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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Education  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright During my three years at Concordia University, I have come to meet some outstanding people - faculty, staff, and students - who have challenged my thinking and my actions. I have to say that my time at the university has been life changing. I have had the opportunity to mature and focus on some specific areas of study. I have had the chance to be involved in many different activities and to interact with many different people - some like me but many quite different than me. I have come to appreciate these differences. I would certainly choose Concordia University again - a place where I was treated as an individual and respected as a person. A faculty focused on students and their learning and wellbing and not focused on research was especially an attribute at the university. The Twin Cities are also great and Concordia is nestled right in the midst of the vibrancy of the Cities with everything easily accessible. Individual Value: A+, Collaboration/Competitive: B Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 18 2004 3rd Year Male -- Class 2005    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=10560&uid=710'></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   English  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant To save this from getting really ugly, I have to say there are some good things about this school. The faculty, in my opinion, is top rate, and obviously aren't here for research. I've been impressed by every professor I've had. Also, the rooms here are pretty big compared to some others I've seen elsewhere, and you go to school for a few days less than most other universities. Plus, for the low low price of $1,000 a year (that's sarcasm), you get your own laptop for the year, which you don't get the option of buying. Ever. Now that all that's out of the way, here's everything the admissions department/academics office won't tell you about this place: -It's a suitcase school, for the most part. Most weekends, I could walk around campus for an hour and see less than 20 people. Things are pretty much dead. As such, there's typically never anything to do on weekends. Basically, the only way you're gonna find much excitement is drinking in someone's room or getting to know the bus system and having friends at one of the 5 surrounding colleges. -If you're looking for a specific program, look on the school's website and make sure it's an actual specified program. They'll tell you that this place offers pre-med or pre-law. It doesn't. It offers biochemistry and encourages you to get a degree in any of the social sciences as pre-law. Just because they say it's good enough doesn't make it so. -For a school with enrollment less than 2,000, an inordinate amount of money and emphasis is placed on athletics. Funny, considering that the athletic teams here usually play in front of fewer fans for big games like homecoming than we did in a typical game of any sport at my high school, which was about the same size. The amount of scholarship money thrown at athletes is also ridiculous, but such is the state of higher education today. -Tuition is at around $25,000 and climbing. You'll probably get some kind of aid package, but you'll still pay a hell of a lot more than what it's worth to come here. -If you consider yourself intelligent, have fun. Especially in Gen Ed classes. Most people not only don't want to be in class, but even if they did, say the sorts of things that make you honestly think, "why are you talking?" On the brightside, you can use your school-issued laptop and wireless internet to do pretty much everything you would have in your room (i.e. research schools to transfer to) during the more useless classes. Things do get a little better once you're in your major, but the point still stands. You'll either transfer or have a false sense of sheer brilliance. -One thing that's hilarious to someone non-religious is that the big feud on campus is the Director of Christian Education majors vs. the athletes. Both think the others get too much scholarship money and take issue with the way the other side lives. You can draw a line down the middle of the dining hall and see approximately who's on which side of it. There are some people who have no interest in it, and it's actually really funny to us. -The most talented non-lutheran student can still expect to pay something in the neighborhood of $10,000. Doesn't look bad as a percentage of the whole, but then again, doesn't look good compared to the typical cost for that talented student somewhere that has crazy things like a social scene and genuine diversity of enlightened opinions. I'm transferring, and glad of it. There are some good people here, but if you consider yourself very intelligent, this probably won't be your cup of tea. The professors are great, but an excellent education has to come from your peers as well, something you won't find so much here. Surrounding City: A-, Extracurricular Activities: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 31 2004 1st Year Male -- Class 2006    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=8276&uid=710'></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   Education  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright it's a beautiful, fun place to go to school Education Quality: A+, Innovation: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 09 2003 1st Year Female -- Class 2006    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=6919&uid=710'></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   Other  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant I had originally planned on going to Concordia for a year or two to figure out what I really wanted to do in college (I figured that a smaller, private school would help me more than a big one would). I am in my first year here, and am only finishing my first semester and transferring afterwards. The variety of courses is horrible, and you really will only be moderately satisfied with the selection of courses if you are going into teaching or any sort of religiously-related work, and even those courses are lacking severely. The professors that I have had have all been very friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable, but I have several friends that are unhappy with just about everything about their professors. Seems all the tuition money went to build a new(er) athletic center, and not towards any sort of academic programs or facilities... The dorms here suck for the most part, especially ALL of the men's ones. They have disgusting rooms, half of which have broken closets and dressers. The women's dorms are ok, but pretty small, and the ceilings of many of the rooms in my hall (Wolleager) are falling apart. There are very few activities and groups that do not involve something regarding anything religious or church related. Another thing is that many groups will be "forming", but will never actually become anything. There is a fairly new athletic center on campus, but it is very, very small. The weight room is horribley tiny and there's not much besides free weights there. There is no pool or anything other than a couple of basketball courts and a couple of racquetball courts. There is another weight room in another building that is very well equipped, but of course is reserved for use only by the football and (men's) basketball teams (showing the emphasis on the meager athletics at the school). The (tiny) campus is also not in a good neighborhood at all. It's right on top of the interstate, next to a water treatment plant, and also is kind of in the ghetto (not the most aesthetically pleasing place BY FAR). And if you don't have a car or anything, don't plan on EVER doing anything...there's nothing to do on campus and even less within walking distance. The bus system around here isn't very good either, so I wouldn't count on that too much. Also, in my experience, many many many of the students here were recruited based soley on their athletic abilities (even though the college supposedly has "very high standards" they go by when accepting students). I have met several people who have gotten VERY VERY LOW test scores and grades in high school, and are paying significantly less for tuition than I am (I scored a 30 on my ACT and graduated in the top 5% of my class). Basically, unless you want a second-rate (more like fifth-rate if you ask me) education and to have no fun AT ALL in college, go to Concordia St. Paul. However, if you do value 4 years of your life and up to $100,000, then DON'T GO HERE!!!!!! Have a nice day! Faculty Accessibility: A-, Education Quality: D- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 26 2001 1st Year Female -- Class 2005    Forward  Blog it! 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