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Its located on a steep hill, and is literally like an ant hill with all the people running around. The parking department charges unfair amounts for tickets and is not forgiving. The number of places to park close to campus is minimal. It seems to be a bit of a rat race, and the non-professor faculty all push you on to get your questions out of their hair.

The most frustrating thing about the university are the hills on campus and the distances the classes are. The campus is big, which means buildings are spread out on campus making walking difficult when the weather does not permit. Another frustrating thing about the campus is that there is not enough undergraduate parking on campus for those who drive to park on campus.

you can't drive on campus Monday-Friday between the hours of 7:45am-5:00pm because it's closed because we have that many students walking!

The Program, Photomedia, I'm in is new, to the University, in the department of Design. It is quite frustrating, to me as well as my fellow classmates, the constant inconsistencies every semester. The required curriculum has changed. It is difficult to get into the required classes due to the few number of professors/instructors. It remains difficult to effectively plan a desired execution to graduation. We just roll with the punches, as they come. Gathering the needed knowledge for my future career path.

The most furstrating thing about my school is that I am very interested in becoming a nurse, and in order to do that at the University of Kansas I will have to leave campus before others in order to finish my schooling at a hospital, and KU Medical Hospital is not located close to the school.

I am a Graphic Design student and the program here is very intense. I have a lot of work and sometimes it is hard to keep my social life or stay focused. I talk to other friends at different schools in the same program and they don't have nearly as much work as I do. I think this is a good thing though because I am learning and experiencing more.

The most frustrating thing would have to be trying to keep up with all the bills KU throws at you. I never know when or what is due.

The amount of money spent attending any college is the most frustating part for me. I hardly have enough money to continue attending so I am always working during the week. It really makes it hard to put all of your effort into school when you have to work all the time. During the 2009-2010 school year I was extremely stressed I felt as if there was no time where i was not at work or trying to meet a deadline for a class. I just wish I could have focused more on my classes and not my finances.

It's cost prohibitive. I'm a Kansas resident returning to school for my master's degree in Clinical Social Work this fall. I have taken out loans to cover tuition and books due to the department's providing very little in scholarship funding. Fortunately, I was offered government loans. Without them, I wouldn't be able to attend.

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I am a non-traditional student and a single parent. It is so important to me to finish school and earn my degree, but it is more challenging to do this being someone of my demographic. Although KU has alot of resources available for advisors and counsellors and even an on campus daycare, it is still challenging to find classes to take to be full-time so I can finish in a reasonable amount of time and still work. Hence, needing scholarships!!!

parking so far from the dorm

The most frustrating thing about attending the University of Kansas is that everyone is so disconnected with each other. Everyone you pass has headphones on listening to their ipod, completely in their own world. For me, it seems that nobody bothers making any friends because chances are when passing someone on the sidewalk, you?ll never see them again. It?s hard to feel connected with the campus and the people who attend KU.

I don't find anything frustrating about the institute i attend to. The only way i could see anyone seeing the University of Kansas frustrating is if they are dealing with people who frustrate them on campus; which is not an appropriate way to view something. If I thought my institute was frustrating then i probably wouldn?t be planning on returning to the university next term.

Sometimes the classes are so large that it is hard to make friends if you live off of campus.

The expensive living expenses and meal plans the school offers.

The lack of security on game day. I live in the dorms and no one polices our parking lots so people going to the game are able to park in our parking lots and the residents must resort to parking much farther away.

The most frustrating thing about the University of Kansas is, ironically, also its greatest strength. The attribute that I refer to is the sheer size of the University. While there are an immense number of resources available that a student at a smaller institute would not be able to access, it still can be quite easy to get lost in the crowd. Whether it is the lectures held in "the biggest roomon campus" (roughly seating 700 students) or simply strolling down Jayhawk boulevard it can easily begin to seem like you are faceless among the masses.

The most frustrating thing about KU is that it is a sports school. With such a successful athletics program, it is sometimes easy for students to get very distracted by what is going on with the basketball or football teams. Instead of the student body being concerned with current events or social issues, more often than not, we are talking about Game Day. This is a little worrying and can be very frustrating because we will soon be in the "real world" where things like politics will be much more important than sports, and we need to be prepared.

The most frustrating thing about my college is the abundant amount of students who spend more time partying (drinking) rather than focusing of their schooling. Many of my classmates are disruptive during class or still drunk from the night before. I just wish that more of the students at my college would care more about the education they are paying thousands of dollars for. I live in a dorm and also find it difficult to sleep and study because other people on my floor tend to be loud all day and well into the night.