University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Top Questions

I think one thing that UW-La Crosse is lacking on is their resources available for the number of students that they are accepting. So many students are applying and enrolling that the dormitories on campus are becoming very packed and some classes do not have enough lab space or professors to accompany the number of students needing totake those classes.

I think the worst thing about my school is the amount of general education classes required in undergraduate. I think that the Gen. Eds. should relate to a students major. If this was the case at my school I wouldn't be spending thousands of dollars for a course that had no benefit to me in furthering my knowledge for what I want to become. That is why this is the biggest set back at my school.

I wish that the sports teams were better and more prominent because nobody really goes to the sporting events on campus which is sad because the athletes are working incredibly hard to represent our school in competition, but nobody really goes to watch and support them. I also wish the girl to guy ratio was a little more even.

The worst thing about University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for me personally is the small size of the Modern Language Department. With society's focus on math, science, and technology, the liberal arts often receive cuts or have reduced budgets which means less variety of classes offered and limited offerings per semester. Also, the variety of professors and staff in quite small and if you don't like one professor - you might be stuck with that professor because he/she is the only one that teaches a class.

The worst thing about the school is the grading scale. At UW-L they use AB and BCs instead of A-, B+, B-, etc. For example, if your grade is between 88{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} and 92{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} you receive an AB. There are many situations where this grading scale has hurt me instead of helped me. In various classes I have recieved an AB for a 91 or 92{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} in a class which results in a 3.5 in the GPA. At some other schools a 92{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} would result in an A-, which contributes to a GPA greater than 3.5.

One thing that bothers me about my University is the fact that they are not living sustainably and do not take into consideration the negative environmental impact they are causing for the planet.

As of right now there is a lot of construction going on and its really obnoxious to have to move around it. There is a plan of building more and it just seems that they just want to keeping adding unnecessary things to campus.

UW-La Crosse has a reputation for two major areas: athletics and drinking. I really think this does a diservice to the brilliant, creative students on campus who don't party or play a sport. Our school is actually very diverse and offers several different activities if you look past our reputation. The athletics program is fantastic, but so are the science, theatre, and health departments! The worst thing about La Crosse is that several fantastic aspects of our school get overshadowed by more well-known things.

I wish the school had more competitive major sports such as basketball and football.

UW-L has a lot of events sponsored on campus, but student involvement isn't that high. There are often charity events put on by various campus communities and it almost always seems like the participation is fairly low at these events. Sporting events also rarely turn in a decent crowd--we aren't known for sports, and I doub't that'll change.