University of Arizona Top Questions

Greek life is very common for lower classmen and for non-greek people it is kind of annoying.

Some teachers criticize students instead of actually teaching.

I would say that a negative aspect of this school is that there are many Fraternities and Sororities at the school and they are right on campus so you have awkward run ins on the weekends at times.

The business school required additional money. The class availability was sometimes challenging. There were times that I had to select classes that were my second or third choice.

The worst thing about my school is that there is a huge focus on Greek life. Joining a Sorority is extremely expensive and if my parents could have afforded it I would have joined. However, now that I am a Junior, I am glad that I did not join. I realize that I do not need to pay for my friends and social life. I don't want to generalize, but a lot of the students in Greek life are not the nicest people. In a way you are looked at differently if you are not in a house.

The waste of money. Continually tuition goes up, with the board of regents saying the extra revenue generated from a tuition hike goes to services for students. However, we seem to have pointless plazas and memorials constructed every year.

I don't like how our money is being distributed. For example, I recently found out that I'm going to be paying more tuition this year because the school board decided to build another recreation center and does not have enough funds to maintain it. I don't even use the Rec center, along with forty-some percent of the school. They could be using that money to make textbooks cheaper or open more classes so we have smaller classes.

The worst thing about my school is the price for books. I work at the UA Bookstore and students spend over $600 in one transaction for books it is ridiculous!

The worst thing about my school is that the books are so expensive. Also the professors create their own editions of the book which make it hard to sell back because not many people at other universities will buy it from you which means you can only sell it to other students or the bookstore but the bookstore gives you about 5-10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of what you originally paid for the book, you lots of money.

It may be intimidating at first, its very big and easy to get lost in your first days. Go to campus ahead of time to figure out where your classes will be.