(BJU) I stumbled onto this website just the other day

How this student rated the school

Educational Quality	A	Faculty Accessibility	A
Useful Schoolwork	A	Excess Competition	A
Academic Success	A	Creativity/ Innovation	A
Individual Value	A	University Resource Use	A
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A	Friendliness	A
Campus Maintenance	A	Social Life	A-
Surrounding City	A	Extra Curriculars	A
Safety	A

Describes the student body as: Friendly, Approachable Describes the faculty as: Friendly, Helpful

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Lowest Rating Social Life	A-

Highest Rating Educational Quality	A

He rated most things higher than other students did.

Date: Apr 23 2010
Major: Accounting (This Major's Salary over time)
I stumbled onto this website just the other day and have, like many of you, spent some time perusing the myriad of comments about BJU. The comments definitely run the gambit-from the intelligent, well thought-out to the laughable and absurd.

My four years at BJU were, without a doubt, some of the best of my life. I graduated in 1987 with a degree in accounting, and though I worked in that field for only a couple years after graduation, I still consider the education I received to be top-notch. The accounting field just wasn't what I was cut out for. However, the solid training for life in general that I received has been invaluable. I was able to build a solid foundation upon which the rest of my life could be built.

As for a BJU diploma being worthless? That notion is simply absurd. As I have already stated, I chose not to stay in the accounting field. However, many of the fine people that I went to school with have done extremely well. Off the top of my head, I know of several graduates who are now at the pinnacle of their professions and give all of the credit for it to the quality of the BJU program. One of these is my own brother who is now a partner at one of the "Big 4" accounting firms. So if any potential students are reading this, I say to you that your BJU education will definitely prepare you and open many doors for you.

As I read in a couple other posts. Take the negative things you read with a grain of salt and consider the source. You will get out of it what you put into it. The most important thing is your own attitude. That will be the determining factor in much of your success. While there are many rules, they are there for your own good and you must look at them in the spirit in which they are put in place. You will be miserable if all you focus on is the strict rules and how you can get around them. In my view, the underlying purpose of those rules is to build discipline and respect for authority, which I know from observation is sorely lacking in the generation that is coming along behind mine.

By the way, there is plenty of opportunity for interaction with the opposite gender. I met my wife of 22-plus years at BJU, and we have produced three wonderful children. And you know what? All of us have turned out to be quite normal in spite of the influence of that "awful BJU."

Responses

A much better and more well-thought out review than many positive ones, which sometimes fail to do say anything useful. However, the fact that your brother did well with an accounting degree is not helpful to those who intend or are required to go to graduate school for their fields (doctors, lawyers, and even some seminaries etc) and find that their BJU degree is not viable. And while I agree with you that the majority of the negative comments are spiteful and ignorant, there are those that are thoughtful and bring up specific points and problems. You'll have noticed, if you looked carefully, that hardly a one cites the "rules" or interpersonal interactions as part of these specific problems, though you devote most of your response to these straw men arguments. What about the real issues of tangible problems that have been brought up here? I've always been curious why none of the positive reviewers seem able or willing to deal with these deeper issues.

Because they work for BJU…Pensacola Christian has alums write nice things about their college on this site, so why not Bob Jones?

Thank you for your truthful account of Bob Jones. It was definitely glorifying to Christ! No person that downgrades BJU can be a godly person!

Thank you sir! FInally, a comment that's written in an intelligent manner.

My mom went to Bob Jones in the 80s as well, but did not graduate from there; she keeps telling me that it would be a great place for me to receive my education, but I'm a little nervous about the rules.

Besides being prepared for your career of choice, what else would you say is the best part of BJU that distinguishes it from other colleges?

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