University of St Thomas-Saint Paul Top Questions

A lot of the students here are often from weathly backgrounds and believe things should just be handed to them without any type of work. It gets annoying to the students (including myself) who come from a working, middle class background and work for everything we're given.

For me, the performance facilities do not match the quality of our music ensembles. We have outstanding, nationally renowned ensembles and directors, but our facilities are poor at best. We need much greater individual practice space, rehearsal spaces, and a legitimate concert hall/auditorium if we are going to be seriously considered as a liberal arts school, rather than just a great school to launch your career.

I think that the worst thing about my school is the fact that you have to pay for each class you take. Meaning that you cannot just take an elective or minor in something simply because it is interesting without having the ability to finance that extra interest. Many other schools do not pay by the credit and allow students to have more freedom in choosing classes.

I love St. Thomas. I haven't found anything that I absolutly hate, but if I had to pick something that irritated me a little bit, it would be that the meal plans do not roll over into the spring if you have any left over in the fall.

The worst thing is that it is mostly a commuter school. Most undergraduates live near campus, so they do not stay on campus during the weekends. This impacts the people you are able to meet and the connections you are able to make. It also makes for a somewhat slow social life if you are from out of state.

The worst thing about my school is the idea that it is not firmly grounded in the Catholic faith like it says it is. There are so many different view points, I believe UST has lost its main focus. Also, I feel that as a commuter, I haven't gotten to know people quite as well as those who live on campus. I wish there was a way to let commuters know about all of the activities going on.

The worst thing about my school, I think, is my dorm room. My dorm is located on the outskirts of campus, essentially isolating me from many activites and most of my friends, who are living across campus from me. While it sometimes nice that my dorm is so quiet, I really miss the activity that is lacking. In addition, I feel that my dorm has yet to come together as a community, which makes for some dull weeknights.

There are certain graduation requirments that hold true to the schools catholic background that hinder the people that choose to attend or even worse the people that dont choose to attend because of this.

In my opinion the worst thing about my school is that it is a "suitcase campus." People don't necessarily go home every weekend but they typically don't stay here on campus. Oftentimes people head off to other campuses to party. I don't like that personally because it can get pretty empty around campus on the weekends. St. Thomas does do a pretty good job, however, of coming up with cheap and fun activities for people to do on the weekend so that there are options for you if you stay on campus!

the walking distance between north and south campus, especially during winter time. i wish we had skyway!

The worst thing about my school is the food. It lacks quality and it needs to be improved. Perhaps it is a good thing though because my school has academic integrity, is challenging, and creates an engaging atmosphere. The tutors, study time, and help centers are helpful and very accessible. I regard St. Thomas as a great school that needs to improve their food services.

My least favorite aspects of school are tied between limited campus parking and insufficient food options. Our campus is located in a picturesque neighborhood, so city ordinances prohibit many on-street parking options. Surface lots are not large enough to accomodate all students with permits. Additionally, food choices are rather dismal. The cafeteria menus seem oblivious to any effort by the students to retain some sort of fit shape.

That it's not faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. I would like to see it follow the Catholic Church's teachings in all it does (having a higher percentage of Catholic teachers, not having clubs that promote things contrary to the Church's teachings, etc.).

I consider the worst thing about the University of Saint Thomas to be the finals that ae given at the end of each semester. These are the worst because in order to do good on them, you have to study very hard for them for atleast one week. This also means that you will not have a social life for one week because you will be in the library studying.

I think what I would consider the worst thing about my school is how expensive it is. It is a great learning institution and has a lot to offer but when it costs over $30,000 dollars a semester how many people can really have the opportunity to experience it.

The worst thing about the University of St. Thomas is the stereotypes that come with attending school there. I know that people think attending a private school means that you have to be rich and there are assumptions that people are stuck up.

Walking to south campus in the Minnesota winter....just a tad cold!!! That's a tough question to answer, because at this time I really don't have anything bad to say. I began in September 2009, and have enjoyed getting to meet my professors and the rest of the students in my classes and on campus.

Many of the students do not grow or change once out of high school. They stick with the same friends, all going to my college and doing the same things every weekend. It's hard for newcomers to fit in since many students already know eachother from the surrounding high schools.

The worst thing about the University of Saint Thomas is the food selection. The food is not terrible, however, one would think that such a wealthy school would be about to provide higher qualitity food and a greater selection. It seems that the cafeteria offers the same items every week with hardly any diversity. While the food is decent, it tends to be the same things over and over.

I really have nothing negative to say about the University of St. Thomas. So I suppose the worst inconvenience would be having to walk to class in below freezing weather since the school is located in Minnesota. However that is not even that horrible since the school has a tunnel system which goes through half of the campus.