University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Top Questions

It's hard to make the transition from a small community college to a large university. At community college, I was greeted with excitement by my advisor, but at UNH I found it difficult to just track my advisor down to sign a form! It can be easy to let yourself get lost in the crowd, but there are a lot of opportunities to do amazing work because UNH has fantastic resources especially for research. I think the key is, do what you can to make connections with professors, even if you're one out of 300 in a class.

It caters to traditional students, which I am not. I am a 26 year old married male and sometimes it is hard to complete courses. I wish that there was another way for me to take classes (possibly online?) because I would love to be able to work more and help support my family.

The damage fees they charge. Also how it is a the most expensive state school in the country. They charge way too much to go here.

the worst thing at unh is that parking for comuters. The comuter parking lots are very far from campous. i think the parking situation at the school could be a lot better.

I'd say the limited banks, there's only two in this town. And dunkin donuts is walking distance only. Also although the campus is small, hiking from area 1 to area 3 at 8am is just that...A HIKE. it's really inconvienent, I wish there was a faster shuttle system, especially in the winter

The worst thing about my school is dorm security.

The worst thing would have to be the book system, but I'm sure its the same at every other school. Professors will request that students buy the newest version of all the text books. Which is usually very unnecessary.

No wireless internet (yet). Most people want to be able to wander around with their laptops, but you can't get access unless your hooked in.

For someone coming from out of state, as a freshman it seemed like there were a log of "local" kids who already seemed to know each other.

The worst thing about the school, is how it is difficult to get in touch with some professors out of class. There are some professors on campus, who do not check their e-mail, which makes it very difficult to ask them questions or get adivce from them. Every professor is assigned an e-mail address, so it is frusterating that some don't use it. I think it would be a lot better if more professors used their e-mail, or made more of an effort to keep in touch with students outside of class.