Howard University Top Questions

The most frustrating thing about my school I must say is that there are a lot of students. That is great for developing relationships and for networking, but when it comes to simple things it can become overwhelming.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the lack of care for the students from the faculty and administration. When something goes wrong, it's expected and the students simply just 'have' to remember, "it's Howard." To be as presitgious of a university that it is upheld and known to be it does not represent itself as such to its students.

Not knowing about events(i.e. sporting, theatre, social) till the day of. Info is not spread quickly and on different mediums. During oreintation there was a list of the events, out of the ten I tryed to attend three did not start on the time posted ,and one was completely cancelled. The events are entertaing and informative and knowing about them ahead of time would make them even better.

The most frustrating thing about Howard University is the lack of consideration for the students. From unreasonable cafeteria hours to incredibly last minute communication, Howard has repeatedly shown that student morale and wellbeing is not a priority. One major example of this is the failure to put down proper materials to prevent thte freezing of precipitation on campus. After one snow, the walkways of both the Upper and Lower Quadrangles were completely frozen over as students trekked to class. This was a very hazardous situation, as many students and professors slipped and fell.

The most frustrating thing about Howard University is the financial aid department and the Administration Building.

The most frustrating thing about Howard is the Administration Building. Everytime someone goes in their related to financial aid or validation for classes they will always get the run around. Also the employees there always have an attitude with you like you have done something wrong, but it's there job to answer your questions. There is no type of organization in the building and sometimes they even lose your financial aid.

The poor leadership will ultimately be the downfall of Howard University. From the president resigning, to the subpar professors; Howard is in big trouble.

From the outside Howard University almost looks like a metropolis, a utopia for the most elite and well driven african americans and other minorities and although there is no perfect college, there are plenty of faulty things that one will see though the years of attendance at howard. For one, communications between the student body and the school can somewhat be hastle at times, and secondly dealing with fanancial aid and student benefits is tough as well. Money, money, money is the name of the game here on my campus.

Financial aid and adminstrators not being totally helpful.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that I pay thirty-five thousand dollars and year and do not see the benefits of my tuition compared to a school I could have attended in my state and paid half the price for better conditions. The buildings are outdated, the university is in financial turmoil, and my tuition goes up every year as the prestige of the university goes down.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the administative building

The visitation policy is extremely restrictive. The friends that I made lived in the dorm right next to mine. This would have been okay except that meant that I couldn't go see them whenever I wanted. Vistitaion was often limited to certain times of the day. Also I couldn't see them before noon or after midnight because vistiation was over.

The administration doesn't seem to take the concerns of the students very seriously. They're not very professional and extremely impatient.

The most frustrating thing that I find about my school is the fact that they are slow-moving about almost everything that happens on campus; however, when the time comes for bills to be paid to the school, administration is quick to place holds on accounts for having a remaining balance. Essentially, it can appear at times that the university is solely focused on getting paid.

The most frustrating thing about Howard University is without a doubt, registration. Registering for classes is almost as hard as staying in to study on a Saturday night when everyone's partying, but at the end of the day it's something you have to do. Registration is difficult because of the lack of space in classes so as a freshman the classes you need, often fill fast. While most of the students here can agree, they love the close and interactive environment of a small classroom when it comes time to register it is what we hate the most.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the decreasing of assistance that is given once the school year starts. When it comes to housing and financial aid, they seem to have the most problems with being able to keep students, new and continuing, from having to take the semester off or leave the university. They always say there is nothing they can do and it doesn't make any sense to me as well as other students.

Administration and Financial Aid. There is a lack of communcation between those who operate the university and teh student body. The lack of communcation causes fustration, confusion, and some hostility.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the financial aid

the thing that frustrates me most about my school is that they are not good with information, you have to be on top of everything ecause they are not and they lose things.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the housing process.