University of Arizona Top Questions

The most frustrating thing about the University of Arizona is that, because the school is so big, the students can easily become just another number. You have to actually try to become more than a number at this school, but there are so many different clubs it is not difficult to become known, it is just a little more difficult than other, smaller schools.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the cost. Tuition is rising higher and higher every year, and books are horrendously expensive as well! With sixteen credit hours worth of classes, my books were $900.00, for one semester. I consider myself very lucky that I live at home, as I could not afford a $7,000 dorm. It was also $580.00 to be able to park my car on campus. It is very frustrating, especially when that $580 does not allow me to park in certain places still.

Many times the answer to a problem is within the most un-logical places. Finding help signing up for certain classes you go through financial aid as opposed to your advisor. Simply because they do not have the power to special assign classes but to suggest them, and help with previously taken courses. We, as students, then have to trudge across the entire campus to wait in line, once more, to be helped.

I'd say the most frustrating thing about my school is trying to think of something frustrating about it. I have no complaints about my university, they perform excellently in all areas.

The amount of students in upper-level Psychology. Also that there are a lot of wealthy Caucasian and wealthy international students. There is not enough financial aid although they claim that there are a lot of opportunities.

I would say the most frustrating aspects of the University of Arizona are the Financial Aid Office and book prices. The Financial Aid office runs very slowly and has very slow turn-around for paper work and scholarship dispersement, it can be very frustrating waiting around on these sorts of important documents. And book prices, as an self-respecting college student would say, are way too high! We want to worry about our education, not the cost of it.

The most frustrating thing about my school its emphasis on greek life. Tuscon is a huge city, but there is not a lot to do surrounding the University, which has helped enforce the stronghold the Greek system has on students. When meeting new people often the first question you are asked is what is your greek identifier, and as a non-Greek I sometimes get strange looks and vibes from people I meet who are part of the system.

The only thing I can possibly think of that I don't like about the UA would have to be the location of my dorm. While it is super nice, it is quite a distance from the center of campus. I live in the new honors dorm, Arbol de la Vida, and thankfully they have a small union near the dorm. During the hot months it's just inconvenient having to walk a great distance to class.

Some of the larger science-based classes are poorly organized. Departments like biology and chemistry need to rethink the way that their basic courses (CHEM 151, 152, BIO 181) are set up.

I just wish that that the school was a little more diverse. It would be cool to see more black people on campus. Its also frustrating that there isn't tha much support towards greek life on campus.