Boise State University Top Questions

The large student to teacher ratio.

The large size of the university has made parking for nontraditionl students very difficult. One can buy a general permit for almost $100 but is not guaranteed a spot. The next options increase in price by hundreds of dollars with no convenience of location. If one were to visit the administration building in hopes to pick up paperwork for mere minutes, they would more than likely need to park in the lot in front of the building where payment is necessary for admittance.

I think the most frustrating thing about my school is that they are trying really hard to integrate technollogy into all of the classes, but hald the time that technollogy does not work. Students spend half of the class time waiting for the proffesors to figure out what is wrong with the technollogy, it makes for a horrible learning environment.

The most frustrating thing about Boise State is the fact that I am unable to sign up for 300 level classes without upperdivistion standing. Although I am a sophmore I would enjoy to be able to take higher level classes in order to get ahead.

The math department. Half of the teachers don't know what they are doing.

The most frustrating thing about Boise State is trying to get students invovled on campus. There are a number of opportunities on campus to get invovled with, but more often than not, the ones who take advantage of those opportunities have a natural drive to stay involved already. Usually these students were highly involved in high school or are just looking to get more out of their college experience. Students often complain about not knowing what's going on campus, but it's because they choose not to find the answers themselves.

The most frustrating thing about school would have to be not being able to do it all. As a Freshman, you have the world at your feet and want to experience everything. It is hard learning how to correctly schedule out your time, so that you leave enough time for academics, but also so that you don't stay all cooped up in your room. Being interactive with others is important, but balancing that with good academics is a real challenge.

Sometimes it feels as though the fooball team is much more important than the actual academics, which can get really frustrating. My department isn't suffering from it thank goodness. But I see students who are friends of mine having to transfer because the major they planned on going into has been cut. Also, being 9 hours away from home really frustrates me. I'm always feeling like I'm missing out on things because I did choose to be so far away.

Courses are never like the description and I have yet to have a course or professor that I truly enjoyed.

I would have to say that the most frustrating thing about Boise State University is the lack of open classes. I get bored taking only classes required for my degree choice. There is little to no options for elective classes such as art or music. The only options are 100 level classes that are all book based and involve no artistic expression. Only students majoring in art and music have access to the upper division classes.