<p>Are there any absolutely horrible 4 yr colleges out there that you should completely avoid, excluding community colleges, art institutes, for-profits etc. (not that they're bad but I want to know about the average 4 year institute of higher learning)? Just wondering.</p>
<p>Implying that community colleges suck is pretty rude and arrogant.</p>
<p>I wonder if anyone deserves to go to college with such a narrow-minded viewpoint like that…</p>
<p>University of Phoenix, especially for those who don’t just need a degree to get a promotion. </p>
<p>Also agree about that community college comment. Frankly, it’s an option that more students should take.</p>
<p>I didn’t say they all community colleges suck. I probably should’ve clarified 4 year colleges. I’m just wondering if there are any college experience horror stories. Places people felt they had no choice but to transfer out of.</p>
<p>@the connoisseur </p>
<p>I would like to know how community colleges suck; please explain your logic.</p>
<p>I corrected it. I didn’t mean to offend anyone. I’m just interested to know what colleges people don’t like since there isn’t really a ranking or anything for that topic.</p>
<p>There are schools which are totally inappropriate for the vast majority of students. BYU and Yeshiva are only geared towards a small percent of the overall population, and for those students, they’re a great option. For the rest, not so much.</p>
<p>Then there are other schools where the bar is set so low that any above average student would likely feel bored by the coursework. One of my hs classmates transferred out of a lower tiered CSU for that reason (he was originally there on an athletic scholarship).</p>
<p>I’m not community college hater guys. They don’t suck. For some people it’s a great option. Sorry for coming off as rude and arrogant.</p>
<p>I’ve always heard that U of Vermont turns a lot of people off</p>
<p>There are a lot of schools that turn people off. I hated Oregon and Alabama when I visited. That doesn’t mean they’re bad schools, only ones that don’t fit some students (although given enough time, I suspect that most students at a flagship come to appreciate it).</p>
<p>Pensacola Christian College.
Bob Jones University.</p>
<p>There’s got to be some schools out there that a large amount of the students end up not enjoying</p>
<p>it would be a pretty interesting ranking to have</p>
<p>You can indirectly judge it by transfer out rates as well as lower than expected graduation rates. </p>
<p>Many graduates of NYU probably regret going there when they get their first student loans bill.</p>
<p>Haha yeah that’s probably true.</p>
<p>I guess Uchicago has the “where fun goes to die” reputation but I honestly doubt that it’s that bad.</p>
<p>I am going to pile on …
I believe your comment about community colleges wrong.
I believe both community and State Colleges are both amazing opportunities.</p>
<p>I will be starting my senior year … and some of my friends are looking at Nursing schools. The schools have limited seats available and are very competitive. one of the paths open to them is going to community college and then into a nursing program,</p>
<p>so as part of the “Safety” calculation they are picking community colleges as their gateway into nursing. </p>
<p>These are smart people looking at the community college option.</p>
<p>I don’t think your comment is offensive. I think its just wrong but what do I know, I’m just a student. I think people that hire graduates could speak about any stigma … but I can’t imagine how you can be offended by a pathway that leads to reaching your goal.</p>
<p>Well I was trying to type fast and I didn’t mean to make it seem like I meant to say community colleges suck, because I don’t believe that. I meant that I wanted to exclude community colleges from the discussion.</p>
<p>Look at freshman retention rates and 6 year graduation rates. Here’s one:</p>
<p>National-Louis University, Chicago
“National University,” not ranked
Average freshman retention rate: 41%
6-year graduation rate: 15%</p>
<p>So nearly 60% of entering freshman bail before their second year, and roughly 1 out of 7 stick it out to graduate within 6 years. I don’t know anything else about the place, but there must be something very negative going on there. It could be financial, it could be educational, it could be a combination, but whatever it is, it’s clearly not working.</p>
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<p>The University of Chicago has a 98% freshman retention rate and a 92% 6-year graduation rate. Whatever its students may think about the experience, they’re not heading for the exits.</p>
<p>I actually think University of Chicago students have a lot of fun. There is a bit of a masochistic culture there, as well as an overachiever mentality. A lot of students do double majors, setting themselves up for a massive workload which they then love to complain about. But the complaining is really a backhanded way of boasting about how hard they’re working. That’s where the “fun goes to die” reputation comes from. But when they let loose, they have a lot of fun.</p>
<p>There has to be some outside factors with that school. i’m interested to know now.</p>
<p>I guess there are some sites that say what percentage of the students would return to this college or a ranking of college experience but a lot of sites seem to give out completely different opinions about the colleges. college pr.owler for example thanks skidmore college is horrible while cappex thanks it’s a great college. that’s why I made the thread to see what people’s opinions are.</p>