University of Kansas Top Questions

PARKING. There is never enough close parking, and although walking or biking is healthy and just fabulous, Lawrence happens to have all the hills in the state of Kansas. Oh, and campus is on the tallest hill of all. I also work on campus, so the parking situation is even more of a problem. . but I don't like to dwell.

Some of the buildings are not as up to date as a prominent national school should be. The campus is very old and some of the buildings are worn and need some reconstruction and updates.

There are classes that are supposed to be scheduled for certain semesters that were cancelled last minute. Since the Edwards Campus only has a few classes, cancelling 2 months before the next semester begins caused some complications.

Sometimes sports take on an almost too important role in the school's environment.

If you come from a small town KU can seem overbearing. There are over 30,000 students and it's somewhat hard to distinguish yourself. Some classes can have up to 930 students while others only 7 students. Most general education (required to graduate) classes are harder than they should be, for such a low level class. The librarys get really crowded during finals. Parking at KU is the worst! Just because you've purchased and expensive parking ticket doesn't mean you'll get a spot! Scholarships are rare, unless you're a basketball player or a genius.

me being all alone, because im in lawrence i really dont have family around to hang out with, my friends always have school work or have boyfriends. Im always alone and i never have anything to do. but like they say, it's better to be alone than with soomeone i dont like at all.

If you don't find and pick out the right classes, they will be too crowded and that will make it harder to learn.

The absolutely worst thing about KU is the parking situation. There are more students and faculty on campus everyday than there are parking spots. "Love taps" and cracked bumpers are daily occurances while people try to squeeze into spots that are too small. Parking Department oversells parking stickers, so it is a real mess.

I think some of the classes are too large. This semester alone, I have three classes with over three hundred people in each.

The parking and ticket bundles. They would oversell on both parking passes and ticket bundles and then say its the students risk of buying either one. The ticket bundles were in a lottery drawing for so many available every game, and having to wait an entire day in line to get one. The lots have only so many stalls, and always full. The school would put up advisories of overselling, but never stopped or attempted any resolution of easing the parking pandemic. They kept making money by overselling parking passes.