Utah Valley University Top Questions

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

Tamarie

The only two things I would brag about when talking about my school is the 1-ply toilet paper and the lack of school spirit. Fortunately, I can handle bad toilet paper and although we don't have the greatest school spirit, we do have some and we work hard to improve it.

William

I believe UVU's aviation program isn't as organized as it could be. When I first looked into attending the school with the aviation science focus, the counselor I spoke to told me my previous (and extensive) flight experience could not be used to speed up my schooling. Then, during my first semester, another counselor told me that previous experience could be used. There have been a number of incidents like this where I've received conflicting information on what the program requires, and what materials are available for my classes. Other than that I have no complaints.

David

The lack of parking for student becasue it makes it very hard to find a parking spot and being on time to your class

Nicholas

The parking lot set up. As the school expands in population our parking lots devlop horizontally instead of vertically! These administrative choices waste potential parking space and require the school to spend their funds on lot expansion instead of building expansion!

Melissa

There is a religious bias in this university, only because of the state in which it resides.

Nathan

The school counselors are the worst at UVU. They always seem to hate their job and never want to go out of their way to help you.

W. Stacy E.

I haven't heard anything bad about UVU

Samantha

The worst thing about Utah Valley University is the parking. There are so many students who drive to campus that in order to find a descent parking spot you to have to give yourself half an hour to drive around looking and waiting for a spot. Especially during the winter months.

Lauren

It is just starting to get a foothold as an accredited university, so it lacks resources and professionalism. My field of study is also underrated and we do not have the facilities and funding needed.

Kyle

Utah Valley University is pretty great. If I had to say anyhting bad about the school it would have to be that they don't have a school football team that I could root for.

Jakayla

The parking is absolutely awful. There are not nearly enough spacces for all of the students attending, espeically because they took out a huge section of the most popular parking lot to build a new building.

Derek

The worst thing about Utah Valley University is the lack of available parking. Due to a large increase in the number of students on campus, there has been an increase in construction of new buildings in place of parking.

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Amy

I love UVU but I feel like it is not taken as seriously as some other schools. I feel like I get a good education, but that the people in this area do not take UVU as seriously as other local schools. I wish that the community would have more respect for this university and that the people who attend it would have more school pride.

Kevin

The worst thing about Utah Valley State College is that they didn't have the major I wanted to go into.

Joshua

I have not found anything I would call the 'worst thing'; it is a diverse college with many degree focuses making it important to seek out the best things instead.

Nicole

The worst thing about Utah Valley University is cost. It is pretty reasonably priced, however, it's too much for me to move out. I currently live at home and commute 30 minutes to school. I also have a job to help try to cover the costs. I'm never on campus unless I'm attending class so it's hard to be involved. I haven't been to any sports events or really anything else. Personal preference would be that they do a better job about advertising these events so I could make it a priority to attend them.

Thomas

School Spirit. There is no foot ball team because of the surrounding schools that are so close by. BYU and Utah University have big compition. Parking is also another issue that comes up often. It cost 80 dollars a year to park some what close to campus.

BrookeLynn

I was kind of just expected to know everything on the first day of school. In actuality I didn't know where i was going, what I needed, or even who i could talk to about these thiings.

Keltzie

The parking is awful and expensive.

Colt

Utah Valley State College, now called Utah Valley University, is growing so fast that parking is crazy and there is a lot of construction. many classes are filled the day that registration starts because of how few teachers there are making it difficult to get the classes you want.

Sharley

The worst thing about Utah Valley University is that parking can be an issue. Everyone seems to want to take classes around the same time so the parking lot tends to get very congested. My advice would be to schedule your classes at a time that is less popular. Most students typically want to start school at nine, ten AM so as you can imagine the parking lot is the most full at that time in the morning. The best times I found were to have classes that start at seven or eight AM/PM.

Miranda

It's really crowded considering the small campus size. But that's about it. It's a pretty good school.

Lance

I think the worst thing about Utah Valley State College is that it is an open enrollment school. There are way too many students. There are more students at UVU then there are at the bigger Universities such as BYU and U of U.

Amelia

The classes tend to be really big, and there isn't a lot of one-on-one time with your professors.

Isaac

There is some confusion now and then for me in trying to enroll for classes, and what I believe is the worst thing, is that I don't know who to talk too. If I'm confused about something, it's hard for me to get an answer or solution.

Kiersten

I think the worst thing about my school is that sometimes it's hard to figure out what is going on and where things are located at. It's also a little harder to get to know people because they tend to go within their already made groups

Kiera

I did not like the class sizes. They were too big.

Bryce

The club availabilty and the scholorships they offer. I like to be involved and not have to pay to be a member.

Nathan

The worst aspect of this school would have to be the location in which it is located. Utah county where they University is located is the most conservative county in the state of Utah and that as often left me fustrated with the students and some professors viewpoints. Then again I wouldn't want to go to a school that didn't challenge my entrenched point of view anyway.

Tara

I think the school is just a little to small for my preference.

Jared

I have had a lot of school and I am unable to transfer some of my credits because of a class name difference, while the material is exactly the same thing. Therfore it will take me longer to graduate and cost me more money. Some of the advisor's are more then willing to do what it takes to find the best options but others are there to work from open to close not caring about my situatuion. They will avoid telling me some good news and tell me it will be longer and cost more instead.

Victoria

I think the worst part is that there is only off-campus housing and parking isn't great, but there are some apartments almost on campus, but they are not very good.

Melevesi

The school is located next to the freeway and the traffic can get crazy when you are trying to get to the campus.

Megan

I really can't think of anything at the moment.

Randall

The only thing that I can think of was the parking situation.

Paul

My school is pretty well rounded, but I would say the worst thing is the dramatic increase in tuition for out of state students. Although it only takes one year to become a resident, I feel I should go to school now and I am paying over twice as much as residents!

James

The only thing that I can think of is that it is more expensive than BYU.

Leah

I cannot think of anything too major that I don't like about UVU. I guess one thing is that we don't have a football team and I think we should.

Phillp

UVU has very little parking for the amount of students that attend, and they charge a ridiculous amount of money for parking.

Matthew

My school is not career specific for careers that arent broad like business or science. I want to be a sports broadcaster and they don't even have a broadcast focus in their communications degree.

Mathew

Everyone here is smart, therefore the curve is very competitive. One cannot just breeze by unless they are a genius of course.

Hyrum

It gets really cold here during the winter, but the entire campus is connected indoors so it's really just the walk from parking lots or getting to and from busses that freezes your toodle.

Julia

Most students are married and have kids and because I do not it is hard to make friends or find common ground with people. There aren't enough ways to meet various people or make friends.