Millikin University

Date: Mar 15 2004
Major: English (This Major's Salary over time)
Millikin's your typical small school when you get right down to it. Personally, the English professors are wonderful and I love the English program here, so I think I lucked out in that respect.

Decatur, however, is and will never be a good place to live; campus itself is nice, but if you go a block or two in any direction away from campus, you're in the heart of what I'd consider the "ghetto" or "bad" part of town. Also, Millikin is deeply in debt. Other comments posted about good financial aid - which is true, they're giving me (and many others) a ton of money to go here. Since the school is so heavily in debt, they're trying to compensate by getting rid of many of the "unnecessary" programs at the school, so if you've a more obscure major, I would definitely check to make sure they're not planning on getting rid of it anytime in the near future. Lastly, if you're looking for a secure campus, Millikin is a joke. Millikin's Safety and Security force is made up of overglorified parking officials who only issue tickets to raise more revenue for the school. I have always had poor dealings with Safety and Security, one time almost being driven off of a city street, when an officer followed some friends and me in our car, overtook us, then swerved into our lane, causing us to swerve over the curb so as to not hit the Safety and Security officer.

Overall, I would still attend Millikin, strictly upon its English curriculum, though I think MAJOR revisions in its setup of obtaining greater revenue and Safety and Security are definitely in order. The school is on the downward spiral - if you're not looking to hop on a sinking ship, I wouldn't recommend it.