This
school is absolutely horrible. -The curriculum is a
joke, the highest math I have to take to become
a nurse is introductory algebra. There are even math classes
offered like “basic math essentials” where they teach you how
to do long division and multiply double digit numbers. The
only way you can be challenged is if you take
their science courses. I'm currently taking 18 credits just to
stay busy, otherwise I'd be bored all the time.
-If
you are a young student, like 18-25, be prepared to
be surrounded by people in their late 30s, 40s and
50s. The teachers even tend to focus their lecture towards
older people with comments such as “Don't you all remember
when you were raising your first child....” It's really hard
to make friends because of this unless for some odd
reason there are 18-year-olds out there that like to befriend
the elderly. As for the few young people that ARE
enrolled, they tend to be locals and already have set
groups of friends and aren't interested in being yours.
-The
city of Muskegon is TERRIBLE. If you need to find
a job, GOOD LUCK. I couldn't even get a volunteering
position! No one is hiring, not even the McDonalds. Right
now I am living off of a $5,000 student loan
I took out for the year to cover just plain
living expenses. There are no places such as clubs or
gathering places for younger adults. Even the bars are full
of old hags. All the food places are closing down
because of Muskegon's terrible economy and to go to places
like Jimmy Johns you have to go Norton Shores. I
still have yet to find the upper class area of
Muskegon, if it even exists.
-I live on campus at
the townhouses and I would rather live in a shelter.
Campus safety focuses on the most petty things and forgets
about things that should really be taken care of. My
car was broken in to and it was done right
in front of a security camera and all campus safety
said was “We'll get back to you,” which they never
did even after I checked in with them 3 times.
Res life makes rules that make you feel like you
had more freedom when you were 15 and lived with
your parents. If you have a guest they MUST be
signed in and with you at ALL times. On weekdays
guest have to be gone by midnight and weekends 2
am. If you want someone to stay the night it
has to be on a weekend and you cannot have
the opposite sex stay in your townhouse; you have to
find a “host” if you were to have your boyfriend/girlfried
or EVEN you mother/father if they are not the same
sex as you. The room assignments are bogus. I swear
res life staff is racist. Most of the houses are
all african american or all caucasian and if they happen
to mix together you will NOT find an african american
and a caucasian sharing the same bedroom. There are so
many things I could continue to say about living on
campus, but I'm just going to stop there.
-The only
2 positive things I can say about this college is
that it is rather affordable for a private college. It
cost me $14,000 dollars (that includes my $5,000 loan) for
the year and I have earned 49 credits. The only
other positive this is that the professors are VERY nice
and helpful. If you ask me, most of them are
overqualified to be teaching at Baker, for most of them
have their PhD or mulitiple degrees. I've never had a
bad experience with a professor.
-In the end I've decided
to leave Baker College of Muskegon because I didn't feel
like the education I was recieving would prepare me enough
to be the nurse I wanted to be. I wasn't
challeged at all. I was not a good student in
high school and I'm getting a 3.34 right now. I
will be attending the University of Detroit Mercy in the
fall.