University of St Thomas-Saint Paul Top Questions

A lot of the students here are often from weathly backgrounds and believe things should just be handed to them without any type of work. It gets annoying to the students (including myself) who come from a working, middle class background and work for everything we're given.

For me, the performance facilities do not match the quality of our music ensembles. We have outstanding, nationally renowned ensembles and directors, but our facilities are poor at best. We need much greater individual practice space, rehearsal spaces, and a legitimate concert hall/auditorium if we are going to be seriously considered as a liberal arts school, rather than just a great school to launch your career.

I think that the worst thing about my school is the fact that you have to pay for each class you take. Meaning that you cannot just take an elective or minor in something simply because it is interesting without having the ability to finance that extra interest. Many other schools do not pay by the credit and allow students to have more freedom in choosing classes.

I love St. Thomas. I haven't found anything that I absolutly hate, but if I had to pick something that irritated me a little bit, it would be that the meal plans do not roll over into the spring if you have any left over in the fall.

The worst thing is that it is mostly a commuter school. Most undergraduates live near campus, so they do not stay on campus during the weekends. This impacts the people you are able to meet and the connections you are able to make. It also makes for a somewhat slow social life if you are from out of state.

The worst thing about my school is the idea that it is not firmly grounded in the Catholic faith like it says it is. There are so many different view points, I believe UST has lost its main focus. Also, I feel that as a commuter, I haven't gotten to know people quite as well as those who live on campus. I wish there was a way to let commuters know about all of the activities going on.

The worst thing about my school, I think, is my dorm room. My dorm is located on the outskirts of campus, essentially isolating me from many activites and most of my friends, who are living across campus from me. While it sometimes nice that my dorm is so quiet, I really miss the activity that is lacking. In addition, I feel that my dorm has yet to come together as a community, which makes for some dull weeknights.

There are certain graduation requirments that hold true to the schools catholic background that hinder the people that choose to attend or even worse the people that dont choose to attend because of this.

In my opinion the worst thing about my school is that it is a "suitcase campus." People don't necessarily go home every weekend but they typically don't stay here on campus. Oftentimes people head off to other campuses to party. I don't like that personally because it can get pretty empty around campus on the weekends. St. Thomas does do a pretty good job, however, of coming up with cheap and fun activities for people to do on the weekend so that there are options for you if you stay on campus!

the walking distance between north and south campus, especially during winter time. i wish we had skyway!