Grand Canyon University

This is the school you want to stay away from. The faculty have no clues what they are doing, the courses are conducted through an automated system. No feedback from professors. You need to be a hard core Christian to attend this school. This school discriminate based on religion and favor Christian students. Don't waste your time with this school. For a cheaper school try Aspen Univeristy.

1st Year Male -- Class 2012

While the professors are mostly excellent (one nice thing, very rarely are T.A.s teaching classes), the administration IS A NIGHTMARE STRAIGHT FROM THE DEPEST DEPTHS OF HELL. First they messed up my course walk by giving me classes for the nursing program, not pre-med. The counselor assumed that I was nursing without looking at my documentation because almost every female who goes there is. Then I had to retake the pre-med version of those classes. When I signed up for a dual degree, they gave me a double major instead and now it's too late to change that. When I had to retake some of those classes, I could only do it at a CC back home and they approved the courses as transfers long enough to get me in the classes they were prerequisites for. They then promptly removed the approval for this classes and tried to get me to TAKE THEM A THIRD TIME and even better, PAY THEM FOR RETAKING THEM AS TAKING THEM WOULD MAKE ME GO OVER MY CREDIT LIMIT. The counselors change every few months with no notice and minimal training so they know nothing. The reason for this is to keep their "hire straight out of graduation" percentage artificially high to influence prospective students, so GCU hires their own students as counselors after they graduate until that student can find a more permanent job. At which point they leave and their position is filled (i.e. all their students once again have a new counselor). When applying to graduate school, I needed to send in-progress transcripts to the PA school application portal. Even though I went into their office to tell him to, my counselor just didn't do it. They figured they would "wait until I graduated and send a finalized transcript" butty that point, the application cycle was closed and I had wasted over $600 in uncompleted applications. The administration is absolute hell and I wouldn't wish dealing with them on my most hated enemy.

4th Year Female -- Class 2016

Campus Aesthetics: A+, Individual Value: F

While this school has an amazing energy and atmosphere with awesome teachers and lots of interesting people, their administration and advising department are horrendous. This school is downright disorganized and the advisers do not know what they are doing. They can sign you up for classes to make you stick to your program, but if you work or commute they are completely inconsiderate of your schedule. You could be battling this department alone for a year just over transcripts being found and accepted by the University. They tell you one thing upon admission and change it later on down the road. If you want to go here make sure you're ready to battle their admin and advisers because not just I but many other fellow classmates are having this issue. They've expanded too fast and require way more training and attention to their students rather than just assigning us a class list and sending us on our way out the door.

1st Year Female -- Class 2015

Education Quality: A+, Individual Value: F