Sharon Grames

Review of Johnson & Wales Inn

I am rating this college solely based upon our exp...

I am rating this college solely based upon our experience as a Post 9/11 GI Bill family. This is the only school that I know of that takes the scholarships and grants it gave to our daughter and applied them toward tuition. If you know anything about the VA benefits for college, the Post 9/11 GI Bill covers all tuition and being a yellow ribbon school, JWU is supposed to cover any remaining tuition balance. But they have set their system in such a way that it benefits only them, not the military member or dependent. You will have to pay A LOT out of pocket to cover any additional expenses. They think it's okay that you do so as you get a stipend. I have tried several times to explain to the financial adviser that the stipend is supposed to go to living expenses like car payment, cell phone bill, insurance, etc so it is not a burden for the member or dependent to attend college. Every other university our other children have attended did a much better job of allowing them to use their scholarships and grants for room and board so that their stipend could go towards other living expenses. I would suggest you find a different yellow ribbon school, one that is more military friendly. Any time I have spoken with the VA counselors at the Denver and Rhode Island campuses, they have been rude and impatient. This is not a true yellow ribbon or military friendly school.