University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Top Questions

Not enough scholarship money, spending sometimes questionable

Some class sizes are ridiculously large, and some teachers are impossible to contact.

Trying to keep grades up.

the large classes

Popular subjects such as biology, or any "easy-A" courses have 500~600 people in one lecture.

Distance from Home

Exams that do not correlate with the information taught.

The most frustrating thing about school is the large class size and difficult classes.

There isn't much to do that doesn't involve the bars or Greek life.

Policies, rules, and regulations.

The workload is exhausting. Sometimes we are not given very much notice for a long or difficult project. There are always assignments due or about to be due, often allowing not much time to take a breath between them. Because the professors have such high expectations of the students, I wish they would take time to get to know us individually. It would help us when we are having trouble understanding or need their assistance to claify a concept or a question about the assignment.

The most frustrating thing about the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is how major tests and exams fall all at the same time. This is true for most university's, but I think it can be avoided. If it is avoided students will be able to do better in all of there classes. It will actually give students a chance to show how much they've learned in each of their classes, because they are not as worries about 3 other exams the same week.

No Mascot.

Dinning halls are only open for meals at certain periods of time, some of which are earlier than people tend to eat (breakfast only served until 9:30; dinner served until 6; etc.).

It is so competitive!

The escalating cost of education, and the lack of fund available to defry the rising costs

The cost of everything.

Its hard to figure out the people you need to talk to if you have a problem with administrative things.

The lack of scholarship and financial support. The tuition is frustrating.

The most frustrating thing about my school is finals week. It seems like all of your finals are crammed in too close in one week. Sometimes I feel as if I have to choose which class I have to pay more attention to. In a way that can help you in that one class, but in can also hurt you in the classes you neglect.