Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne Top Questions

I think the worst thing about our school is the fact that there are no dining halls. There are restaurants within the campus that are national and local chains, but there are no food plans available. They have plans to add one in the neat future, though.

This college is also making huge changes for advancement, which increases the stress of the faculty. In the nursing department where I am studying, the faculty and staff seem overwhelmed and may have a higher student to staff ratio than most schools. Some of the changes that have been demanding on the staff include removing all associate degrees in order to make room for mastor's degrees. Although this is extremely positive, it can be discouraging to study in a program that is dealing with a lot of trials and errors.

Most people at the school are from the area, so there's not a very diverse population. Once school hours are over, the campus is dead.

Academic Advisors

It is growing significantly fast and having a hard time adjusting to it.

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Not a whole lot of people care about sports or school spirit because it's community college. The parking sucks for the first few weeks of the semester and the end of the semester. The amount Gen. Ed. sucks but that's probably every college...It doesn't have meal plans or anything because it is a community college too. I don't think there is a lot of partying on campus, but I don't live in campus housing so I could be wrong.

It is a huge commutor college, so if one wants to get involved they have to go in search of it, people are not just walking around all day with flyers and booths set up for you to sign up for clubs.

The worst thing about IPFW is definately the social environment. IPFW has a lot of students enrolled that have grown up in the area and most of the students that interact went to the same high school or have met prior to IPFW. It has become known that IPFW isn't the most social campus around. The school provides a few opportunities but most students don't usually get involved or are busy working. It tends to be a very quiet campus.