University of South Florida-Main Campus Top Questions

The meal plan centers are not great.

The smoking is very aggravating, but the school has taken action against it very recently, and there has been much less of it since then.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the administration offices. Many times departments such as financial aid or academics are not very helpful and it seems as if they expect incoming freshman to know everything about college life, therefore providing short answers to questions and limited service.

Long commute, lack of public transportation surrounding the campus (inside/within the campus there is great transportation).

One of the main things that people do not realize at my university is that we are a young school. This is our chance to leave our mark in such a large institution. Not many students are able to do this when they go to a big name school. The school spirit at the school is something that is up and coming as more and more students graduate, but we need to work on creating more awareness of sporting events and overall school spirit.

USF has fairly old dorms that are not in the best condition.

The most frustrating thing about my school would honestly have to be the financial aspect of it. The way the school tells you where your money is going is insufficient. However, with a newly elected Student Body President, his platform is to work on getting the school to tell you where exactly your money is going.

The administration namely dealing with financial aid and the Registrar's Office. I had issues with Bright Futures and they sent me to every possible place they could think of before finally attempting to deal with the problem. Pretty much every time I've had an issue with financial aid or transcripts it has taken weeks to months to get resolved. If you have a parent with you they tend to give you less of a run around. I guess they don't respect the students.

I think there are two things that really bother me about my school. One small thing is the lack of respect for pedestrians, the drivers are very rude. But importantly, I dislike that some of the professors don't try to help out their students a little more. I am very aware that this isn't high school and they aren't going to hold your hand, but the lack of care or the indifference is not beneficial to students.

There is never any room to park since USF has a large body of students who commute from the neighboring cities and counties. This means there are few parking spots and on the weekends, the campus has virtually no one walking around.