Emerson College

Date: Jun 23 2008
Major: Journalism (This Major's Salary over time)
I had such high hopes when I went to Emerson. I majored in Journalism, I wanted to write for the paper… anyway, things fell apart very quickly, and by my second year, I was left wondering why I was still there. The other students were snotty, judgmental, backstabbing, closeminded people who refused to listen to other points of view. The professors, with one notable exception who of course was chased away, encouraged backstabbing and did very little to actually HELP. One teacher gave me a lower grade for being a Christian. Another gave me a lower grade because I didn't like jazz. Yet another barely spoke English. The administration constantly had its hand out for money and nickel-and-dimed me to death while I was there. Oh, and the residence halls? Quiet floors were a joke.

Of course, being an alumna is no better. I received constant pitches to donate until I called and told them that my donation was the then-39 cents it would cost to send a letter.

The college also did absolutely NOTHING about a certain organization that uses the college's name but defames Italian-Americans.

Oh, it's not OUR organization, so there's nothing we can do!

Keep in mind that there is a large Italian-American population in Boston, but that didn't matter to them, because they're busy catering to rich spoiled brats. After I contacted them about that, the pleas for money started again, and yet again, I had to contact them to tell them to stop.

Do not go to this college. You will regret it for the rest of your life. If I could do it all over again (and still have met the two people in my life who to this day are very important to me), I would go somewhere else. You know, somewhere with administration that cared and a student body that truly embraced different ethnicities and viewpoints.