Cindy Shen

Review of High Point Univ. Post Office

I wish I could give this place no stars. I'm stunn...

I wish I could give this place no stars. I'm stunned it's regarded so highly. My class went here on a college tour throughout the Carolinas, and I hated it the minute I stepped onto its overly-manicured, pretentious campus. Our tour guide took us through the rows of brick buildings, emphasizing the dining options and giving lame excuses for the glamorous foyers that adorn every single building on the campus. She stated (and I quote), "these foyers are like really fancy because when you're going for job interviews and stuff you'll likely see a lot of nice foyers like this so we have these so you can be prepared and not intimidated by them, plus, it's just like nice." Honestly, a fancy foyer isn't going to throw you off your a-game at a job interview, an education at High Point will.

Additionally, the tour showed us absolutely nothing regarding academics. We went to two libraries, but they really weren't libraries. Unless you qualify a building void of any books and filled to the brim with leather armchairs a library.

Oh, and the school even has a gaming center, and sports grill that the tour guide openly admitted was likely to serve alcohol by next year.

Is this sparkling campus a facade? Sure it is. It's a way to thinly-veil the clear lack of quality education hidden underneath.