Reasons why I hate MTSU

[BobbyTheDon]

Originally posted by MTSUGURL
Gotta love a thread where people bash your campus.

dont worry. My school sucks more. Atleast your campus doesnt smell like cow sh*t all the time. stupid Chino

[Tippiechick]

Originally posted by MTSUGURL
Gotta love a thread where people bash your campus.

Crystal... Don't be so defensive where MTSU is concerned. Not everyone thinks it's the greatest place on earth.

[DZHBrown]

I just found this thread and wanted to join in the fun! As an alumna of MTSU, I hate the following:
- While I was able to have more of a "college experience" than the small private school I was had previously attended, I was still disappointed that a school with such a large enrollement offered such a sad collegiate experience.
- I think Peck Hall, Jones Hall, KUC, and KOM require no further words.
- Support for Greek life is terrible.
- I didn't feel a sense of community at all.
- I won't go into the parking.
- Idiots work in the Financial Aid office.
- I never met my advisor because she would never show up at our scheduled appointments.
Well, I could go on, but I'm tired. Yeah, I got a degree from there and met my wonderful sisters there, but MTSU needs some massive improvement!!!

As for the sorority houses, I've been told that the land is purchased and architectual plans are the hold up. There is no whorehouse law. That ended a really long time ago.

[Glitter650]

I didn't go to MTSU... BUT I sympathize with everyone's parking problems. At my university there is 1 parking structure, which costs 5 dollars a day... that's 100 dollars a month if you go to class 5 times a week and they don't sell semester long permits... and it's full half the time anyway. All around campus is 2 hour parking which they patrol like NAZIS and there's never a spot anyway.... and if you break any of these rules it is a 55-75 dollar parking ticket. Oh yeah you can also walk about a mile to the other parking lot.. but it's still 5 dollars and at night it's not really very safe.

[aurora_borealis]

Originally posted by Glitter650
I didn't go to MTSU... BUT I sympathize with everyone's parking problems. At my university there is 1 parking structure, which costs 5 dollars a day... that's 100 dollars a month if you go to class 5 times a week and they don't sell semester long permits... and it's full half the time anyway. All around campus is 2 hour parking which they patrol like NAZIS and there's never a spot anyway.... and if you break any of these rules it is a 55-75 dollar parking ticket. Oh yeah you can also walk about a mile to the other parking lot.. but it's still 5 dollars and at night it's not really very safe.

My sister always parked a couple blocks away on Junipero Serra and walked. I went to high school down the street on Font, near the black mold dorms (recently moved back to McAteer). The worst thing was the dang street sweepers, talk about crazy times, expensive tickets, and complete facists. Plus the crazy mofos on 19th Ave, WILL NOT stop and crossing that intersection is like playing Frogger with your life.

(one could always take the M Oceanview, because we both know SFSU is a streetcar college )

MTSU folks, at least your football team is getting better, right? And your parking may suck but it does everywhere, and you don't have to worry about snow plows burying your car, or dodging moose in the parking lot. Let alone plugging in your car because the block will freeze and you'll need a new headgasket because it is -40. Something at every University sucks, we all feel the pain together.

[AlethiaSi]

i go to a little college in central new york- but we still have similar problems- the parking is terrible- but the campus and town is pretty small so you can walk pretty much anywhere- which is nice when you've been out all night and you can get hope without too much incident

i go to suny cortland- and i love it- its like 6000 undergrads- but it gets a bad rap as a jock school- but the psych and teaching programs are amazing and some of the best out of the suny system

i wish i could go to grad school there- but i think i'll have to go to someplace a little more reputable...

but we have alpha phi, sigma delta tau, delta phi epsilon, phi sigma sigma and my sorority (obvi the only local)

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
... Atleast your campus doesnt smell like cow sh*t all the time...

Sounds like my campus.

[hottytoddy]

I went out lastnight in Murfreesboro with some MTSU kids. We went to Bluesboro. I had never been there. I kinda liked that bar. There was a really good jazz band playing.

[thermobryan]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
dont worry. My school sucks more. Atleast your campus doesnt smell like cow sh*t all the time. stupid Chino

True...

[aurora_borealis]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
dont worry. My school sucks more. Atleast your campus doesnt smell like cow sh*t all the time. stupid Chino

Our campus has the whole barnyard variety of manure producers. However what is even stranger is that we butcher the animals and have our own University brand of meats. Even stranger...I can buy said meats with a payroll deduction. We serve many University Meats at BBQs and feeds around campus. The quality is excellent, and it supports the University when we tailgate. Yay for cow colleges!!! We need to get those ag crop majors working on a beer next.

A dairy lagoon is the most disgusting smelling thing in the world, that combined with the sewage treatment plant can make some hazardous stank.

[swissmiss04]

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My university has a few different parking classifications and zones. The one I rant about is the red tag commuter parking. They sold 9000 or so commuter tags w/ only 3000 available spots. Even better, those have now been reduced to around 2400 because of construction. State vehicles have their own special spots to park in. Of course they don't and they take up commuter spots w/o tickets. When we park in their spot, BAM $25 ticket.
They gripe about budget concerns to no end. My tuition has gone up over 33% since I started. So tell me, friends, why in the HELL did they spend an extra $16 million dollars on the new Chemistry building in order to have lovely features such as a limestone dome instead of a concrete dome? This is $16 million on top of what it already cost. The athletic office complex got a huge renovation and addition. They're talking about expanding the already 85,000 capacity stadium.
The health center on campus is truly Satan incarnate. They double bill, forget to file w/ insurance, and never actually treat what ails you.
I put in my change of major and minor form nearly 3 months ago. They still haven't changed my major, but did change my minor. I'm graduating in December, provided they don't f*ck up anymore.
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