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| - For my 500th Yelp Review, it is only fitting that I review the biggest, baddest, more Badgeriffic school around... My alma mater: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
When I started at the University, I thought I wanted to be an orthodontist or a psychologist. By the end of my first semester though, I had already changed my mind and decided on Journalism. It wasn't until after I applied and got accepted to the the J-School that I realized what a top notch program it was - 3rd in the nation! Talk about lucking out. I got a second major in Political Science as well.
I think I undersold how fabulous the school was initially because my dad was always taking me there as a kid when he was working on his PhD. I literally grew up playing in the stacks at Helen C. White and Memorial Libraries. I didn't want to go to a school that I knew so well when it was time for me to go to college, but after scoring an academic scholarship I "caved." I am so happy that I did - the best decision of my life!
Thanks to the UW, I am on my second great career (first as a TV Reporter and Radio Host, now as a Marketing Director/Community Manager) and have a network of great friends I would have never met - friends who continue to rock out with me "Badger-style" at a moments notice. We've been together through weddings, kids, passings, etc. and have memories of college as our anchor. Nothing like reminiscing on the good old days.
While the school is in DESPERATE need of more people of color, the small community there is tightknit and very welcoming, which helps. Also - the instructors and professors are absolutely wonderful, especially Prof. Hoyt, Prof. Pat Hastings, Prof. Lew Friedland, and Prof. Katy Culver (the latter two of which I still keep in contact with almost 10 years after graduation because they've been such wonderful mentors and supporters - how many students at other schools can say that?).
Regarding the campus itself, you can't get any better. It really is as picturesque as it sounds nestled between three calming lakes, walking distance to the Capital and surrounding square, and a stretch of all things college-y and awesome known as State Street. And don't even get me started about Homecoming or Halloween weekends?! Even if you are not a student there, you should visit then for real for a great time!
Winters are evil, evil, evil. However, even with that fact, going to a school as wonderful as this one with an unmatched academic reputation and a social life to match, I say just bundle up and take advantage of spiked hot chocolate or spiked hot cider like any true Badger would. ON WISCONSIN!!!
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