Illinois Wesleyan University

Date: Dec 15 2010
Major: History/Histories (art history/etc.) (This Major's Salary over time)
The professors definitely know their stuff and are there to help you learn. There are so many different types of people even with it being such a small school that just about everyone can find a good group of friends. The social scene is lacking if you do not like going to frats or if you can't go to the bars. It is challenging and expect to spend a lot of time in the goregous library, Ames.

I love this school and when I came in as a freshman I told everyone that I couldn't imagine myself anywhere else. That being said, coming here is my only real regret in my 20 years. I have made life long friends and greatly enjoy the professors but the administration is awful. They try to get every dollar out of you that they can. They mislead you into thinking you can afford this school when you can't. All the free perks that they tell you about, you usually end up paying even more for. We now have to pay for May Term, the study abroad program which was supposed to be a unique set up to save you money so you can use your grants and scholarships actually cost me $7,000 more than anyone else in my program from other schools because of this set up, and they do not increase your financial aid as the tuition goes up, even when one of your parents is becomes unemployeed. This school is a rip off and is not worth the money. If you try to transfer, the classes rarely transfer so you are going to end up paying the same amount if you go somewhere else because you will have to stay in school for another year. When choosing in between here and St. Olaf (a comparative school in MN which is a little more money) I thought the only difference would be distance. This was wrong. My brother ended up going there and although it is more money, we spend thousands less on his education and it is actually a more creditable school. If you are questioning being able to afford IWU, DO NOT go there; you will end up hating the school because they just continue to add on costs and do nothing when you try to work with them about financial situations.