Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Top Questions

Parking. The parking is ridiculous. You have to park a mile away and get to campus at least 20 minutes before class starts to find a parking spot and have enough time to walk to your class. I hate it especially in the winter.

the worst thing about this school is the condition of research labs in science buildings. they were built 40 years ago and remain very outdated. the equipment in them is very old and often yields inaccurate results. instead of buying new equipment, which is most likely due to lack of funding, the professors just have to explain to us what the results should be. it's almost as if we perform the experiments knowing that we're going to end up with the wrong results every time.

The worst thing about my school is the fact that there isn't many jobs available for students to participate in work study so they can get extra money to help pay for school.

The worst thing about school is maybe the parking situations. I always feel like I have to walk a mile to class.

There's is little help for the academic advising staff. Also it is very hard to make appointments with an advisor that work with a students school schedule.

As a new student, the campus was a bit confusing and I frequently became disoriented. The main buildings --such as administration, the library, the student union, and a couple lecture halls-- are all in a centralized location. However, other buildings which contain equally important student services, like textbook rentals, require driving across campus to a building where you would have to park across the street instead of the lot in front of said building.

I believe that the intstructers could offer more experiences of the real world. It is also a commuter school traffic can some times be a pain.

The Greek aren't allowed to have houses on campus due to Edwardsville township.

the varierty of difficulty within different majors

The worst thing about SIUE is that it takes a while to get used to. As a freshman I found that it was a little confusing to get through all the paper work and my couselor was extremly hard to get a hold of. She wasn't very helpful but she tought me to do things for myself because faculty won't always be there to help me.