University of Wisconsin-Madison Top Questions

The most frustrating thing about University of Wisconsin Madison is that with all the opportunities it is difficult to find time to participate in all the activities and academic responsibilities that one would with to participate in.

The most frustrating thing for me is the size of my dorm. I love going to a large college, however I wish I had been placed in a smaller dorm so I could have a small community feel within the high population of my school.

Walking to class in the winter.

The most frustrting thing I find is registering for classes. It is very difficult to enroll in some of the pre-requisite classes that I need to further my educational goals.

The competition in classes is difficult. You go from being the top of your school, to having to work very hard to achieve a lower standard of success. It is not impossible to do well in school, but natural talent is often necessary in order to succeed.

The homework.

Most of the classes are very big (maybe even up to 600+ people in one lecture), so it's very hard to get help if you need it.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that the minoritiy community is so small, and there is not enough diversity. It seems as though everyone knows everyone, and that's what makes the university much smaller and it can be annoying.

Size and wheather

Sometimes I feel the culture is based too heavily on drinking.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the contradictory behavior of most of the students, who focus heavily on getting excellent grades and are preparing for great careers, but at the same time there is a huge focus on binge drinking and partying, which for some people is very harmful for their grades and careers.

It is not very personable, which I'm assuming has a lot to do with the size. Before this school, I attended two that had about 7-8000 students; this one was much larger and it seemed to come across much more readily that students were more often "just numbers."

It's easy to be lost in the crowd, but it's not so big that there's always somthing going on.

Some professors tend to forget that we're not taking only their class and they give us quite a large workload. Sometimes it's hard to put in 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} effort into everything they give us. There are only so many hours in the day.

There are so many opportunities and things to do that you sometimes do not realize the opportunities that you really want to take until it is too late and you are already nearly finished with your collegiate career. Sometimes there is a heavy emphasis on drinking and it becomes difficult to find people who are interested in doing something else.

THE COLD WINTERS!!!!! MORE SNOW DAYS WOULD BE GREAT TO COPE WITH THE TERRRRRRRIBLE WINTER WEATHER

Since it's in a downtown area, there are few grocery stores/department stores/movie theaters on campus.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that being a conservative in one of the most liberal universities is unacceptable to a people who believe in an acceptance of all people, when that is not the case here on campus.

Getting into the classes I want

big classes, professors often seem so smart they are unattainable.