Baylor University Top Questions

I feel like there is too much emphasis on sororities and fraternities. It makes me feel excluded from certain friend groups.

The worst part about Baylor University are the students' unwillingness to accept unorthodox and unusual viewpoints and beliefs. Most of the students that attend Baylor are strictly set in their ways and hold others of different religions and political views to be completely wrong. It is very difficult to be accepted if you are an atheist student or any other religion besides Christian.

The huge emphasis on sororities and fraternities.

While I loved the school and felt completely satisfied in my educational experience, it did occasionally make me uncomfortable in regards to race and religious separation. Baylor claims to not impose any religion upon any student, which I feel is true, but there was a seemingly natural separation of students. I rarely had any African American students in my classes and I did not hang out with them socially. It was not a matter of choice, simply a matter of lack of intermingling between ethnically diverse students and the majority consisting of conservative, caucasian students.

The lack of parking right now, the unability to schedule classes at a proper time, the lack of housing for upperclassmen. and the lack of acceptance for the other religions on campus.

My school is a little too religious.

The culture revolves around fraternities and sororities which makes it a little boring for those not involved. And if you don't have friends after the first week of school your freshman year, it seems like you never make anymore.

The worst thing about my school is the distance from home for me. I live in Kansas City which is ten hours away, and a lot of the students are from in-state and so the can visit home frequently, where as I don't have that same luxury.

I believe the worst thing about my school, Baylor University, is the Student Life Center. THe fitness center is way too crowded at every point in the day and has people waiting around for machines or classes all day long. I transfered from Texas Tech University after my freshmen year and I guess I got spoiled because their recreation center was amazing. When I came to Baylor I can honestly say that was the only thing that disappointed me.

The parking a lot of people are lazy and do not ride or walk to class and take up unnecessary parking places that a person who doesn't live on or by campus could use.

The forced meal plan the first year isn't a very good idea. In my personal experience it was a waste of 2,000 dollars a semester when all I wanted to do was store in the refrigerator home-cooked meals. I felt like I had to utilize the food in the cafeteria in order to get the most out of the money spent.

The worst thing would be the lack of cultural knowledge an diversity.

The worst thing about our school is that they are so focus on athlets, giving them money, that the people who work hard are struggling to pay for this school and they don't do as much to help them with it.

the professor's office hours aren't always accomodating

As a private Baptist university, most of the professors are Baptists and fit the generic Baptist stereotype, which obviously means less diversity. However, the professors are incredibly educated and ask insightful questions and get the students thinking hard about new ideas. A few professors are very "Baptist" and conservative in their teaching, but most don't let it keep them from being wonderful professors, academically stimulating and engaging. I do look forward to more diversity in the faculty at Baylor, but feel that the current status is not detrimental to our education.

The wosrt thing about my school is the fact that the majority of students are either engaged or married by their junior year. Sadly, we have one of the higest divorce rates out of most schools in the country. I do not believe it is healthy to get married so young. All these students know is college life, they have no idea what the real world is like. Our society does not need any more divorce; our children have had enough experience dealing with broken households. Divorce should not be something we strive for the young to become accustomed to.

The worst thing about Baylor University is that it is small enough to feel like a high school; sometimes I feel like I know everyone and that can be a good or bad thing.

This is supposed to be the largest Baptist University in the world, but there are some religious standards that are hypocritically ignored here and others that are taken to extremes. For example, there is a lot of cursing and drinking and fornicating going on here and the administration turns a blind eye, but a teen can be expelled for being pregnant and unwed.

The worst thing aboutmy school would have to be the STUPID rules that the regents have placed for us. Like no alcohol, and the closed minded ness of at least half of the students.

The university is tailored far more to texas native students rather than out of state students, like myself. For example, they might give us a three day holiday, and most students go home, but I have a day of flying on either end, and it's not worth the money and travel time for one day back home. Accomodations during these holidays are also lacking- the dorms closed so quickly.