University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Top Questions

The worst thing about the school is the inability to use the wellness center weightroom for free. Students are paying lots of money to go here and there is no reason they should have to buy a membership just to use the wellness center for lifting weights and wanting to stay in shape.

The only thing that is bad about this school is the parking. The parking passes cost quite a bit of money and if you live off campus and do not have a parking pass it is hard to finding parking, or parking is far away from campus.

After mulling over the academic and social programs at UW Eau Claire, I struggle to complain about such a vibrant and intelligent atmosphere; I'm embarrassed to state the worst thing about UW Eau Claire, is the way it looks. Fully aware that one should never judge a book by its cover, it is still difficult to look past the large and lifeless buildings that seems to sleepily lumber over the campus. Many of the buildings inspire little desire to discover the incredible academic wealth and intelligent people that lay within..

I have not yet attended, so I am not a reliable source for this question.

The worst thing about the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is the winter. The winter season is brutal, but it is also so beautiful. To accomodate with the brutal season, there is a bus the takes students to and from upper and lower campus so they don't have to face the hill. Although the winter season is horrid, classes are rarely ever cancelled but students always try to make the best out of a snowstorm. For example, a campus wide snowball fight or snowman building. These things make it worth enduring those few months of the frozen tundra.

The city is too small and the hill that we have to hike up is awful!!

It can be very difficult to get into classes that you need on time. Some classes only run once a year, interfere with schedules or fill up before you get a chance to register. Departments often do not have the funding to provide enough seats or sections of a class.

The worst thing about my school is the closed-off attitude many students have. While the campus is certainly welcoming, many students prefer to keep to themselves, which makes it harder for a newer student to find new friends. Fortunately, there are hundreds of student-run organizations that one can find people with similar interests.

I'd prefer if our school wasn't as income-based as it is. There have been a lot of expensive additions to the campus which are purposed to draw more students, and more money. These additions come with a large cost to students in their tuition payments and other financial obligations. Nonetheless, I am very blessed to be recieving such practically useful education for the price I have been.

The worst thing about UWEC is that to get food, we have to walk outside no matter how cold it is.

Honestly, the weather. If you arent from WI or MN or some state like that, the winters are going to be brutual. Trust me. I am from MN and it still kicked my butt. Combine that with walking up the hill after class, and it sucks. You have no motication whatsoever to go to class during those below freezing days.

I have to say the worst thing about my school is the payment online. I had to pay 2 $100 registration fees before signing up for classes and they really didn't define on how to go through it properly, so I accidently rolled both them into a different semester and had to repay the $100 both times and they refunded the money back to me. That was a strainful experience and with financial aid. One couselor said I could get money for winterim and they didn't add it. So I have to speak with them about it.

As a biology major, I found that many of my classes were a little too large to facilitate a proper environment to adequately learn the material at hand. Classes outside of my major that were just as large did not seem to pose as many problems. The couple biology classes that I had that were smaller ended up being the most beneficial in terms of learning and retaining the material. Smaller labs would also help the hands on learning experience. This was a noticeable problems, especially when comparing it to the private school I transferred from (Gustavus Adolphus College).

I would have to say the worst thing about the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire would be a somewhat lack of diversity. While there is a strong effort to create accepting individuals out of students, the student body itself is rather homegenous.

The worst thing about my school is also one of its best. It is also one of the most well-known things about the campus: the hill. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has a massive hill that separates lower campus (most of the academic buildings) and upper campus (which includes all but two of the dorms). Although some people complain about walking up the hill several times a day, it is one of the things that distinguishes my campus and keeps our campus healthy and in shape.

There is very limited parking, this causes the staff and students to complain.

The worst thing about this school is that the student population is not very diverse. It isn't the school's fault, it's more of a result of being in small town Wisconsin.

The only thing that I would concider bad about my school is the hill. To get to upper campus you have to walk up a huge hill! Everyone who goes here knows about the hill, and would probably say they dread walking up it every day.

I think the worst thing about our school is the transportation to and from school. The bus doesn't come often, and walking across the bridge is bitter cold in the winter time. I'd like to see more bus times which would help reduce the in-safety of the cold winds while walking across the bridge.

Hands down, "the hill" is the most off putting aspect of school! Though once you get used to it, its no big deal. At UWEC we have our own built in stairmaster.