Student Profile
Anonymous
- Class: Freshman
- Major: Communications
- Gender: F
- High School: MICDS
- Transfer Student: N
Big Picture
If I had it to do all over again, I would not have picked Baylor. I thought, "Great, Baylor is a larger school in a warm weather environment with a Big 12 football team. This will be fun!" I have never been more incorrect. Baylor tricks you. They show you the pretty campus and new science building and you are sold! They show you the new renovated area with restaurants like Crickets and Ninfas and students think that all of Waco is like that. It is all a facade. In my admissions essay, I wrote about how safe I felt on Baylor's campus when I visited. My first weekend as a student, my car was broken into and my stereo was stolen. There is absolutely nothing to do in Waco. It is a gross and dangerous city. Homeless people peddle their carts around the perimeter of campus and right across from campus, homeless people live under the bridge. And don't even get me started on the Baylor Police. They did not help me when my car got broken into, they bust almost every single party (even the one day we get a year to have fun, Diadeloso), and they are on a complete power trip. Baylor does not help its students--it strangles and suffocates them. I spend no time on campus, except when I sleep because you have to live in the dorms freshman year. And the dorms are totally horrible. You have the tiniest room ever and a hall with a CL. Baylor does not call them RAs, but a CL is a community leader, because Baylor is seriously trying to promote this idea of "community." I have the worst CL ever. She does not try to get to know us or help us do things together. She is mean and rude, and I would never trust her with any information. My first semester at Baylor, I had never felt more alone in my life. People kept telling me that first semester is always hard and it will get better. So I kept waiting for sorority rush, waiting for things to turn for the good. Sorority helped a little bit, but nothing could cure the bad aftertaste Baylor had already left in my mouth. I really do not understand why people like Baylor. I am a social person, am in a very good sorority, study hard, yet I still cannot find happiness at Baylor. The best thing about Baylor is leaving it. I love going to Dallas or even home for the weekends because leaving Baylor feels great! Baylor is not the school it says it is. Beware!
Academic Life
I will give it to academics at Baylor though. For the most part, I love my teachers. If you go in and talk to them, you can tell they truly do care for the students. But at the same time, there are teachers that do not care at all whether or not you are failing their class. The class sizes vary from 10 to 200 people. It depends what school you are in and what types of General Education classes you are signing up for. Chapel is not as bad as everyone says it is. It was the only time I got to see my friends in class, so that was fun. Religion is horrible. Baylor should not require those classes. Waste of my time. Those classes did not help me pursue my faith more, but instead, I ended up dreading those classes and resenting learning about my religion. The Writing Center is amazing. It is free and they help you edit your papers. I would stay at Baylor solely for the Writing Center. Also, OALA helps special students, and I am truly grateful for their services. The human performance requirements are so stupid. If students want to be active, then they will be. This is not supposed to be high school, so do not try to seperate the jocks from the nerds. Oh, and if people tell you that your professors invite you over for dinner, do not believe them. I have never heard of that ACTUALLY happening.
Student Body
Oh the students...I am not a fan. Baylor students are self-righteous brats. Baylor is exaclty like high school in the sense that everything is competition. Everyone gossips about each other and cares way too much about who is dating who. There are the popular kids and the wannabes, and everybody knows them. It is so stupid. Baylor kids do not care about anyone but themselves. You have a lot of rich Texans at Baylor who flaunt their money around. Girls can be pretty snobby and act like they are way too cool. Then you read about them on juicycampus.com and find out that they are promiscuous and stupid drunks. Seriously, the gossip at Baylor has got to end. Baylor will block porn sites (for obvious reasons) but they will not protect their student body by banning juicycampus.com, a site where you can anonymously post ANYTHING about ANYONE and EVERYONE at Baylor will read it. People will stab you in the back! Horrible things are said about girls and guys and their reputations are ruined. Their names are pinned on the internet. Also, beware of the guys at Baylor. There are NO cute boys. Do not come to Baylor looking for a sweet cowboy to sweep you off your feet. Baylor guys are jerks and partiers who care nothing about finding a girl for the night. The only place you will find them is in KOT, and the good ones are already taken.
The Best Things
Warm weather
The Worst Things
Waco
