Grand Valley State University Top Questions

Stress! The work load can be tough to balance with your social life, especially when you get into higher level courses.

The distance between the downtown Grand Rapids campus and the Allendale campus is probably the worst thing. They are both excellenct campuses, but for those students who have to travel back and forth between them, it becomes difficult. There is a reliable bus system, however, which alleviates this problem.

No online courses. It interferes with my rotating work schedule. Also, the kids.

I think the worst thing about my school is how conservative some people are and how unwilling they are to take other people's thoughts and beliefs into account.

The worst thing is there isn't enough parking spaces! There is over 24,000 people here and only 11,000 parking spaces. A lot of students use the bus which is great, but I think there needs to be more buses and more bus routes!

The worst thing about GVSU is the public bathrooms in the older buildings. They are incredibly awkward and uncomfortable to a somewhat fascinating degree. I have never used a public restroom anywhere near as awkward as some of the ones here.

It is pretty much in the middle of no where. Grand Valley does a good job of having a wide range of activities available to students, but if you want to venture off campus, it will take you a good 15 or 20 minutes to get to something of interest.

There is little diversity and it is in the middle of cornfields, so there isn't a whole lot to do on the weekends on campus. There are way more religious and conservative people than I am used to, and I think its kind of confining

There is not much that I consider to be bad at my school. Academically, Grand Valley is challenging while stimulating; teachers are excited about their own work as well as that of their students. If anything, I would say that I have trouble finding people with political and religious views similar to my own, and this is sometimes frustrating to me - that, in my opinion, is the worst part of Grand Valley.

The lack of diversity on the campus.