Redlands, CA
University of Redlands

Great professors that I get to engage connections with. The student teacher ratio is compact, making professors more available. The school offers many resources to enhance my grades, therapists for in need of help and reassurance and a multitudinous programs for first-generation students. The campus is beautiful and divine meals. I would consider the campus to be very safe hence it has many 911 call services and security guards.

I am incredibly happy with my decision to come to the U of R. I am a first-generation student of color and wouldn't change my college choice for the world. like anything else, of course there's a few dislikes here and there but overall, I'm happy to say this place is my home. <3

This school has made me feel more welcomed than I thought possible. As an out of state student, you sometimes worry that you will not fit in with the people who grew up in the area. They have welcomed me into Redlands and it has become my new home.

Great beautiful school and the diversity is exquisite. The sports programs are amazing and very talented. The gym is free to all students so it’s really great to get in there and use that as a stress reliever. The food there is amazing and the people are very kind and friendly.

Some of the positives: In general, I love it. I have found the small class sizes to be very beneficial for someone with multiple learning disabilities, and have discovered many opportunities to work closely with faculty and staff to ensure my success. Classes are engaging and often discussion-based, and we are encouraged to express our opinions. I have found that Johnston courses grant a great deal of freedom to students hoping to personalize their education, and have allowed exploration of my interests that I may not have been able to otherwise. Some of the negatives: Many students on campus, myself included, have criticized the administration for a lack of transparency in its affairs, but students are generally encouraged to engage with campus government proceedings. There are some issues regarding accessibility, and while it is a fairly liberal university it can be difficult to be a minority on a primarily white, upper middle-class, able, cisgender, and heterosexual campus. The food is mostly mediocre, has a tendency to be undercooked, and I have observed food handling staff violate San Bernardino Health Code on several occasions despite repeated reporting to our caterer.

This is a great school for students to attend right after high school. The school has many resources for their students and ensures they have the tools they need to be successful. Personally, I don't particularly like this school because many of the classes are not discussion based, but rather lecture-based, and free thinking is not actively promoted.

For starters a more accurate overall rating is a 3.75 but I'll round up. The teachers are amazing, creative, unique and ALWAYS available to help you. As a freshman, I have never had a class size of more than 30 people, I love it. There are a lot of unique opportunities all over campus from clubs, intramural, the outdoor program, work study, internships, and I could go on for the rest of my hundred words but I won't bore you with that. The campus is a decent size, you can definitely across campus to make your next class in that 10 minute window. UoR is a private school with less than 5,00 students, the largest benefit of that is all the financial aid they give us (seriously it's a lot)!The downsides of the school have to be housing and the food. For housing there are a lot of options (12 dorms) and only 2 of them don't have A.C! The dorms while they may be nice, that's your only real option. You're only allowed to live off campus if you live within 30 miles of campus or petition it. Now to petition to live of campus there's a magic number of students that they let live off campus each year, the majority of which are seniors with a 3.0 or higher. Oh and housing is crazy expensive (which is why they don't let you move off campus). Now for my least favorite, the food. It's awful, avoid it when you can, which isn't hard since the dinning hall is only open for 1-2 hours for each meal.

Personally, it was not for me. I transferred for my last two years and it was a huge culture shock for me. The class style is very loose and conversation based. It is a very young, very affluent type of atmosphere. There’s little diversity, despite being a pretty liberal school. Overall, it was an experience. It was just tough to adjust, surprisingly.

The University of Redlands is overall a great school. My favorite thing about Redlands is the fact that the class sizes aren't too big, allowing for a more personalized and close teaching style with your professors. The campus is also very beautiful!

The University of Redlands is much different than what I expected it to be. Its a small campus with small class sizes and friendly professors which is nice. However, it is an extremely liberal environment. A majority of the students hold very liberal views and its hard to make friends if you do not share those views. It often feels more like high school than college because there are only about 3,000 students. Greek life is something I was looking forward to in college but the sororities an fraternities here are not national organizations, they are only specific to Redlands, and not many people participate so Greek life is overall pretty lame. The dorm options are not great. I'm currently a junior and I'm living in a closet. My friends at other universities were living in apartments sophomore year or at least by junior year. And the food here is not good. They have a couple good options once in a while but overall, the quality of the food isn't that great and they only have one cafeteria and two small cafes. There just aren't enough options.