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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Other  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Average If you are a non-traditional student, avoid this school. Many of the professors hand out "busy work" and are unsympathetic of your work, family or health issues. Forget about asking for extra time to do their "busywork" because it is against NKU’s policy. Instead of giving an "I" for a class they give you an "Option to Repeat." This is a way of getting more money from their students. During one semester I was hospitalized and not one professor would allow me to make-up my "busywork". There are a handful of good professors but due to NKU policy, they cannot help. Do not expect to get help from the advising staff either. If you can get ahold of them, they appear annoyed besides any authority they had to help you had also been stripted by NKU policy. Campus Maintenance: A, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 30 2008 4th Year Female -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=48511&uid=528'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Perfomance Arts  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright The facilty, are great and helpfull. LOVE SCHOOL Students are very friendly and smart and the shits. The school is very "up there" and is probably one of the best ofthe US. Their is a club "gentleman's club" within 10 minutes drive and plenty of eats close by. This comment is negative is cause the it's a dry campus. University Resource Use: A, Individual Value: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 14 2008 3rd Year Male -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=46980&uid=528'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Average NKU is a good commuter college. The science professors are really helpful. Outside of science courses, the professors vary widely: I did have a teacher who was drunk whenever she taught class (including sleeping through class). 101 English classes were a joke. This is probably not the place to get an English degree. All in all, I would attend another university if I could. And, yes, I agree with another student's post that the NKU student body is lacking. Hopefully, given time, that will change. Friendliness: A, Surrounding City: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 06 2008 4th Year Male -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=46749&uid=528'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Undecided  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright If you are interested in sports, drugs, alcohol, current movies, sex and Kentucky, then this is the university for you. At least 85% of the student conversations revolve around these topics, and very little else. Remember that this university did accept students with an ACT score of "14" and only recently increased the minimum to an ACT score of "18" -- still 2 points below the national average of "20." This entirely defines the NKU experience. Do not attend this university if you are accustomed to intellectuals. They are almost impossible to find. A significant percentage of students have close family in jail for petty theft, sex with underage minors, etc, and students loudly chatter endlessly about these topics in the study lounges. But, drug use, binge drinking and sex make up the majority of conversations. The campus aesthetics have been improved (there is a lovely duck pond). The university is very clean and safe. The weather is great and the students and faculty are friendly. Studying Atmosphere: 80% of the students are not aiming for anything other than a "C" to pass classes. Cheating is rampant: At least 20% of the students in every class openly cheat when the professor is not looking (students copying entire Chemistry tests from the student next to them and I have seen students boldly dig through their textbooks during tests). About four years ago, there were advertisements for orgies at local clubs set in plastic holders next to the salt and pepper shakers on every table in the NKU lunchroom for several weeks. I'm not sure how this related to education. Words like "ain't" and expressions like "He's a 'done did it' boy" (which indicates one's true Kentucky roots) are not uncommon among the student body. One of my english professors said that my style of writing was too formal and that she would give me an "F" if I wrote any paper with the words "I shall" or "I will," claiming that "no one ever talks like that anymore." Perhaps she meant too formal for NKU and the surrounding area. If this sounds like the environment to which you are accustomed, then by all means take advantage of this educational facility. However, if this is not the environment which you are seeking, find a university that has a higher ACT acceptance minimum or find a university that is ranked or reviewed by a college guide (US News, Times Higher Education Supplement, Princeton Review). Campus Maintenance: A, Collaboration/Competitive: D- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 02 2008 4th Year Female -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=46633&uid=528'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1    Next

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