Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Top Questions

The worst thing about Kutztown University is the internet connection. The wifi is down on a daily basis making it hard to find a stable connection to do school work. My professors always remind us to connect to a landline while taking tests to ensure that our work won't be lost when the wifi goes down.

The worst thing about my school is the whole meal plan deal. Your daily meal swipe includes $4.95 per meal. Your meal can total up to $8.75 and you have to get the rest of the money from your flex. I just feel as though all of your meals should just be $4.95. It shouldn't have to roll over to your flex because you only receive $200 in flex per semester.

I would say that the worst thing about Kutztown University is the lack of student togetherness. The students rarely come together as a collective group for things like sporting events or pep rallies, etc. Students do show up for these events, but rarely act as one unified force. It's understandable because Kutztown isn't a huge school, and besides Rugby our sports teams are not overly notable, but it would be cool to be able to come together and have pride in our school, like larger universities do . Kutztown lacks a strong sense of pride and spirit.

I think the worst thing about our school is that, although we have a beautiful campus, there isn't a lot to do close in the vicinity for college students. We have a small downtown but otherwise we have to travel to find other things to do on the weekends.

The worst thing about my school is the system of transportation. I am sure this is an issue with many schools as well as mine. I will fully acknowledge how lucky I was to be able to have a car on campus during my freshman year. However, it was limited to one parking lot, which was a fifteen-minute walk from my residence hall.

There isn't too much about Kutztown University that I can say I don't like. The school itself is amazing, although, the town can be a little boring. It is a cute little town with a good amount of stuff to do, and good places to hang out. With that said it can sometimes get a little repetitive. All in all the school is great place, it's just the town that can be a little boring at times. Except you just have to make the best of it.

The worst thing, in my opinion, is that the school is known as a "drinking school". There are plenty of bars in the town and also plenty of crimes committed nearby. Everyone assumes that if you go to this school you are a drinker.

The worst thing about my school is that it is hard to find out what is happening on campus. Many times I don't find out about an event until it has started or after it is over.

The worst thing I have encountered at my school is the architecture; nearly every academic and dorm building on campus is just a hollowed brick block. There is barely any imagination to the buildings, and the only flair of personality that the architects embedded in their designs is with the Grim Science building. I like the school and the people, but the buildings make me feel like I?m living in a Soviet era city.

Kutztown University, in my opinion, is an excellent school for anyone pursuing a degree in Education, but the Education program itself often seeks to intimidate those seeking a career in teaching. Rather than congratulating studsnts on their choice of major, they offer lectures on how such a career choice will hinder many life choices. The professors can also often be unfeeling or apathetic or difficult to cooperate with, but the majority of the staff is friendly and amiable.

Important academic information like when to register for classes or when drop/add ends isn?t clearly conveyed by the school. You often find out through classmates and panic sets in.

That a lot of people go home on the weekends. It hard to get close to people who are not there all the time

that it is in the middle of nowhere and can get kinda boring at times

You have to drive atleast 30 minutes to get to a mall.

I wish they would communicate just a little bit better but thats about it.

It is very expensive to out of state students and there are no grants availible and i didn't recieve financial aid.

I consider the worst thing about my school to be the rules reguarding visitation within the dorms. I feel that out of most colleges Kutztown has one of the strictest policies. I feel that college is about growing, learning how to be an adult, and experiencing things for youself. By having such strict policies it's not really allowing students to grow and learn from their mistakes; it holds them back from becoming more responsible for themselves and their actions.

The fact that the lack of funding and regulation is leading to a more and more bloated student population. This leaves room for lesser qualifications, and bigger class sizes, not to mention the increase in prices of various things. Also, it fills up and overflows into the community, taking most of the jobs up that are in town and at the school.

Too much alcohol consumption.

I think the food is overpriced and limited. Limited meaning the students do not get a well enough quantity based on how much they pay for it. Some of the food does not seem to be completely adequate either.

There are alot of students who do not feel safe. I rarely see security at the early morning hours and i feel like alot of crimes could be prevented.

the fact that they accept so many people that they built a rediculusly large residence hall and now the average class size has trippled. it is hard to get the class you need to graduate and i feel very crampt in this small environment. it is hard to get any loans and financial aid, there is one lady that is mean as anything in the office and i will avoid is as much as i can.

Size of population and difficulty getting the classes you need.

The food because there is not a lot of variety so once you are here for a year, you get used to the food and no longer want to eat it.

The meal plans are very cut and dry. There is no flexibility for those students who have what is considered to be a less favorable meal plan. Also, the food is not the greatest in the world.

It is rather liberal and sometimes the artsy crowd can get annoying. It is getting a little bit to big also and they get annoying with their constant push for "diversity". Sometimes their is a point where too many Philly kids means too many Philly kids.

Meal plans and housing policies. The food is disgusting and you are for the most part requried to buy a meal plan even if you don't use it. Housing policies like visitation policies are just stupid, especially when you are 20 and cannot have visitors but on weekends. If i wanted house rules, i would live at home. back at the meal plans? there is almost NO way to not have to buy a meal plan. even if you show you do not use it at all. the policies are too strict on somethings and too lax on others.

The faculty and staff are very inconsiderate to students and don't care how their students perform

The amount of people who don't seem to care about the lectures/professors while in class.

That everyone still has some of that high school angst left in them, so there's still a whole lot of drama.

The dining hall services are terrible. I feel that the food is very unhealthy, and I am at times unsure if it is cooked properly.

The food. The food on campus doesn't have enough variety.

how we register for classes stinks.

How people view our school as a place full of binge drinkers and partiers. It's not nearly true. Although I commuted my first year I have many friends who live on campus and spent plenty of time there myself and I can comfortably say 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body either doesn't drink or drinks responsibly and legally.

The Weather

I dont' know.

Kutztown is a small remote, old town, so sometime there is not that much to do outstide of campus. Driving is a must for many essentials like groceries and school supplies that can't be found in the bookstore.

The worst thing about Kutztown University is that occasionally people take for granted that not all students live on campus or right inside the Kutztown area. There aren't always considerations for those that have to drive an hour or more to classes and events.

The worst thing about my school is that people don't get involved in the hundreds of clubs they offer. They have so much to offer to the students to get them involved and they get involved with things that they shouldn't be doing like drugs and alcohol.

all ne new construction that they are doing to improve the campus. In the long run its nice but the new residence hall is becoming such a hasstle

not as many students as i want

The borough/ town... there is definitely a problem with how some of the towns' people feel about our school and social activities. The borough is monopolistic and treat students like they are children rather than adults.

It's too small for me. I wanted to go to a much larger school.