Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Date: Aug 17 2011
Major: Art & Design Department (This Major's Salary over time)
In my particular area of concentration, Art and Design, I have had no problems with the professors and find the program to be challenging and rewarding. The problem with SIUE is when attempting to deal with anyone other than a professor. The administration at this school is simply awful. Trying to register for or change around classes is always made difficult, with people constantly bouncing you back and forth to different advisers or offices. There has not been a single semester I attended SIUE without something going wrong. One example is Health Services not entering my immunization information into the computer instead simply filing them in a drawer. Another time I was told I owed money but when going in to pay having a check cut because they were mistaken. In both these cases I was dropped from all of the classes I was registered for over these mistakes, causing me to lose my place and have to go through the registration process again. Most workers do not answer the phone when called and take days to return messages. Lines for parking passes, ID cards, etc. are always out the door and a long wait. Food in the cafeteria area is overpriced for the quality you receive. Another problem is that the campus is set on a very large piece of land, and all of the buldings are spread very far apart for no reason other than to occupy more space. This also allows their parking scam to be more effective, only putting parking for most commuter students on one side of campus meaning you have to walk all the way across to get to class. Your other options: buy a pass with a huge surcharge added that only moves you marginally closer, a metered spot or pay by the hour lot, or get a ticket which they increase in cost for every one you receive. In short the only redeeming element of SIUE is the actual professors in the Art and Design department, so I am unable to speak to other areas.