The University of Montana Top Questions

The biggest problem I see with The University of Montana is their communication with both their incoming freshman and current students. Everything extending from dates of housing aplications, to class registration and all that has to be done. They have the information, but they don't send out it out to allow the ease of access for new students to be informed on all they need to be informed on.

The worst thing about the University of Montana is the age. If you are looking for a new, shiny, and aesthetically modern campus then this is not the place for you. With the exception of several buildings that have been built recently this is an older campus and you can tell from looking at it. It is very well kept and is not run down, but the styles of everything are older.

I put so much into my school as in being in the top clubs or extra-cirricular activties. When you get screwed over by the adminstration most lower teachers, etc will help. They will feel empathetic for you but when it comes to the higher position chairs, they won't help a single student if the University screwed up they protect themselves. But other than that its great school.

The parking is one of the most frustrating things at the University of Montana. Parking passes are also extremely expensive and alot of the time it is very difficult to even find a parking spot.

The town is completely focused on the football team because there are really no other sports teams in Montana, and due to that they allow the team to get away with pretty much anything. We made national news for it. It was and still is incredibly embarassing.

The worst thing about my school is the lack of scholarship opportunites available to its current unergraduate students. One is not allowed to apply for certain scholarships if certain other ones have been awarded to them, and there is also a lack of scholarships in general. This is a disadvantage for most students because we could use all the money we can to help fund our education.

The emphasis that the school put on sports over the arts was aggrevating because they should be treated equally.

The worst thing about this school is that there is no wireless interent in the dorms, it makes it a lot harder to bring your computer around with an ethernet cord.

The current scandal with the football players and date rape drugs.

The limited amount of parking space available for students and the expensive parking permit is the worst thing about our school. It is more convenient to be on foot and to use the bus to save money but not for time's sake.

The worst thing about the University of Montana is the lack of Quiet Hour enforcement. Quiet Hours start at 8pm on school nights, but there could be a party raging in the dorm down the hall until 3am without RA interference.

The worst thing about school so far is my advising counslor. She did not know what I wanted and kept ruining my schedual. Now she is one a break so they got a replacement who is worse than she is

There is not enough focus on the arts. The university revolves around the football team and it's players rather than emphasizing any of the extremely talented, artists, musicians, and visual people on campus.

The University of Montana has a large student population which sometimes makes finding new friends difficult and/or overwhelming.

For me, the worst thing about my school is the distance it is away from home. I am originally from Maui, HI so anywhere really is far away from home. It is difficult being in a state so far away from my family, friends, and the people who made up my support system for my entire life. Luckily, I have made new friends here and have been welcomed into many different communities. However, it is still difficult being away from the place I call home for such a long period of time.

I consider the advising process at my school the worst thing about it. Before signing up for classes every student must visit their assigned advisor. In my experiences so far these sessions are confusing instead of helpfull. However, I am still taking my general education requirements so my department advisor is not an expert in these. As a result I am sent to another faculty member in order to answer my questions. Then most of the time that member sends me to someone else. Although this is not the easiest process I have always gotten my questions answered eventually.

The departmental division. Since most departments have their own building in which most classes occur it i hard to truly meet new people outside your department.

Incoming freshman tend to be distracted with their social lives and sometimes forget to be courteous to other students during lectures, however this behavior does wane as they have to focus more on their studies during the semester. I believe this happens because college is a new enviornment for them, most are straight out of high school where classes were typically easy and work load was small, these students are meeting lots of new people and for most of them, they are away from living with their parents for the first time. Their discovering how to be adults.

The housing isn't always accesible to the students convienience. There are multiple times throughout the year that the price in housing hikes in price, but provides less services. Usually taking place in the Winter and Summer which makes it difficult to live on campus during a inter-sessional course.

The worst thing about my school is the amount of second hand smoke I breathe on a daily basis. All the buildings are smoke free but there is so much smoke outside between classes. On the other hand, I am very impressed with the amount of support available to help smokers quit. There was also a smoke free regulation voted to take effect in the fall of 2011.