Julie
Their email system. The email addresses for the individual departments don't work on external emails. Furthermore, the IT Department has neither fixed it nor told the individual departments about it.
Arnasia
Having extremely hard courses with very little social events to get away from the academic stress would have to be the most frustrating thing about UAB. Academa is very important, but as young adults it is very important to have fun and live the "college experience" not just the college workload.
Margo
The most frustrating thing about my school is parking! Make sure you get to school at least 30 minutes prior to the start of your class! You will need the time to find a parking spot. Parking is bad at almost all universities, not just UAB. I transferred from the University of Central Florida and their parking was just as frustrating. There is no way around the bad parking, you just need to prepare yourself for anything!
jameshia
The science courses are really hard. Class scheduling overlaps often when you're pre-health.
Nashira
Having more than one test on the same day
mary
There is not anything that is really frustrating about the school in my opinion.
Melissa
The most fustrating thing I believe is the use of Blackboard learn. It has several problems such as losing information and not listing you in a class you've registered for. The grading system is definitely messed up on there as well. I know no system is perfect, but Blackboard can become down right infuriating.
Lauren
School spirit isn't common. A lot of different cultures are represented and not everyone is "football" oriented in their home countries. Academics comes first.
Kaitlyn
To me, the most frustrating thing about UAB is the fact that it is tailored towards commuter students. There are not many amenities for those students, such as myself, who do actually live on campus. We do not have a traditional student center, with a post office and a bank and other such facilities. The library closes at 11 PM. We live in a shady part of Birmingham, so nothing is truly pedestrian friendly. Based on what I have seen of other schools, I am jealous of all that is offered to the students there.
Anthony
I feel that the most frustrating thing about our school is that meal plans do not carry over to the following semester. Every student is equipped with a campus card, which we use to pay for meals, attend school functions, and gain access to residence halls. Meal plans are set number of meals that we buy using the campus card. The meals come in Meal Deals, in which we just swipe our cards at a register to obtain our meals. Unfortunately, if we don't use up our meals in a semester, they do not carry over.