Universidad de Maine - Orono, Maine

Malia W.

I've only gone to Umaine a few times, but it seems absolutely amazing. I definitely want to go there when I go into college, and I am very excited. My parents went there too, and they also had an amazing experience. My father did landscape horticulture, and my mother did physical education and teaching. I go there for homecoming with them, and I definitely recommend at least checking it out. (Also, good food.)

Samantha M.

The dorms are a lot of fun here and everywhere that I have been on campus has been well maintained and clean. The food that you can find on campus is great too. I never attended class here, but I am sure that would be nice as well, I have heard great things.

Randy B.

Very great school with awesome opportunities for their students. College is suppose to be the launch pad for our future and it is up to us to make college beneficial. I think that the University of Maine gives their students all of the resources and opportunities to do great things! Proud to be a Black Bear!!! Go Blue!

Grant B.

The school gave me a great education, both in the class and outside. If you are looking at this school, know that you must get involved and actively engage in your own learning (this is for any school). The faculty and staff are wonderful people and dedicated to student learning. I loved my time there and it helped me on my own path.

Matt R.

UMaine is a great school. Nearly every professor I had while working on my degree here was knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly. My personal experience was with Engineering, which isn't a walk in the park by any means, but succeeding here lends itself to feeling extremely satisfied due to amount of support given to the students by the faculty.

Campus is very nice and expansive, and is great to walk around on all times of the year (though, bundle up if it's the winter - Orono can get very cold!). It always feels lively, and there's always a ton of things going on that you can get involved with.

Dining can be a bit of a mixed bag sometimes, but it's not bad by any means.

Some of the buildings are fairly old, but from what I've seen, heard, and read both during my time there and since I graduated, they appear to be slowly modernizing the worst offenders across the campus.

All-in-all, going to UMaine was a great experience. The community is great, the education is superb, and it's an all-around great choice if you're considering to go here.

Latham G.

Universe of Maine. Spirits are good. Spiral staircase in the middle. Windy. Black Bear is the one. Marching band.

Jeff R.

Been going here for two months. The financial office is slow to get anything done, and you have to keep checking in with them to get anything done, (either by emailing, calling, or walking in).

The people on campus are friendly and there are a lot of clubs to join.

For in-state residents the tuition isn't too high, compared to other colleges outside the UMS system. Scholarships are usually easy to obtain, with student resources readily available when office hours are open.

There are a lot of dining areas on campus, with a wide selection of cuisine. They are usually located in places near dormitories or high traffic areas.

Overall Umaine is a good school, but could use improvements in the financial aide office and the coordination of student events. There are usually movies playing every week on campus but they aren't normally advertised very well.

Jessica H.

Terrible school that will suck you dry!! Like David said, this place will nickel and dime you. I'm a very disappointed Native American student that was told I would have my tuition waived and receive a scholarship for room and board because of my tribal membership. Then, I can only assume because I also got the Dean's scholarship, they lowered the amount I was awarded. Ended up paying over 2k a semester, which I know doesn't sound like much, but it's alot for somebody who was expecting to be getting a full-ride scholarship. And I'm left to wonder where that scholarship money went? As far as the coordinator of the Native American Waiver and Educational Program believes, I was awarded my full scholarship. The staff at both the admissions office and bursar's office are extremely rude and unhelpful. The whole time I attended this school, I felt discriminated against and was treated like a criminal trying to cheat them out of money when it was clearly the other way around. Students there know about the weaknesses in administration and take advantage of them to get alcohol and drugs onto the campus undetected. While they were worrying over theft and bomb threats, drug dealers were getting away scot free. More importantly, professors spoke too freely of their opinions about certain professions and even made some students feel ashamed of their reasons to be getting the degrees in their chosen fields. It's not their job to determine how successful we'll be in life because of our chosen career path. Not the majority of the professors were like this, but too many of them were just jerks who were clearly on a "nerd revenge" path. I would never suggest my future kids go to this school. Two thumbs down for sure.