I've
been going to TWU for five years, and it's not
because I couldn't get it done— No, they keep postponing
my graduation date due to administration technicalities. Now, they want
to charge me out-of-state tuition for having too many credit
hours: most of which I obtained in high school through
AP testing. ALL of the core curriculum was busywork,
and trying to 'think outside the box' or having any
kind of opinion different than the instructors' was a guaranteed
lower grade. Most of my classes went as follows: Get
homework, go to class, discuss homework in class, lecture from
the book using a powerpoint that says exactly what's in
the book, take open-book test- Have questions? The answer can
be found in the book, and no, I won't discuss
it further.
They've got great extra curricular activities to choose
from, and most of the students are really friendly and
helpful- but right now there's a level of discontent going
around campus about shoddy administration and lack of communication. Our
Chancellor makes about $25 more per student than those of
other, more prestigious, much larger universities... which just happens to
be more than the U.S. president.
The school is
having major budget cuts- being $4mill below budget will do
that. But instead of taking a salary cut from the
top, our university is firing tenured professors.
Have I mentioned
that the local community colleges charge much less per credit
hour, have a much larger selection of degree plans and
course selections, and have about the same experienced leveled instructors
heading the classrooms?
Overall assessment: GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. TWU JUST WANTS YOUR MONEY; THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS.
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