good grades to be in and when you're in you have to work hard and to do your 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} to have good grades. Also I told them that if you graduate from my school, there's a big possibility that you could find job easily.
Read all 9 answers Describe the students at your school.
They are young people with high expectations and goal-oriented.
Read all 8 answers What kind of person should attend this school?
Intelligent, competitive ones.
Read all 7 answers What kind of person should not attend this school?
This is not a college for slackers. If you do not have good studing habits it's not for you. If you want to study social science there are other alternatives that might be better for you.
Read all 6 answers What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?
I wish I had known all the available programs to help the student on their classes. Also all the available coop and internship programs.
Read all 6 answers What's unique about your campus?
What I consider the best thing in my school is the education itself because the simle fact that we do so many reasearch projects and investigations, and the school asks so much of you that it prepares you for everything that life has in stored, profesionally and emotionally.The education is so good that companies and agencys come to recruit students and offer them really good job offers to practice what we've learned.
Read all 5 answers What's the most frustrating thing about your school?
the harder studies and clases and the people with some kind of ego
Read all 5 answers What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?
Due to the tropical climate of the island in both semesters rains a lot. This is a problem when moving between classes and so on.
Read all 5 answers Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.
I describe my school as: tough, challenging, a world with a lot of opportunities to offer and worth studying there.
Read all 5 answers What is the stereotype of students at your school? Is this stereotype accurate?
The stereotype depends on what sector of the community is asked. Because of the overwhelming media coverage of most student strikes, there are people who believe we all want to live off our Pell Grants and protest all day. This isn't true. Most students are serious and driven, but we know when to have fun.
The stereotype also depends on your Major. Students in the Humanities are thought of as free spirited, artsy stoners, while Biology students are often accused of being nerds. None of these stereotypes are exactly fitting because one of the great things about UPR is that you can find all kinds of people from a vast array of backgrounds in the classroom.
Read all 4 answers What is your overall opinion of this school?
Well we are the best engineering university in Puerto Rico. We are a very proud bunch! We have a saying in here, it goes : "Antes, ahora y siempre, Colegio!". People are always impress when you say you are from El Colegio.
Read all 3 answers What are the academics like at your school?
The academics are top class. Computer engineering professors are some of the best in the ECE department (My department!). As a student you have to study a lot but the teachers prepare us very well. One has to work hard but it pays off!
Read all 3 answers Here's your chance: Say anything about your college!
The academic quality. Students graduate well prepared.
Read all 3 answers What are the most popular student activities/groups?
The most popular activities are athletics and the marching Band. There are a great variety of groups and associations that depend on the faculties and they have prestige.
Read all 2 answers Describe your favorite campus traditions.
My school is best known for be the best school of engineer in the caribbean. Most of students came from different place like Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela to attend to my university to study engineer. The school is also one of the top 30 schools of engineer in the United States.
Read all 2 answers Describe a typical weekend.
Weekends are tranquil, especially because most students commute when they have class (they don't live on-campus). However, there are often cultural activities and the libraries are always open. Nightlife is average, most students go out on Thursday nights.
Read all 1 answers Why did you decide to go to this school?
It was close to home, and they had the most complete Academic offering in the island, especially in the Humanities.
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