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The chemistry dept. is impossibly hard..

THe most frustrating thing about Ohio State is that, believe it or not, after a while the campus seems.

Recently, there have been a lot of changes going on. For example, the meal plan system changed and we switched from quarters to semesters. While I didn't attend the school before these changes, the people who I am friends with didn't like the sudden change. Just this year, bikes/skateboards/scooters/roller blades etc are not allowed to be used while on the oval, which many people relied on for quicker transportion.

Very Bureaucratic. The students often get overlooked compared to the agendas of the president and other higher ups. The switch from the quarters system to the semesters system was widely disputed and not wanted by the students or the faculty, but the higher-ups wanted the change to benefit the sports schedule. Constant construction seems like a waste of the budget, especially while much-needed renovations to older facilities are overlooked. This school is interested in cramming as many people into a class as possible. Some classes don't even have enough desks to accommodate enrolled students.

The more frustrating aspect about my school is the fact that our professors to give one-on-one attention to every individual. The size of Ohio State is way too large for professors of certain lectures to have enough time to schedule time for each student. Yet, understanding this downfall has made me very proactive about going to my professors office hours, and furthermore doing this to get to know my professors on a personal level has truly raised my grades in the class.

The most frustrating thing about Ohio State is that they don't do more for the students' safety. There have been many unfortunate occurances on and off campus that, I feel, could be fixed with additional security, more patrolling, or other ways to enforce safety. I like to feel safe, and for the majority of the time, I do, but I feel that Ohio State has been very relaxed on bettering the safety for the students.

There really isn't anything I found to be frustrating at my school.

The most frustarating aspect about Ohio State is that with such a large student body, getting individualized attention can be a difficult process. There is a relatively large ratio when it comes to the amount of students to academic advisors, therefore when scheduling advising appointments you may call to schedule, but your appointment might not be for another two or three weeks. Although they are not super accesible, their abilities and resources to help the student body are phenomenal and top-notch.

My school has a huge number of students involved and it can be really hard to meet friends and find a place to "fit it" if you will. Coming in as a transfer this past year, it was extremely difficult to put myself out there and make new friends while being one of almost 60,000 students. I was at a school of about 2,500 students last year so I really was not prepared to have such a huge change so fast! However, after getting accustomed to life as a buckeye, I am now getting used to it.

The most frustrating thing about Ohio State is that it can sometimes be difficult to get/find information. The website is very effective but it can be hard to navigate initially.

There are many events that happen around campus but I always felt that I was not informed of the things that were happening. I would find out about events after they passed. OSU is so great about communication through email, so it would be great if they informed students of events around campus through email too.

The most frustrating aspect about The Ohio State University is the lack of academic advising. My personal experience with the advising offices, as both an exploration major, and my current major in the school of arts and sciences have been negative ones. Upon acceptance to The Ohio State University it is of upmost important that students take their academic future into their own hands. If you completes a class, under a mistaken assumption that it fulfills a specific category for graduation, and in fact does not, it is essentially your problem. You have to do your "homework" when planning schedules!

Getting to know professors each quarter. However - that will change as we change teachers less when we go to semesters in 2012-2013.

Trying to find parking is difficult. You must park off campus and take a bus.

The one frustrating thing is the size of the campus. It takes a little while to learn where everything is, and it's a lot of walking, but you do learn to appreciate it eventually.

Coming from such a small town, the most frustrating part about Ohio State would have to be how impersonal the classroom feels. Even when it is a smaller class size, the professors normally have many other classes they are teaching so they cannot give you individualized attention. This impersonal feeling also takes place with the advising at Ohio State. Each advisor has so many students that they cannot get to know you on a personal level and tend to treat you like any other student.

The most frustrating aspect of Ohio State would be the size. For people who may be shy or introverted, having so many people around all the time can be very challenging. At times the mass amounts of people can be overwhelming, especially in classes when a student may want one-on-one attention. Unfortantly, at Ohio State that just doesn't exist. But, having all those other students offers the opportunities to meet some pretty amazing people and learn more about the world that I even thought was possible.

I would say that the tuition because its not only stressful to you but your family members that are supporting you.

Nothing about my school is very frustrating, but if I had to pick one thing, I would say it's size. For the most part, all of my classes are within a reasonable distance from where I live, but being a Natural Resources Management major, all of my classes take place on West campus, which is across the Olentangy river in Columbus. It's the furthest place you can travel for a class and that's where almost all of my major classes will take place. It is a 2-mile hike to that side of campus.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that it is in a large city so it's pretty busy.