Bob Jones University
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Now that you are out in the field, how has your college helped/hurt you?
It did nothing to help me. However, it did destroy my parents' ability to save money as they neared retirement. Now they are both dead, and I'm driving a truck for a living. As I grow older, the more what happened to us bothers me. It was a travesty. This school grossly misrepresents itself to the hay-seeds. In my case the hay seeds were me and my well-intentioned, but 8th grade educated, Mennonite parents. BJU robbed my parents of desparately needed money and me of the best years of my life. My parents went to their graves not fully understanding what happened. They were good people, but University education was beyond their ken.
It did nothing to help me. However, it did destroy my parents' ability to save money as they neared retirement. Now they are both dead, and I'm driving a truck for a living. As I grow older, the more what happened to us bothers me. It was a travesty. This school grossly misrepresents itself to the hay-seeds. In my case the hay seeds were me and my well-intentioned, but 8th grade educated, Mennonite parents. BJU robbed my parents of desparately needed money and me of the best years of my life. My parents went to their graves not fully understanding what happened. They were good people, but University education was beyond their ken.
What do you think you should have known/done?
I should have known that when Bob Jones University claimed itself to be the Harvard and Yale of Christian schools that I was being lied to. The open admissions policy should have been a clue, and the lack of accreditation, and the lack of Phds on the faculty, and so on.
What should I have done?
I should have gone to a much cheaper State University and gotten a real higher-education experience that would have better met my goals and needs. But. I was a Mennonite kid who wanted desperately to remake himself as a professional man. And I knew nothing of the outside world, much less of the outside world of higher education. I was defenseless against the Bob Jones scam. Me and my parents were cruelly misled as to what this school is.
The only thing I can do now -- the only good I can salvage from this injustice -- is to steer as many naive, fundy kids (and their parents) away from this school as possible.
I no longer believe in an afterlife. But if there is an afterlife -- one that includes justice -- these people will pay a heavy price for their deceit.
view full review→Feb 11 2018
Alumnus Male -- Class 2000
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“They use the Bible to fit their agendaQuite BrightFinance
They use the Bible to fit their agenda rather than use the Bible to create a good agenda. They destroy students self-esteem if they don't drink the BJU kookaid. Girls have been sexually assaulted on the campus and they never warn anyone about it in order to protect the schools reputation. The discipline they teach in class is a great basis for being a good employee when hired in your field.
view full review→May 12 2017
3rd Year Female -- Class 2017
Education Quality: A, Individual Value: F
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Overall I've had a very positive experience during my time as a student. The faculty are superb and will bend over backwards to help you truly understand the material and try to give you every chance to succeed in your field. Most of the students are also very friendly and welcoming, though some come from very sheltered homes and have trouble understanding people with a "past" or understanding people who struggle with things like substance abuse. The academics are top notch and very challenging, and will prepare you well for your career. Administration can be a bit close-minded, and tend to stick closely to their policies and rules even if you have legitimate cause to request an exemption -- but individually they are very personable, and overall try to make decisions that will improve your experience as a student.
view full review→Jan 03 2017
3rd Year Female -- Class 2017
Collaboration/Competitive: A+, Individual Value: B-
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