West Virginia University

Date: Mar 31 2008
Major: English (This Major's Salary over time)
I wouldn't attend WVU if I had it to do over again. Neither will we allow our children to attend there. There is a huge disconnect between the powers-that-be, whether it's in Financial Aid or Advising or [insert department here] and your average incoming freshman. Of course things cannot be handed to students on a silver platter! But many incoming freshman are 18-years-old and have never been away from home and are relatively clueless about the future and their opportunities in college or even about how much money they're borrowing—and if they are the first generation in their families to attend college, it's a double-whammy. I am now enrolled in a local community college in order to do something completely unrelated to my field and it's astounding the difference in the level of personal attention, direction and advice I've received by my advisor, etc., at a fraction of the cost of attending WVU. I wish I'd known some of this 25 years ago.