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The most frustrating thing about Ball State University is their dining system. The meal plans are set up so that students lose money if they cannot make it to a dining location during the hours for each meal. There are set amounts of money for each meal that can only be spent during those meal times, and if a student doesn't spend all that money, it does not roll over. Students also lose money if they go home for the weekend because they are not there to spend their meal money.

There isn't really anything that frustrates me about my school, the only issue I have had is attending my school debt-free which I am confident I can do.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that some of the professors do not use the books or items they list as required. There have been several instances where I have been given the list of requirements for that class and purchased them online, and when classes start, the professor never even mentions the required item.

Everyone leaves on the weekends. Campus is completely dead. It feels like a ghost town on the weekends. I wish more people would stay and that campus would have more things to do on the weekends.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the dinning services. As an upperclassman I would really like to lower my meal plans but I cannot because as a resident it is required that I get 20 meals a week plan, every resident student is required to get this.

Getting into the classes you need. They put classes on these rotations so they aren't offered every semeste.

The most frustrating thing about my school is there is to much to do. I feel sometimes I can become overwhelmed with things to do and don't have enough time for school work.. I feel that I need friends and a social life and that tends to make my school work and grades suffer. It frustrates me that I feel I can't say no to all the activities because everyone else is doing them.

There really wasn't anything that was really frustrating. I guess one thing is the weights that some of the classes have. It will all depend on your major though if you will have classes with extreme weights.

I guess the most frustrating thing is the same thing at every other school, the homework.

By far, the most frustrating thing is the heavy drinking, but I really thin that you are going to find that anywhere, also it's not that hard to find other students who aren't interested in that.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the students that aren't motivated at all. They frustrate me, because of the fact that there are many people out there in the world that don't have the option to attend college, but there are people lucky enough to go to school and they choose to waste everyone's time. I have sat in many classes and watched too many fellow students lay their heads on their desks and fall asleep, having a complete disregard for others and their own educational well-being.

The meal plan is one of the most frustrating things about this school because you have to use a certain amount at each meal or the money just goes right back to the school.

Students who do not care about their studies and make learning harder for the rest of their classmates by being obnoxious and distracting in the classroom.

The most frustrating part about Ball State University are simple facts that are true with any school. I don't like the fact that people are able to sleep in until 2 p.m., go to a class, drink during the evening, and then go back to sleep. Meanwhile, I am trying to bust my butt to get a B in a class. That is really frustrating to me. I don't like that we try to fit the mold of being a "party school". I don't understand why that is so appealing.

I honestly haven't encountered any frustrating events at my school.

Well money, I have to say it's stressfull, cause I don't know where i am going to be and how much I am going to owe when I am done.

Reputation pales in comparison to two other colleges in the state.

The most frustrating thing is probably the school work and to me the lack of tutoring

The cost of housing and the way they rip you off with your dining plans

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