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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Communications  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright Bottom line here is that you will pay out almost the amount of money that people put into MBA's and similar professional degrees and in turn, receive a qualification that will at best, prepare you to earn a coffee shop service staff level of income. This university's fees are completely unjustifiable in this day in age. There is no labor-market advantage to attending a small, expensive university that does not outdo any of its regional competitor institutions at virtually anything. Let's make sure we have this clear: $44,000 each academic year for absolutely no skills that the labor market is willing to pay for. IF you attend this university and would like to take advantage of career advising beyond the usual "here's how to write a resume" speech or would like to take advantage of internship and co-op experience that WILL translate to meaningful and gainful post-graduation employment you are in for a scary surprise. Make sure to treat your department chair and tenured professors very well, given that if they do not seem to take well to you they will make sure (at any cost) that you do not have access to scholarship, internship and work-placement opportunities. The only thing that Arcadia can claim to do well is send out more students than any other US university on study abroad experiences. This statistic, of course, is double-edged, as their study abroad department happens to be one of the most corrupt in the country, as evidenced by a recent investigation by the federal government and New York's attorney general. Perceived Campus Safety: A-, Individual Value: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Mar 06 2010 4th Year Male -- Class 2007    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=65693&uid=1143'></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 Maybe I should be more specific. I am an English Literature major-but for some reason they did not put that on my account. Instead, I was given this uptight registration adviser that only took two of the classes that I needed to graduate, then gave me two completely different classes that was not going to my major at all. On top of that I was given a condescending professor who thought I was doing nothing but slacking when in actuality I was coming in and out of the hospital with a near-fatal illness and I was still doing the work. The staff here is completely unhelpful, the advice-assuming that you're able to even catch the professors and advisers-is completely useless, and the safety staff is a joke. I've been threatened, nearly raped and nearly killed on campus. I would've been a lot safer in the projects. And the classes I did pass were even worth the $42 thousand tuition-on one semester! The scholarship they gave me didn't even cover the room and board! No wonder this school isn't even in the List of Best Colleges in America. It's not even mentioned in any college catalog I've looked over. Matter of fact, I never even heard of it until I came to Philadelphia. Arcadia University is just another one of those private colleges that will allow people in for hopes of one day being recognized as one of the top ten best colleges in the state, but will drop off anyone that doesn't fit their "elite criteria" while refusing to give refunds in an attempt to both look good in their up-tight society and still keep their money. DO NOT COME TO ARCADIA! IT WILL ONLY DESTROY YOUR LIFE! Preparedness: -, Reputation: - Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 11 2010 Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=63787&uid=1143'></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 Bright This school leaves a lot to be desired. It feels much like a clique-y high school, and is awful to transfer to. The food is absolutely terrible and it is an outrage that we have to pay so much for it. The teachers I have had so far are satisfactory, but I have heard a lot of complaints from friends and classmates about unhelpful advisors and teachers who should be fired but aren't because of tenure. There is nothing to do in the immediate area, so unless you are up for spending around $10 and an hour and a half to get to and from Philadelphia, you're out of luck for entertainment. This school looks great on a tour and throughout orientation, but once the semester starts, the flaws of Arcadia are uncovered in rapid succession. Useful Schoolwork: A, Faculty Accessibility: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 09 2009 1st Year Female -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=62117&uid=1143'></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 ... 8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16 ... 18    Next

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