Illinois State University Top Questions

The most frustrating thing about my school is the reputation it receives from people who do not go to Illinois State University. Most people compare ISU to the University of Illinois and often believe that it is inadequate in comparison. This is an irritating aspect of my school because it is definitely not any worse than any other school. The students and faulty at ISU are all incredibly nice and intelligent. Illinois State University is a great school to discover yourself and meet great people. ISU, without a doubt, does not deserve the reputation it gets.

I feel like certain classes are very tedious.

At the moment, the most frustrating aspect has to be the time that I have to wait in order to know whether or not I am going to be accepted into the school of nursing here. It leaves me with much anxiety and I have to come up with many back-up plans incase it does not work out here because of it's competitive nature.

The students, the partying, the frats

the cost

I would say that most frustrating thing about Illinois Sate University has to do with the art department / situation. There are so many nice buildings here on campus and the only ones that are in bad shape are the fine art buildings (there are two). Other than that I am happy with the art department because we have amazing professors and a wide veriety of programs.

Having a plan of study but not being able to go by because classes are always full when I go to pick classes.

Currently, the most frustrating thing about my school is that there is construction everywhere. There's new buildings going up all over, renovation of buildings, and street construction. It's worse this summer 2009 than it will be in the coming year, but that is the most frustrating thing because of the interference for drivers.

Professors can be indifferent and hard to deal with, the administration is beareucratic and lots of red tape.

The most frustrating part of Illinois State University is the cost of living. Property owners raise prices every year and make students pay per-room. Next year I will be a Junior and will have to take out loans so I can not only pay for a higher education but also afford a $415 rent. It is sad that they are allowed to do this. Students have to live near campus and it is not fair that property managers are making student's dreams harder to achieve.

I haven't found anything frustrating about my school because I haven't attended it yet.

For Elementary Education majors there is a big work load. Doing homework takes a lot of time every day.

I live out of tyown and the parking can be very frustrating

The most frustrating thing about my school is they changed the meal plan this year and most of the students dislike it a lot. The meal plan is now swipe your id when you enter the dining center and you can eat as much food as you want and I do not like that because I do not want to eat all the food I can, especially when it is not good food. I wish we had the old meal plan back.

cost of books , getting the classes you want

The academic advisors don't really talk to one another, so I get conflicting answers about a lot of things.

It seemed that there were not as many academic advisors for the education department. They seemed to be overworked and it was always difficult to schedule an appointment with them.

I do not find anything fruserating about my school. I love it here and wish I could be here all the time, even over summer breaks!

I think the most frustrating thing about my school is the lack of music. I always had to drive to Champaign (40 minutes away) to see any good bands. I really would have enjoyed more culture at my school.

The bus system.