Spelman College Top Questions

The most frustrating aspect about my school is the lack of financial aid. My college is extremely espensive and I want more than anything to graduate from here but I dont know if I will be able to due to the cost and lack of scholarships and financial aid given out.

The most frustrating thing about Spelman college is the over workload they assign to students. However, it helps us prepare for our intended careers.

For me I thought it was going to be a huge transition to attend an all-girls school. I made a lot of friends over the summer but sometimes when people get to college, they realize they have to find themselves. They change and that's okay. You might change and that's okay. College is all about extended growth. Sometimes you outgrow people, and that's frustrating sometimes. It happens a lot where you meet someone you would have never talked to and end up becoming really great friends. Don't judge off first-hand.

The most frustrating thing about my school is being able to adjust to different aspects that I am surrounded by and am forced to adjust to, such as the many different teaching styles of the professors, the unique grading scale, the cost of attending Spelman College, and the living arrangements. However, I am forever grateful for the opportunity of attending this illustrious college. I am able to tolerate and adjust to all of the things that frustrate me because I realize that in life, not all things will go the way I expect them.

The cost of attendence has to be the most frustrating thing. You can work hard and get good grades, but you still may not be offered a scholarship. The overall cost of attendence can cause stress each semester when you are trying to get ready and pay for the next semester.

The most frustrating things are the dorms and the food. The dorms are not up to par with the times and the food is not that great. If I am spending 40000 a year on something, I should be able to get my money's worth.

There's nothing frustrating about my school in my opinion but something that can be difficult to students in there first year of college is the amount of work you have to do in little time compared to high school. You really have to manage your time wisely in college.

The most frustating thing about my school is the long cafeteria lines.

The classes here are very challenging, and will be the most frustrating thing on campus. Professors expect you to challenge yourselves and be up for the challenge they present.

The most frustrating thing about my school is their unorganization, the lack air in my dorm for two years straight, and the strong atmosphere of unusual lifesyles.

The most frustrating thikng about Spelman College would have to be the required courses that are need for general education but do not pertain to your major whatsoever. Some just seem competely unnecessary but are required to graduate.

The most frustrating thing about Spelman is that so many wonderful students attend and want to attend, but the school isn't able to offer superior finacial aid awards like some of the major schools. This leads to students either taking out student loans to compensate for their lack of funds, or some students choosing not to attend, and Spelman losing out on stellar students.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that we still have a 'curfew'. I believe we do because it is a private institution and it is a gated in school. The boys have to be off campus by midnight and no later than that.

The most frustrating thing about Spelman is that you are expected to do so much work in such a small period of time, which makes it hard to balance a socail life.

I believe the most fustrating thing about Spelman is the workload and learning how to manage time in order to get the workload completed. Since Spelman is known for being a fist-rate historically black college, the staff tend to hold students at a very high level, which means the workload can be heavy and the standards are high. When a person is in college, it can be hard to balance a social life and school work, which makes Spelman's amount of work and expectations kind of fustrating for me, a college freshman.

Spelman does not give a lot of scholarships so you either have to get outside scholarships, struggle financially, or have to drop out if you do not have the money and cannot get loans. Some of our students had to go through that because if we're paying $40,000 per year and not getting financial aid from the school, how would it be possible to stay?

The rules because of it being a private school. Its not as independent as one would expect college to be

The most frustrating thing about my school is the freshman dorms. They could use some progress.

The most frustrating thing about Spelman was the sorority life. I hated seeing women degrade and humiliate themselves to become apart of an organization that was supposedly based on community, leadership, scholarship, and sisterhood.

The most frustrating thing is waiting in the long lines if you forgot to do something, and not keeping track of your account records as far as financial aid. There are so many things you have to set up during New Student Orientation week and you have to make sure that all of your financial aid is paid up for the year. There is no one reminding you to do anything and if you wait until the last minute you will end up in a long line that will drive you absolutely crazy!