Montclair State University Top Questions

weekends, this college is a huge commuter college so a lot of people go home on the weekends.

Limited on the majors

The one thing I don't like about my school is the way they settle there delayed openings or school closer when a storm hits. Since I'm a commuter, it makes it difficult to travel and I get a dissatisfying feeling when I manage to make it to campus only to find out that it was closed. I just wish they do it a day earlier.

The worst thing about this school is the unsatisfactory advising from the professors. Often times professors are not in their offices or they do not tailor their advice or guidance to the individual students that come to them for help. Their approch tends to be cookie cutter and rigid and as a result many students end up advising themselves or switching advisors quite often.

The worst thing about my school is definitely having to live across from the full campus. Of course the shuttles do a great job of picking us up at a timely manner during the weekdays but on weekends it is a whole different story. I despise waiting for almost an hour just to go to the other side of campus.

A lot of people seem to go home on the weekends and there are a lot of commuters.

The worst thing about my school is by far the communication between departments. Coming from a small school, I expected everything to run in a similar manner, however, given that there are many more departments within a university, miscommunication between them can be quite prevalent. It takes a great amount of patience and perseverance to deal with, as well as adjusting to the system of the university. Understanding that merely calling or emailing will not always give you the answer you desire is key. Building the skill to pursue your needs actively is necessary and will benefit your success.

I would consider the restrictions of where you can eat unlimitedly with the resident student meal plan to be the worst thing about Montclair State. There are many places on campus to eat, however, a student who uses constant pass (like all Freshman) is limited on where they can eat, without using the extra money set aside on their card.

Lately, I feel that I no longer feel as safe as I used to. There are too many empty and hidden parking lots on campus that make me feel uncomfortable. I started to realize that the campus police have started to stay in the parking lots at night, but it is not consistent. As of last semester, a girl was attacked on campus. As a female who walks alone at night, I feel more unsafe than ever. I wish that the school would be more active about the safety on school.

The thing I would consider worst about Montclair State would be the parking. I am a commuter and parking every day is a struggle. Currently 18,000 students attend Montclair State and more than half the student population are commuters. There are only a parking garage and one big lot for students to park their cars. I would consider this to be the worst issue at Montclair State.