The University of Montana Top Questions

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.