DePaul University Top Questions

What's the most frustrating thing about DePaul University?

Jasmine

The most frustrating thing about DePaul is when breaks come and the Students Ventra Card are shut off. This is the most frustrating because I am a student who has to commute every where, by taking away the thing that helps me pay for transportation it causes serious complications.

abigail

The most frustrating thing about my school would have to be the tuition. Although I am aware that it is a private school, tutition is almost 34,000 a year. Being a student in financial needs makes it hard for me to attend a university that is that costly, but I will do whatever it takes to be able to attend Depaul. I will fully take advantage of grants and loans to be able to succeed at DePaul.

Edward

The most frustrating thing about my school is that on fridays the library closes too early.

John

One important aspect that DePaul University lacks is community. Although DePaul is a division one school, it does not have a football team and all other sports do not gain much student interest. This may have to do with the several professional sports teams in Chicago that have tons of appeal. Also, the university consists of over 25,000 students. The large size of DePaul can be quite aggravating when it comes to registering for courses. It is very difficult to compete with thousands of people over a class that holds a maximum of fifty people.

Charlotte

The most frustrating thing is to find a job on campus, and to find nearby, cheap apartments. Just balancing everything is a struggle, but there are so many local businesses that could hire you, and there is so much public transport, so there is hope. As for apartments, I can't help you there. I'm still living on campus.

Sally

When I think of DePaul, nothing frustrating about it comes to mind except the fact that everything is so expensive, but I think that applies to most, if not all, colleges.

Denice

The most frustating thing about DePaul is the cost of tuition. Even with grant and aid, it is still very difficult to support your education at DePaul. It is also very frustating at DePaul's lack of commitment to their students, especially when students need another route to finish their degree. DePaul is very stern on their degree progress, and offer little help when a student is seeking other ways to complete their degree.

Konrad

The downtown campus does not have a parking lot for DePaul students. Also, tuition is rather expensive.

Joel

The residence hall adminnistator in my building.

Abigail

Professors here are great for the most part, but of course there are outliers. I know that I am a student and thus not exactly an equal. By no means, though, do I consider myself or any other student here arbitray or expendable. Some professors are non responsive to questions or are just genuinely apathetic. Tuition is too high to tolerate any amount of that kind of treatment.

Yuritzi

One of the things that frustrate me about DePaul is the cost of living around the school campus. The campuses are located in Lincoln Park and Downtown, two of the most expensive areas in Chicago. Since I could not afford housing on-campus, I had to get an apartment 40 mins away. I travel on a city bus every day to school and work.

Kianna

The most frustrating thing, however not a bad thing, is the fact that the school has three quarters with ten weeks of classes. The school is very fast paced and can get busy during midterms and finals. Other than those times, DePaul is a great and exciting place to be !

Pietro

Some professors are hard to follow. One may speak with a very heavy accent and go fast whereas another professor will speak fast and be unorganized in regards to the students understanding.

Jennifer

Due to the expensive nature of living on or off-campus, students are forced to look for cheap housing or commute from home. As a result, the amount of communter students makes meeting people challenging. Also, there is a large amount of students that live far off campus, in order to have cheap housing, which adds to the difficulty of socializing with classmates.

Yajaira

I enjoy my school ing experience at DePaul very much. I guess the only real frustrating thing is trying to get your studying completed and have a vast array of knowledge on the subject in a little under 11-weeks.

Jon

This is mostly restricted to the theatre deapartment, but the work load at this school is very heavy. This is not really a bad thing, but being in Chicago obviously there is a lot that students want to do outside of school, but many times you have to give up the fun of the city to do homework and other class activities. It is a bit hard to do this, especially with downtown Chicago so close to campus. Many a Friday night I've watched people outside my window on their way to fun, and I'm doing homework.

Grace

The most frustrating thing about my school is the cost of tuition, my tuition alone is $26, 000 a year. Chicago is a very expensive city to live in to begin with, it's tax is 10.25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} and the price of rent is ridiculous. DePaul doesn't have a lot of on-campus housing available, so unfortunately student in their junior and senior years are forced to commute by the El train to eithier the loop or lincoln park campus.

Jillian

I would have to say for me the most frustrating thing about DePaul is finances. I had a 4.0 in high-school and didn't get any scholarship at all. According, to the school you have to score so high on your ACT before you are considered. Since I have trouble taking standarized tests and only received a average score I wasn't even considered so I have sizeable amount of debt but DePaul is worth it.

Kevin

Classes filling up early on during registration.

laura

The counselors do not seem to help out as much as they should. Although there are some that do help of course, there are many that do not. Also, due to the fact that it is not a school where everyone is always located in the same area (it being in the city) it is often hard to meet people.