University of Maryland-College Park Top Questions

I think that the most frustrating part is that my school does not help students with finances. The school is very expensive and you find students dropping out or taking less classes because they cannot afford it. I think that the school is more giving to the students who reside in the state of Maryland, opposing to out- of- state students like me.

The registration process for classes. There are never enough spaces in popular classes and the times always seem to overlap.

the class room sizes are very big at my school.

It would be nice to have some newer dorms and some of the teachers can be uncooperative.

The dining halls close at 7 and do not open until 11 on weekends.

The most frustrating thing about my school is campus parking. There are not enough spaces, and parking passes are overly priced, and tickets are expensive.

The number of students who do not take advantage of all the opportunites at the University of Maryland because they either do not know how to seek them out, or because the opportunites are under-advertised.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that they do not provide financial aid or scholarships for students who are not citizens or permanent residents.

The only frustration I have with the University deals with my major's department (Economic department) and the lack of smaller sized classrooms. This causes students to be on very long waiting list and have lead to situations where students my not get into their course/s of choice.

After discovering that networking is the key to success, I began searching for the infinite amounts of resources that are available on our college campus. Although all the staff is friendly and helpful in answering questions or clarifying misunderstandings, it is inevitably difficult to find the right person to provide us with that information. Making enough phone calls and sending enough emails until you find an appropriate response becomes less frustrating with time, but a program that would simplify this process would greatly benefit a multitude of students here at our school.

The most fustrating thing about my school is the sheer size. I am in class with up to 250 students and at times I feel like I don't get ebough attention or help. I feel like just another id number and not an actual student. Not all teachers make me feel that way, but there are some last semester (my first semster here, I transfered) that made me feel that way. I am here to learn and some times class isn't enough; I need a little more reenforcement on the material.

The Univeristy of Maryland is a fantastic school, but if I had to name the most frustrating thing about it, I would have to say the most frustrating thing would be that there is no transporation services running during the daytime (before 5:30pm) because UMD is a very large campus.

I think UMCP professors don’t do enough to get students excited about their fields. My chemistry professor gave demonstrations and cracked jokes, but while students found class fun, they didn’t find chemistry fun. While only chemistry geeks would read the original paper describing the discovery of the nucleus, non-geeks can appreciate how radically it changed the way we view atoms. If I took that class again, I would want to hear my professor quote how Rutherford described the results: “as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back.”

The most frustrating apect of the University of Maryland, College Park is the size of the student body in relation to the size of the faculty body. Many classes have over 200 students to one main professor and numerous graduate students. This makes it challenging to establish useful, working relationships with your professors.

Sometimes large class size can be a bit frustrating.

The size, this campus is huge and starting out it can be fustrating trying to find the right building for your classes. The volume of pedestrians is at once a nightmare for traffic and the line for Panda Express in the Stamp student union is always ridiculous around lunch time.

housing and some discrimnation/preferences towards certain types of people.

Parking availability and violation penalties. If you happen arrive at UMCP late for class, do not expect to find a parking space in one of UMCP's few public parking lots. Do not even expect to find a vacant meter. Rather, expect to leave your vehicle somewhere off campus and walk for a distance to avoid an enormous parking ticket, or, if you don't want to or cannot do all walking, then simply pay a very expensive parking ticket, some of which range from $70-$95.

The most frustrating thing about University of Maryland correlates with scholarships. I am a transfer and commuter student at UMD and because of the limited amount of scholarship given to enrolled students; I am forced to work during the year. Although I think it is beneficial to work while in school, the amount of time I am forced to work makes it difficult to become fully emerged in campus life. It is frustrating not to be able to join or participate in clubs and other activities because I am unable to apply for or receive a scholarship from the University.

I think what student's will find frustrating about UMD is the cost of attendance. Student's will spend a lot of money for an education which most states provide for less. I would not attend this college if I were out of state since the tuition is outrageous.