Oakland University Top Questions

The drive would have to be the worst thing right now. Im one credit away from registering for classes a few days earlier. Im hoping to get more online classes to save on gas and miles.

I feel as though the financial aid office staff could be much more sensitive to the often frustrating topic of financing a hefty university tuition bill. Whether it be speaking with more compassion, or having a generally friendly tone, I believe that these small gestures could help faciliate a more pleasant financial aid experience.

Sometimes, the class sizes are too big and you really need to choose your instructors carefully in order to succeed in the class. Also, the textbooks that are required for classes by the professor are very costly, especially if you have to buy them at the school bookstore.

The worst thing about Oakland University is the math department. Our math department is apparently under investigation due to the 80{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} failure rate amongst students enrolled in math courses.

Unfortunately, I believe the worst thing about my school is the Financial Aid Services because they do not make their tuition payment criterion very clear which leads to stress and confusion for both students and parents.

The worst thing about my school are the tuition rates. Although they're considerably lower than many other four-year institutions, I still find them alarmingly high. In particular, I dislike how relatively few scholarships are available to the student populace. I would be less concerned about the price of tuition if I knew that I didn't have to worry about having a large amount of debt after I graduated. As it is, however, due to this dearth of scholarships available to me, I have to take out loans. This vastly increases my anxiety about my schooling.

I would have to say that the worst thing about my school would have to be the seemingly restricted access to students in regards to registration and maintaining good standing for classes. There are so many guidelines for students to follow and students must diligently seek information from many resources in order to obtain an understanding of these guidelines.

The worst thing about Oakland University is the lack of diversity between the students. Most people go to college with the hope that they will meet new and interesting people; unfortunately, Oakland does not provide much of an opportunity for this. I think my college experience would be much more fulfilling and enriching if my classes were filled with dedicated, diverse individuals.

There are so many events held on campus that are not advertised at all.

The worst thing about Oakland University is the workload. I feel that in the program I'm in especially, there are high expectations for students and the amount of homework may be a bit too much to ask of them.

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I chose Oakland University because it was an affordable college. It wasn't much more to go there than it was the local community college. However, they have hiked their tuition, and it has become less affordable. That is the worst thing, closely followed by the lack of enough parking.

The worst thing that I consider at my school are the classes that I am taking right now. The reason why is because I thought that I would be able to seek out help whenever I needed it. I thought that I would have a better understanding of the material. Other things that I consider bad at this school are some of the professors. The reason why is because some of the professor are like they don't care whether you come to class or whether uyou understand because they already know the information.

Lack of financial aid awards given, not enough parking and tuition is raised too much too often.

The worst thing about the school is the lack of parking for commuter students and the rate at which the classes fill up.

Our advising counclers are horrilbe, and there isn't enough housing on campus.

I think the worst thing about my school is that it's mostly commuter based and because of that for those of us who live on campus there really isn't much to do on the residence halls part of campus come friday, saturday and sunday. This school is very very commuter based.

The worst thing about Oakland University is the 2 year wait list to get into the nursing program. This situation is common at many other schools though.

I consider the worst thing about my school to be the parking space. In the winter time, it is very hard to get in and out of campus easily because there are so many people and the weather in Michigan is pretty bad. Alot of students have an issue with the parking spaces and take about 30 to 40 minuntes to find a good place to park. If they do find a good spot, it usually really far from thier classes.

One of the worst things about the school is that many of the lower level classes are lecture style with hundreds of students. Unfortunately, this way the teachers cannot help you the best they can, and if you have questions in class, sometimes it's hard to get them answered.

The worst thing about Oakland University is their math department.

The worst thing about my school is we do not have a football team.

First of all I wouldn't have any idea about Oakland University as far as this college for the worst thing. I have only heard good things and scene good things in regard to the Education progarm along with being up there in the students pasting the state test . When able to past the test for cerification is a big deal when it comes to teaching. I only thing I would say is the drive up to the school for people who live south of Detroit; otherwise I can't say anything bad about the college.

Not enough teachers that know what they're teaching or how to teach the subject

There isn't much interaction betweeen students because it's more of a commuter school.

Sometimes the professors are more focused on their research than the quality of teaching. This causes students to do poorly in classes they should do well in.

Not knowing the exact makeup of the population of Oakland University; I would have to say that the worse thing about the university is lack of diversity. I'm not referring to the racial makeup of the school, I'm referring to the commuter aspect of the school. Most of the students that attend the school were raised in the area. In a major university, you would like to get a perspective of a large range of backgrounds, personalities and cultures. Oakland University is a fine institution of higher learning nad in my opinion that's the only draw back.

the worst thing about my school is that it is hard to find parking on campus, and none of the math teacher speak english well.

There is no strong sense of community. As a predominant communter school, most students didn't hang around campus after class was over. Campus activities were not well advertised or conviniently timed. I would have liked to have been more involved in my college experience.

Hard to get people involved in activities because it is a primarily commuter school so most people don't ever know what is going on around campus.

Not much to do during the weekends since the campus is mostly close during that time.

The enthusiasm of teachers in the classroom; it seems many professors are there just to do research, and teach only because they are required to.

parking is horrible. finding jobs is horrible.

That some of the faculty are very new and don't seem to take their job very seriously.

Too many people complain about the parking because they are too lazy to walk a couple blocks. But other than that nothing! I love OU!! GO GRIZZLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The worst thing about Oakland University is the math department. Many of the teachers are from other countries and are very hard to understand. Many kids take math classes at a different, but very close, college and transfer the credits.

Since it is a commuter school, it is sort of hard to meet new people.

The worst thing about the school would have to be the parking situation.

I think the worst thing about the school is one you are in a program, you tend to only see the same people over and over. There isn't much of a chance to meet new people in your classes, only if you go to events.

Parking.

Registering for classes and dealing with the study abroad office. It seems like it would be hard to organize these things but it is also so frustrating and annoying to deal with any of these offices or people, etc. The book store also seems to get us to buy a ton of books the teachers don't actually say we need for classes and sell us used books for new book prices.

The parking and our lack of school spirit. Unfortunately we have a president (of the University) who feels it's necessary to install a keypad lock on the wing where his office is located. Faculty and students have no way of ever meeting or talking to him, we refuse to sell our brand so the only place students can get OU gear is in the store or at the Meijer down the street. We don't have a football team, which is actually not that bad, but the school just lacks a vision.

Like most colleges money is an issue and school parking lots.