What are/were the worst student-unfriendly surprises by colleges?
Examples:
- San Diego State University electrical engineering department changed major requirements on current student without enough advanced notice and without allowing current students to finish under the old major requirements, resulting in some being unable to graduate on time as originally planned based on the old major requirements: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/2074999-my-school-made-horrible-changes.html
- Northshore Technical Community College, a public community college, does not have accreditation by one of the usual regional accreditors, limiting the colleges that students may transfer credits to: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/2084045-list-of-regionally-accredited-colleges-that-accept-nationally-accredited-transfer-credits.html
- Mount Saint Mary's "bunnies to be drowned" affair where the intent was to dismiss some first semester frosh deemed to be "at risk" in a survey (said to have "no wrong answers"), before any significant academic evaluation or grading was done: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1854265-are-at-risk-students-bunnies-to-be-drowned.html
- College closure, particularly for those students who would be seniors (transfer at senior level is more difficult/limited), or when announced after most transfer application deadlines have passed (so that students may have to take unplanned and unwanted gap years).