West Virginia University Top Questions

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There should be more resources available to help new students to deal with the "party" atmosphere that the university is infamous for, its frustrating that the school almost seems to let students flunk without caring.

The most fustrating thing about my school is the transportation system. We have something called the PRT, Personal Rapit Transportation, its like a metro for students. It takes students from one campus to another and students need it quite a lot. It is sad to say that it breaks down oftenly and then students are either late to classes or they have to walk. The school provides buses, but the buses can only take so many students at once, and in fact, there are many students on either campuses.

WVU has the reputation of being a top party school in the country. Majority of the student body is out to have a good time most days of the week. Conqequently, most of my class mates struggled balancing academics with their socail lives and their grades reflected the power struggle. If students worked harder on their school work, the school would not have a bad reputation. I believe that a college with a successful student body knows the balance between school and partying, and keep their grades high.

People also don't really consider WVU a good school because they think it is just a party school, when really WVU has a lot of excellent programs and great professors that really do want to help you succeed.

Some teachers are more focused on their own research than actually teaching students.

The most frustrating thing about Wittenberg is its location. Springfield Ohio in is not the safest place. I do not feel comfortable leaving campus much later than eight o'clock at night without another person because the local people are not freiendly to college students. I understand that a college is sometimes located in towns that are less appealing because it brings students closer to the campus and created a feeling of a campus community but I do not like feeling unsafe.

I have to say walking to class. I have to carry around an inhaler because in between classes I'm out of breathe. Also like i said before some people think they are better than others because they have money, fancy cars, or in a preppy frat. They just kill your self eestem

When I attended WVU (2004-2007), the most frustrating thing was the jam-packed PRT cars that frequently breakdown. It's a cool idea, but the nearly 50 year-old system needs to be updated.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the fact that people don't take the university seriously. Many people decide not to come to WVU because of its reputation. It's sad, but true. The university does have a bad reputation, but there are so many other good things about it that people overlook. Others stereotype the school and focus on it's bad reputation rather than the many positives it has to offer.