University of Iowa Top Questions

The most frustrating thing about the University of Iowa is the parking situation. It's quite difficult to find parking on or off campus in the afternoons and evenings.

School work is tough!

So long between breaks can be overwhelming.

Based on my personal experience, I must say that what's most frustrating about the UI are the differences in financial solutions available to residents and non-residents. In state students have so many more scholarship opportunities, and their tuition is almost four times less than that of non-residents. I start my 5th year Fall 2009, but I fall $16,000 short so may have to drop out. I strongly believe that if I were a resident of IA, my issue wouldn't be so extreme. The UI needs to offer more general scholarships instead of applying residency restrictions.

The binge drinking that occures on a regular basis.

The tuition keeps increasing to ridiculous levels for out of state students while in state students' tuition doesn't go up the same percentage. I think it's unfair that the university expects the nonresidents of the school to pay for any expenses it needs.

The most frustrating thing about my school is exam times and too many uninformed Teacher Assistants teaching.

trying to get into the classes you want

Campus bussing in the winter

Sometimes it is a little frustrating living in a city that is not a big city due to the lack of professional sporting events, and concerts that are able to come to the area.

Sometimes classes aren't as easy to get into as you would like. If you are an undergraduate and don't have a lot of credits behind you then it may take you awhile to register for certain classes that you want to take because they fill up because of the interest level involved with the course.

The parking is terrible, and The police are kinda pricks about underage drinking.

When filing for financial aid, it takes almost a month or sometimes more to get it processed. This puts a lot of stress on my family getting the tuition paid, as well as myself because I cannot register for classes until the University Bill is paid off. Sometimes I am not able to register for classes until a week after most early registered students, and then the classes I need are closed by the time I can register. This is very frustrating, especially since this is my senior year and I need specific classes to graduate on time.

Lack of entertainment other than drinking. There are very few good concerts here when compared to other major universities. The few concerts that are any good, aren't sponsored by the University.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the lack of stuff to do downtown besides go to bars. There are no movie theatres that you can walk to and only a handful of non-bar restaurants.

The most frusterating thing about Iowa (and any other school, one can assume) is the pointless general education requirement. These classes should be elect-only, as they take time away from your course of study and only expand your time in the school.