University of Wisconsin-Madison Top Questions

What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?

Brooke

You do a lot of work. People here work hard, and the teachers aren't lenient.

Matt

Lots of walking. Campus is a little spread out and i am lazy.

Caesar

There's so many opportunities out there, so many groups, clubs, events. The worst part is knowing what you should do. If you don't go to the first couple meetings of a group, it's hard to really "become part" of it. They will welcome you with open arms, no doubt, but it's a little weird, I think. So just go into everything at the very beginning, and choose what you want to commit to.

Thomas

The worst thing about this school is the local police and how they deal with drinking violations.

Brittany

The classes are often the largest when they are the most difficult. (Basically the more attention you need the less you get)

Ryan

The out of state people from the East Coast are really annoying, because they often times are more affluent are arrogant towards the midwestern folks. They really aren't a problem, but if there was one thing I could eliminate, that would be it.

Sara

If someone is shy and don't feel comfortable seeking out help from professors, TAs or advisors, they won't get help. It's a big city so there may be more crime than other places

Brett

Addmision to select schools/colleges is easier for transfer students so that hurts students that start enrolled here. Homicide rates in the city is high.

Elizabeth

The worst, and the best thing, is that you are on your own at this school. The school really doesn't care how you're doing academically and your advisor won't seek you out to see how things are going. It can be really overwhelming at first. But then again, it's a good thing, because you know that if you graduate from here having taking full advantage of all the opportunities, you'll be ready for whatever life throws at you, because you had to fight for things you wanted during college.

Kelsey

I don't consider anything very bad about it. If you don't like big schools, don't come here.

Bridgette

There are so many people, it is difficult to get into classes, and some classes are more difficult than the amount of credit received.

Kaylee

It is difficult to get into the classes you need and you never know if your professors and TAs will be excellent or horrible teachers! Also, there are a lot of cliques on campus and it is very large making it hard to make friends.

Kyle

I feel that the worst thing about UW was the student governement. While not an important issue to many people, I was consistently unimpressed with their lack of actions and results on issues that students were very passionate about. Had there been no student government, I feel that most things would have been the same. I expect a student governement to make positive changes for those enrolled, not be happy simply having a role.

Lindsay

Apartment prices. They are outlandish. The weather during the winter months. It's the worst.

ryan

the lack of diversity within the student population

Daniel

The schol is so diverse, it can be hard to focus on the area you are intrested in without getting distracted by the social activities or even coursework outside of the major.

Caissa

How much alcohol impacts social life and stuff because that's sending the wrong message to people, especially underclassmen.

Greg

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Casey

Probably the lack of diversity - it is a great school and I absolutely love it but it is wrong that mostly all of the minorities on campus are on sports teams and have been recruited. We need more diversity!

andrew

weather. very cold, makes you not want to go to class.

Stephanie

Sometimes it seems to focus more on the sporting events when it comes to the funding instead of the school bulidings.

Ryan

Lack of career placement for east coast students

Zachary

I wouldn't say that there is a worst thing, unless you consider having too much fun a bad thing.

Gillean

Unfortunately, our school has been in the limelight quite a bit for alcohol related incidents. I feel this negative attention puts people's focus on the party reputation our school has earned rather than all of its various positive attributes such as its rigorous academic curriculum, unlimited club opportunities, and global outlook.

Emily

It gets pretty cold in the winter, and in the winter it gets dark really early in Madison

Bethany

If someone thinks there is absolute truth, they are considered intolerant. But people are intolerant of people who believe in absolute truth.

Tracia

Difficult classes

Ashley

One of the down falls is that that campus is large. In winter when it gets very cold and snowy its not pleasant to walk to the other side of campus.

Andria

The worst thing about Madison is the feeling of hostility between coasties and people from the midwest.

Niki

I consider the worst thing at UW-Madison is sometimes the professors that are ten-yeared aren't very good at explaining to students, and often times TA's especially in the math and sciences don't speak english and so it makes it so that the main way to succeed is by self-teaching. Those that don't learn well by themselves may be at a disadvantage at certain times.