Transfer Student Speaks!

Introduction
Stay away from Art Schools and go to UWM instead. I personally transferred here from Columbia College Chicago, which is full of wannabe art students and suffers from a lack of kids with their heads screwed on straight. UWM is a great school with a very good reputation all around, including in the Art departments.

Campus Life and Social Life
Social life at UWM has its good and bad points. The worst part is that living off-campus slightly handicaps you when it comes to doing the typical dorm-room freak-out thing. The parties here are decent, though, and there is a great local music and art scene. If you're into urban cultural outings in the arts, music, etc. you'll find that here. Advertisement
Academics
The school's academics are challenging from what I can tell. Most notably, the Business School is one of the best in the nation and the College for Science and Letters is the largest. My professors are all right on the whole.

Warning: be very wary of english 102. Try to take AP in High School so you can test out of this requirement.

The workload overall is really what you make of it, ranging from nothing at all to a challenging course load.

Student Body
The students are very diverse culturally and demographically. There's a fair amount of students who commute from Milwaukee and the surrounding counties and many international students as well. We like just about anything and everything here at UWM.

In Closing...
So spend lots of time reshearching the schools you're considering and make sure to visit!