Stephen F Austin State University Top Questions

What's the most frustrating thing about your school?

Andrew

The town does'nt have everything that you would want and it is too "out of the way" from most big cities

tanya

This is my first year coming in as a freshmen i so far haven't seen anything that bothers me maybe the fact that there's not as much divesity as I am used to. I feel like there's only a few hispanics which is great i hang out with all races but it feels a bit different in my opinion. In no way am i saying this school is racist or only accepts certain races I am just saying that some races take a bigger percentage of the student body than others.

Alexis

Nothing, actually. I love it.

Gria

The most frustrating thing about Stephen F. Austin is that the state of the economy has caused tuition to rise and the amount of financial aid available has decreased. There are also stricter restrictions on receiveing financial aid to students that are really in need of it.

Sara

The most frustrating aspect about this school is new as of this past year, where they are trying a new idea of having students register, first by grade-level (which is acceptable), but also by surname. With a surname that ends in a Z, and as a freshman, I was dead-last to register for my new classes. As I am moving up in grade-level though, I will gain a bit of recovery for classes, but the worry that I would not gain entrance into the classes/teachers I was most hoping for was incredibly worriesome.

Brittany

It's frustrating that all the classes aren't taken seriously. Yes, you get to slack sometimes. But I'd rather learn more and work harder than not learn everything that I could without all the hard work. I guess it depends on the major, though.

Ashton

The price of living on campus because there is a minimum of $1300 meal plan to go along with living on campus.

Wesley

The mosty frustrating thing about SFA is that it seems like every semester they accept more students to live on campus than they have room for; many two person rooms end up with three or four people.

Michelle

I would have to say that the most frustrating thing about my school is probably the ridiculous small fees that students have to pay. I knew college would be expensive, but my goodness, most students cannot afford these insane prices. I had to pay for my tuiton, my dorm, my meal plan and my books. Then I had to pay for a P.O box, scantrons and clickers (if you have a science class, you may need to). Students don't have a lot of money. The universities cannot expect us to pay for all this by ourselves.

Jane

The most frustrating aspect of this school is dining services. Students with less than 60 hours must live on campus and purchase a meal plan. I don't mind living on campus, but having a required meal plan stinks! The food isn't even that great to begin with. I met with the nutritionist and the dining services director, but they are not working with me that well. I have requested a reduced meal plan because of a digestive disorder, but they are not willing to work with the students. It's so frustrating!

Scott

The only frustrating thing about Stephen F. Austin is that the parking on campus is short, but another parking garage is being built to accommodate more students.

Cheyenne

The most frustrating thing about my school is the parking. There is not very much parking for commuters that is close to campus.

Rachel

I become most frustrated by the parking. If you leave in the middle of the week to go to to the store, it's possible that you could be driving around campus for up to fourty-five minutes looking for a decent parking spot.

Emily

It is frustrating that I am sterotyped. I'm not a just a typical college student. I am an individual. Not all students are the same, but we are all treated the same.

Hannah

The most frustrating thing about my school is the great lack of parking and housing. Stephen F. Austin has grown exponentionally in the past year and it doesn't seem as though the administrative team is doing much to accomodate for it.

Kevin

The most frustrating thing is not transferring most of the course work from the two year degree I have completed for the program I am interested in completing.

Liliana

Finding a parking spot can sometimes be difficult. Also, registrating for classes on-line is very frustrating. Everyone is trying to get on-line at the same time which causes the system to have errors and sometimes it takes a long time to get your classes.

joanne

i would have to say finding housing is entirely to frustrating.

Jazzay

The people aren't very open-minded. There's a bit of racial tension also. There isn't much diversity. I didn't like my experience at the school at all because of those things.

Stephanie

The most frustrating thing is that they force you to live on campus for the first two years, and they force you to buy a meal plan even if you refuse to eat the cafeteria food.

Michelle

The town of Nacogdoches is often referred to Nac-a-no-where because it is literally that. To students coming from larger cities, especially, it is easy to become stir crazy.

Rebecca

The red mud gets everywhere, and it gets cold in the winter.

Ivette

The students around campus who don't take their academic studies as seriously.

Amanda

The most frustrating thing about my school is the policy on pets. I would love to have a dog, and I completely understand not allowing a bunch of dogs or cats in a new dorm. But have students agree with a roommate, no more than one or 2 furry animals in a room (a decent size room) and pay a down payment fee in case something gets destroyed...or just take it out of housing fees and put a hold on grades until the damages are paid.

Ashley

the courseload can drag you down sometimes

Alexandra

That some people just don't care about the school that much. It's starting to change, which is exciting. Other than that, the choice (or lack of choice) of meal plans. And off campus parking. I could walk from my apartment in the time it takes to find a parking spot and walk to my class.

Ashley

parking!

Keisha

The most frustrating thing about school to me is there is so much to do but so little time to do it. There is always something going on to fill up your day.