University of Florida Top Questions

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The most frustrating thing about my school is the huge classes for the introductoray level courses. For example, chemistry and physics were really big classes. It was difficult to connect to the professors. However, it was helpful to form study groups with the students in the class.

You are truly just a number. The University of Florida boasts about the "gator nation" and how we are all one unit--this is simply not true. It is a business trying to make money, and to do this they want to bring as many students here as possible. With over 50,000 students attending the university, it is hard to feel that you are anything but a number in a system and a GPA.

First starting a University of Florida and not knowing anything is the most frustrating thing about it. Even though everyone goes through orientation, there is so much information that there is no possible way to remember all of it. It is a school that you need to be very proactive to figure out the ins and outs of the college. After the first year there are still many things you find out that you never knew before. There is not a straight forward manual of how the college is.

We tend to have to balancing studying for multiple exams that all fall within a week from each other often. It just seems that all the teachers happen to have test fall in the same week. It's very difficult to devote enough time to individual tests.

The most frustrating thing about the Univeristy of Florida was adjusting to the large lecture style of teaching.

It can be pretty frustrating driving around the University of Florida's campus, considering how many buses drive around. It is even more irritating attempting to find a parking space on the campus. Other than that, I cannot think of anything else that is frustrating at the University of Florida. Just make sure you try riding a bike or walking around campus instead of driving, it saves quite a bit of time.

The most frustrating thing about UF is the size of the student body. Often times, students can feel overwhelmed when trying to establish connections with faculty and staff.

The variability in difficulty from teacher to teacher. Some teachers are incredibly difficult, whereas others are incredibly easy. Some students have to work ten times as hard as others and their GPA suffers for it.

It is primarily focused on health related sciences, and I have always been given the run around when dealing with administration.

The most frustrating thing about this school is how big student population is, and how little the administration cares about helping students get acclimated and feel welcome. My two years in a dorm were awful in terms of student life -- my RAs may have lived out of the country, for all I saw of them.

The most frustrating thing about UF is probably the costs that are associated with it. I do not think that people realize how much money you have to sink into a college education and nowadays, you can't get anywhere with just a Bachelor's degree! I am only halfway done! Books, living arrangements, etc are all factors that have to be taken into account aside from tuition and I do feel like everything is so much more expensive in a college town!

Because of the sheer volume of students at the univeristy it can be hard to get personal one on one attention and it tends to be rather impersonal. But it possible to get its just not as easy as with smaller colleges. Its also harder to make friends unless you find a way to get into smaller groups that allow you to really get to know people.

The most frustrating thing about the University of Florida is it's trict grading policy. As I compared other schools grading policies, such as the University of South Florida to my own, Florida's grading policy didn't include grade forgiveness for repeat courses. If a student were to fail a class before withdrawing from the course then their grade remains permanently on their transcript. Furthermore when the failed course is retaken both failing and passing grades are prorated and to make matters worse the course must only be retaken at the University if Florida to receive GPA credit.

The class size can be overwhelming and hard to learn difficult subjects.

focus on social life

College is not meant to be easy; if it ws any, and every person could get a degree. You have to be determined to work hard to succeed. With that said, the most frustrating part of school is prioritizing. I never had to do it in high school so coming into college. I did not know how to pace myself, and I did not put the important things first (i.e. classes). I had to learn my lessons the hard way and am working on prioritizing better.

The lack of scholarships and funding for out of state students and students pursuing a dance major. It is very hard to compensate financially for the vacancy of financial support for these particular students.

Lack of available parking spaces for students. The residence hall I lived at was a few blocks from the commuter lot where my roommate kept his car. We would have to take a bus to get to his car.