University of Portland Top Questions

The one thing I don't like about my school is that we do not get the holidays off that other schools do. For instance we don't get memorial weekend off or President's day. We have other days off that most schools don't but the problem with this is that most of your friends attend public school so you can never get the same days off as them.

Honestly, the worst thing about this school is the cost of everything and how little the financial aid awarded seems dismal, but I really do have to say that the high tuition and everything is worth it. The classes, the professors, the atmosphere...it feels worth it.

I believe the worst thing about our school has to be our athletic gym. The building is older than I can honestly remember, and whenever I am in it, I feel like the ceilings are going to cave in. Luckily for me, I have the ability to go to my local family gym that has been more recently built. By having a poor athletic facility it deters students from working out as much as they may possibly like. The student teacher ratio is perfect, the student body size is nice, but the gym needs remodling.

My school is very stressful and quiet during dead week and finals because everyone is really worried about their academic performance.

Nothing.

Some of the facilities are worn out and it might be a few years before they are replaced.

It's much easier for rich students to do better in classes and to get scholarships because they don't have to work and if you get a teacher that you have trouble learning from, you're pretty much screwed if you have to work a lot and pay your own living expenses.

The staff is WAY too involved with the student's personal lives, in that they do not often treat you as an adult. They try to solve your problems and make your decisions for you, instead of respecting yours and helping you make arangements to accomodate them. They are sometimes also very condescending.

The financial aid and student account offices. They're literally across the room from each other and have no communication whatsoever.

It's a bit hard coming up with a worst thing, but I suppose it'a a lack of anonymity that one has on campus. While there are always some people you don't know, and new people to meet, one can never go somewhere or do somehing and be guaranteed of not knowing anyone present. Nights out, or embarassing stunts or actions are often witnessed by several of your close aquanitences, rather then by an anonymous crowd. I suppose this is a rather weak negative, but it's the most substantial negative aspect that I can think of.