Berea College
- 4 Year
- BEREA, KY
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Berea College Reviews
Rating 3.26 out of 5 468 reviews
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The professors at Berea are very dedicated to the students here. They ensure you’re doing well and the social life is good as well. The college is pretty small so everyone is welcoming.
"Complete a work study program to save for my first car"--s/he saved her 160$ a month salary for four years to pay for her first car. How nice!
"It’s very rigorous regardless of your major"--s/he studied every major and knew each and every one is "rigorous." In addition, ABCD might be "rigorous" for kidergarten but not adults.
"The core curriculum teaches critical thinking through writing"--judging from above, pretty sure the author has no "critical thinking."
Those who sing the tunes are people who are favored by the system. The system elevates them without merits. It's a form of mutualism: you scratch my back; I scratch yours. Knights & lords work together to kick down the serfs & uphold the feudal system.
"It’s very rigorous regardless of your major"--s/he studied every major and knew each and every one is "rigorous." In addition, ABCD might be "rigorous" for kidergarten but not adults.
"The core curriculum teaches critical thinking through writing"--judging from above, pretty sure the author has no "critical thinking."
Those who sing the tunes are people who are favored by the system. The system elevates them without merits. It's a form of mutualism: you scratch my back; I scratch yours. Knights & lords work together to kick down the serfs & uphold the feudal system.
Berea College is an incredible opportunity and a gift that keeps on giving. It was a place for me to grow, study abroad for free, complete a paid internship, and complete a work study program to save for my first car. It’s very rigorous regardless of your major, and the core curriculum teaches critical thinking through writing.
Great Education. Don't seem to care much about non-traditional students (I do believe they care, but they don't provide enough assistance/opportunities for them)
The best thing about this school is the free tuition and SOME of the people you will meet. Most of the people there are rude, racist, passive-aggressive/aggressive, and just downright disrespectful people who will talk poorly to you. This includes staff and faculty. Professors are hit or miss, and most people there have a white savior complex because they work at that school. If you take the racial issue to the higher-ups, they disregard your voice or do a cute little e-mail to make you shut up. The school is not as diverse as you may go in believing. Yes, they pull students from other countries, but most of them are white. The campus is predominantly white, but they give you statistics based on people from different countries, making them a "minority" to increase the diversity percentage.
It's not a "college." The academics are useless for anyone with a brain, but people who prefer to use their "identity castes" to trump others would love this place. Some groups are favored, but others are treated worse than trash. All they care about is how their investment portfolios are performing: those are where they milk their salaries. Students are there as pity creatures to attract donors. Get ready to spend four years of your life working for your new owners.
If you're looking for a place where you can get a real education without going into debt, I urge you to keep looking.
Berea college may look great from the outside. The "Zero-tuition promise" is something all of us here have fallen for. Plus if you look at the classes available you might find some interesting ones. But I can tell you right here, right now, that you aren't going to be learning anything.
You can't actually sign up for those interesting classes. That's what they keep from you until the moment you're all moved in and "It's too late to turn back now!". Instead you're given a list of requirements that THEY want you to meet. So many of them that by the time you're ready to do what's interesting to you, you've graduated. The classes are all several hours of basic busywork that you have to complete every day. This is on top of the non-academic labor you're required to do as a student. There will be no time in your day to learn. This place takes away from your education.
Berea college may look great from the outside. The "Zero-tuition promise" is something all of us here have fallen for. Plus if you look at the classes available you might find some interesting ones. But I can tell you right here, right now, that you aren't going to be learning anything.
You can't actually sign up for those interesting classes. That's what they keep from you until the moment you're all moved in and "It's too late to turn back now!". Instead you're given a list of requirements that THEY want you to meet. So many of them that by the time you're ready to do what's interesting to you, you've graduated. The classes are all several hours of basic busywork that you have to complete every day. This is on top of the non-academic labor you're required to do as a student. There will be no time in your day to learn. This place takes away from your education.
Great option for those who come from low income households. The town itself is very conservative and Berea College serves as a open-minded bubble that encourages advocacy for those oppressed. Located in a very small town, there's not much to do unless you drive to Richmond or Lexington. I'm happy for the four years I spent here.
Back in the 1980’s there was no such thing as online classes. Amazing now to realize we survived without that option.
Berea college offers you work experience while getting a high quality education. It allowed me to meet so many great people and introduced me to futures i never thought possible for myself.
Berea does not normally offer online classes, however with the state of education right now, the college has learned to take everything tot he web and done so very effectively.
This is a great school with many oppurtunities. It's small but has a big reputation with its No Tution Promise Scholarship which helps low-income students have a chance at an education. With everything going on with this "pandemic" they are having a hard time answering and getting info out to students. Nonetheless, this school overall is one of the best out there.
Being online at Berea college is a struggle to say the least. Considering this is a on campus school with no online classes offered before this pandemic, switching to online is very different. The school is still handling it as best as they know how.
Berea does not offer online learning so I did not have to worry about that. We did, however, get switched to online because of COVID-19. I did not learn anything during that time.
I've learned so many things at Berea. Not just academically but in religion and how I view the world and country I live in. I've learned about people, responsibility, diversity, and a lot about U.S-Japan foreign relations.
Berea College, while I wasn't the most enthusiastic about it as a freshman has really come through for me. The people there are amazing and have been invested in seeing me become successful after my time there. Going to Berea has taught me that just because I come from a poor back ground that doesn't mean I shouldn't have nice things and be successful.
Challenging at times. Some students do not have the same resources at home as they do on campus. This could've been considered.