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Get the inside scoop on UNLV admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


Status
Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
It's pretty easy to get in as I recall. There was no interview, and I don't believe there were any essays either. Not sure about the essays. I ...   READ MORE
Former Student
During the time mentioned, it was very econimical to go to school, paying a mere $35.00 a credit hour. When UNLV was getting underway, being one o...   READ MORE
Current Student
The admitions process was extremely easy. For UNLV there is just a basic application with your personal information, your transcripts, and a $40 ...   READ MORE
Current Student
A confusing jumble of offices had to be cantacted to admit me as a transfer student. I was transferred from the college dean, to advisors, to Reg...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I was a business major. I think that the College of Business at UNLV has a really good program for a school that is not really 'ranked'. The tea...   READ MORE
Former Student
The Physics Department was the best in the west, next to Stanford and Caltech, although this was an unknown feature at the time. It was a departme...   READ MORE
Current Student
The specifics of each class very. Even from teacher to teacher what is covered, how it's covered and the quality of which it's taught is all very...   READ MORE
Current Student
Very strong, the Hotel College has outstanding faculty and very strong curriculum. General Education classes, when taught by professors have been...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I really can't comment on this, I used my own contacts to find work, and I don't think it had much to do with the reputation of the school.   READ MORE
Former Student
Since the physics department held so many respectable scientists of the day, who researched the most up-to-the-moment projects, many graduating studen...   READ MORE
Current Student
The theater department for performance concentration majors pay more attention to the Graduate students then the undergraduates. Jobs and outside wor...   READ MORE
Current Student
The Hotel College's internship policy has very liberal parameters which is appreciated. THis college in particular has all the right connections in t...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
UNLV is a commuter school. It is set a couple blocks off the strip in a relatively commercial area. I lived at home with my parents and commuted...   READ MORE
Former Student
Las Vegas has always been a city of intrigue by virtue of it being a city of the night as well as the day. It's gambling casinos attracted thousan...   READ MORE
Current Student
The freshmen dorms are horrible. The walls are falling apart sound passes through the walls like they were paper, the elevators are very scary t...   READ MORE
Current Student
Las Vegas is a nasty town, and the University is placed in a bad neighborhood. There are many outlets for ones' vices, gambling, drinking, ad dru...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
As a commuter and a local, I socialized off campus with friends that I had from high school. I really can't comment on this either. The only thi...   READ MORE
Former Student
Ironically, Las Vegas contributed to a very paradoxical social life. On- campus, it was thriving with new discoveries by groups of like-minded peop...   READ MORE
Current Student
In Las Vegas there's a large number of bars and clubs but there is nothing that someone under 21 can do in this city. The resturants are mostly o...   READ MORE
Current Student
Clubs, casinos, and loads of free entertainment... it all fades after 6 months or so, after that, you're left with a desert. Yay. Bars, there are ...   READ MORE

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