Florida Atlantic University Top Questions

How small it is.

Florida Atlantic University is a great school; however, it does not offer enough international and study abroad programs. Internships are also a problem, since they must be attained solely on the student's efforts because the university lacks the appropriate contacts with labs and companies that could help make such efforts easier.

I do not see any aspect that can be considered a worse situation.

There are not enough classes with different times available to make it possible to keep a job.

A majority of the professors grade mostly by midterm and final grades with less attention given to attendance, group work, papers, ect. I believe this does not represent the students accurately and would like to see this problem changed.

it's a commuter school so no one is around on the weekends.

The Florida heat.. when walking to and from class

It's difficult to find parking. I think more student attend this school than was anticipated.

The worst thing about Florida Atlantic University is their timing of Financial Aid disbursement. It is given a few weeks into the semester. This makes it difficult for anyone who depends on that money to pay for their tuition or books. In my situation, I usually end up having to pay it with my own money which defeats the purpose of having Financial Aid. It is meant to ease the cost burden, not add to it.

There is never enough parking spaces available.