The University of Tampa Top Questions

I currently attend UMASS Lowell. I do not have much to complain about my school: the classes are fantastic, the professors are excited to teach, and my classmates have a lot of enthusiasm. However, my school doesn't have much to do around campus because it is primarily a commuter school. This school has all the potential in the world, but the lack of activities creates a cold atmosphere that drives students off campus. If UMASS Lowell made legitimate activites that were widely available, they would find that the student body would have even more school spirt.

The worst thing about my school could be its neighborhood. In the past year we have lost a student from a robbery. He was gunned down while walking in the area. The location is great for school because it is downtown Tampa which houses many of the larger business but the neighborhood around it is a poor neighborhood where robbery is common.

Although I love the overall experience as a student at the University of Tampa, I would consider the lack of available transportation the worst thing about this school. As a freshman from Ohio, I was not permitted to bring my car to Tampa with me and often find myself stranded on the campus with expensive taxi rides being my only option to leave. The lack of transportation also makes it impossible to have a part-time job, which makes the daily taxi rides even more of an impossibility.

There is nothing bad about the University of Tampa.

Everyone pretty much knows everyone. There is still drama like in high school.

I believe the worst thing about our school is there is a lot of peer pressure on you to go out and drink on the weekends. Since the school is in the city everyone wants to go to bars and clubs from tuesday -saturday and it is hard to stay focused on schoolwork. Also it is incredibly easy to get fake id?s, alcohol or anything else you want which leads many students down a wrong path; especially when they are new to the school. Because of the excesive partying many students GPA's suffer.

It is not too big so you feel as though you know everyone and there is no football team so there is a lack of school spirit

Overall, I am very happy and comfortable at my University. However, not many students respect the quiet hours policy, which defeats the purpose of trying to study in your dorm. The library is most conveniant when having to complete your work, but I do wish sometimes that I could actually study on my hall or in my dorm with friends without people being so nosiy.

Probably the fact that there are not enough classes offered in certain areas during a semester, so it is sometimes hard to fulfill all the requirements and very hard to be able to get a sit in a class especially when ur an underclass man, which delays your time of study and makes it much more complicated.

There are some very irrisponsible people, but for the most part I love my school!