James Madison University Top Questions

Parking.

That all people do on weekends is binge drink and party

I really feel like the lack of diversity frustrates me the most. The school is made of about 80{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} white and 20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of other ethinic groups. There are ways to get involved in ethnic clubs, but it's depressing walking through such a predominantly white campus.

Although there are plenty of places to study, I find it difficult to find time to go to these places. I have a part-time job on campus, in order to pay for the tuition. Even with just part-time, it cuts into my study time. Often times I am so tired that I study in my dorm instead, just in case I fall asleep. Dorms, as one might figure, are not the best place to study. The hours of work cuts into my studying methods really made this complicated for the first year but money was essential.

So many students and not enough class sections to go around, and not enough treadmill supply in the gym for demand

The distance from my home in Connecticut to Harrisonburg. Also, the financial aid office can be difficult and gives different answers to problems that are actually really important and timely. It is such an administrative school; there are so many different people at work there that the consistency problems are serious.

That would be the amount of parking allotted for students and the way parking is enforced. I would have to get to my classes at least thirty minutes early in order to have any hopes of finding a spot. Sometimes I would have to cirlcle the parking lot many times and if I still was unable to park in a spot appropriate to my parking pass, then i would park in a metered spot and refill the meter every thrity minutes. Parking tickets are very easy to get and not easy to refute. JMU is working on providing more parking.

The lack of diversity and use of alcohol.

The location

The campus is split into two by a highway.