Wittenberg University

Wittenberg is a great school. Great professors, quality education, small classes, free printing. The biggest problem is the outrageous tuition cost, which is the very reason I could no longer go here!

I was a low-income student who didn't have any financial help. Consequently, I wasn't able to stay on campus unless I was able to shell out $10,000 out of pocket and I was very left out in my First-Year Seminar class.

My freshman year was terrible. I endured 3 family deaths in the span of 3 months (August, September, & October) of my freshman year, so I ended up failing and being put on academic probation. After the first year, I decided to retake classes during the summer after being informed that we get aided financially. I passed them all with flying colors! However, after the summer was up and fall semester trickled in, I was hit with a large fee of $7000 as a result of those summer courses. This resulted in a hold on my account to register for Spring semester until I paid off every last dime.

On top of that, I sent in a request to the dean to change my F's to W's (for withdrawals) and explained my situation and I got a big fat rejection the next day.

I ended up having to leave the campus to transfer to Clark State Community College, which is treating me better by the way. So essentially, I gotta retake everything -- and I mean, EVERYTHING -- from English 101 to the First-Year course and to other general education classes I already took at Wittenberg, all because they're holding onto my transcript until I pay them off.

My advice to any poor, low-income student who's doing it all on their own, do not go here. Don't go here unless you have financial help from your parents/guardians/whomever. Also, never take summer classes unless you want to spend a leg and an arm. They don't give you jack squat aid for summer. It was a mistake coming here and I still owe them $7000 that'll only get higher since they charge monthly $50 late fees until it's paid off. I'm going to be paying them off for ages and that's awful since I plan on going to medical school in the future.

It sucks because I love the school otherwise, but its financial burden has weighed significantly on my mental health and wellbeing.Off-topic -- good luck getting AP/IB credits transferred here. They only take 4's and up for AP and only 5's and 6's for IB. Anyways, here's some recommendations for spectacular professors -- if you're gonna take any courses from the following departments): Dr. Finster (Chemistry department), Dr. Collier/Yoder (Biology department), Dr. Wagner (Sociology/Criminal Justice department), & Dr. Pollack (English department). And Religion 177R is tedious & boring, unless you're really into morality/ethics and lots of reading.

1st Year Female -- Class 2019

Education Quality: A+, Individual Value: F

After reading comments about the brutal social exclusiveness at Wittenberg, I'm so disappointed that the culture has not improved since I graduated. When I was a student, the fraternities and sororities dominated every part of campus life and it sounds like nothing has changed. If you weren't Greek, you had no life. As a freshman I was very naive about the politics of rush. The fraternity that rejected me, as I learned later, had 2 requirements to be accepted: you had to bring high-quality drugs into their house and you had to play lacrosse. I didn't bring either of those to the table. I pledged another fraternity just to have people to hang out with and friendly parties to go to. It was a mistake, but to live in the dorms as an upperclassman would have labeled me as a major loser for 4 years.

I wish I had gone to a large university where I could have found niches full of people like me.

4th Year Male -- Class 2000

Campus Aesthetics: A+, Faculty Accessibility: F

Wittenberg University has many great things going for it, however, the bad outweigh the good. The campus feels unsafe with all of the parties that go on, and it seems like nobody cares about the student's safety. Don't let its reputation fool you, Wittenberg is just a place where people go to get high and drunk. I tried bringing up issues with my head RA, and I was told that if I complained more about the school, then I should just "leave because nothing is going to change here at Wittenberg." As a college student, you should feel welcome and safe on your campus, at Wittenberg, if you don't party, then there is no reason to come here. This University is falling apart.

1st Year Female -- Class 2017

Surrounding City: A+, Collaboration/Competitive: F