Grand Valley State University Top Questions

There's not many things frustrating, sometimes things can be boring being in such a small town and not having a lot of money to do things.

The number one frustration at GVSU is the winter weather and the 15minute drive to anything around. The winters here are very windy and cold from lake effect snow it makes walking to and from class difficult. In order to go grocery shopping it takes a 20 minute drive to find a store, if you want to go to the movies it is even longer.

There isn't much that goes on on the weekends. It's somewhat boring.

The most frustrating thing out here is balancing the work load with your free time- the same as anyother school.... This place is good, but they're not just going to give you a degree because someone payed them; you have to work for it.

There are not very many off-campus activities to do so I'm am always stuck on-campus. I need a change of scenery sometimes that doesn't involve school related things.

They tend to be very conservative and close-minded. It isn't a place to get the real "college experience" that you hear about.

walking through all the snow in the winter

Professors sometimes change class buildings. If the new building is further from a student's next class than the old one, he or she may not have enough time to make it.

The academic advisors at Grand Valley do not hold up a good reputation for being particularly helpful to new students; when seeing my advisor for help in scheduling my classes, she acted very inconvenienced.

Weekend bus services