University of Connecticut Top Questions

The weather is my biggest frustration. I am from California, so I was born for Connecticut weather. Especially Storrs, it is like a wind tunnel. Also I hate the gym. There is only one for all of us and it gets so crowded especially spring semester because of New Year Resolutions and Spring Break. They should open another gym to help thin out the crowds. Some advisors for particular majors aren't the best, so you have to be on top of your own study plan, because they aren't always helpful.

The driving distance and traffic.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the mass amount of people that make everywhere you go too crowded for comfort. For example when finals week rolls around and you decide to go to the library to study the night away it is almost impossible to find a table to sit at or a booth to put your books down because of all the people that are already there. Or say you want to go to the gym to workout. If you go before 10 at night, every machine will be taken up before you can use them.

Signing up for classes. The process is pretty good, but they offer very few of some types of classes at certain times

Terrible academic advising. Professors who are unknowledgable in their field. Few scholarship opportunities. Underrepresentation of Fine Arts. Over emphasis of sports. Very stringent police. Hiking prices every year. Huge campus, hard to walk through several times a day.

I attend one of the branch schools of UCONN, so it is much smaller than the main campus. I also work full time, own a home, and am about to get married so I have a very tight schedule and budget when it comes to fitting in classes. I can only take night classes, due to work, and it is very frustrating trying to find night classes that fit my major. It is also frustrating trying to come up with the money to pay for the classes as well. It seems like more financial aide and classes should be available.

The most frustrating part is the lack of recognition in the arts, and the amount of priority that athletes get over every other student on campus. It's very frustrating when some people get a large and obvious amount of advantage over other students just because they play a varsity sport.

The most frusrating thing about the school is the weather.and location As an out of state student from Pennsylvania, the New England winter is quite harsh to walk to classes in. Also, the location of the Storrs campus can be uneventful at times, especially for a freshman without a car on campus. Storrs does not have much to offer beyond what consists of campus, but those are the only qualms about the university.

The most frustrating thing about my school is signing up for classes. The course catalog is now online and I preferred when there was a book of courses and their descriptions. The course catalog also doesn't mention if a class is not offered in a certain semester. It is hard to find courses required for graduation that fit in a schedule with studio art classes that are 3 hours long. School advisors only suggest 2 or 3 courses to take which is annoying if you are a new student and are not sure which courses you need to take.

The most frustrating thing about UConn is the size of the campus. It is a large campus and some walks between classes are tough to make. However, if you plan your schedule correctly, and use effective time management to get to class on time, you'll have no problem. (Also, many people ride bikes to class).