what's it like?

Pretty much everything in this discussion is correct. UK is not really a southern school in the purest sense. Really more mid-western, blue collar.

I'm from Kentucky, and I think this is one of the most friendly states I've ever been to. There are a lot of students from Cincinatti and Chicago, and I find that they always think they're more intelligent than someone, especially me, because I have an strong accent, but I can assure you that most of the people from Kentucky are extremely nice. We have a lot of fan involvement in all of our sports so it's always nice to experience that. I would suggest a campus visit and if you know anyone in a sorority get them to write you a letter of recommendation. Lexington is also a great college town because of UK athletics, Keeneland race track and the overall involvement with the college. Good luck!

Also, I'm a political science major and I work in politics. I would say that Kentucky leans more conservative, but there are more democrats (holding on to southern democrat philosophy) and with this election cycle (ky senate race) there are sure to be some national topics from KY.

UK is not a southern school, in the classic sense. Like someone said above, more blue-collar, middle class. average.

I went to UK for two years. UK is certainly not the big, southern college experience you read about. The whole vibe is much more mid-western. Kentucky isn't really a southern state more redneck.

This is an interesting discussion. If you are a northern person, UK will seem plenty southern for you. From anywhere in the south, not so much, but don't let it fool you. I think some of the prettiest girls in the SEC are at UK and it is as much fun as any SEC school. Football wise, it's a bit of a dissapointment, but come basketball season, if you are a fan, it will be like nothing you have ever seen. If you are considering rush, what someone else said here is true. If you are not a true southerner, you have a much better chance of being in a top tier house at UK than say Bama, Ole Miss, LSU, Ark. At those places, the top houses have long ago picked the pledge class and they don't include many girls outside of the south. Yankees looking for a southern experience aren't going to fit in well at Bama, Ole Miss, etc. But at UK they do just fine.

KY is not like Alabama and that can be a good and a bad thing. Trouble is Kentucky is not southern or northern...kind of caught in the middle with no personality. Greek life is not that competitive here, not like other larger SEC schools. You'll be fine.

Come on. You'll be fine.

this is ridiculous. obviously you wouldn't have chosen UK if you didn't like it. it's southern enough but has enough northern people to have a both northern and southern party vibe. the parties are a ton of fun and greek life makes it so much better. you'll never get bored with all the frat parties, date parties, and philanthropy events going on. a ton of changes are also coming to UK this upcoming year because it's going to be a wet campus. UK is a great college experience and the past two years have been the best of my life. if you aren't having fun at UK YOU aren't putting yourself out there. college is what you make it.