<p>Reading some of the posts on this thread really gives me a laugh, such as the mother that took out a loan to send her kid there, and another mother that said her son loves the school. Of course he loves the school, it is like being on a cruise ship, only being in the middle of nowhere of a backwards part of North Carolina instead of the Caribbean.</p>
<p>The bulk of the graduates end up at home back at home owing unpayable amounts of student loans. Do you want to work at Pizza Hut with your wages garnished for student loans? </p>
<p>The school is a big trap. Do what makes economic sense, study nursing or accounting at a community college, then transfer to a state school. If the sensible major is hard, then do the degree in 6 years.</p>
<p>It is the ignorant parents on this board that is really disturbing. You should be protecting your kids from a trap like this.</p>
<p>can you please provide concrete evidence of the majority of graduates “working at pizza hut” to pay off loans? because all of the articles i’ve read and all of the graduates i’ve spoken with provide extremely different perspectives, and they have actual proof. thanks!</p>
<p>I am curious too as to where you are getting your information. When I graduated in the late 90s the financial aid department told me that the average loan was about ten thousand dollars. Yes, the tuition was about twenty thousand a year.
Some people buy an eighty thousand Hummer and pay that off in five years.</p>
<p>When I look at the people that graduated the year with me on the private alumni page I see these professions and that is just a quick glance…
A doctor, physician’s assistant, a manager for veteran’s affairs in Winston-Salem and teacher. My former roommate is a wealth manager for BB&T.</p>
<p>You could not be more correct. Its a joke. This college is fine , but its not Duke or Harvard. Their tuition is so high and they give little to any financial aid.
I have my daughter withdraw and decided to save her from a debt that does not make sense.</p>
<p>The OP of this thread has said things like “your college choice should be driven by economics.”</p>
<p>Very very sad way to choose a college. You should go where you best fit and where you believe will bring you success. There are always options available to help students pay to go to college. If you don’t like HPU, dont come here. No need to bash the current students or alumni using false information to prove an imaginary point.</p>
<p>The tuition is no higher at HPU than other private schools across the country, in fact it’s even less than some. It is even cheaper than others because of the transportation to local stores, the airports, laundry, etc. Most colleges charge extra for these services. Get your facts straight.</p>
<p>High Point is really advancing the idea of experiential education. Unfortunately, gone are the days when a college grad can hang up his or her diploma and rely on that single piece of paper to secure employment upon graduation. College grads these days are finding that they must elevate themselves above their peers in order to land a job. At High Point, the students do this through the liberal arts curriculum and through experiential education. Student have the opportunity very early on in their college careers to work hands on with the material they are learning in class. They have the opportunity to truly understand the material this way and see how it applies in the real world. </p>
<p>I believe this is important because it allows the student to showcase to prospective employers that he/she is capable of performing the job he/she is applying for, not just relying on a 4.0 in the classroom to prove one’s competence. Employers want to know that you can help them, make them better, they want you to come in right away and contribute, not wait around while they train you to do the job. High Point offers these opportunities early and often through the college career. Students who attend high point have access to a wide variety of internship opportunities and a tremendous network of successful alumni ready to give back to the current students.</p>
<p>I find it rather disturbing that someone could be so ignorant, so uneducated on a subject. Anyone could make up a slew of facts, negatively impacting the reputation of an incredible university, but none of it is true. High Point University provides students with the academic and intellectual ability to succeed outside the classroom. With an incredibly generous, motivated alumni willing to help the current graduates, how could your points be valid? All the facts go against every single point made, don’t believe anything you here. The thing about HPU that shocks everyone the most, it that everything you see when you come to this campus is true. Its the real deal.</p>