Harry S Truman College — Attraction in Lake View Township

1 Star (Because 0 Isn’t Allowed)

College is the slowest, most expensive way to delay your life while pretending you’re moving forward.

🎓 THE SALES PITCH:

“Get a degree. Get a job. Be successful.”

😐 THE REALITY:

“Get in line. Get in debt. Get disillusioned.” Spend 4 years learning outdated theories taught by tenured dinosaurs. Graduate into a job market that doesn’t care where you went. Welcome to the hamster wheel.

📚 ACADEMICS: ★☆☆☆☆

Professors read off slides. You nod and pretend to care. Everything they teach? Already online. Except faster, clearer, and not costing your future.

Want real skills? College teaches you how to write essays, memorize useless facts, and obey deadlines—not how to sell, scale, lead, or create. You’ll leave knowing the Pythagorean theorem… but not how taxes work.

💸 VALUE: ★☆☆☆☆

Tuition = $50K+/year ROI = That $47K/year entry-level job your cousin got without a degree.

And yes—you’re paying interest on that overpriced syllabus for the next 10–20 years while entrepreneurs your age are earning 6 figures using tools you’ve never even heard of in class.

🤝 NETWORKING: ★☆☆☆☆

You’ll make “connections” with broke students as lost as you are, and maybe shake hands with a guest speaker who leaves immediately after the talk.

Real power is built outside the classroom, on platforms, through communities, by shipping real value. Not during a group project on “diversity in the workplace.”

🎉 CAMPUS LIFE: ★★☆☆☆

It’s a social playground for people who don’t realize they’re on a debt leash. You’re either binge-drinking, overworked, or both. Substance abuse is normalized. Deep purpose is nonexistent. By the time you graduate, your dopamine’s fried and your ambition’s a joke.

🧠 MENTAL HEALTH: ★☆☆☆☆

Depression, anxiety, stress—and for what? A degree you’re not even sure you want, in a system that’s built to keep you dependent.

Try going to the counseling center. You’ll be offered a 15-minute session two weeks from now. Maybe.

📈 CAREER PREP: ★☆☆☆☆

Your resume? Looks like every other graduate’s. Your “skills”? Mostly buzzwords and outdated jargon. Your “career support”? A LinkedIn profile template and a flyer for the career fair.

By the time you realize you need experience, the people who skipped college are already managing clients, cash flow, and creative teams—without asking permission.

🤖 THE WORLD HAS EVOLVED. COLLEGE HASN’T:

We live in a world of AI, automation, personal brands, instant distribution, and global access.

But college? Still handing out syllabi like it’s 1998. Still selling prestige. Still ignoring reality. Still convincing millions to play safe while the world rewards boldness.

🔥 FINAL TRUTH: COLLEGE IS A SYSTEMATIC DRAIN 🧛‍♂️

It drains your:

Time (4+ years you’ll never get back)

Money (tens of thousands for glorified busywork)

Creativity (caged by rubrics, grades, and outdated rules)

Confidence (destroyed by comparison, stress, and confusion)

And worst of all? It delays your power. By the time you “graduate,” you’ve forgotten how to take risks, start fast, or think for yourself.

✅ TL;DR:

You don’t need permission.

You don’t need a degree.

You don’t need to wait. You need a laptop, internet, obsession, and courage. And you need to start now—not after you get a piece of paper and a pat on the back.

⭐ RATING: 1 Star

Because no star would’ve been too honest for the marketing...

I’m writing this review because I believe in helping the community and I’m not a fan of dishonesty or manipulation. I’ve been involved with Truman College for almost ten years, and unfortunately, it has deeply affected my life in negative ways. The environment created by some of the staff, especially certain teachers, is extremely toxic, and the management system is both unprofessional and careless.

One of the most disturbing experiences I had was with a teacher named Mr. Dan. He was incredibly disrespectful and unprofessional. He used to send me inappropriate personal messages and repeatedly asked me to buy clothes or items for him — something no teacher should ever request from a student. I tried to ignore these requests politely and repeatedly, but he continued his harassment and threats.

When I reported his behavior to the manager, instead of helping me, they tried to make me feel guilty. They even canceled two of my classes, trying to pressure me into apologizing to the very person who had harassed me. It felt like the school was trying to silence me instead of protecting me.

In my opinion, Truman College operates more like a closed-off family group or mafia rather than an educational institution. They protect each other, ignore complaints, and push students aside. It’s a place where power is abused, and no real accountability exists. Staff members won’t hold each other accountable or accept criticism, and that creates a scary and unhealthy atmosphere.

If you’re someone with big dreams and limited time — if you’re serious about your goals — I strongly advise against enrolling at this college. Truman feels more like a day center for the elderly or unemployed individuals who are just looking to pass time and joke around. If you have no goals, nothing better to do, and just want to socialize for fun, maybe it’s fine. But if you have ambition, this place will only...

IF YOU ARE INTERNATIONAL DON’T EVEN APPLY FOR THIS COLLEGE.

I would give 1 star for the really terrible Office Services, they gave me a lot of confusion.

School sent a bunch of thing that talk about their support to local and international students but when I’m asking them questions that I don’t understand, rarely of them know how to answer it and put me to a hard situation such as they required me to give them IELTS score so they can register me to school, and when I’m asking them “if I already have an English certificate Do I Still Need To Take The Placement Test”, rarely of them know what IELTS is. Like how can you upload the requirements for IELTS and don’t even know what that is.

The setting of their website is clear but the information they put on there just messing up and misunderstanding for exchange student. They don’t even mention if that info is for local or international student.

People in that building hardly welcome international students when I need help and have a very superficial attitude. the first time when I first entered the office building there was no office for international students and I had to deal with people who didn't know what I was talking about.

I want to ask about the tuition, they pointed me to the financial aid office( where international student don’t have a chance to apply)and when they found out that I was an exchange student , they didn't clarify the information I misunderstood, they even told me to come here and argue with them or what? That made me super mad.

Its service good for American people but just not for me tho even tho all of my professors are super good and nice.

Hope school...