Virginia Commonwealth University Top Questions

The worst thing about my school is that people tend to think we are just the weird art school. VCU is more than just the top art school in the country. We have the most diverse campus with the most authentic students. If you want Ugg Boots and North Face Jackets, then one of those frat heavy football schools may be fore you. If you want a real life cultural experience in the city, then VCU is the place to be! Ugg boots are welcomed of course. We also have a big-time basketball program. Go Rams!

The worst thing about my school would be its lack of a football team. While our basketball, soccer, field hockey, Quidditch, and other sports teams excel athletically, the lack of a crucial Fall sport that works to invoke school spirit in students makes the school not as viable a candidate for prospecitve appliers as those schools with a football team. A Fall Homecoming and football team would be the final puzzle piece, completing an already amazing school.

Most people make this school out to be more dangerous than it is. Though it is in Richmond and there are a lot of crime incidence it's not that bad as long as you use common sense. But I love most everything and this is the only thing I can think of besides tuition which keeps rising -__-

The worst thing about my school is the course registration process because it is often difficult to register for desired courses. This becomes easier as a junior and senior.

Since VCU is in the city, it is difficult to find parking and it is also very expensive. At night it can be dangerous due to the poverty in surrounding neighborhoods.

Since I came to VCU as a transfer student from another state with an Associate's degree in a specialized program, I thinnk the worst thing about VCU is that they don't accept all credits from my former insitution, even though I had already obtained an Associate's Degree. The advisors made me take more general education classes, and didn't really help me to figure what I needed to do or who I needed to talk to in order to fix my credit transfer situation.

While a diverse campus, I have found the culture to be marred by both a poor southern mentallity and preoccupation with punk rock, neither of which I find particularly appealing or easy to engage with.

There is many diverse cultures and races, but they tend to only hang out with each other. Indians with indians, arabs with arabs etc. I wish we could all hang out together more often.

The worst thing about VCU is the fact that I can't afford to attend year round. The city of Richmond is a student's dream. There is a well-established art community. There are hundreds of outdoor activities; the James River is your backyard. The city has a comfortable relationship with bikers. Who needs a car? On days too yucky to go outside, VCU’s Carey Street gym is a fitness nut’s dream. Swimming, rock wall climbing, exercise equipment and classes and more combined in one amazing building.The worst thing about VCU is having to leave it.

The school is in an urban environment. Certain dangers come with the territory, so it's important to keep informed on safety laws and to always have a backup plan for transportation.

The wors thing about Virginia Commonwealth University is the crime that occurs. Since my college is in Richmond, Virginia, crime occurs most oftenly. Even though VCU police offers various ways for students to be safe, it has always scared me to walk alone at night or to even consider taking night classes.

The worst thing about my school is the crime that has begun to occur recently, around and on the campus. This is a bad thing for the school because if the crime increases parents will be less likely to send their students to VCU in the future. Additionally, the goal of the univeristy to produce educated students will be affected because students being put in harms way may affect their performance academically.

VCU takes pride in being a school of "diversity" but when everyone there is described as "diverse", there is a lack of variation between students. Everyone there is trying to make a statement of their own individuality by living outside the boundaries of conformation; however, that is conforming in itself. Maybe I am closed minded, but if everyone does the same thing to stand out, then who shines the brightest? I would rather get noticed by my achievements rather then the amount of piercings found in my nose. This mindset seems to make me a minority at VCU.

I believe the price of the college and the price of living would be the worse thing about my school.

The worst thing would have to be the individual classes. There are some that have a occupancy of 400, while others have only 30; however, each professor has to tend to a large number of students no matter the size of their classes. In turn, it makes it difficult for the student to establish a helpful relationship with the professor. While there are other resources available for aid aside from direct contact with the professor, the student usually has to find these resources on their own.

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How open the school is. There is no "campus atmosphere". I know it's in the city, so there are going to be homeelss people, but it's a little much. VCU should do more to limit where the homeless people are allowed. Seeing random people you know aren't college students sitting on the patio to the dorm is not welcoming at all.

The worst thing about VCU is the Shafer Dining Hall. The food doesn't taste good and makes you sick

We are in a city. There are homeless people who beg, and as I said in my last answer it seems that everybody smokes so if someone has asthma they might want to rethink.

The worst thing about VCU is some of the conditions the buildings are in. They are not at all means uninhabitable, but since they are older city buildings repurposed for educational functions, some classrooms are not able to deliver the best classroom experience for the students.