Florida Gulf Coast University Top Questions

Being a commuter student that drives to school each day, I would say the worst thing about the university is the lack of parking or the distace from the parking lots to the classes. Although Florida has desirable weather conditions, when it's in the rainy season, it can pour buckets!! Making student parking more available would be advantageous to students that live off campus.

Probably the worst thing at this school seems to be staff communication. There seems to be a lot of certain departments not communicating with each other or even faculty in the same department. This can cause miscommunications and everyone not being on the same page which can be frustratingdue to the lack of consistency. If there is ever anything you need to do involving more than one faculty or staff member, have what other faculty/staff have said in writing to acoid discrepencies.

It's too small.

Tuition costs are rising. Dorms are very nice but way too expensive. State had cut funding so it will be up to the students to pay for all of the nice new campus buildings. Not enough scholarship opportuntiies.

I consider the worst thing about my school is the partying. But I feel that any school has this problem. Some kids party more than study, therefore their grades are going down and their future might not look as bright as they wanted it to look.

The worst part about my college is that since it is a small university the class sizes are small as well wich makes getting into a class that you need a competetion. If you the class fills up you have to e-mail the professors and beg for them to allow you in their class. If you cant get into a class that goes towards your major and you need to make full time status then you have to take a class that you really dont need.

The worst thing at my school is the cut throat attitude of the students towards one another. Everyone is in competition and if anyone can "one up" another student, they will try to do it.

The worst thing about this school, in my opinion, is that it seems like almost every student has the same taste in everything. Uniqueness is not something you see very often around here. Wether it's music,books, or movies, everyone seems to like the same thing.

I'd have to say that the worst thing about this school is registering for classes. The school has a system where those who are Seniors, Athletes, and Honor students register first then Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen respectively. You must register online through the school's website at midnight of your registration date. It is really hard for most students to get through the website all at the same time. So by the time you get through the website your classes may have been taken by others. This requires you to constantly check for dropped classes.

The worst thing about my school is the low "wow" factor on campus. The professors and students are great, but the campus itself is boring sometimes.