University of Rhode Island Top Questions

Although I loved my time at URI, I found my experince with my faculty advisors to be very difficult. I had a few differnt advisors throughout my time at the university and was constantly given inconsistant and in many cases inaccurate information.

it is large.

The worst thing about school would be the fact that you will be having loan debts for most of your life after you graduate. this puts more pressure on students to get a good job once they graduate.

When it rains really badly some areas on campus flood. And the dining hall hours are sometimes inconvenient.

The food

The worst thing about this university is the fact that it's on a hill, because in the winter it's very hard to climb when covered in ice or snow.

The University of Rhode Island's extracurricular activities tend to not coincide with the typical school schedule. A person with classes mostly in the morning may have to wait up to six or seven hours until their club of interest meets. In contrast, the very same people interested in major-oriented clubs may unfortunately have classes at the time these clubs meet. There is not a lot of leniency when it comes to extracurricular ativites.. Students end up either focusing on work, or turning their preference to extracurricular activities.

THe internet on campus is not as great as it could be. It is sometimes hard to connect and that can be frustrating when you are in class.

The worst thing about my school is dorm life. Unfortunately i was put in a suite with two very loud and noisy girls which made studying in my room and sleeping very difficult. Other than that I didn't have any bad experiences here at URI.

The weather and getting to and from class in the winter slush and ice.

At times it is difficult to get academic advisement at a time when students really need it, like at the end of a term or at mid-terms. This kind of support net is critical at the beginning of an academic endeavour, and I'm afraid I missed out on things that I may have been more successful at due to this lack of guidance.

The worst thing about my school is the cold weather in the winters. You have to walk up hill to your classes and in the snow it tends to be extremely messy.

The worst thing about my school is that it is on a hill. Walking to class gets rough because the available parking spots are at the bottom of campus (which means bottom of the hill) and the wind is enough to drive anyone crazy. There is a bus, but that is not always a guarantee, especially when you are already about to be late for class.

The location and the number of awful teachers

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The worst thing about URI is the snow removal process; they don't really know what they're doing.

I don't like that it's kind of in the middle of nowhere. Kingston is a small town. You can't walk to go do things, you have to have a car.

It floods when it rains a lot

A lot of people who come here are local or came with a group of friends. I though a lot more people would be reaching out to try to make more friends here.

Besides the rainy weather that plagues Rhode Island, the only thing I don't like is the food because I like to cook my own food myself, and when you have a meal plan you can't cook your own food. But if you live in the apartments on campus you can cook your own food which is what I do now as an upperclassman.