Sacred Heart University

Date: Apr 02 2013
Major: Psychology (This Major's Salary over time)
When I visited SHU my senior year, I loved the pretty campus and had my heart set on going there, and they seemed to show special interest in me due to all my extra curriculars. When the financial aid package came it was a joke, but my family all pitched in because they really wanted me to be happy. When I got to school, I realized it is not only full of rich, racist, white kids (I'm white too but not a total jerk), but that they aren't very smart and don't take college seriously. Most of them transfer out after a year or two to go to a better school. It's like the community college for the rich. And some of my friends who were more normal transfered out because they couldn't afford it, which made it feel like a commuter school more than a real college. I wasn't challenged academically, and now I have huge debt and am having trouble getting into a grad program with a degree from here as it's not well regarded at all. Oh, they offered me a "deal" of a 5 year master's, which I declined when I realized it's double the price of a master's from a way better school and nobody cares about a master's from this school. I'd say if money is no object and you are afraid to go far from home or need to live at home for some reason, and couldn't get in anywhere else, this could be an option, otherwise, avoid it! I was bored in my classes and so disappointed I'd taken out so many loans and they literally give you no networking or career connections your senior year other than keep paying them money for a master's.