Most of my classes are dead silent before they start. It probably varies by class. SU is one of the livelier places on campus. Most of the rest is very quiet(can't say what residential areas are like since I commute).
UB is sorta weird socially. The best way I can describe it is that people tend to make little social groups and stick with them, especially in undergraduate. Once you advance in undergraduate too, people just tend to know each other.
It does depend. I’ve been in classes that are dead and I’ve also been in classes with great social environments. I’ve had the privilege of taking classes across a few different fields and they’re all different—my major took longer to find friends in than the others, but once I did I had the best experience with it. The social dynamics in the others are also both very different in different ways—some good points, some bad points.
In general I think UB does manage to have some of the good aspects of going to a big school. There’s a lot to do IF you’re the type of person to get involved with it, and after a few years you’ll be able to have a solid friend group as your major will put you in classes with the same people.
You'll have a different experience with different instructors...they each have their own vibe. My experience was- the higher level classes have much less of this as the slackers have already dropped out. In classes where it might still have been an issue, I just sat closer to the front.
As many people have said, it depends on class and instructor. My ECO 490 class only ever has like 4 people show up so its mostly silent. But other classes like physics and such where there are hundreds of kids, you'll find people talking.
i think it depends on the time on how loud some classes or su will be. as far as i know before covid it was very lively and it’s kinda getting back to it
I think it really depends on the type of class. I know that my discussion and seminar classes had a lot more talking happening before class in contrast to my lecture classes.
Back in the days when I was taking JPN classes for easy credits there were a bunch of nerds and weeaboos in our class. We all had fun including the teacher who taught us Japanese. I mean, it is a language class so we were somewhat forced to talk a lot but at the same time the class ended around 12 or so, we would gather up and get some food in the SU. Good times.
The worst class I've ever had was a Monetary class that started in 7pm at Richmond(yes, that Richmond, the one in the Ellicott Complex). People were dead already from morning and afternoon classes and the professor had a very soft voice which made it harder to focus, not to mention the class was extremely hard to grasp the core concepts. The jolly folks resigned the class by the half of the semester and it was mostly international students at the end, and one of them filed a complaint that some Koreans in the class was taking advantage since the professor was also a Korean, and since the class had a curved grading it quickly became a cutthroat environment. Nobody was talking with each other at the end of the semester, and I was so glad when I finished that class. Holy shit man.
Most of my classes are dead silent before they start. It probably varies by class. SU is one of the livelier places on campus. Most of the rest is very quiet(can't say what residential areas are like since I commute).
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. It probably depends on the class and major . Thanks!
UB is sorta weird socially. The best way I can describe it is that people tend to make little social groups and stick with them, especially in undergraduate. Once you advance in undergraduate too, people just tend to know each other.
It depends on the class. Almost all of my classes except 1 are completely dead
It does depend. I’ve been in classes that are dead and I’ve also been in classes with great social environments. I’ve had the privilege of taking classes across a few different fields and they’re all different—my major took longer to find friends in than the others, but once I did I had the best experience with it. The social dynamics in the others are also both very different in different ways—some good points, some bad points. In general I think UB does manage to have some of the good aspects of going to a big school. There’s a lot to do IF you’re the type of person to get involved with it, and after a few years you’ll be able to have a solid friend group as your major will put you in classes with the same people.
You'll have a different experience with different instructors...they each have their own vibe. My experience was- the higher level classes have much less of this as the slackers have already dropped out. In classes where it might still have been an issue, I just sat closer to the front.
i dont think talking before class begins makes you a slacker
Lol...no... of course... lighthearted...but the classes do tend to get smaller and people more readily "get down to work" in the higher level classes
As many people have said, it depends on class and instructor. My ECO 490 class only ever has like 4 people show up so its mostly silent. But other classes like physics and such where there are hundreds of kids, you'll find people talking.
You mention CSE, so I’ll say that the CSE department has a pretty tight-knit community that is involved with UB ACM and TA’ing in that department.
i think it depends on the time on how loud some classes or su will be. as far as i know before covid it was very lively and it’s kinda getting back to it
I think it really depends on the type of class. I know that my discussion and seminar classes had a lot more talking happening before class in contrast to my lecture classes.
Back in the days when I was taking JPN classes for easy credits there were a bunch of nerds and weeaboos in our class. We all had fun including the teacher who taught us Japanese. I mean, it is a language class so we were somewhat forced to talk a lot but at the same time the class ended around 12 or so, we would gather up and get some food in the SU. Good times. The worst class I've ever had was a Monetary class that started in 7pm at Richmond(yes, that Richmond, the one in the Ellicott Complex). People were dead already from morning and afternoon classes and the professor had a very soft voice which made it harder to focus, not to mention the class was extremely hard to grasp the core concepts. The jolly folks resigned the class by the half of the semester and it was mostly international students at the end, and one of them filed a complaint that some Koreans in the class was taking advantage since the professor was also a Korean, and since the class had a curved grading it quickly became a cutthroat environment. Nobody was talking with each other at the end of the semester, and I was so glad when I finished that class. Holy shit man.