Carthage College Top Questions

The most frustrating thing about my school is that adult students tend to be left out of "the Loop" when it comes to the events on campus and procedures for their majors/minors.

It's difficult to graduate on time here, yet the tuition is so high that students can easily go into debt.

I am in the middle of nowhere. Literally all we have to do on campus is eat, watch movies, and study. There aren't enough jobs on campus to support all their students so that is not an option either. If there were more to do on campus I would probably be more apt to have a good time and stay at the current college I'm at.

The campus is closed and not located near other businesses so I have to drive everywhere because nothing is within walking distance. It would be nice to have some kind of grocery place on campus which they are building in the next couple years.

I find that many of the students don't have a real passion for learning the subject matter, even when it's a class within their major. If students were to be more involved in the subject matter, all students in the class would benefit. I also find that there are many students that do not have opinions about subjects which I find to be important and even when they do, they are unwilling to discuss them with me if their view is differnt than my own.

The most frustrating part about attending Carthage college is when you're a varsity athelete you're expected to give 150{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} in your sport at all times to represent your school the very best you can however at the same time everyone expects just as much effort in the classroom. It's often hard to please teachers and coaches alike, but they try to be understanding of your situation.

Most of the time the prices of food and books. The food on campus is definitely over priced especially for students that do not live on campus or have a meal plan. The book prices are expensive and most of the time we do not use them much in class.

At times, it seems that the school can tend to be more focused on budget than what is truly important at the school. Although this can be frustrating, we as students tend to not realize the true meaning behind their decisions. Their decisions do usually hold the students at the core of them.

The work load obtained from being a science major, the labs on top of projects on top of homework can get quite overwhelming.

How much drama there seems to be withing the music theater and theater departments.

The most frustrating thing about my school is again the cost. It is very expensive and hard to afford. I love the learning environment and the size of the school and I would never want to go to a different school, however, the cost is making me think I might have to leave Carthage College.

The rules as far as alcohol and noise get very annoying.

Winters right next to lake michigan.

The person who took us on a tour told us there was tons of stuff to do on the weekends but in reality it is a ghost town most weekends.

Reistering for classes, you can see as the classes fill up, but you are not able to register until your appointed date or time. Planning each semester of coursework has involved having to change my plans, even after I have put in careful consideration of options to have the best possible schedule, it just doesn't work out has planned, so don't get too attached to any class plan for a semester, because it will probably change by the time registration is over.

It's hard to be able to move off campus before your senior year. The dorms are fine, but when you are ready to move off you have to be approved before you're allowed to find your own house. Depending on the number of incoming freshman, it can be difficult to get approval.

The most frustrating thing about the school is finding the money to pay for it, and the ways administration does not take what students say seriously and do not listen. It seems like sometimes problems with the school never get fixed.

Right now being a commuter is frustrating. They're doing rennovations on our gym/arena so the construction crews have taken away a lot of the commuter parking and we have to park farther away from our classes and possibly in an area where we aren't supposed to park which sets security on us. We've been harrassed by security for not parking in our commuter spots but that's becuase we don't have enough spots to park in. So I think we need more parking for commuters and everyone on campus.

The selection of food can get old fast, and the meal plan is not substantial. A car is a must for any fun at this school, and usually the weekends are dead because everyone has gone home. Most people are local (within a few hours). The dorms are ok, but in need of renevation.

The conservative, binge-drinking mentality of all these partying students around me. Most of the campus is heterosexual, white, Republican, and interested only in partying at this school. Most seniors say, "I don't know what I want to do with my life after I graduate." Also, I never feel as though the faculty, administration, or the school's *one* counselor actually care about me as a person.