University of Utah Top Questions

I haven't yet started at the University, so I can't really say anything about it.

The large campus walks. It's great exercise but time management is critical when attending classes the firsr day as a freshman!

The emphasis on research amongst the faculty leads to many high-profile professors, but in turn leads to many "important" classes where the professors don't seem to give it their all. Research has a higher premium, so occasionally teaching gets put on the backseat and education suffers as a result. This makes it especially difficult in classes that have a lot of students but an emphasis more on showing how much the professor knows than actually teaching it to the students.

I don't like that it is mainly a research school mainly because the teachers not only teach you how to do things, but they tend to require you to figure out why an equation or solution works out that way. I'm personally am not a very good evaluator of such things.

It is what we call a commuter school. There isn't a large on-campus community.

The worst thing about my school is the parking during the times when most stuents have class. A lot of students at the University of Utah come to school by vehicle, which means that you'll have to either come early or park at a further lot, which can potentially make you late for class.

I have to say the worst thing is that there aren't enough scholarships for transfer students!!!! Also I don't understand why there aren't scholarships for regular people: good student who work just as hard as everyone else with an average GPA...no you have to be a minority or have a 4.0, or your test scores have to be off the charts!!! Why are there so many requirements...or should I say rescrictions! I just want college to be a fun adventure without having to worrying about money, college is stressful enough as it is!!!!!!!

The cost of tuition can be monumental along with books and the many other resources needed for your college courses. Students need a lot of money to pay for school. The reason why this is the biggest disadvantage to college is because students do not have much job experience and the jobs available to them do not pay enough to carry a student through year of college. Students must save large amounts of money beforehand and study hard in high school to have the resourses and the scholarship oppurtunities before they start taking college courses.

I would have to say, finding a parking spot anytime after the clock strikes 8 a.m. is one of of the most vexatious thing to do on a daily basis. I begin school at 8:35 and I have the hardest time finding a spot that isn't closer than 20 minutes away!

I think that sometimes it the party life is a little too dependent on alcohol, and that there are few on-campus activities that are fun to go to.