Brigham Young University-Hawaii Top Questions

I really get frustrated about the amount of homeworks teachers give. There would not be a day that would go by that a student would not have any homework. Every single day I have to check all my school websites just to make sure to check that I didn't miss any homeworks. Especially one's that have so much number of questions to answer which takes me more time than what homeorks should normally take. I mean homeworks aren't bad at all, sometimes it's just very tiring and frustrating when teachers would give too much to do.

I can't be there soon enough.

The most frustrating thing about BYU- Hawaii is the inability to expand and allow more students to attend, due to the small area of land owned by the shcool and the anti-growth activits in the community.

The dress and grooming code feels overly restrictive at times. Sometimes for example, a man might forget to shave and upon entering the test center to take an exam, he would be kindly asked to come back at a later time clean shaven. Every student accepts the dress and grooming standards in order to be accepted into the university, but sometimes the zero-tolerance rule leads to frustrating experiences from what really is only an accident as simple as forgetting to shave.

I think the most frustrating thing about this school is that it is far away from any bigger cities like Honolulu. It takes a while to get there if you go by bus.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that sometimes its cloudy and we cant get a tan on the beach! This school is amazing :)

I'm sure you've heard of 'Hawaiian time' as in, everything is late and there is a laid back attitude about work. This campus is not excluded from Hawaiian time. While most professors are pretty good at doing things on time, the majority of school faculty not dedicated to teaching seem to run on Hawaiian time and don't have a sense of urgency in dealing with matters that are important to the students.

Brigham Young University - Hawaii, does suits my personality and my style of learning; the relatively small size of the campus/school creates an opportunity for students and professors to interract intimately. However, i wish more attention and resources would be channelled towards expanding the research scope of the college of math and sciences. Thats what i am most frustrated about, the college of math and science is receiving relatively less attention than the other colleges in the school.

The most frustrating about my school is that there are mininum possibilities of receiving scholarships. The school only offers one scholarship according to grades and no other needs.

The school is very slow with paperwork. You can't wait on the school to get things done you need to do everything yourself. Housing is the worst. Everything is a fight. They never have enough housing and living in the dorms can get expensive with all the fines they give.

Sometimes you dont have the time to do everything you want to do. You need to prioritize your time so you can be effective.

Brigham Young University- Hawaii (BYUH) is home to more than 2,000 students from over 70 different countries. Since I have been here- less than a week, the hardest thing I am facing right now is making friends, and this because of that reason- diversity. Although it is great to interact with people from many different cultural backgrounds, after the initial meeting, the magic seems to die a little and often times, students will gather in groups that speak their language and share their roots. However, it is a challenge that can be overcomed I believe.

The most frustrating thing I believe is that due to the hig concentration of students in the small town of Laie virtually making any well paying job impossible to find thus creating a vicious circle of poverty.

The professors are maybe too easy on students sometimes and dont push them enough to be better and see growth within themselves.

The financial aid department is the most frustrating thing about this school. While they have great financial opportunities they are not at all well advertised. Most people do not know about the scholarships. To find a scholarship you have to search and search all over the website to find even one scholarship. When you can find a scholarship you usually do not meet all the recomendations. I feel that the scholarships are there to help the students and should be made easily assecable and gainable so that our college experience might be better. This would help future students as well.

The most frustrating thing about BYU - Hawaii is that the beach is a constant distraction, but it is also a great stress reliever to go to after class.

You will be attending school in paradise but you will have some side effects. Everyone is on "island time." If you want something done you have to go in to the office in question and demand that you are taken seriously and inform them that you will not leave unto your problems are solved. Many of the workers will do things when it is convient to them. Deadlines are not often acknowledged because the email informing students of the deadline, never was sent.

It is very isolated. There is not a lot of things to do around. There is very limited number of stores and recreattional activities, other then the beach of course.

The most frustrating thing about my school would probably be the difference in the quality of the teachers. There were half teachers that wanted to help you as much as possible. Then the other teachers that just seem to not care if you pass or fail.As long as they get you out of their class they are fine.

Housing is quite frustrating. The off campus housing is a pretty bad situation. Landlords charge an arm and a leg to live in a shack. It takes a really long time to get in the on campus housing as a married student. While the school has been improving, there is still a long way to go.