University of North Carolina at Charlotte Top Questions

The hardest thing that I have had to cope with this year is being away from my family. I was born and raised in Erie, Pa,. This year I decided I wanted to spread my wings and take myself out of my comfort zone, I moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. I love living here, but I come from a very close family and I miss them dearly. The school I am at is absolutly amazing and I know in my heart this was the right choice for me, I just wish my family lived a little closer.

I want to stay but worrying if I will be able to keep getting enough money to stay at the out of state school.

Financial Aid.

The GPA grading--its weird. If you have a 85 for a grade, it counts as a GPA of 2.0 (80) rather than 2.5. So it is pointless to have a final grade other than a 60, 70, 80, or 90.

The size of science classes is just a little too large...A lot of the time around 100 students.

The most frustrating thing, for me, was the lack of communication between advisers and students. There were several times that I got three different answers from three different people to the same question. It was confusing and time consuming. I think faculty should have to go through some type of training and make sure they know the requirements for the areas they are advising.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that academic advising is not as great as it could be. My advisors tend to not tell me pertinent information, and they often don't know what is going on within my major.

The buses have erratic routes, and my main classroom building is stuck on the far end of campus from all of the other buildings.

I don't find anything too frustrating at this school.

Many of the students don't take pride in their school. They blame it on the lack of football, but for the most part still wear other colleges' apparel even during basketball season. Also, be prepared to walk around campus, because everything is uphill.