San Jose State University Top Questions

The school I go to is brilliant. I love the campus for what it is, but aside from the pressure with paying textbooks, tuition, transportation, and class limitations (especially this semester's school budget issues), I believe things get only better once the student pushes himself to a limit of motivation, and balancing to keep up with school work. The challenges faced with financial struggles of family members, transportation, and school is tough, because they all create a huge impact on the student's performance in school.

The worst thing about my school is probably that it is such a large commuter school. It is easy to get lost in the 30,000 students attending the school and classes can sometimes be difficult to get but as long as you stay on top of your work and use the resources on campus to help you it's not that bad at all.

The worst thing I consider about my school is the difficulty in scheduling classes due to the state-wide budget cuts. Because of this difficulty, numerous students have trouble in qualifying for necessary financial aid due to the number of units they are currently enrolled in.

I believe that San Jose State has a problem with losing information and keeping up with it as well.

Having your personal belongings stolen in junior high or high school is, to me, acceptable, but when it comes to college campuses theft is unacceptable. Adults should not steal becuase they know better and although there are securities patrolling the garages, things still get stolen. Not only personal belongings in car trunks, but bikes (or bike parts) are being stolen as well. That's a downer, but I suppose it happens everywhere.

The worst thing about my school is the number of students they are admitting and the number of classes they are offering because the latter makes it hard to get the credits that are needed to graduate. The budget cuts have really affected the school, they are admitting less students, including tranfer students. The amount of students in a class has also been reduced, which can be a positive thing if for students who actually make in the class. Hopefully, this is a temporary problem.

One of the worst things about my school is it's location. Although it is right next to downtown, it is very hard to find a part-time job in the surrounding area. Therefore, if you are without a vehicle, its hard to find a part-time job that is nearby. It is also harder to get to essential places such as grocery stores, hospitals, and shopping.

Lack of healthy and diverse food choices in the dining commons and food places around campus!

The worst thing about my school is all the crime that seems to be occuring. Crimes such as stealing and harrasment. I know people who have been harrased by people who just walk on to the campus.

The worst thing about my school is sometimes it takes a long time to get answers from the administration about financial aid and other school realated stuff. Jobs are very limited due to large budget cuts.