University of Central Florida Top Questions

Making consideration about the worst thing about my school can be very challenging because I believe that my school is outstanding, but if i had to choose something I believe it would be that we have a lack of parking on campus. Since the first day of school I have had to dread the wrath of parking on our campus because there is so little to go around. This fact makes since especially because we are the third largest university in the United States. Although there is a lack of parking at UCF it still is the best school.

The worst thing about my school is how hard it is to get finanicial aid. The past couple semesters I've had to take out loans to pay for my schooling.

In my opinion, the worst thing about my school is that it is so big and has so many students. It is the closest 4-year university for me to attend, but if I had a choice I would prefer a smaller more intimate school.

Although there is Wi-Fi throughout the campus, often times there is difficulty connecting to the internet and sometimes the internet speed can be very slow. There are hotspots where internet access via Wi-Fi is adequate but it can be frustrating when people often rely on the internet to complete online assignments.

Greek Life.

I have not found a problem with the school at this time. The staff, faculty and other attending students have all been extremely helpful and full of advice.

Parking is horrible. For 50,000 plus students, we need more parking spaces and parking garages. Also, we need a little more school spirit.

I feel that at my school there has been problems with communication between various buildings on campus as well as communication between schools when trnasferring.

The worst part about UCF is the financial aid office. To be honest, nearly every time I go to the financial aid office I feel frustrated and discouraged because I get the impression that the counselors don't care to help me. I understand that dealing with money and financial aid is difficult, but it seems to me that I am just a burden and they don't even bother to give me helpful advice. I think this office would be better if the counselors were more friendly or if policies were slightly different to accomodate students with special circumstances.

The worst thing about my school has got to be how crowded it is. We need about 3 times as many parking spots as we have, it's a struggle to get the classes you need to graduate making it very difficult for you to graduate on time and nearly impossible to do it early. It's the fastest growing school in Florida but they aren't growing faster than the student population is.

The worst thing about the University of Central Florida would probably be its small number of on campus housing available to upperclassmen. Many freshman usually receive housing on campus but by the second year it is much more difficult to secure a space unless it is in Towers or you win the Academic Village lottery.

The worst thing about UCF is the amount of people on and off campus. It's difficult and frustrating because there are never any jobs available, and it's difficult to go anywhere. Traffic is awful!

The teaching style in the larger classes is absolutely horrible

The large class sizes because I am not used to that sort of thing.

classes fill up quickly

The only thing I can say is that parking at the University of Central Florida since I started in 2004 has gotten worse due to the increase of incoming freshmens each school year. The first couple of weeks of each semester trying to find a parking is a dilemma! It can take from 10 to 40 minutes. Because of this, some students do not make it to class on time or worse get desperate and therefore park in restricted areas thus getting summons from the police force from the school.

I would say the worst thing about VCC is the parking! Parking on campus is the most aggravating experience in the world, not only are there very limited amounts of student parking spaces, but the ridiculous waiting time to actually get a spot is absurd. There are overflow parking lots but those are at least a mile or so walking distance from the buildings. I would suggest either more outlets or routes that would allow students to access parking spaces more easily.

There are so many students, it makes difficult to register for all your necessary courses each smester due to limited space.

If you dont live on campus, it is almost impossible to find parking.

My school is excellent! I think we do a great job coming together and being very open to all types of people and we have oportunities for everyone to get involved in something they enjoy. But the worst thing about my school that I have experiences is probably the confusion on our website, it seems to take you in circles before giving you what you're looking for. I have had to go into an advisor many times to get answers. But other than that I can't complain!

What I consider the worst part of the University of Central Florida is some of the fees we have to pay. For examlpe, along with our tuition we have to pay fees for different classes. I was in a class last semester that required a material fee, yet they gave us no materials and we had to buy them ourselves. Also the textbooks classes use mostly cannot be bought back because they use different versions of the same textbooks every semester just to make more money.

The worst thing about UCF can be found at any other school, and that is expensive school supplies. Even mere index cards cost triple the amount they should be. At this rate, it's no wonder that so many students need financial aid.

Costliness is the worst thing about my school. I find many of my peers struggling to afford education. While some students use student loans to help with financial aid, other students are not eligible. Class texts books are priced at ridiculous amounts. If the student can barely afford the class, forget buying the books. Affordable living is also hard to find. Even in today's devastated economy, people still cannot afford to live in off-campus housing (cheaper than on-campus). The cleanliness of such apartments, houses, and dorms are simply not well-matched for what comes out-of-pocket.

If I had to chose one aspect of UCF as being the "worst" I would absolutely choose parking. I hear parking is a problem at numerous universities, but the parking situation in my school is just really disheartening at times when arriving for a class since there aren't enough parking spots for all the students that attend the university. I have chosen to deal with this small problem by just arriving a couple of hours before my classes begin and avoid the traffic jams at popular times of the day.

They only thing that I can consider bad about my school is that the parking is so expensive and so far away from your classes. I am lucky that I go to a smaller campus at the school. I am saying this about the main orlando campus.

In my opinion, the worst thing about my school is the fact that there is not enough on-campus housing to accommodate every freshman in the incoming freshmen classes. I believe all freshman should stay on campus their first year. I am a freshman this year and the on-campus housing filled up so quick that I did not even have a choice in whether or not I wanted to stay on or off campus. I would have preferred to stay on campus so that I could have taken part in all the freshman activities that occur in the dorms.

The worst thing about my school is how far away it is from my house. If only I could live a little closer, life would be perfect. I tried looking for an apartment five to ten minutes from campus but I would still have to drive back to town for work . I realized that in reality, living on my own wouldn't help me save money and that paying my tuition to further my education is more important than getting an apartment.

The worst thing about my school is the wretched parking. Good luck trying to find somewhere to park before you are late for class! Luckily UCF offers a convenient shuttle service that is less stressful than trying to find parking.

The worst thing I consider about my school is the hot and sunny Florida weather! It fluctuates daily but I have come to live with it. Along with that and the shuttle services that is sometimes unreliable. I live off campus so when I am in a rush to get to class, I often find myself waiting sometimes thirty or forty minutes to get picked up by the shuttle so I can finally be on my way to class.

The layout of the campus is very large.

Finding a parking space near classes.

I am in need of Financial assistance and got nothing from UCF but a loan.

Cant think of anything.

The worst thing about my school would have to be that all of your teachers expect a lot of work and time to be put forth into their class.

The worst thing is probably the textbook program. Most textbooks are custom made for the school and that makes them expensive and they don't get any money when it comes time to sell them back.

The parking is bad about my school. There is hard to park anywhere on campus.

- Parking - No involvment with outside companies

The professors in the accounting program are dull and not consistent with their work. I tend to learn more from my textbook than I do from my professors. They could do a better job of teaching the students skills needed for the accounting profession.

The worst thing about my school is that it is so big that the number of small class sizes continues to get smaller each year. Also, there are not a lot of job opportunities in the surrounding area.

That school groups/organizations seem to only have their meetings/get togethers at night and if you take night classes then you really cannot take part in those activities. I feel that that limits me from what I can take part in for my University experience.

Lack of Financial Aid.

The worst thing at our school would be the amount of classes offered online and the times the classes are at. Many classes I cannot attend because I work during the morning and aternoon.

The parking.

I'm a student on a regional campus of the University of Central Florida. The worst thing about this is that there aren't as many extracurricular clubs and sport to try and get involved in like on the main campus in Orlando. That's really hard on me because I have always been heavily involved in extracurriculars throughout previous school years.

Online classes. It is the same cost as in person classes but yet you don't have the personal effect or the classroom setting to learn fro one another.

Navigating the application and enrollment process. So many administrative departments play a role that you can't fix all of your outstanding requirements with one phone call, you have to make seven. It's extremely frustrating.

Parking. There is alot of people who risk hitting your car to get parking.

It's very difficult for me to say what the worst thing about UCF is, considering I love the school. If I had to chose one thing that would be the worst though, I would have to say their grading system. UCF has the plus and minus grades, which by missing one point can fail you from a class. UCF is a hard school, and with that grading sytem it makes it even harder.

I love everything about my school.

THere is a lack of guidance in financial aid and registrars office and of course, parking.