Roosevelt University — Attraction in Chicago

Robert Morris University was where my older brother went to College. He finished in less than 3 years with a bachelors and tuition was pretty affordable, he also played college hockey. I chose Robert Morris for the same reasons, I had an affordable tuition, got to play hockey at a very high level, and was suppose to be done with a bachelors in less than 3 years thanks to Robert Morris University's "Accelerated Degree Program". I was a 4.0 student and was a very hard worker on the men's D2 hockey team. The school merged with Roosevelt University in the Fall/Winter of 2020. The merger was suppose to honor Robert Morris's accelerated degree program and also honor the same tuition rate and scholarships/grants. I stayed at the school for the remainder of the year after hearing this information. Closing in on the fall 2020 semester (they lied about keeping the quarter system which was suppose to turn into 2 8-week sessions instead of the 16 week traditional semester), I was extremely frustrated my tuition went up exponentially, the accelerated degree program was canceled, and only part of my scholarships/grants were the same. I spent all of July and August calling and emailing people to not be given answers and to be brushed aside. I called at least 25 times and my Father called multiple times as well to financial aid, advising, and various other branches of the school. The few times my call was actually answered by a person, I always got the same response of "sorry we don't have access to the information from Robert Morris, someone from Robert Morris will contact you". The school was putting me in a position where I felt like I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I came to find out that almost everyone I knew from Robert Morris was having this problem and a good number of people left the school. I left the school since they lied about continuing the accelerated degree program and my tuition which I signed an agreement to prior to enrolling at the school my freshman year.

My advisor (Amy Elliot-Meisel) was also VERY dishonest and deceiving for trying to constantly have me sign up for classes I ALREADY HAD CREDIT FOR from College Of DuPage summer classes and credits that transferred in from High School. This greatly added to my frustrations.

The ethical problem is the lying and deceiving higher education business practices going on at Roosevelt. They are taking advantage of students in this merger and it makes me sick to my stomach to say the least.

The school should have: Not lied about this information in numerous emails, Q&A sessions, and in print-outs. Kept tuition the same and honored the accelerated degree program. At least have the decency and respect to say they were not honoring these things back in the Fall so I could have left the school then and not wasted time and money taking classes that were not going to transfer anywhere.

I will tell and continue to tell any and everyone I know who thinks about attending here they need to reconsider immediately and save themselves from this ship-wreck...

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS- PLEASE READ!

I will start by saying that I am enjoying my education here, and I truly value most of the staff and the professors that I've had so far as they have been great. That being said, my qualms are with the finaid office. If money is an object for you then keep reading. Please consider my story before you decide to attend this school.

My first semester at Roosevelt I received grants, scholarships, and loans. All of these covered my tuition and provided me a refund which I used to pay rent, eat, etc. The following semester and each semester thereafter my refund was cut by over 90%. This is seriously unacceptable. The refund check that I received was a joke and the answers that I've received from financial aid office have also been a joke.

Long story short, they told me that I can't receive multiple scholarships, and grants, and thus removed them from my aid package even though I am a full time honor roll student. It's also important to note that these additional funds were promised to me before I even started school there. Yet In the middle of fall semester 2015 I watched them deduct from my grants and scholarships for 2016 because more loan money suddenly became available. I am outraged and can seem to get this issue corrected or explained to me and I feel like I'm getting the short end of the stick.

I spoke with some professors ( those whom I will not name in this review) and they told me that what really happened is that the school messed up everyone's aid a couple semesters before and now are in a financial crisis because they dispersed too much money. The real kicker? Students are paying for their mistake by being forced to accept aid packages that barely cover tuition. This is NOT right.

If you can avoid it- don't go here. The school itself is great, and they'll show you your aid package for first semester which will also look great. But once you've got a semester or two under your belt they'll go and change it so that you receive almost no refund at all. Other students I have spoken with are even saying that their tuition isn't even paid in full anymore, even though it used to be. For people who live at home with their parents maybe this is okay, but if you're like me and live on your own, work 35-40 hours a week, and take classes full time, the aid package just doesn't cut it.

If someone from administration is able to reach out to me and make this right I'm more than willing to edit my review, but for now I have to give it two stars. Last semester my stress levels were through the roof because of the financial aid office and my grades slipped a little bit because of it. The last thing a student should have to do is worry about how they're going to...

This school will do anything for money. From my experience going into this school as a masters student following up to pharmacy. It has been a wreck. There’s no system. It’s quite disappointing bec they put so much emphasis into how they’re a great school when really that’s not the case at all. Staff for sure is nice, all of my professors were amazing (hence the two stars bec that’s the only good part about going here). Graduating with my masters was a mess, took over 2 months just to get my degree and for it to look like it’s fake sheet of paper. All that tuition spent just to get a piece of paper back that doesn’t even say what degree I went for, just a nice “master of science” slapped onto it. Disheartening seeing no thought being put into the degree I worked so hard on and took so long to pay off. I see so many universities put in thought for their students such as graduation cords as a remembrance of working hard. I spent hours and days to perfect a 4.0 just to get no recognition. No one wants to even listen to that part. Then the pharmacy program is horrendous, they really think they’re so different for offering a 3 year accelerated program just to justify pushing your limits. Which I understand it’s a doctorate program but again the system is insane. I remember feeling lost and in return I felt like there was no one to help me. It’s saddening to stick up for a school so much just to show you over and over that they’re not even worth anything. If you want powerful connections, a degree that you can look at and be proud of, a university that cares for you as much as they say they do then look elsewhere. Luckily IL is filled with lots of them and this one doesn’t even come to...