University of St Thomas-Saint Paul Top Questions

The most frustrating thing about St. Thomas have to do with the meal plans and tenure. If you are living in an on-campus dorm, you are required to get a certain meal plan, which is usually, at least for women, more than you will ever use, so it goes to waste. Also, there are a few professors here ( not the majority) that you can tell are here just because they have tenure. You can tell this because they seem out of touch with how students learn today. I have personally had this experience with only one professor.

There does not seem to be very much school spirit. There are also many cliques of people that look down on others and are judgmental to people that they do not even know. People are stuck up.

The fact that sometimes the administration is more concerned with the prestige of the university than the well-being of the students, especially the catholic community.

The most frustrating thing about the University of St. Thomas can be the amount of work the professors assign. At some periods during the semester, the professors will have large assignments and projects due during the same time period.

The fact that this is a Catholic University, but we have students who don't necessarily follow Catholic or even Christian morals/values. I believe St. Thomas Aquinas would be fairly disappointed if he were looking at this school whom he is named after.

How the campus shuts down on the weekends. There are some campus club sponsered activities, but they are either short or not every weekend. Also, there is nothing open on campus. Most of dining services shuts down. They are open in 2-3 hour time frames. It is difficult as a student to eat on campus on the weekend because of the awkward timing of dining services. Weekends can feel very lonely, especially for out of state students.

Stuck up girls

School here is really expensive.

The cost of school is a huge burden on me.

Some teachers do not pay attention to student's reactions and understanding of the material and therefore do not explain topics clearly enough. This leaves the entire class lost and a sour taste in my mouth for the teacher. However, there are many great professors at St. Thomas that have a genuine interest in student's and are very tuned in to when they can move on with a subject or when students are not understanding are more time needs to spent on that topic.