Kaelena Reed

Review of WWU

The campus is beautiful but that's all Western has...

The campus is beautiful but that's all Western has going. The school is greedy and designed to milk money out of the students the most that they can. It's gotten to the point where you're forced to take over 100 credits of general university requirements in addition to the 100+ credits needed for your major. Only graduate students teach lower level math classes and all of the required English 101 classes. The registrars office is severely understaffed and stretched thin so sometimes paper transcripts are not even sent when requested. Students are charged ridiculous and unnecessary fees such as gym access even when they don't use it. Parking alone this year went up $100 compared to last year. So it's up to somewhere around $400 for a student annual permit that's not even guaranteed a spot because of the way the waitlist works.

The newer professors often times have no idea what they are doing and do not have actual teaching degrees, just degrees in their subject. So you can end up with someone who makes exams way harder than the actual content and who does lecture 100% based off of the textbook instead of explaining concepts in a way that students can understand.

Housing is a whole other issue. Dorms are usually small and have no air conditioning often with out dated heaters and such. They're overly pricey for what they are. In community style dorms once the soap dispenser runs out of soap in the middle of the week it will not be refilled until the beginning of the following week.

The cafeteria costs way too much for what it is.The food quality is horrible. Sometimes you can end up with wilted and mold spotted veggies and/or burnt and under-cooked meat. It only improves for a short time when guests are expected for things like campus tours. Dishes are often not clean and do not look sanitary.

Now, on to registration. You are not told how to register after your summer orientation. So you have to figure that out on your own and are expected to research what classes you need for your major. Priority goes on a credit and last name basis.

I do not recommend going to this school. They are overall greedy and only care about money, not the students and staff. The school is designed to make students fail several times or hold them back by not providing enough space in the required classes required for their majors. So degrees usually take well over 5 years to complete.