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| - Overall, if you don't have ANY ambitions and you are just looking to get a degree, UNLV is the place for you.
If you are a hardcore science major, be prepared to live a terrible life if you:
1. Want to take more than 2 science classes per semester
2. Expect anyone to teach you anything
Why?
1. Instructors are actually researchers, and they have NO business teaching. My class mates and I can TEACH OURSELVES the materials in 1/3 of lecture time. Why is that a problem? BECAUSE, knowing how much their lectures are actually a complete disservice to the student, THEY MAKE ATTENDANCE MANDATORY!
So, forget a part-time job; forget being able to study the materials on your own if you are smart; you still have to keep at everybody else's pace and are FORCED to learned in ways that possibly don't work for you.
They stress the importance of SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION; in my opinion supplemental instruction should not be necessary EVERY.SINGLE.TIME
2. Labs are poorly managed (except very few ones) and are often completely SEPARATE (in content and goals) from lectures. Basically, it's like taking 2 classes, not just one cumulative one. The lab manuals and materials offered for instruction are at best sufficient, with plenty of typos, discrepancies, and annoying issues that only compound a science student's OCD and stress.
3. Labs, again, are only worth 1 credit hour but for some reasons UNLV does not get that - I have to spend more time for my labs (total 3 hrs lab time + 4 hrs lab prep) than lecture. How is that even normal?
I understand that they are trying to discourage students who don't have work ethics from entering the science field but, honestly, level 1 classes are not just for science majors. They are repeatedly and constantly discouraging anyone from entering the STEM field with their entitled way of teaching, which is "let me make it inefficient for you, let's see if you survive".
All they are doing is really undermining good students who want to take more than 2-3 science classes at a time with stupid attendance requirements and outrageous lab course-load.
Don't even get me started on how they POORLY and RECKLESSLY responded to the tragic mass shooting that occurred in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. Basically, "classes will continue as normal" - and we wonder why most science majors are "removed" from society? Why certain doctors cannot connect with their patient?...
Now, more on the logistics side:
1. Parking is terrible. Would not be an issue if they didn't insist on making attendance mandatory.
2. The library is outstanding but most students seem to use that for social time. Impossible to study there quietly unless you go in "quiet" study areas, where computers are limited.
Overall, get your 100-200 level courses at CSN and then move onto UNLV if you so please.
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