Paine College

Date: Aug 14 2011
Major: Education (This Major's Salary over time)
Ok, when I first came to Paine College, it was by chance. In high school I never really took the time to research many colleges and I applied to some, and Paine was the one that accepted me. So I felt honored and came to Paine College. When I came, I thought we were in the middle of a ghetto neighborhood. My first dorm (Epworth Hall) was terrible, they give you tiny closet, and not enough storage space. Graham hall was a bit better (as far as storage), but had the nastiest kitchen and microwave ever, Sankofa Hall was alright ( with the fact that I had my own room ofcourse) but it was basically a trailer with paper thin walls and even had a flood with some people's things ruined ( the school did not pay them back either), Berry Gomillion Hall is nice, you have your own private bathroom, and enough space for you and your roommate. I also stayed in the Paine Villas ( apartments and townhouses) that were very nice. I stayed in a townhouse with two other roommates and we shared a kitchen bathroom, and a living room. The only thing I don't like about the town houses are you never really have your own room. In the apartment you have to share a room, and in the townhouse two people have to share a room while one person has their own room. I don't think that's fair, it could cause tension between the roommates. Let's get to the staff, they are unprofessional,( not all, just some), the housing staff is rude and unfriendly, Ms. Day is pretty much nice and remembers the names of students but Mr. Hall is large, immature college student pretending to do his job. Registration is a joke, in the past it was slightly ok, but this year was crazy. Usually when school is about to begin, they have students come a little early, get registered, and come to class. This time, they had all students come on one day, and then have class the next day and still get registered. Obviously, you can imagine that with so many students coming on one day to move in, registration was going to packed. It took me two days to get registered, and I heard one girl came at 9 a.m. and didn't leave until 10 p.m.! I'm an education major and so far I like my classes. Some classes that they have us take aren't relevant to our degree, such as macroeconomics. They have fired many of the staff ( which I hated) and keep only those with a doctorates. Some of the staff with Doctorates are good such as Dr. Graves. She is very friendly, has good ideas, and is there for the students. On the other hand, Dr. Dennis is the worst. She is very arrogant and only helps students which she likes. She teaches way too many classes and is a complete air head. She is never in her office, never answers her e-mails, isn't here for the students,isn't here for the love of education, and definitely needs to be fired. I have learned that a doctorate degree doesn't mean anything when you can't even teach a simple class.Hopefully, if you come to this school ( please don't though) Dr. Dennis is next to be fired and you won't have to deal with this nonsense. The food is horrible on some days for lunch or dinner you can be saved by a sandwich, breakfast used to be the best but now its pretty much disgusting. Not too much for campus activities…pretty much boring, most students go home on weekends…wish I was one of them. If you do decide to come to this school, please try to get a car ( if you don't have one) and move off campus. That way you won't have to deal with extra stress.