Went there for a year and a half before transferring, did exactly the same thing you did. When I went it was a hell of a pain to get anything done around there. If you can, try and buy your books online, and find somewhere that buys them back online, unless they have seriously changed, the bookstore only does buyback for a very short period of time at the end of each semester, and the lines were often 2-3 hours or more.

What I experienced was good teaching, decent class setup and scheduling, decent people to go to school with (Though it is a BIG range of people that go there) and it's a decent way to get into a different school. YMMV, as with anything else I say.