Brenau University — Attraction in Gainesville

I wouldn't give this university one star if that were an option. The university seems alright through the enrollment process. The enrollment advisors and success coaches are great. After that you find out how bad the instructors really are as well as the provost and the registrar. All fully accredited master’s programs should be rigorous, but they should not be unbearable. The university crams an entire lifetime of work into seven weeks while claiming to cater to working adults with families. There is no support system whatsoever and the instructors are way too harsh with their grading. My colleagues went to universities with much better recognition and prestige and they were not anywhere near as overwhelmed as I was while attending Brenau. Time management is key, but I do not want to forget to mention that if you become ill and hospitalized for any reason, they will not empathize with you. If you need to submit an appeal to be readmitted to school or to gain financial aid eligibility, I would recommend you do not submit an appeal as they are still going to throw you out anyway even with all of your medical documentation. They are very quick to throw students out of the university with no looking back. Yet they wonder why their retention rate is so low. I would not recommend this school to anyone wanting to pursue a graduate degree. There are better...

I’m in my second year of attendance with Brenau & I feel like I have enough experience to truly say, find another school. If you are planning to do online classes you are automatically set up for failure and at a disadvantage.Registration was a breeze, and immediately after you get enrolled, the trouble begins. I could not reach my advisor for months and had to contact the board multiple times for guidance. I managed to maintain Merit List my first semester due to most of the teachers being AMAZING, however, the school is terribly unorganized. I have officially decided to find a different school after a semester of multiple health issues documented by my doctor & issues that I informed all of my Professors & Advisors of. Specifically my Statistics Professor was completely unsympathetic, almost judgmental. Long story short, I ended up failing a EXTREMELY expensive class (that I held a A/B+ in the entire semester) by 1 point after my final. After pleading with the professor and chair of the school, it’s clear that this school lacks understanding and ability to work with online students. So many bad experiences has lead up to this review and I’m sickened at the amount of student loans I’ve accrued for...

I applied here and was accepted as an undergraduate. At the time a had a 4.0 Gpa, was a licensed nurse and retiring from the military. I called to ask what classes I needed to take over the summer in preparation for attending this university in the fall of that year because I intended to apply for their OT program after all prerequisites were meant. I was told that because I failed a class when I was 17 years old at another college (mind you I’m applying 14 years later with a 4.0 GPA) that I would never make it into their program because my grades were not good enough. I was devastated.....I replied that they were not the only OT school in America and 5 years later, single mother of 2, and United States Army Veteran has Graduated from another OT program With a 4.0 GPA and passed my National Boards on the first try. Thank you for giving me the motivation to succeed in spite of your hurtful rejection. I’m now living my dream. Spend more time getting to know your candidates so you will not turn away quality students with...