Brigham Young University-Hawaii Top Questions

While I stand proudly for the school I am going to, if I could offer two bits of advice to the school it would be to update the webstie more frequently, and respond promptly to messages left. :)

I could graduate this semester if one of my classes was offered more frequently. Instead I have to graduate in April because that one class is only offered during winter semester.

Housing and the meal plans. Freshmen have to stay on campus until you have so many credits. You also have to sign a contract for housing and a meal plan. It is pretty expensive and there is pretty much no way to get out of it. It takes away the opportunity for one to plan and budget for themselves. Making it so that we give so much money and they give us so much food, even though it is not the food we want or can really afford.

Brigham Young University- Hawaii offers an education unique to many other universities around the world. It is an opportunity of a lifetime to come and study here in Hawaii. Not only do you recieve a top-notch education within the classroom, but also outside of the classroom. BYU-Hawaii is so culturally diverse that you will learn new things about the world and its cultures everyday. The only negative aspect of this Institution is lack of class flexibility during some of the semesters, since it can only offer certain classes during certain semesters due to its small student body.

the most frustrating about my school is that we are only few students.

There's so many opportunities and I wish I could be apart of all of them. There's so many things that I wish I had time and means to study and develop talents in. It can be frustrating to have to pick only a couple things.

The most frustrating thing about Brigham Young University is also one of its greatest attributes, that being its laid back attitude. The university is enthusiastic about learning and helping students acquire high morals while making them capable of building up their home countries when they graduate but it very much has a worry free Hawaiian attitude. A lot of the time it takes a little longer to get things done than it would at universities in the mainland because nobody here is in a hurry.

Nothing is frustrating!

I think the most frustrating thing is the relaxed atmoosphere. It keeps things from feeling too stressful, but on the other hand, it also makes it feel as if things never get done.

One thing that is frustrating for those who attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii is the difficulty to pay for college. BYU-H is located in a very small town which doesn't provide a huge work force for the whole student body. Many students are still unemployed. Even without taking education into consideration, living in this area is very expensive. Minimum wage is the usual reward for those that do have a job. Such circumstances lead students, myself included, to work two jobs while attending school full-time.

The most frustrating thing is that people make the assumption that anyone going to school here just came to be on vacation

A frustrating aspect of BYU-Hawaii is that the housing is somewhat dreary and is falling apart. The rooms are very small, and there is not a lot of room for anything. Another frustrating aspect of BYU-H is that many things close very early. The bookstore closes very early, as well as the Seasider where i get much of my food. I feel that it would be better if they were opened at more convienient times of the day.

The most frustratiing thing about attending BYU-Hawaii is the administration. Dont get me wrong, they are fabulous people, however they are very frustrating to get a hold of when you need them most. Most of the time I have problems when it comes to communicating with the academic advisors.

Not having access to a fridge in our dorms. Due to my medical needs I have to have a fridge available for medication storage.

Because BYU-Hawai'i is small in size, it does not provide as much of an abundance of academic opportunities that many other universities do. The list of majors offered is very limited, and the majors that are offered are kept on a generalized level.

I don't know if it is the cultural difference or not, but sometimes some office workers might neglect their jobs. For example, one of my friends went to an office for getting her job. She wrote a lot of papers for applying. It must have taken much time to write those forms. She submitted it and waited for a long time. However, officers didn't reply to it for a while, and then she headed to the office. Surprisingly, they just said "Sorry, we just forgot about your application." If I were in the situation, I would be disapointed.

The most frustrating thing about this school is that it is very far away from home. I do love living on the island of Hawaii and the benifits of living in paridise are very rewarding but it is hard and expensive to get back to the mainland. Hawaii is a very expensive place to live and hard to pay for rent, tuition, books and food. Our school could use some more sport teams.

It's small and has a harder time financially, it can be to get the nicest programs or resources.

The most frustrating thing about BYUH is the terrible schedule. They are trying out a new schedule that shortens all of the terms to the point where ther is simply not enough time to really learn anything from your classes. All that there is time to do is memorize, recite, and then remember what you want to understand more of so after the term is over you can go back and study it.

I am pretty sure there is no frustrating thing in my school. I love my school , especially the standards its providing, the culture we have to mingle with everyone. One thing which bothers me is, we as studentsfrom different countries come here to study and serve in our countries. Now to do that we need to build a trusteable relationship everyone because that's the only way we can improve each nation. We need to start a business in our countries and unite the world in one so we as students need to be kind of united every time.