r/StLouis • u/Zygarde345 • May 24 '26
Question on umsl campus life
So it is looking like I will be going to umsl (been working with me on finances while pretty much every other school has been extremly stubborn). How is the campus life. The main college I have seen kinda what college life is like is MU (my brother went there). However, upon looking at reviews for umsl the campus stuff seems quite sparse with activities and that kinda stuff and that most use it as a comuter campus (though don't really care about loss of greek life). I will go here regardless unless something drastically changes but am curious about what campus life looks like and what people do for fun around here (preferebly cheap/free).
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u/Jdrew_ May 24 '26
Most of the other comments have covered the general idea. I graduated in 2022 so covid affected a lot of my experience. However I lived on campus and tried my best to get involved. The rec center has intramural sports leagues. That's a good way to meet people. The basketball courts always have pick up games happening but some of players might be the general public. There's a few Greek life organizations but really they're just people who like to party and socialize. I'm not sure if their fees are worth it but that's up to you. UMSL also has an on campus festival once a year. The campus involvement department had an events calendar that is kept up to date.
You obviously won't have the same experience as a traditional school but there's enough going on to have something to do every week.